Joki mountain has been talked about, had it's layout altered, and its overall plan changed multiple times up untill the day of the event. Since this is the official blog post (!!!#@!!!) I will stick to the facts.
Course Description: 3/8ths Rolling grass hills with 2 sets of barriers and a run/ride up. 5/8ths Tehcnical single and double track with a monster climb/walk up.
Ride Time: 1.5 Hours
Weather: Soupie asked for rain, Soupie Got Rain, and it was glorious.
Most laps in shortest time wins.
Course Details: Mass start along a flat. Tight turn to barriers, Short up hill to second set of barriers and about 3 mintues of off camber grass double track. Once you pull out of the grass it is up and over the goat back. Those with mountain gearing rode the hill, those with cross gearing ran up it. The opposite side of the goat back was FAST with a divot to throw those not prepared from their steads! From their you enter the single track. It twisted and turned and was greasy from the fresh rain. In the single track was a rutted double dip of a downhill. TC Rauch did not fair well on this downhill as well as many others. The Single track was medium difficulty on a mountain bike and tough for a cross bike. After a mixture of Rutted Double track, their was a run up that barely had a line. Ferns overlapped the trail and slick rocks jeopardized traction. Outside that set of single track was the Slag Ridge Trail. On the pre-lap it was visually breath taking but in the actual race in was really starting to blur out. The end of this ride took racers through a pine forrest to THE CLIMB With race legs, this thing was a monster. A long walk with your bike.
At the top of this hill was the start line, racers returned to the barriers and off camber grass. This completes one lap.
RESULTS:
1 Corey Lev - Team Warehouse (usa)
2 Nick Mosites - Team Warehouse (usa)
3 GW Neal - Team Warehouse (Wash)
4 Rick Joki - Psychos 88 (usa)
5 Sam Kaufman - Psychos 88 (Isr)
Women's
Laura Robinson Henninger - Spouse Racing (usa)
It was Great Race for all who survived.
We'll See you all next year!
