The Fall Epic 8 Hour MTB Relay Review Part 1 - in Pics

So there it is...over and done.  The Fall Epic 8 Hour Mountain Bike Relay race, held at Hardwood Ski & Bike, promoted by Pulse Racing is in the books.  And so much good stuff to say about this race!

Glenn TheMan

The weather was perfect MTB weather.
There were so many racers in attendance...which meant for so much great competition...and had to be 100 solos there abouts!  I felt sorry for the team riders that had to negotiate their way around us all.  Added to the technical features, I guess.
And about the course...could well be the most fun, flowy course of any 8 hour race I have participated in!! (I have done a few in the past 8 years).

And lots of folks with cameras...so I have scavenged a huge number of photos for this post.  ApexRacePhotography was also on site, took over 16,000 photos!!!  But they are still indexing them, so not available yet....but that is OK...will give me some material for Thursday's blog post!!

In the meantime I am not sure who to give credit for which pics here...I know JeffS took a ton...and ArlieK took a few...and there was a drone on site piloted by someone I don't know...so I apologize ahead of time if I don't give credit where credit is due.

Also, I apologize for the haphazard manner in which the pics will appear here...organization is not one of my strong suits...so just grab the edges of your desk, hold on, and enjoy the ride (and hopefully you do not hear those words from your boss today...)...or just go with it like these fellas...

Anyways....here we go...

Drone pic of the start paddock...

A different point of view....

My view from the back...

Yeah, I know...I have to learn to get there earlier, and get closer to the front...or just be able to go faster throughout the day.

However, I was lucky to have Pinoy Ryder join me at the back...

And JeffS consoled me after the finish (yes I needed it)...what great friends I am very lucky to have!!!

Pinoy Ryder and some of his crew ...

ArlieK got some pics of me...very, very rare...cuz they make me look fast....almost...

OK...that last one wasn't me...but it was apparently very confused....and moosebehaving...

Anyways....some of the people that really were fast...

In a very strong solo singlespeed field, Hal took third!  Well done Hal!!  

MixedTagTeam...RobandJoc second, JeffandSarah third.

Then Jeff got congratulated by some famous Wolfpackers!

TagTeam PawelandGiant showing some True Grit taking the win...DukeandAdam for third!

4PersonTeam...Nucking Futs for the win!

Captain Fut??

SoloMale50+...TerryS for gold, GordR silver, Martin third!!  

This was my cat but they all completely kicked my arse!!

DaveV took second to AdamH in SoloMale40-49

More True Grit shown...father/son team of Seth and Grant take first in TagTeamMale combined age under69.  These fellas are both redonculous fast!!

Meredith first SoloFemale...13 laps!!!

Meredith in action!

BikeZone 4personFemale take gold!

ThreeMenAndABaby (with Burnsy and Al) kicked butt coming in second to Jon's Trek Canada team in 4 Person Open Age120-159!!

Here they are again!

CycleSolutions...DonnaDub, Peter, Alexa in there...and I think that crazy guy who volunteered to direct traffic at the EagerBeaver 2.0 earlier this season....

The Lapdogs who edged out Team True Grit to take third in 4 person open.

Fig may have got the best prize of all...he got a 'nice guy' award for stopping to help a rider repair her bike.  Fig a nice guy!!  Who knew??  Well...I guess we did...and now everyone does...

All of the solos who did over 100kms.

Got this...

Hey...no pics of unglued??  Or SSSarah??  Guess they were too fast??  Besides...gotta save something for Thursday's post...


Anyways...due to time constraints...and a severe lack of attention span...that is all I have for today...

I like cookies...

I will have more review on Thursday...about how dang slow I was... (I was!)...

Well maybe I wasn't that slow...there were some dang fast solos out there!!

Till Thursday...

Stay posted!