Cedar Cross Results…and other stuff

I can’t even begin to describe what was going through my mind watching 120+ cyclists set out to ride this course. Thank you all so much for coming out and taking part in what will surely become an annual event.

Team Fohty rides off into the sunset..after drinking warm cans of Schlitz at the drop station.

Below are the final results from the 2012 Cedar Cross. I’ll allow one week from today, 5/12/2012, for anyone to contest their posted finish times. After that, these times are set in stone. 

Please note, the time listed is the time of day you finished, NOT the amount of elapsed time. For example, when Peat Henry finished at 16:59, that would mean he crossed the finish line at 4:59pm. I apologize for not knowing the exact start-time, but I’m sure someone will fill me in on that one.

If anyone is curious, the Kuat rack was awarded to Travis Hammons. I had my lovely girlfriend amass a list of license plate numbers from those vehicles that had the crappiest looking bike racks. The first 3 winners I pulled from the hat were already gone, so Travis was lucky #4. Travis is seen in the bottom-left corner of the photo below, drinking beer at the Hoosier Daddies volunteer station.

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Also, I’ve gotten emails from several of you concerning lost shoes, helmets and smoke bombs. I did go back and find these shoes and helmet:

Unfortunately, these were the only shoes I found, so let me know if they’re yours.

A word about our sponsors: Backcountry Research and Foosh. If you haven’t already done it, please send a quick email to these folks and thank them for the massive amount of schwag they donated to this race. While you’re at it, buy some of their stuff!!!

#41- Dan Miller 16:46:00 
#101- Jason Wulff 16:46:00 
#111- Steve McIntyre 16:46:00 

#19 - Josh Johson 16:46:00
#63- Peat Henry 16:59:00 
#35- Colin Mahoney 17:00:00 —Kuat bottle-lock winner
#18 Matt stacey 17:46:00 
#92 Josh Behounek 17:46:00 
#104 Corey Scardick Case 17:46:00 
#11 Anthony Dust 17:49:00 
#62 Turbo Hylton 18:12:00 
#100 E- something?? 18:12:00 
#106 Wes Trueblood 18:12:00 
#2 Pete Goode 18:18:00 
#44 Dennis Rathke 18:24:00 
#17 Roddy Dowell 18:28:00 
#107 Jesse Gross 18:29:00 

#96 Todd Johanson 18:29:00

#9 Dennis Baumstock 18:29.01
#117 Trail Bling Choad 18:31:00 
#86 Luke Doney 18:32:00 
#32 Roger Mackay 18:34:00 

#6 Stoney Cranmer 18:36:00 
#103 Jake Wilson 18:58:00 
#26 Brian Lasswell 19:00:00 
#27 Mark Krause 19:00:00 
#109 Jacob Rohter 19:00:00 

#88 Aaron Ferguson 19:07:00

#96 Matt Grothoff 19:07:00 

#6 Stephen Sides 19:14:00 
#61 Steve Friedman 19:13:00 

#21 Karen Holtmann 19:00:00 1st place Woman—Kuat bottle lock winner
#22 Todd Holtmann 19:00:00 

#40 Josh Schrock 19:21:00 
#48 Marc Thierry 19:21:00 
#49 Greg Goodman 19:21:00 
#112 Travis Finan 19:21:00 
#51 Don Daly 19:21:00 
#52 Zack Lamb 19:21:00 
#81 Kevin Schwartz 19:40:00 
#89 Keith Ebker 19:41:00 

#90 Adam Hempelmann 19:41

#68 Rachel Sleeman 19:45:00

#70 Jason Torbitzky 19:45:01
#54 Trent Jackson 19:52:00 
#12 Kevin Doggett 19:53:00 
#30 Pat & Charlie Jenkins 19:53:00 
#42 Mia Phillips 19:54:00 
#43 Cliff Jacobs 19:54:00 
#20 Loreen Mattson 20:00:00 
#75 Stephanie McCreary 20:06:00 
#31 Cary Maloney 20:07:00 
#1 Nick Smith 20:22:00 
#3 Chris Wood 20:22:00 —Winner of the Surly Cross-check frame
#37 Rodney Geisert 20:22:00 
#38 Ross Lents 20:22:00 
#65 Dan Clinkenbeard 20:30:00 
#28 Tyler Cordia 20:32:00 

#47 Rob Hendon 20:32:00
#57 Jason Zoll 20:32:00 
#58 Wendy Davis 20:32:00 
#60 Molly Brady 20:32:00 

#33 Randy Anderson 20:45:00
#108 Dean Hargett 21:00:00 
#114 Jody Schomaker 21:00:00 
#24 Paul Pilliard 21:33:00 
#64 Dan Stookey 21:33:00 
#47 Rob Hendon 21:35:25 
#15 Guy Krause 21:42:00 
#118 Samantha Welter 21:42:00 
#53 Can’t read your name?? 21:54:00 
#55 Beth Weimer 21:54:00 
#29 Randazzle B. 22:05:00 
#46 Kyle Boos 22:05:00 

#97 Keaton Haire 22:05:02
#66 John Porter 22:21:00 
#78 Mark Cody 22:24:00 
#82 Tony Porter 22:24:00 
#99 Eric Burke 22:36:00 
#7 Keith Clark 23:00:00 
#34 Aaron Lackman 23:00:00 
#59 Justin Nemeth 23:00:00 
#77 Lukas Lamb 23:00:00 Last wheel across the finish
 

#4 Juan Vega DNF 
#5 Joseph truax DNF 
#8 Jeff Yielding DNF 
#10 Travis Hammons DNF —Winner of the Kuat Vagabond Roof-Rack
#13 Marty Macdonnell DNF 
#14 Mark Griffin DNF 
#16 Scott Urich DNF 
#23 Derrick Boos DNF 
#25 Jon Langworthy DNF 

#71 James Schwantner DNF
#36 Randy Wergin DNF 
#39 Robby Brown DNF 
#45 Cooper Mittelhauser DNF 
#50 Greg Word DNF 
#67 Dana Goodman DNF 
#69 Jim Davis DNF 
#72 Grant Shorthose DNF 
#73 Keith Bone DNF 
#74 Lisa White DNF 
#76 Brandon Amos DNF 
#79 Bart Accardo DNF –Kuat bottle-lock winner
#80 Jerod Mendolia DNF 
#83 Scott Ogilvie DNF 
#84 Dave Hagen DNF 
#85 Brent Starnes DNF 
#91 Scott Peipert DNF 
#93 Tyson Wehmeyer DNF 
#94 David Malorin DNF 
#98 David Beattie DNF 
#102 Josh Picker DNF 
#105 Brett Heuring DNF 
#113 Dan Dougan DNF 
#115 Adam Laffoon DNF 
#110 Corbin Brady DNF, right? 
#120 Cynthia Woodcock– DNF’d with a big ol smile on her face.

#116 Thomas Hall—- Presumed to be on lap 4

#87 Art Clervi— Rest in Peace 
#119 David Tagen— Still out there somewhere
 

Who is this “Chris Wood” guy???

I’ve always had a lot of respect for people who enter an endurance event strictly with the goal of finishing. Often times, these people cross the finish line long after most other racers have loaded up their stuff and gone home.

Originally I was going to give the Surly Cross-check frame to the last place finisher. Since the last place finisher just happened to be my best friend, I decided I had to change that. I wouldn’t want anyone thinking we rigged the competition

I keep hearing all these stories about some guy named Chris Wood. Apparently he rode the Cedar Cross on a 26″ Specialized Hardrock Sport with rim-brakes, clearing the course at 8:22pm.

I think we have a winner. Chris Wood, you can go to Redwheel Bike Shop and tell Nick Smith you’re there to pick up your new bike frame.

Results will be posted soon. I’m just waiting to hear back from the people whose results I don’t have yet. For all I know, they’re still out there.

Cedar Cross Hangover?

I’ve got one. I hope you do too.

I’d say raceday went just about as smoothly as possible. Between the sweltering heat, horse trodden singletrack and loose gravel, I think everyone got what they came for. The first group of finishers cleared the course with a 16 mph average, (wow), and the final group of riders finished just before midnight. (WOW!!!)

Results will be posted soon, and I will make every effort to ensure they’re accurate. (We’ll see how that goes.)

Soon, I hope to post a full report from my own perspective, and I am very much looking forward to reading all of yours. I know there are a few things we need to improve on for next year, but I still think this race was worth the price of admission.

In the interest of full disclosure,  I’d like to apologize for my foul mouth in front of the group before race-start. I think I just got a little too excited and forgot that there were children around. I really am sorry about that, and it won’t happen again.

Thank you all for coming to the Cedar Cross. It was a pleasure to meet everyone of you, and I hope you know how much it means to me that you came to this race. I don’t have a final dollar count on how much we raised for the animal shelter, but I’m told we did pretty good. You’ll know the final tally as soon as I do. 

Cedar Cross Eve

We’re good to go. See you in the morning.

I hope you carb-loaded, cuz this course is going to kick your ass.

Cedar Cross Course Adjustments…Rolling with the Punches

Raceday is tomorrow!!! Sign-in begins at 730, and we WILL start promptly at 9am

I assume most of you have been keeping a pretty close eye on the weather. If so, you know that Ashland had some pretty heavy rain on Friday night. Due to these wet-weather shenanigans, part of the original course is now under water. I’m not even kidding, here’s a photo of someone out there pre-riding it yesterday.

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Okay, maybe it’s not quite that bad…but you get the point.

Lucky for you, we here at Cedar Cross HQ have devised a new and improved way to traverse this particular piece of the course. That’s right, we had to change the route again. I had to throw 200 cue sheets in the recycle bin and start over. I wasn’t happy about it, but I think this new version of the course is actually better.

For those of you who’ve already made your own maps and whatnot, I apologize. This was completely unforseeable, and I can promise you that it’s a much bigger pain in MY ass than yours.

I will punch you in the face if you complain about it.

The change to the course is as follows:

After turning right onto Barnes Chapel road, follow it PAST the singletrack trailhead and continue to North Millsite road. Turning right onto N. Millsite, you’ll ride past a Dead End sign. Follow North Millsite until you see a brand new, top-secret trailhead that NOBODY knows about. Follow course markings from there.

This is all on the cue sheet and VERY well marked. And leaf-blown.

I guess that’s it for now. There will likely be at least one more update to this site, and you can also find the Cedar Cross on Facebook. As always, feel free to email me via the contact link.

I’m gonna drink so much beer tomorrow.

 

 

A Monster of a New Sponsor

This just in!! Monster Bicycle Company has agreed to give EACH Cedar Crosser a 20% discount on any custom frame job.

When you place your order, just enter promo code “HolyshitCedarCrossisAwesome” and start putting together the bike you’ve always wanted.

BOOYAH!!

Race Starts at 9am!!!!

I apologize for the confusion. Just so we’re all clear, the race starts at 9am on Sunday.

Rider checkin begins at 7:30

My final words before rollout will be at 8:45

The Countdown Begins..

Just wanted to post a quick update: I will be handing out paper copies of the cue-sheet on raceday. You might want to bring a ziplock bag or something to keep it dry.

The mapmyride link is not accurate, as we will no longer be riding on Devil’s backbone road. Other than that it’s good, so no big deal. Like I said, the cue sheet is accurate and I’ll have tape marking the singletrack.

Trust me

About the whole dog-spray thing: Yes, I’m serious that you need to bring it. I love dogs as much as anyone, but when they’re gnawing on my leg, all bets are off. There will be dogs at various places along the course, some of them are really nice and some of them aren’t. Remember, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

Don’t forget that this race is also a fundraiser for the Callaway Hills Animal Shelter. There are about 170 of you signed up to do this race. If every person donated $5, we could raise $850!! I really don’t see any reason we can’t hit $1,000, but that’s just my opinion. That money could be used to help dogs like Falkor, the puppy we found on gravel a few years ago:

If anyone has questions, send me an email. The trails are wet right now, but hopefully Mother Nature decides to play ball. I’d really hate to cut out any more singletrack, but the last thing I want to do is destroy trail. 

5 days til raceday.

Course adjustment…and raceday is getting close

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The Cedar Cross

1 week from today, over 150 riders from all over the country will strike out on a 100+mile gravel/singletrack journey put together by.. me.

Somebody pass the Ativan.

So, I guess it was a bad idea to clear all of those trails so early in the year. Horse traffic has destroyed one of my favorite places on the course, and it is now omitted from the Cedar Cross.

 

The good news is that we’ve only lost a few miles of the course. It’s frustrating, but we have to make the best of the situation. This course is supposed to be challenging, but what those horses to the trail is ridiculous. The cue sheet, (at the top of the page), reflects the recent course-change. 

Burnett School Road Bridge

In other news, the good people at Walt’s Bike shop in Columbia, MO recently sold me a Garmin at a VERY reasonable price. I’m off work tomorrow, so with any luck I’ll have a Garmin-connect link posted by Tuesday.

This field is within the first 20 miles

Starting thursday night, I’ll be “somewhere”  on the course weed-eating, leafblowing, putting up tape and doing other race-related business. If I find an area that needs re-routed, you’ll find out about it here.

Any and all questions may be emailed to me via the contact-link at the top of the page, or you can find The Cedar Cross on Facebook and message me there. Don’t be shy.

Changing topics, I want everyone to remember that the singletrack on this course favors the ”cyclocross minded” cyclist. These horse-ridden trails are ill-maintained at best, so they’re not exactly “flowy”. Don’t forget, I had to go FIND these trails before I could clear them off. If you don’t like shouldering your bike and jumping downed trees, creeks and rocks…there are a few miles of the Cedar Cross that you’re really gonna hate….or love.

And don’t forget….on raceday YOUR ARE ON YOUR OWN. If you show up to this race without a backup plan and end up face-down in the gravel surrounded by a pack of hungry dogs…it’s up to you to find a way home.  And there will be dogs.

Print out the map and cue sheet, bring your cellphone and BE PREPARED. Don’t forget to bring dog spray, you’re probably gonna need it.

Also, anyone who wants to volunteer, please send me an email at bobjenkins@team-virtus.com.

This is gonna be an awesome time. Details regarding raceday sign-in will be posted soon.

Cedar Cross Course Revealed..

Raceday is nearly upon us, my friends. I’ve been getting a lot of emails from folks wanting a sneak-peek at the course so they can fine tune their gear/bike setup. Well, it’s your lucky day because I’m posting the link right now.

Behold

It’d really help me out if everyone could print out their own copy of the map. If you can’t, let me know and I’ll be happy to provide one for you. I’m going to fine-tune the cue-sheet and post an updated version as soon as I can. Mapmyride just gives too many silly details, in my opinion.

I’m also working on getting someone to let me borrow a Garmin. I’ll post that link as soon as it becomes available.

There are a variety of places to refill water/food along the course.

These distances are approximate.

A water spigot rests in front of a church on Barnes Chapel road near the 27 mile mark. This is right before the first section of singletrack.

Your drop bags, (1-gallon ziplock), will greet you at the end of County road 353, near the 47 mile mark. This will be right before the final section of singletrack.

The Hams Prarie gas station/deli is near the 70 mile mark, and they have the best hard-salami sandwiches in all the land. Not the best gummi bear selection, though.

The final refueling station will likely be the country store in beautiful Mokane, near the 88 mile mark. They’ve got root beer in glass bottles, so be excited.

There are one or two other places you could leave the course and hit a gas station, but I don’t think you’ll need to. As long as you re-enter the course in the same place you left, no big deal. Just don’t cut the course on purpose and call yourself a real finisher. Douchebags do that.

Just remember the Golden Rule on raceday: You are responsible for yourself. I can’t stress enough that each rider is on their own adventure. Think of this as a long group ride with a few prizes along the way.

You’ll be equipped with a map and cue sheet and I’ll do my very best to mark the course.. but that is where my responsibility ends. I’d love to see everyone finish the course, but if you can’t…you better have a plan for getting back to the car. There are literally dozens of bailout points, so make sure your SAG people know where to go if you need a ride.

As always, email me with any questions or concerns you may have. I’ll get the Garmin link as soon as I can.