Jolly Pumpkin CX '09 - Race #2

DIRTY CRITTY BRUNCH RACE
(photos from JP race #1)

It's held on a dirt road that acts like a criterium, but it hurts like a CX race. Wendy and Ben are the hosts of this little painfest on Labor Day morning at 9:30am. Go to 4547 Valentine Rd, out on the back roads west of Whitmore Lake. It's near the Dirt Hammer route and the race itself rolls over a section of the Dirt Hammer roads.

There will be some unique prizes. Wendy usually finds some farm animal to offer the winner. In the past it's been fowl, but I think it's getting bigger this year and it may be four legged. Not sure. You'll have to show up to find out.

I hear David Myers is involved as well, so Mighty Good Coffee will be part of the prize list, probably both as preems and as podium booty. Who knows, he may even have an urn fired up for a pre-race jump start.

Last year everyone hung out after the race for a nice brunch and some well deserved beer. It's pot luck, so bring along your favorite picnic dish.

Food Gatherers Donation
There will be a Food Gatherer's bin as well, so put an unopened can of something edible in your jersey pocket. We'll first transfer them into the pockets of annoyingly fast people like Jason Lummis, Rich Stark, Andy Weir, Brian Rosewarne, and Rodger Bowser during the race. It's only fair that we do a little bit of handicapping. But please bring a can for those who are struggling in these tough economic times.

The Races
My guess is that there will be an A and a B race group, with prizes for top women as well.

Jason wailed in the first A race of the season, dropped his chain twice and fell once and still came back to pass Rich and Andy for the top podium spot.










The B race was won by Alex, with second place going to Paul (I never got their last names and don't even know the name of the guy who came in third). Paul, by the way, was on a single speed and dropped his chain once. Monster.