Saturday the 8th October was the final race of the 2016 Arctic Cross season. This year we revisited Kincaid for the Jodhpur race. The team had 14 people out racing plus Bruce doing his race director thing and Kelsey out cheering on the racers. Great turnout teammates.
The weather has finally started cooling off at least overnight here in Anchorage and we were treated to another blue sky day race. For the beginner men the race started with the temperatures hovering around 30F, this was good for the course as it meant lots of frozen mud however it was chilly during the warm up. As the day warmed up the course became a little slower as the mud defrosted. The course is a mixture of ski trails, sandy singletrack and a little bit of a sand dune. The usual cross course features of barriers were out as well as the mini barriers.
We also had some natural barriers to deal with.
Carry or push the bike not sure which was faster.
After the climb there were a couple of line choices to descend off the dune.
For a lot of people on the team the series points were already sorted out going into this round however the racing was just as fast and furious as it has been all season.
The weather has finally started cooling off at least overnight here in Anchorage and we were treated to another blue sky day race. For the beginner men the race started with the temperatures hovering around 30F, this was good for the course as it meant lots of frozen mud however it was chilly during the warm up. As the day warmed up the course became a little slower as the mud defrosted. The course is a mixture of ski trails, sandy singletrack and a little bit of a sand dune. The usual cross course features of barriers were out as well as the mini barriers.
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| Danielle powering away after the mini barriers |
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| Tom with the log hop - Photo Credit Patrick McGownd |
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| Part of the dune with Danielle - Photo Credit Patrick McGownd |
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| Nick, Ryan and Clint riding off the dune - Photo Credit Patrick McGownd |
A huge thanks to our sponsor Steamdot Coffee who provided us with some coffee to share with our fellow racers and team mates.
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| Pre or post ride coffee thanks #Steamdot |
Finally thanks to the Arctic Cross team for putting on another great event and planning a super fun course.
Race #7
Beginner Men
Ethan - 8th Place
Brant - 30th Place
Mark - 31st Place
Mike - 45th Place
Mark - 31st Place
Mike - 45th Place
Beginner Women
Kristie -18th Place
Open Men
Nico - 6th Place
Clint - 8th Place
Nick - 10th Place
Ryan - 11th Place
Brad - 16th Place
Oscar - 17th Place
Tom - 21st Place
Nico - 6th Place
Clint - 8th Place
Nick - 10th Place
Ryan - 11th Place
Ryan - 11th Place
Brad - 16th Place
Oscar - 17th Place
Tom - 21st Place
Tom - 21st Place
Open Women
Laura - 2nd Place
Danielle - 5th Place
Danielle - 5th Place
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