3 races down, 8 to go

It was a scorcher on Wednesday, with the sun beating down an intense 85 degrees, and still 145 of you showed up for some sweet and entirely injury-free racing. We had a special guest in town too, a big thanks goes out to the East Coast's Bruce Dickman for announcing all evening!

We had a little difficulty sorting some of the results, particularly the Men's B's, so check out Wendesday's results here, and let us know if something's a little off. We've corrected a couple of issues from last week in the standings.

It looks like in Margel Abel's absence, Erin Huck extended her lead in the Women's A's overall, though Nicole Duke ran away with Wednesday's race, a good 12 seconds over Cait Vestal in 2nd. The standings in all of the other categories are really tight, as Brady Kappius and Mike West continue alternating wins. 8 races to go, and anything can happen. We'll see you at the research park next week!

Race #2 in the books!

After a great turnout last week, another 149 racers . This included a bunch of new faces like Joe Goodacre, who was crushing it in the kids race. The question will be can he catch Oliver Hart and Cade Mead, who are currently sitting 1-2 in the overall, just as they were at the end of the 2010 series.
The big kids course featured a tricky hairpin and a bit of a cliff on the back side. Our medic on hand saw a couple of crashes, scraped elbows and knees. The clouds rolling through in the evening just intensified the racing, it seeemd everyone was going all out.

Erin Huck took the win in the Women's A race over CU Cycling's Women's Coach Margell Abel. History seems to repeat itself, as they are now 1-2 in the overall, just as they ended last season.

5 of the Men's A racers were flying through the course! By the end, Brady Kappius just edged out last week's winner Mike West. Mike still has the edge on Brady in the overall though. Last year's winner, Bryan Alders is close behind in 3rd.

Check out the full results here, with the total standings in their usual place.

Thanks to Jeff Higham for the videos from last week's races. And thanks again, Dave Wright for capturing this week's race in photos.

And the Series is under way!

The rainy season has passed, and the trails are dry. So CU's Summer Short Track Series has finally begun! And what a way to begin, with a whopping 154 racers, including 20 wicked fast kids!



As always, Chuck from Full Cycle was out grilling hot dogs and brats, competing with the Boulder Junior Cycles tent with their hot dogs and biker-friendly (healthy) cookies. Dave Wright was on hand photographing the Women's A and Men's A fields. Check out some sweet photos here. Thanks Dave!

Results are posted.
We still have a few bugs to work out, so let us know if there are any corrections.
Additionally we had advertised hosting girls Juniors with the Women's B's, and boys Juniors with the Men's C's, but ended up racing all juniors together with Women's B's - the way we have normally done it in the past. We apologize to the juniors who missed the women's B start and raced in the C's instead.

We also started the single speed racers 30 seconds after the Men's B race. On that long course, several of the single speeders caught up and jumped right in with the B's, with a few passing more than half of the B field. Let us know either in comments or emails how you felt it went, and which style you'd prefer. How should we mix the juniors? Should single speeders just start with the B's, 30 seconds ahead, or 30 seconds behind?

Thanks for your input, and a big thanks for racing! We'll see you next Wednesday!

July 22 Results

I'm all finished with my racing series out in Chicago and can return my attention to short track results. Check out last Wednesday's results here. We had difficulty identifying a few of the Men A riders, so send us an email or comment if that was you (based on race number). Standings have been updated too.

July 15 Results

Sorry again for the delay. One of the main persons helping getting results up has been racing and out of town all weekend, and I've been gone, racing Superweek in Chicago for a few weeks (I'm a bit of a roadie, though my new mountain bike has arrived!). Results are up here though. Standings are updated at the usual place.

July 8 Results

After that little delay, we have the results tabulated here. There was an issue with the recording of the Kids race, and regrettably do not have their results. With Colby Pearce at the Breck Epic, Mike West has taken over the lead in the Men's As. Becca Blay had a great performance, taking the lead from Molly Throdahl in the Woman's As.
We'll see you at the research park this afternoon.

July 1 Results

Results have been tallied for the beautiful July 1 race. Becca Blay has closed the gap 22 points to Women's A points leader Molly Throdahl; only 14 points now separates the two. Action in the Men's A's is heating up a lot too, with Mike West gaining 14 points on leader Colby Pierce, who now leads with a narrow 4-point margin. Full results can be found here. The total standings have also been updated.
See you on the 8th.

June 24th

We had a little rain for the Kids and Women B / Junior's race. But after that it was clear skies, warm sun, cheddar brats and hot dogs. The course weaved back and forth with several challenging hills and a couple of slick corners, making the race about technical skill rather than blunt speed and power. The results have been tabulated (here) and overall standings are at the same location.

June 17 Results

Sorry for the long delay, the main guy who handles results was out of town all weekend. But finally, results are posted here. Standings have been updated too. In the Women's A's, Sarah Altschuler of Walt Works and Molly Throdal of Sports Garage have a fierce back-and-forth going, with Molly holding a small margin in the leaders spot. Meanwhile in the Men's A's, though Bryan Alders (Mona Vie) has yet to get the win, his consistent top 3 finishes keep him ahead of Colby Pearce (Michelob). Wednesday should be hot and sunny, with some fierce competition. See you at 4:45.

Short Track Standings

Overall series standings are up here. The standings will be updated at the same link every week. You can also find this link to the right. If you happen to spot any errors, be sure to let us know.
- The Short Track Crew

May 27th Results

Wednesday's rain narrowly avoided this week's short track, though there were some mud puddles. Many racers came out, some enjoying the mud but most hoping to avoid it as much as possible. To add some fun we decided to have mud primes: whichever rider made the biggest splash/mess in the puddle right before the finish line would win, based on the audience's cheering. Many riders got their feet wet, legs covered, and spray in the face. One racer actually wheelied through the mud. Full Cycle was again on hand, demoing bikes and grilling Dogs and Brats. You can find Wednesday's results here. We will have full standings up soon, though I'm sure you can figure it out by looking at last week's results too. Thanks to everyone who came out, and we'll see you next Wednesday.