Contagious Mountain Bike Club

A message from Alaska!

Hello Whitehorse Cyclists!

We’ve made a few changes to the Skagway/Dyea Cyclocross race and are ready to give the  new format a try.  This year, we are starting in Skagway with a steep 4×4 road climb right off the bat followed by 4-5 miles of dirt road out to Dyea.  Once out in Dyea, the course is pretty much the same as last year.  Total racing time will probably be 60-90 minutes.

We will start in Skagway at 5pm (AK time) next Saturday, Sept. 24th.  We will have some vans/trailers available to shuttle riders back to Skagway after the racing.

Please feel free to forward this on to anyone you think might be interested.  We’d be happy to have anyone and everyone involved.  More info can be found: http://dyeacxrace.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

Dustin Craney
dcraney@gmail.com

Hi all, tuesday is our last official Dirt Girls ride!  We’re shuttling B&S and Mad to the Max, and will meet at Magnusson Parking Lot at 6:45 to accommodate the shuttle time and encroaching darkness.  See you there!

Kris

King of the Canyon Court

Thank you to everyone who came out for the King of the Canyon race today.  We have a new royal court to end the 2011 bike season.

King of the Canyon – Jonah Clark

Queen of the Canyon – Tamara Goeppel

Prince of the Canyon – Land Pearson

Princess of the Canyon – Julie DesBrisay

King of the Canyon (long course/male)

Jonah Clark – 2:43:07

Paul Burbidge – 3:03:06

Marcus Wattereus – 3:06:02

Sean McCaron – 3:09:48

Steve Brewis – 3:10:26

Brad Baiton – 3:14:44

Thomas Tetz – 3:18:31

Larkin Wise – 3:24:30

Evan Wise – 3:30:42

Dan Reimer – 3:32:15

Mario Villeneuve – 3:33:55

Karl Blattmann – 3:35:00

Paul Gowdie – 3:57:55

Geof Harries – 4:00:20

Mike Brown – 4:04:11

Ben Lochridge – 4:05:51

Lee Carruthers – 6:01:30

Dave Pharand – DNF

Dave Gonda – DNF

Queen of the Canyon (long course/female)

Tamara Goeppel – 3:15:13

Prince of the Canyon (short course/male)

Land Pearson – 2:44:35

Sky Pearson – 2:44:36

Noel Sinclair – 3:90:46

Princess of the Canyon (short course/female)

Julie DesBrisay – 3:19:08

Jenn Roberts – 3:19:09

Leslie Vandermass – 3:21:26

Robin Havelaar – 3:26:09

Heather Leduc – 4:48:30

Margi Pazkowska – 4:48:30

Carrie Burbidge – 4:48:30

Kris Gardner – DNF

Monika Melnychuk – DNF

Big thanks to our entire volunteer crew from the race:

Chief of course and course flagger extraordinaire – Anthony DeLorenzo

Flaggers – Julie DesBrisay and Ian Parker

Aid Station – Ross Phillips and Tristan Geisal

Start/Finish – Pat McKenna, Vanessa Marshak, Liz Parker, Niki Deneault

Sweeps – Rory Schalko, Danielle Hodgson, Wendy Sokolon, Paula Vera and Sam Reimer

Map – Paul Gowdie

Sorry folks, I just got word that due to weather uncertainty, tomorrow evening’s biathlon is postponed. Stay tuned for rescheduling.

Don’t despair, the season’s not over yet. King of the Canyon is this weekend. Then stretch out your legs the next day, Monday, August 22, with another bike biathlon. Who can resist the combination of bikes and guns?!

Pre-register with wcurtis@yukon.net. Be at the biathlon range on Grey Mountain Road by 6:30. Cost is $5 and includes barbecued hot dogs, drinks and snacks!

Not quite ready to participate but want to learn? Then volunteer – your help would be appreciated! Please email wcurtis@yukon.net if you’d like to help out.

Our CMBC season is rounding up and we’ve got a couple of great events to finish off the season. This Thursday is the last Twoonie race of the season at Mt. McIntyre. No more excuses!!! Come out and ride a fun course, and enjoy some great Yukon Brewing prizes. The registration is at 7:00 pm, with race start at 7:30 pm.

King of the Canyon – the Yukon Mountain Bike Championships – is happening on August 21st. This is an amazing chance to ride some great Yukon trails. Race registration is 10:30 am at Schwatka Lake, with race start at 11:00 am. The race will, once again, feature a long (50ish km) course and short (25ish km) course. I’ll be posting more info on the course as soon as I can!

The Long Lake Triathlon is happening tomorrow, Saturday, August 6, 2011. You may register at the start if needed. Please be aware that there is a marked course with mountain bike racers leaving from Long Lake and continuing on some of the Boogaloos back to the Lake.

Have fun!

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances the Montana Madness races have been cancelled.  There will still be plenty of folks enjoying Carcross and their fabulous trails this weekend.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the downhill series, and huge thanks to Justin, Jarrid, Jonah, Mike and all the others who organized these fabulous events.