tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49254248640512378812024-03-12T21:16:17.121-07:00Maplelag MTB RacingRace reports, trail updates, and and news related to athletes representing Maplelag Resort.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-84279636026758873142016-05-06T07:56:00.004-07:002016-05-06T07:56:46.904-07:00MNMBS Race #1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nice job to everyone at the first MNMBS series race! Great to see such a nice blend of male and female riders in all the classes. Looking forward to a fantastic season!<br />
<i>Jay's<a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=39513" target="_blank"> race report on skinnyski.com</a></i><br />
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Keep the wheels moving!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-92188624303136690352016-04-20T07:21:00.001-07:002016-04-20T07:21:06.779-07:00Minnesota High School Racing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Many of the Maplelag mountain bike team members are involved with the ever growing scene of high school mountain biking. The NICA has a great thing going getting kids into mountain biking and keeping the races short and fast which we feel is the best method for developing middle and high school age kids. We are proud of the Maplelag team members that have committed their time to coaching. Information about their teams is posted below. Please pass along the info if you think of anyone that might be interested. There are many teams in the state for kids to get involved with and contacting Ben or Matt will get you headed in the right direction or visit the <a href="http://www.minnesotamtb.org/" target="_blank">Minnesota MTB HS website. </a></div>
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<br />Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-44216624544231831702016-04-07T17:13:00.000-07:002016-04-07T17:13:11.492-07:002016 Early Season Riding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The 2016 mountain bike season is upon us! We are looking forward to another great season with an expanded team including special race kits for our female riders. We hope to update on a more regular basis this year, highlighting results, rides and trips by team members. </div>
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Team members ready to head out for the first group ride of the year at Black's Grove near Wadena. The group has expanded and if interested in joining this group or riding, meet at 6pm at the Black's parking lot. Contact team manager Ben at ben@concastinc.com for more information This is a great group ride catered for all riders and ability levels, no rider left behind!<br />
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Early season riding on the Laddies Loppet course at Maplelag. It has been up and down spring with mostly cold weather and snow making riding challenging. Hopefully mid to late April the course, in particular the Twin Lakes, will be open.<br />
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Keep the wheels moving!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-5820394154013765342015-09-11T15:45:00.000-07:002015-10-19T09:21:46.665-07:002015 Racing <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: start;">Another awesome mountain bike season is coming to an end. Labor day weekend marking the 25th Annual Laddies Loppet weekend, the home race for the team, that saw most of the riders competing with fantastic results. Nice work everyone! Still plenty of great riding and racing to be had but a big thanks to all the riders who waved the flag for the Maplelag team this year. Good luck the rest of the year, especially to the cycling school league riders. Keep the wheels moving!!</span></div>
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Group of high school riders at Maplelag the end of the summer including a mix of Maplelag riders. Nice job to Anne Ellefson leading the area composite high school team.<br />
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Group of team riders at the start of the 22 mile race, Laddies Loppet 2015.<br />
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John Struchynski dropping in lakeside in 22 mile race.<br />
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Isaac Hale on the first lakeside drop. Good luck to Isaac racing in the high school league this year.<br />
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Tony Schmitz slicing through the singletrack en route to a solid finish in the one lap race.<br />
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Jake Richards rolling through a berm over on Twin Lakes loop during the 2 lap race.<br />
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Denny Barry at the start of the lakeside drops. Big thanks to Denny for all his trail work.<br />
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Matt Engen in the two lap race. Thanks Matt for your sponsorship of Laddies Loppet!<br />
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Patrick Crary working over the singletrack in the two lap race.<br />
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Ben Olson in the two lap race. Been fun watching Ben move up the ranks this year.<br />
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Greg Ames racing in the 2 lap race but only did one lap as he had to book back to town. Thanks for making an appearance Greg!<br />
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Eleanor Bacso always having fun on the trail while shredding it hard. Top 3 finish in female two lap race.<br />
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Jeremy Hecker getting a race in this year, knocking out two laps.<br />
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Steve Wenzel, the only rider to compete in every Laddies Loppet rolling through. Steve has been on the Maplelag team since the early beginnings.<br />
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Thad Schulz dialed in the two lap race.<br />
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Jens Richards in the citizen race at the top of Suicide Hill.<br />
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Nick Hess focused on the finish in the Kids Comp race.<br />
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Jacob Olson dicing the singletrack in Kids Comp.<br />
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Marcus Olson taking it all in the Kids Comp race.<br />
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Jack Ellefson leading the group up Suicide Hill in Citizen race.<br />
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Ben Olson leading a group in Short Track action.<br />
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Steve Wenzel at the front after making an impressive attack in Comp Short Track.<br />
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Eric Oftedahl helping out a fellow rider at an event. Thanks for helping out the cycling community and waving the flag Eric.<br />
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Griffin Myslivecek climbing hard in the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival 40 race.<br />
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Jay Richards in the mix at the Seeley Hills classic the end of August. Great old school cross country race.<br />
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Another great mtb season in the books for the Maplelag Mountain Bike racing team! Maplelag Resort is very proud and grateful to the 30+ riders that "waved the flag" this past year in various events across the country. Many riders contributed to the MW MTB Reports and thanks to this riders that contributed. <a href="http://skinnyski.com/racing/" target="_blank">Archived reports can be found on skinnyski.com </a></div>
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The Minnesota Mountain Bike Series recently held an awards ceremony recognizing the <a href="http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0059/7222/2014_Final_Team_standings_-updated11032014.pdf" target="_blank">top team</a> and<a href="http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0057/4200/MNMBS_Standings_Overal2014_10.pdf" target="_blank"> individual accomplishments</a>. Highlighting the result sheet was the <b>top five finish </b>by the entire team in Omnium standings, led by a second place in the Elite and Citizen classes. </div>
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Individual highlights were led by Eleanor Bacso who was the state champ in the women's Elite class followed by a third overall by Jordan Horner. Elite men highlights include Kasy Bacso with a top three finish. Comp class was highlighted by <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Griffin Myslivecek</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">with a second overall. Sport Highlights include another state champ with Ben Olson taking the top spot. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Citizen highlights include high school rider Isaac Hale with a top three overall finish in the Citizen. Most other team members placed in their age group as we highlight most of the riders below. Big thanks to Bruce Adelsman and Todd Bauer for the awesome images. (any team member missing, first off, sorry, please email me with photo at jrichard@arvig.net)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Thanks again everyone...keep the wheels moving!!</span></span></div>
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Kasey Bacso giving chase in the Expert race during Laddies Loppet 2014. Consistent placings by Kasey during the season landed him the top 3 overall in male Elite. Recently graduated from College of St Scholastica, competing in the Nordic ski program.<br />
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Jake Richards giving chase in the cross country race at Maplelag. In addition to racing select xc races this summer, Jake found a niched in enduro racing, placing top five in the overall in the Duluth Enduro series and top five finish in the Duluth MTB Festival Enduro. Jake is in his JR year at Scholastica racing Nordic.<br />
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Jordan Horner cleaning a rock garden during Laddies Loppet 2014. In addition to her 3rd Overall in Elite class in the Minnesota series, Jordan was the state high school champion after the high school fall season this year. Jordan currently on the Burnsville Nordic ski team.<br />
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John Wessling in the mix at the start of the Elite short track race at Maplelag. John's first full year of racing after a successful Nordic ski season at St Scholastica and before that, moto cross racing! John is geared up for great things in 2015~!<br />
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Maplelag team manager Jay Richards racing in the Great Hawk Chase at the new Mission Creek trail near Duluth. (Todd Bauer images)<br />
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Jeremy Hecker rolling through the trees during the Voyageurs Revenge The recent NCAA Nordic All American from St. Scholastica sneaked in a few races before residing in Finland with a ski training group. (Todd Bauer images)<br />
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Matt Lee slicing and dicing at the Voyageurs Revenge. Matt also a Nordic skier finishing up a career at St Scholastica (Todd Bauer images)<br />
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Andrea Horner racing at the Border Battle. Andrea fighting injuries part of the season keeping her from racing but keeping plenty busy with support of her racing family! (Todd Bauer images)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;">Griffin Myslivecek rocking and rolling at the Singletrack Escape in St Cloud. Griffin joined the team just past the midway point in the season. Quite a story with this fine young man. Look for Griffin to improve on this years second place overall Comp finish as he makes the jump to the Elite class.</span><br />
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Dave Simmons giving it in the Comp race during Laddies Loppet 2014. Dave has specialized in endurance events taking on the Arrowhead 135 and other epic events.<br />
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Matt Engen racing in the Comp XC Laddies Loppet at Maplelag. Massive shout out to Matt for his companies sponsorship and support for the Laddies Loppet. Matt also specializing in the endurance events.<br />
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Maplelag master Steve Wenzel racing on the home course. Steve is one of the longest standing members of the Maplelag mountain bike team and helped build a lot of the original single track way back in the 90's!! Thanks again Steve.<br />
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John "Struchy" Struchinski racing in Laddies Loppet 2014. Struchy was part of the winning team at the 12 hour EndTombed race and also participated in the 12 hour race to sunset race.<br />
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Head of the household Matt Horner racing in Comp at Laddies Loppet. Papa of the 6 member Horner racing team family!<br />
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Greg Ames racing to a first place finish in the Comp short track at Maplelag. Greg has been custom building a few bike frames. Check him out!!<br />
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Thad Schulz racing short track at Maplelag. Chad made the transition to the marathon division towards the end of the year. Good to see Thad racing against after a near career ending cycling injury last summer.<br />
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Ben Olson cranking it in the Sport short track. Ben was the overall winner in the Sport class in the series. Ben one of many riders getting in to the fat bike scene and should only get stronger after a "off season" of pushing big wheels in the snow.<br />
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Taylor Horner racing at Afton Avalanche at Afton Alps ski area. Taylor also raced in the high school season and is skiing this winter Nordic.<br />
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Tony Schmitz racing in the Sport XC during Maplelag Laddies Loppet 2014. Big thanks to Tony for all his work for this years and past years poster and jersey designs.<br />
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Denny Barry racing Sport at Laddies Loppet. Denny always willing to help build new trail and responsible for helping blow out sections of single track days before Laddies Loppet.<br />
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Anne Ellefson racing in Sport at Laddies Loppet. Anne responsible for getting a NW MN high school cycling team going for this fall that included kids from Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Park Rapids and Bemidji.<br />
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Isaac Hale racing in the Citizen short track during Laddies Loppet 2014. Isaac competed in both cross country running and the Minnesota Cycling league season this fall. Isaac, has mentioned at the top, recorded a top 3 overall among Citizen males.<br />
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Devon Horner making the jump up to Citizen, seen here racing in the short track at Maplelag. Devon ended up 7th overall in the series and 4th in his age group.<br />
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Wyatt Horner giving it in the Citizen cross country during Laddies Loppet.<br />
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Jens Richards racing at the Flugly, MB Johnson Park in Moorhead. Jens also raced in the Laddies Loppet Kids Comp at Maplelag.<br />
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Jon Richards catching some air at the start of the Danimal trail in Copper Harbor MI.<br />
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Jack Richards leading out the kids racers during Laddies Loppet 2014.<br />
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Thanks again for another awesome mtb season! Any rider I missed, please send me an email and photo to jrichard@arvig.net<br />
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<br />Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-21768909768185869252014-05-01T08:15:00.001-07:002014-05-01T08:15:07.409-07:002014 Season- Training Adventures<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> Maplelag team rider Eleanor Magnuson who recently tied the knot with former team rider Mason Bacso (now riding for KUHL) enjoyed part of their honeymoon riding up <a href="http://www.nps.gov/hale/index.htm" target="_blank">Mount Haleakalā</a> in Hawaii!! Eleanor reports: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I believe it look us just under 6 hours to climb up, at about 7,000 feet the altitude started hitting us hard. Some woman at the top asked us how we trained for it and I realized that this was only about #8 or so bike ride of the year for me. It took a little over an hour descending which was really fun but we had to stop multiple times because it was raining and our hands were so cold we couldn't really feel the brakes. Most of the descent was fun but at the top a bit sketchy because of the winds."</span><br />
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Denny Barry got a jump start on the season, heading south<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"> to hook up with area rider, Dave Jensen with <a href="http://www.supervanadventures.com/">www.supervanadventures.com</a> Denny was " F-S&S across The Katy Trail in Missouri. The first day was 95 miles with the hills in the city of Jefferson being the final 5 miles that spoke volumes for the fun factor in the dark.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px;"> 250 miles in 3 days on my mtb was a bit much for the very first ride of the season, but all good". </span></div>
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Mid April took a trip to Mexico with Jonell for five days. The riding was a mix between paved roads and dusty mountain roads with a little bit of singletrack in the mix. Fun to see trails ridden in the past now showing up on Strava. There is some incredible riding potential up in the mountains that see riders logging 50-100 mile rides east of Puerto Vallarata.<br />
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Another great weekend of racing on the home course at the Laddies Loppet. The team once again putting down some solid results and great finishes. The high individual placings by the team have unofficially moved us in to second place overall among nearly 30 teams going in to the final race of the season!! Fantastic job everyone, proud of each and every one. <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=30301" target="_blank">Weekend recap with links to results and more photos on skinnyski.com</a>. Thanks Bruce for taking all the great photos.</div>
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Garrett Horsager dicing it up in the short track.<br />
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Jordan Horner having another solid weekend, taking a time trial win and another cross country sport win en route to the overall Sport win.<br />
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Greg Ames focused in the short track.<br />
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Matt Horner in the short track, keeping consistent in the cross country with another top 10 finish.<br />
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Greg Ames, Jeff Beck and Dave Simmons post race time trial.<br />
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Jake Richards watching bro Jon finish the TT as younger brother Jens getting staged for his race.<br />
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Duluth connection: Scott Kylander-Johnson chatting with Matt Lee and Kasey and Mason Bacso.<br />
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Wyatt Horner on the line with Ripley Garden and Garrett Horsager.<br />
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Matt Lee looking to pick off riders in the short track.<br />
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Endurance specialist Dave Simmons going hard in the short track.<br />
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Jens Richards coming through the forest in Kids Comp cross country race.<br />
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Wyatt Horner working through traffic in the Kids Comp cross country race.</div>
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Isaac Hall focused on the singletrack in the cross country.<br />
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Taylor Horner sweeping through a corner in the singletrack.<br />
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Devon Horner pinning a drop deep in the woods.<br />
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AAndrea Horner out on course.<br />
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Thad Schulz back in action after t-boning a pickup truck and boat trailer a few weeks ago. Good to see Thad dicing it up again<br />
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Jon Darling working through the rock garden lakeside.<br />
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Jordan Horner weaving through the tight and twisty nicely.<br />
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Denny Barry getting ready to head over to the twin lakes singletrack in the cross country. Big thanks to Denny for the trail work on Friday morning and cutting out trees on the course Saturday afternoon.<br />
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Ben Olson finishing up the twin lakes singletrack posting a solid result in the Sport race.<br />
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Claire Garden ready to go in the Kids Race.<br />
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Leading out the kids race.<br />
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Mason Bacso hitting the last lakeside drop. Mr Consistency nailing another 4th place finish in the Elite race.<br />
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Eric Oftedahl moving up nicely in the cross country race Sunday for a top 10 finish, best placing of the year.<br />
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Kasey Bacso chasing hard in the cross country.<br />
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Jeremy Hecker dialing in the last lakeside drop section.<br />
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Matt Lee weaving through the singletrack.<br />
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Jake Richards picking his way through a rock garden on the twin lakes singletrack.<br />
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Steve Wenzel all smiles on the lakeside drops.<br />
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Tony Schmitz, (kit and shirt designer) catching up with teamers post race.<br />
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Keep the wheels moving!!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-39646771714188974482013-08-27T20:36:00.001-07:002013-08-27T20:36:13.948-07:00MDH100-Dirt Spanker Classic-Flugly A late season heat wave is ending out the summer as team riders have been racing across the Midwest in series races, grass roots type events and epic endurance races. In the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series team standings, the team has moved up to third! Nicely done.<br />
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Race recaps from <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=30241" target="_blank">Dirt Spanker, the hot MDH 100 and Gear Grinder on MW MTB Report.</a><br />
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Jeremy Hecker on the big climb at Mon Du Lac.<br />
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Flugy report from Denny Barry:<br />
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<a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=30190" target="_blank">Team rider recaps from Border Crossing and Black's Grove on August 6th MW MTB report on skinnyski.com</a><br />
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Jordan Horner leading the charge in Sport Women. Taking her fourth consecutive win in the overall Sport female! Nice job Jordan!<br />
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<a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=30221" target="_blank">And recap from the Rusty Ride on the August 13th MW MTB Report on skinnyski.com</a><br />
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Greg Ames cranking it in the Wednesday night race at Maplelag. Greg raced the Rusty 100 last weekend and racing the MDH 100 this weekend!<br />
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Denny Barry at the start of Black's River Crossing MTB race. Denny and crew did a great job with course prep and putting on the event.<br />
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Thad Schulz racing at Black's. Thoughts and prayers towards Thad as he crashed in to a loaded boat trailer earlier this week. The bike was toast but Thad came through okay and a few weeks of recovery will be back in action.<br />
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Jens Richards rolling through the singletrack at Black's en route to winning the kids race<br />
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Maplelag team riders at the line before Wednesday night racing at Maplelag on the 2013 Loppet course. Racing again on the 21st of August at 6:50pm! One lap of the Sport/Comp/Expert loop (7.5miles)<br />
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Results from August 14th<br />
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1)Richard Jaime 38:42<br />
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Steve and Matt Wenzel out for a ride on the course a few weeks ago, hanging out with Maplelag's new dog to shred the Lag!<br />
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Jack rippin' on the singletrack last week.<br />
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<br />The first Maplelag mountain bike team was called "Team Zizi", short for Zizibaakawadaboo which means "sugarbush" in Ojibway. Scott Olson, one of the original members, out on the course this week, still rolling the 26 rigid!<br />
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Wyatt Horner 4th overall, 3rd in age class, Kids Comp division</div>
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Devon Horner 24th overall and 2nd in age class, Citizen division</div>
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Jordan Horner, 1st overall Female and 1st in age class Sport (Third win in a row for Jordan! Nicely done Jordan!)</div>
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Andrea Horner 2nd overall 1st in age class, Sport</div>
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Denny Barry, 63rd overall, 3rd in age class Sport</div>
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Corey Coogan Cisek 4th overall 2nd in age class female Elite</div>
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Eleanor Magnusson 6th overall 1st in age class female Elite</div>
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After 5 races, the team was sitting<a href="http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0041/3915/2013_MNMTBS_Team_PointsthruGreatHawk.pdf" target="_blank"> 5th overall out of 17 teams in the Omnium standings, led by the Elite class in 2nd place. </a></div>
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The team members aren't racing, they are on the road training or hitting up dirt throughout the Midwest. Check out the photos below.</div>
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Jeremy Hecker climbing at Afton to a 35th place finish and 3rd in age class, Elite<br />
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Matt Horner rolling to a 9th place overall and 1st in age class, Comp<br />
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Mason Bacso hammering to a 6th place overall and 2nd in age class Elite male<br />
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Bjorn Adelsman out on the road while doing a 50 mile ride last weekend.<br />
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Dave Simmons, Matt Wenzel and Greg Ames getting in some good training in the Paul Bunyan State Forest last weekend.<br />
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Bruce and Bjorn Adelsman heading out for the final leg in New Brighton to Bemidji road tour.<br />
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Jake Richards checking out the singletrack at Piedmont in Duluth area.<br />
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Eric Oftedahl at the Lester Park trailhead in Duluth.<br />
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Jon Richards rolling down the Goat Ranch Rd near Maplelag<br />
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Great riding on the Maplelag course with recent cooler temps. Felt like October in the mornings this past weekend.<br />
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Jens and Cooper working on a berm on the Maplelag mountain bike course. The track is looking great and we are getting excited for the upcoming Laddies Loppet weekend!<br />
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With a break in the mountain bike racing action this past weekend, couple team members hit up the Southside road sprints in Minneapolis posting some good results. The weekend before was a solid representation at Lester Park in Duluth for the Great Hawk Chase, race #5 in the Minnesota MTB Series. <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=30095" target="_blank">Report from Lester on skinnyski</a>. </div>
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Wyatt Horner at Lester en route to third place overall, 2nd age group Kids Comp.</div>
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Thad Schulz coming through for a 26th place overall and 1st in age class.</div>
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Jay Richards finishing up to a 20th place overall in Elites.</div>
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Jake Richards nailing down a 27th place overall and 6th in age class.</div>
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Andrea Horner weaving to a 4th place overall and 2nd in age class.</div>
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Jordan Horner leading the charge up the hill to a 1st place overall and 1st place age class, Sport.</div>
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Taylor Horner rolling to a 9th place overall and 1st in age class.</div>
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Mason Bacso posting an impressive 5th place overall Elite and 2nd in age class.</div>
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Matt Horner coming around a corner to a 7th place overall and second in age class.</div>
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Eleanor Magnusson all smiles en route to a 4th place overall and 2nd in age class women elite.</div>
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Denny Barry cranking out a 62nd place overall and 2nd in age class Sport class.</div>
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Devon Horner posting a 16th place overall in Sport and 1st in age class.</div>
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Matt Lee using local knowledge to post a 8th place overall and 2nd in age class, Comp race.</div>
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Steve Wenzel and Matt Engen upon completion of the Breckenridge Firecracker 50. Both riders finished under the 5 hour 30 min mark. Nice job fellas! <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=30068" target="_blank">Read Steve's report in the latest MW MTB Report on www.skinnyski.com</a><br />
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Race #4 in the Minnesota Series at Buck Hill saw pretty much ideal racing conditions, albeit a bit warm but a solid turnout by the team riders, especially the Elite class. <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=30056" target="_blank"> Report on MW MTB report on skinnyski.com </a><br />
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Sam Oftedahl racing to a top five finish in Elites (Todd Bauer photo)<br />
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Team riders with the following placings:<br />
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Wyatt Horner: 3rd place overall 3rd age class Kids Comp<br />
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Michael Cisek 14th place overall 2nd age class Citizen<br />
Devon Horner 24th place overall 1st age class Citizen<br />
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Jordan Horner 1st place overall 1st age class Sport<br />
Thad Schulz 29th place overall 4th age class Sport<br />
Denny Barry 71st place overall 5th age class Sport<br />
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Matt Horner 29th place overall 5th age class Comp<br />
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Corey Coogan Cisek 3rd place overall 1st place age class Elite<br />
Sam Oftedahl 5th place overall 1st place age class Elite<br />
Jay Richards 28th place overall 7th place class Elite<br />
Jake Richards 40th place overall 4th place age class Elite<br />
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Jake Richards racing at Buck Hill<br />
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Race #5 in the Wisconsin Off Road Series<br />
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Eric Oftedahl 30th overall 5th place age class Elite<br />
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<a href="http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0041/3915/2013_MNMTBS_Team_Points_-_ThrouhgBuck.pdf" target="_blank">After 4 races in the Minnesota Series the team sits 7th overall in the Omnium standings</a><br />
Elite team 2nd overall<br />
Comp team 12th overall<br />
Sport team 3rd overall<br />
Citizen team 8th overall<br />
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<a href="http://www.mnmtbseries.com/page/show/96816-2013-standings" target="_blank">Click here for overall standings.</a> Nice job Corey Coogan Cisek for overall lead in the Elite women.<br />
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Once again great job everyone. Good luck on the next round of racing!<br />
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<br />Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-68276328876930555602013-06-28T10:31:00.002-07:002013-06-28T10:31:21.412-07:00Red Wing Memorial Classic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Recent racing action saw team riders hitting up race #3 in the Minnesota Series in Red Wing at the Memorial Park as Jeremy Hecker rides to a 23rd place finish in the Expert race. <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=30026" target="_blank">Read Jeremy's race report on the MW MTB report on skinnyski.com</a> along with link to full results.<br />
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Other placings at Red Wing include:<br />
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Thad Schulz 4th place overall Sport 1st in age class<br />
Matt Lee 6th place overall Comp and 1st in age class<br />
Paul Schommer 11th place overall Comp and 3rd in age class<br />
Corey Coogan Cisek 4th place overall Expert 1st in age class<br />
Elaneour Magnuson 6th place overall Expert 3rd in age class<br />
Mason Bacso 9th place overall Expert 2nd in age class<br />
Kasey Bacso 27th place overall Expert 6th in age class<br />
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Great job to everyone racing!! Reminder to team members if you have photos or any related race material, please pass along to jrichard@arvig.net to be posted on the team page.<br />
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<br />Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-83582891395753188322013-06-14T20:13:00.004-07:002013-06-14T20:13:43.618-07:00Cuyuna-Race to Sunset<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good representation last weekend both at Cuyuna for the xc race, part of the Cuyuna Mountain Bike Festival and also a handful of riders in Bismarck for the Race to Sunset race. <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=29950" target="_blank">Check out race recaps from both races on skinnyski.com !</a></div>
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Team riders ready to roll at Cuyuna!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-2029241616597095202013-06-07T08:32:00.004-07:002013-06-07T08:32:53.022-07:00Mt Borah Epic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Matt Engen in the feature photo <a href="http://www.haywardwi.com/sports/article_415b74fc-ced0-11e2-9105-0019bb2963f4.html" target="_blank">in a article featuring the MT Borah Epic</a>. Nicely done Matt! </div>
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Team riders Thad Schulz and Denny Barry meeting up with Helena resident Paul Cullen this week for some mountain riding. Photo taken at Mystic Lake near Bozeman, MT.<br />
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Team members took to the trails this past weekend in Mankato, taking on the hilly slopes of Mt Kato which was race #2 in the Minnesota Mountain Bike Series. Team member <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=29927" target="_blank">Mason Bacso wrote a nice recap of the day which is featured in the Midwest MTB report on skinnyski</a>.</div>
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Andrea Horner leading the Sport women up the first climb at Mt Kato en route to a 2nd place overall finish.<br />
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Wyatt Horner 2nd age class 4th place overall Kids Comp<br />
Devon Horner 1st place age class, 17th overall Citizen<br />
Thad Schulz 2nd place age class, 19th place overall Sport<br />
Jordan Horner 1st place age class, 3rd place overall Sport women<br />
Anne Ellefson 5th place age class, 6th place overall Sport women<br />
Kasey Bacso 3rd place age class, 10th place overall Elite men<br />
Mason Bacso 6th place age class, 37th place overall Elite men (flatted)<br />
Eric Oftedahl 12th place age class, 23rd place overall Elite men<br />
Corey Coogan Cisek, 1st place age class, 3rd place overall Elite women<br />
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It has been a slow start to the mountain bike season with the late winter and cold and snowy spring but the race season has started and the team is stronger and bigger as ever. We have new kits this year designed by team member Tony Schmitz. We have continued out partnership with Kyia Anderson who has now moved to<a href="https://www.podiumwear.com/" target="_blank"> Podiumwear </a>and sponsorship of the Elite team. The new fit feels and performs great and look forward to seeing them at the races. The first batch of kits is out and the second batch should be in racers hands the next few weeks. We have also teamed up with <a href="http://www.tuxedobicycles.com/" target="_blank">Tuxedo </a>framesets and look for a few riders to be rolling this new ride. </div>
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Corey Coogan Cisek waving the flag at the first Minnesota Mountain Biker series at the St Croix Woolly, sporting the new race kit en route to a second place overall.(Kyia Anderson photo) <a href="http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0039/6381/Overall.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for full results</a>. Racers also hit up the Spring Fling at Hillside last weekend. <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=29850" target="_blank">Check out the Midwest Mountain Bike Report on skinnyski.com and new team member Anne Ellefson's repor</a>t and full results. Good riding and racing to everyone....thanks for waving the flag and keep the wheels moving!!<br />
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<br />Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-4287281932073718782012-09-09T20:05:00.000-07:002012-09-09T20:20:16.154-07:00Racing on the Home Front<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The end of summer has seen most team members racing in the backyard including races in Moorhead at Johnson Park and Black's Crossing outside Wadena. </div>
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Jens Richards racing short track, Kids comp.</div>
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Michael Cisek coming up the steep hill in Sport short track action.<br />
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Greg Ames in front of the lead group Comp short track.<br />
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Jens racing with cousin Garret in the xc.<br />
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Max Bergner waving the flag for the first time in Kids Comp xc.<br />
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Wyatt Horner Kids Comp xc.<br />
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Ben Wenzel, Citizen xc.<br />
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Devon Horner in Citizen XC.<br />
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Brandon Charboneau in short track action, Comp class.<br />
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Andrea Horner mixing it up with a strong women's field in the XC.<br />
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Ian Fritz lakeside, Sport XC.<br />
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Jon Darling lakeside, Sport XC.<br />
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Jordan Horner lakeside, Sport XC.<br />
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Tony Schmitz coming down off the bridge heading over to Twin Lakes singletrack, Sport XC.<br />
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Thad Schulz riding the bridge, Sport XC.<br />
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Denny Barry reading to cross the road and head to the west, Sport XC. Big thanks to Denny for blowing out a lot of the singletrack Friday and Saturday.<br />
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Mason Bacso lakeside, Elite XC.<br />
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Corey Coogan Cisek lakeside, Elite women XC.<br />
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Steve Wenzel lakeside, Comp XC.<br />
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Matt Horner lakeside, Comp XC.<br />
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Lars Ellefson lakeside, singlespeed Comp.<br />
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Matt Engen reading to drop in lakeside drops, Comp XC.<br />
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Nick and Lindsey Ybarra race organizers and passionate about the ND badlands along with numerous family and volunteers pulled off a top notch first time event. Check out their web page for future activities and overall news about this absolutely awesome part of the country. <a href="http://www.experienceland.org/">http://www.experienceland.org</a></div>
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Couple of team related events to note in August: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/338504339529996/" target="_blank">The Flugly on August 25th</a> and the <a href="http://www.blacksgrove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/BGMB-2012-panel-flyer.pdf" target="_blank">Blacks River Crossing on the 26th</a> Thanks to everyone who has been toeing the line at the events, not only in Minnesota but across the country as well.<br />
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Jake and Jon Richards on a training ride near Cooke City, MT.<br />
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Wyatt Horner near the front in Kids Comp.<br />
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Andrea Horner en route to a second place finish overall, female Sport.<br />
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Sam Oftedahl 15th at Buck and leading at one point at Elk but flatting out. Eric Oftedahl 16th at Buck and at 20th at Elk and Mason Bacso 29th at Elk River. In Female Elite, Corey Coogan Cisek was 4th overall and sent in a report below:<br />
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Hollywood of ski resorts. Fancy cars and houses are abundant in the
area. After my pre-ride on friday I took the gondola and chairlift to
the top of Bald Mountain for lunch at the "Roundhouse Restaurant".
While waiting for my food, I wandered about looking at the old pictures
of Sun Valley and the restaurant from the early 40's when it first was
built. Lucy even made a film featuring Sun Valley. It was a great place
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looked like a mountain itself; climb for half the race then descend for
the second half. The second half also had a couple short climbs but they
weren't too bad. The "ameture course" was 1, 18 mile lap around the
mountain. I really wanted to check the downhill part so I took the
gondola to the top of the mountain and rode a connector trail to the top
of the race climb on the back side of the mountain. Where the trails
met was also the first feed zone. I laughed when I heard we had to fill
our own water bottles from the gatorade jugs provided. It was so remote
all they could do is get 3 jugs back to a picnic table. How they did it I
don't know, because there was no motorized vehicle access back there.
Anyway, I was feeling fine and the downhill was quite hazardous so it
was a good decision to do the downhill and get a feel for it. What I
found interesting about this race was 100% of the singletrack is
mountain traverse, much like the last section of single track at Red
Wing. However, this terrain was much rockier and sandier. One slip of
the tire or wrong move could send you off the side of the mountain and
it was always a long and steep way down. It was still a blast and I had a
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race started at 8am so it was nice to start in the cool mountain air
which was key to not getting dehydrated with only 1 water bottle. On the
start line I was 2nd or 3rd row which was fine with me. I haven't been
as fast as previous years and I knew it was going to be a very long
climb so I had plenty of time to move up. When the gun went off I had
one of my worst starts in modern history. I couldn't find my cleat for
the life of me and missed like 3 or 4 times which put me in the back. We
did a short prologue loop around the chalet area and then were sent
down a flat paved bike path for 2 miles. I had to burn a few matches and
put it in TT mode to catch the lead group right before the climb. Oh,
did the climb hurt too. I found myself near the back trying to get into a
good rhythm and run my own race. It took me a full hr of non stop
climbing to reach the top, going from around 6,000ft to 8,000ft. The
gravel road and doubletrack were brutal. There were a couple kickers in
the beginning to sap the legs before the looooong gradual singletrack
traverse to the top. The downhill was fun and I rode within my limits to
stay safe. I passed a few guys with broken chains and flats, feeling
fortunate not to be one of them. It would be a long hike a bike back if I
was. The bottom section of singletrack that the pro course was on an
even steeper hillside with lots of rocky, rutted, and loose switchbacks.
I arrived at the finish with no one around me finishing in a time of
1:48 and in 21st place. The results didn't matter for me, only to have
fun and stay safe which I did. It is a good experience to go some place
and ride trails that are so foreign to us Midwestern folk and meet new
people. I love riding out west and hope to make it to another Nationals
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<br />Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-51737923310426234702012-06-22T10:28:00.003-07:002012-06-22T10:28:58.326-07:00Red Wing and RollagCouple of riders hitting race #3 in the Minnesotat Series in Red Wing. Greg Ames racing Comp and Eric and Sam Oftedahl racing in Elite. Conditions got challenging during the second part of the race with rain making for a greasy course. Greg posted a third place in the age group and Eric and Sam had to dnf due to the conditions.<br />
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This past Wednesday Jake and I hooked up with a group from Fargo including team riders Matt Engen and Steve Wenzel for a fast paced road ride with 6 sprints in the mix. A great ride, beautiful terrain and always seems to be great weather. This ride has been happening for at least 15 years and always a good workout. If you are ever in the area on Wednesday nights, check with us about riding here. <br />
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Rolling through Rollag. Famous during Labor day weekend for the steam threshers reunion. There are some great rolling hills as the road traverses the lake shore of the old lake Agassiz.<br />
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The best place to watch storms roll across the countryside is the prairie!</div>
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Tony Schmitz and Ian Fritz were logging some big road miles on a trip
out east last week. Nice job to those two riders logging their first
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Lot of events on tap for the weekend. Good luck to everyone and keep the wheels moving!Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925424864051237881.post-89577171629263090922012-06-14T18:49:00.002-07:002012-06-14T18:49:37.022-07:00Race To SunsetTwo Maplelag Teams were at the Race to Sunset Race at Sleepy Hollow near Bismarck over the weekend, posting solid results and breaking in the new kits! <a href="http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=26242" target="_blank">Read Steve Wenzel's report on the Midwest MTB Recap on skinnyski</a>.<br />
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Tom Heilman, Matte Engen and Matt Wenzel ready for the day. Waving the new kits nicely!<br />
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Matt Engen railing the corner. <br />
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Ben Wenzel rolling the flats with one of the earlier kits.<br />
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Matt working the course.Jay Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16384133631100806159noreply@blogger.com0