15 minutes until the start of the long course. Lots of nervous energy and dumb questions.

Chris G says he plans to win it all

Later today KingMurphy's Law will resort back to non king status as he is doing middle course F1 this year.

Who will be the new king and queen. ML was both

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Good luck to everybody today. After ~60 miles on the bike yesterday followed by only a 4 mile run, I'm glad I bailed the race -no matter how many ICBs there were going to be!

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This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. - Fight Club
Industry Brat.

middle course has started wit the mighty tetsuoni in the field as well as the king murphy's law.

Long coursers have just started arriving into t1

Ben Leese (31:52) had a healthy lead followed by

josh beck
rick fesler
chris martin
john phillips

all seperated by a few minutes

The story will be how fast can josh ride today and can anyone stay with him

First trend of the day...

Bottles on the bars Rappstar style

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

middle course first run update

john hirsch was in first @ about 34:40

Followed closly by KML who wants annother title

In third about a day behind was our very own race director Tetsuoni. Jon and D Roche hugged a bit when they saw each other

Short course athletes are out on the run. The sc started a tad late as one athlete was in the dumper. I won't mention him by name but his son just broke his collarbone.

The sun is starting to warm things up. Not southern cali warm but catskills NY warm

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

YellowJacket Racing's very own Chet the Jet has just finished the first run of the F1. He is in training for the Quadzilla bike ride. The ride make Az look easy

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

short course first run

Bryan parker in first with a large lead 31:44 was hos time

John kent is trailing in second

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

If you've ever wanted to race in an absolutely beautiful location, this is it. I'm sitting in a great rustic pavilion overlooking lush green mountains. It really doesn't get much better.

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

keep'em coming boots....thanks

We are now in the quiet time as just about everyone is out on the bike course. Middle courses should be back in about 30 minutes or so to start run number 2. We'll see then if ML has staked his claim for the crown for the F1.

Speaking of F1 if you are in Western NY next weekend check out one of the fatest and nicest F1's around, The Rochester Spring Classic Duathlon. F1 and Super Sprint options. I think it is in year 8 this year. You'd think I'd know since I'm the RD but after a few hundred races things get blurry, kinda like Tetsuoni after AZ.

Run on trails, bike on rolling country roads. www.yellowjacketracing.com

FYI Ladies - D Roche in boxer briefs is not a pretty picture. But he is going to be a lawyer

Rumor is that Josh Beck is in the lead after a 1:19 first lap on the bike. I'll do the math for you. That equals FAST

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Roadhouse may have a new man crush.

D Roche is setting up the trainer. Much like Big Lance last year a bike crash can not stop the man

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Other celebrity news (if you count me mentioning ML as a celebrity sighting)

Tara Costa from the biggest loser is here and racing. She was late to the start but she is out on the bike for the middle course right now.

Jillian can't help her out there

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Go King ML!!!

Props to Dave for watching from the trainer :D

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

King ML is out on run #2

he is 45 seconds up on run 1 leader john hirsch

F1 is going to be interesting

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

King ML can run him down!

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

f1 update

kristoph kocan is in 3rd
Ethan pond just behind in 4th

tetsuoni has just entered t2 in 5th, The Ceepo has served him well so far.

For you Cervelo geeks, ML was on his P4

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

F1 top 10 bike and gear count brought to you by Catskill Mountain Multisport. Visit them in downtown new paltz

Felt - 1
Cervelo - 4
Ceepo - 1
C'Dale - 1
Orbea - 1
Kestral - 1
Specialized - 1

Raod bike -3
TT/Tri - 7

Aero Helmet - 5 out of 10

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Why don't you wander on over to transition 40 feet away and do a live report on the condition of KML's P4...specifically you might mention the presence of any rusted components.

First female in the f1 has started run #2

Elena Dale

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

First s/c is back in t2.

Matt mallet is leading and sporting a ST jersey. He was aboutt 2:10 off the bike

F1 womens 2nd place, pascale butcher has headed out on the run

Temp has risen to 60, ther sun is shining bright

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

F1 leaders are into t3 and out on the bike

John Hirsch has regained the lead making up the 45 second deficit from t2 and putting 15 more seconds into ML

Lets see what bike number 2 can do to the race

s/c womens leader mendy taylor. She looks strong for the second run as well

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Tetsuoni has decided to assume his Rd duties and call it a day as a racer.

Our short course leader should be here any minute

In bigger news Main Street Bistro has arrived and some of the best food of any post race is about to start being served

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Who else was up there with Matt? Gaps?

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Steve

http://www.PeaksCoachingGroup.com

Matt Mallet has taken the win, just barely holding off our womens winner, mendy taylor. Yes you read that correctly. She crushed a lot of dreams on that run

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Short course so far

matt mallet
mendy taylor (1st female)
john kent
dave wright
mike theesfeld

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Just to show how badass mendy's run was, she outsplit the mens field on the second run by over 4 minutes

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Wow! Thanks for the updates

is Dave still on the trainer?

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

Great updates Boots, as a has been who was never un-injured enough for this race I really appreciate your coverage.

Is there an entry list available anywhere on line?

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''Sweeney - you can both crush your AG *and* cruise in dead last!! 😂 '' Murphy's Law

Dave is off the trainer and enjoying the post race food. Most likely looking for an appletine

By the way, post race food is awesome here, main street bistro rocks

The taps are in tetsuoni's hands, here we go again

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Great updates, Boots! Keep 'em coming.

AZ is one of the best races around. Great venue, tough course, amazing people to spend the day with. Main Street Bistro food after racing is the best.

Congratulations to Mendy Taylor. That's an amazing run on one of the toughest courses anywhere!

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''Sweeney - you can both crush your AG *and* cruise in dead last!! 😂 '' Murphy's Law

Long course is coming in off the bike

Josh beck in first followed by christopher Martin about 2 minutes back

They were pretty close on the first run and for the entire bike.

This could be interesting.

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

So KingML is putting the boots to Jon Hirsch and Triyoda is leading the SC? Big day for ST celebrities!

ML just headed out on the run 7 seconds up on John Hirsch. he gave it up stopping for fluids in the pavion (not a KCB) and hirsch is now in the lead and at least in front of the crowds looking much fresher (of course ML has the skin tone of a corpse, so anyone would look fresher)

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Long course - rick fesler has started the run and headed out running hard

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

ML's life MO is:

"It is hard goddamn work making something this pretty look like a chump."

He has pretty much perfected it.

What's the update on the Jedi Master Triyoda at the SC? Hopefully his SC splits are faster than ML's F1 splits or we'll never hear the end of this!

DP - short course is 75% over. The story of the day was that all but one dude got chicked.

Check above for results

We should be seeing F1 finishers in the next 15 minutes. ML or Hirsch, we'll let you know

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Josh beck still holding a slim lead after one lap of the long course second run. 2 laps to go and about 1 minute seperates 1st and 2nd.

In F1 news John Hirsch has just claimed the title. ML is no longer King

Here comes ML - 2nd place

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Middle Course F1

John Hirsch - 5:04:34
The Prince Murphy's Law - 5:07:16

Great racing from the gun

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Tre traditional AZ winners steins are getting filled with Keegans. Some already for a second time

This party will continue for a while

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Middle course

1. John Hirsch
2. ML
3. Cristophe Kocan
4. Stefan Judex

Lots of hard racing for over 5 hours

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

2010 F1 womens winner

Elena Dale 6:05:06

Dominating victory

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Josh Beck has just destroyed the course, again

6:42:17

he pulled away finally on the third loop of the run

And for those curious he wore Brooks Cascadia trail shoes

second place went to Chris Martin in 6:46:32

wearing Brooks Defyance Trainers

So that is 1st and 2nd and no racing flats

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Announcin' on tha internetz....

Yer doin' it right, Boots.

the womens leader has just completed her 1st lap of the second run

Mimi Boyle going for win number 3. She has a pretty big lead

In the mens race Rick Fesler has just claimed 3rd place (also wearing Brooks cascadia trail shoes)

Brooks shoes have claimed the entire podium for the mens long course (I'm a shoe geek)

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Mitch West has just taken fourth place in the long course

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Where's Tara Costa at?!?

Tara did a "McGovern" and called it a day early.

She did go out and get in some extra training with a few others

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Mimi Boyle is starting her final lap of the run, crushing the field, again

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Boots, how is Ben Leese doing? He led LC on the 1st run

Also, can you let me know if LC'er's Kevin Cunningham and Doug Schwartz have at least started their 15mile runs please?

Thanks

The AZ legend Krol has started his final lap.

I believe he has completed every AZ long course

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Ben finished 5th overall

Kevin and Doug are both on their second lap of the second run

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

thanks!
great race for Ben.

Mimi Boyle has completed her third victory on the long course

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

after 9.5 hours of racing we are signing off for the night.

Still a few long coursers out there enjoying the trails.

Results will be up at www.yellowjacketracing.com either late tonight or Monday morning. (we've got a 4.5 hour drive first)

Thanks for joining us, be here in person next year

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Yes, I gave Boots a show today. No, he didn't have to pay the usual going rate of a back-rub to see me in undershorts.

Who am I kidding, the only person in the Pavilion that wanted to see that was probably ML and his limp-wristed salute :) On a serious note, congrats to the awesome racers (who also happen to be awesome people). Cassie (surprisingly, not a hoser), Chris G (3rd age!), ML (2nd overall F1!), Tri_yoda (SC winner!), Tetsuoni (great guy and better RD), and my dad (the dumper!) were amazing. It was great meeting them, and seeing them crush some dreams on the course!

And yes, that was a Cosmo I was drinking after the 2 hour trainer ride. After 2, I just wanted to dance! Hopefully ML didn't mind the grinding...

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David Roche
Some Work, All Play podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/...ll-play/id1521532868
Coaching: https://swaprunning.com/

thx to all,

ran the SC today, i was the guy in VFF's. it was an experiment. frustrating to see ppl passing me on the downs, i could not run fast. but that is not what running "barefoot" is all about i guess..

some dude on a trainer in the pavillion? whatever works for you, hope you heal well:)

johnny mac, you the man. good seeing you all.

move it back to the fall, that's all i'm sayin:)

"Some" dude? It's MISTER Dude to you :) If those watts were on in the Catskills, there would have been a new course record!*

*For collarbone deficient college students

Great race today! I was blown away by the shoe choice, injuries in the past?

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David Roche
Some Work, All Play podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/...ll-play/id1521532868
Coaching: https://swaprunning.com/

^^yep, planter last season. can't risk losing ski season, so started f'ing around w/ these a few weeks ago..

would have ben nice to have minimal trail shoes, but i can't spend money now, ski season is right around the corner.

not the best choice for the run, feet were sore, kicked rocks a few times, but if i had 3 years in them and not 3 weeks, i think i would be happy.

i assume a upper body injury in the crash?

Oh, that is actually great reasoning for the Vibrams. Yeah on the crash, a driver ran a red in NYC and the collarbone broke on Thursday. Sucks to not get to do the best race of the year today, but I'm super proud of my dad for beating his SC PR by 2 minutes!

Great race out there!

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David Roche
Some Work, All Play podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/...ll-play/id1521532868
Coaching: https://swaprunning.com/

What an awesome day today. Just wanted to thank CM2 Promotions for putting on such an amazingly well run event. Congratulations to everyone who raced. It was great to see the Slowtwitch crowd there.

I took this as an insult, and was going to challenge you to a fight. But then I realized that the abundance of intimidating masculinity you showed today means I would have no chance whatsoever :) Great seeing you Stephen!

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David Roche
Some Work, All Play podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/...ll-play/id1521532868
Coaching: https://swaprunning.com/

I will edit my post to now read as follows:

What an awesome day today. Just wanted to thank CM2 Promotions for putting on such an amazingly well run event. Congratulations to everyone who raced, and a big congratulations to Dave Roche, who despite broken bones and assorted bumps and bruises, showed up to cheer everybody on, did a 2 hour trainer ride at a purported 700 average watts without even breaking a sweat, wrestled a bear, and then free climbed the cliffs of Minnewaska using his one good arm. Chuck Norris dreams that he could be Dave Roche, even if he could only experience that greatness for a nanosecond. It was great to see the Slowtwitch crowd there.


I hope that is better for ya.

Hahahahaha, that was perfect! But 700 watts??? DO YOU THINK THIS WAS A RECOVERY RIDE??

Anyway, I want to say that ML had a particularly incredible race out there, dueling toe-to-toe with pro Jon Hirsch (also an awesome guy). It was motivating to know that someone can overcome such staggering facial deformities to perform at a high level ;)

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David Roche
Some Work, All Play podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/...ll-play/id1521532868
Coaching: https://swaprunning.com/

I am not an animal, I am a man!

HUGE props to Josh Beck for utterly destroying the LC record, and taking back the crown that was and is so rightfully his.

When he rode by me and Jon as we were going up past the Gunks, he pretty much humiliated us, and wasn't even trying. I think he was quite literally going 2x as fast as we were, and it was only our 2nd bike lap, vs. his third.
Chris came by shortly thereafter to yet again separate the weak from the chafed, etc.

It was great "fun" dueling mano-a-mano w/ Mr. Hirsch for over 4.5 hours.

Yoda - I want my trophy!!! I virtually smacked you down in SC with my first R/B/R splits. At least you didn't get chicked - unlike every other remedial course racer.

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float , hammer , and jog

man you were a great king . well except for your faults. is yoda the short king ?great job to both of you .

thom

Yeah, I may have gotten chicked along with the rest of the non yoda field but in my defense that very nice young lady ran 37:xx off the bike.

Also, if blades of steel did not decide that an extra climb was called for he woulda shoulda crushed yodas dreams as well. 31:xx is just flying there.

Besides my second "run" was faster that Yoda's and I drank way more than him after.

ML is an AZ machine!



Fun day in the gunks for all.

Yoda is the short bus king. I'm also the SC king, as I beat him (like a rented mule) w/ my first 3 splits.

Chris G made a good point about me racing against Jon Hirsch - he said, "he's got his own name in the website on his jersey; you have somebody else's name on the website on your jersey."

Which is (mostly) true - but I looked at my kit a little more closely, and here's the website address on it:
www.TetsuoniIsMLsBeyatchYetAgain.com


A shout out to Mimi Boyle, who is the Josh Beck of the fairer sex. Too bad Tamela wasn't there to make her work for it this time, she pretty much dominated.

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float , hammer , and jog

Hey Dave, you figured you should just admit it before I shared the pic??? :)

I also have photographic evidence that ChrisG was drinking cosmos with Dave. He will deny it and say that he was just holding MY cosmo, but who would you believe..... a lawyer or an accountant???

Great to meet everyone in person today! The gearing advice was perfect, as was the advice to take in the scenery. Just breathtaking!

They were also passionately discussing who their favorite handbag designers are.


Dare I say it? PICS or it didn't happen!! : )

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float , hammer , and jog

remind me how to post a pic in a thread post????

A big "way to go!" to anyone that drug their carcass around New Paltz today. You would think I would remember how brutal the course is. Trust me, I am honored to have won competing agaist some super studs but I will pay for it! Ouch.

Thanks for putting on an unforgettable race Mr. MoGovern. It's a good one.

Josh

I will not deny that I had a sip of the very warm cosmo that had been in your car all day and was willing to pose for pics with it. Where are all the pics from the pavilion anyhow?

Thanks to everybody who helped put on this event. hands down the best run and most fun/painful race I have participated in.

F1 took me to into uncharted territory. Things got dark on the third run. Huge props to the long course guys.

I am waiting for one of you bright boys to give me instructions on how to post a pic into a thread. I believe I delegated that about 6 posts ago and no one has yet complied.

I am busy logisticizing how Kathy & Cathy can take a train into NYC tomorrow and still make it back to Ontario by oh say 2am tomorrow night before the husbands notice we are late getting home :)

upload it to an online photo site like photobucket and then paste in the code. If you search there are good directions. Either that or just just post them to FB.

I can just post them onto FB and then ML will have to join up..... is he computer literate???

btw, I wasn't warming the Cosmos in my car..... I was further fermenting them while I raced..... it's called multi-tasking :)

I can haz interwebs?

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float , hammer , and jog

So nice to know you care!

I have seriously just got home from the single best race experience of my entire sporting life. No question whatsoever. The atmospehere, food, scenery, beer - completely unprecedented as far as I'm concerned.

As for the race, the gulf between myself and the four guys up front, on the bike especially, was huge and I'm kind of glad about that because it meant I never had to worry about whether I should try and keep up with them as they swept past me - it was never gonna happen and left me to just ride my own race. From the second bike loop on it was an absolute sufferfest but it'll be Wednesday before I flush out the last of these endorphins - just awesome.

Don't intend to move much tomorrow so I'll post a proper report then but congrats to everyone who raced today - hope you all had as much fun as I did.

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"Are you sure we're going fast enough?" - Emil Zatopek

Have I been talking to a WALL for these last 5.5 years? HELLO. ;-)

I still don't recall anyone who has done AmZof not really digging it.
Yeah, it's really hard, and it hurts a lot, and there's nowhere to hide, and you can't just cruise or shuffle along in z2 and finish.

It's the hard that makes it great.


Glad you could come out and play. See you next time.

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float , hammer , and jog

Simply Brutal. I felt every painful inch of that course over and over again. The course never gives you a chance to breath. Always up up up up up up up. That has got to be one of the toughest races in the country. Loved every second. Outstanding venue. Outstanding job by the RD and race organizers and all those great volunteers strewn all across the gunks until the bitter end. That is the type of race that keeps me racing. Grassroots feel by people that truly believe in the whole scene. No corporate bullshit here. EPIC.

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Roar Lion Roar

That was a blast! Worth the 7 hour ride to do the F-1 race. As ML (who I got to meet and rack next to) and my coach John Hirsch were duking it out for 1-2 I was stuck in no-man's land in 3rd for much of the race. Gave up on any hope of gaining on them after almost blowing up on 1st big hill on 2nd bike and rode/ran the rest conservatively just to preserve 3rd place. Was doing fine and thought I had no one in site behind me until 1/2 mile to go when heard footsteps on the last downhill and by then I was just cruising in so had to bury myself to not get caught. Collapsed in a heap in the pavilion only to see the person trying to run me down was J. Beck finishing his second loop.
Great race, great course, tough ass day but will be back next year. Only will definitely stay for Sunday night vs a 7 hour drive home...

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Def one of the greatest races around!! This was my 4th yr and will continue coming back. I think we need to get the october race back as well. Why not run it twice a year, may/oct. may as IMLP build up and oct for anyone who may have not qualified for kona/clearwater looking for a fall race.

While I really enjoyed everything yesterday, I honestly wish it were in October.

With the foliage and cool fall air, there really is nothing like the Gunks in October. And I agree, it is an excellent Kona/Draftwater alternative for those folks who are up to the challenge.

I know moving to to May was what (supposedly) opened it up to having the F1 format, due to "lesser car traffic", but honestly, I had more issues dealing w/ cars yesterday than in all my prior years combined. Which was probably just my luck, since neither Yoda nor Chris G had similar issues.
Got stuck behind cars both times on the big descent, slowing to a crawl the 2nd time due to the fire truck, ambulance, police cars, etc (I really hope that whomever they were working on is going to be ok), and at the stop sign I had to squeeze by 3 or more cars both times at like 5 mph.
Never had any of that happen before.

OK, on the plus side, the traffic out on the rest of the bike course proper was dramatically less than it would have been in Oct.
Only had one phalanx of Harleys go by, and there was no conga line stacked up trying to get into Minnewaska.


Now... I hadn't thought about doing AmZof in May AND Oct... how awesome would that be?

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float , hammer , and jog

i didnt have any problems with traffic and did notice that it was significantly less than oct. the views are awesome both times of the year. but why not offer both. maybe oct is just SC/LC and the F1 is only may but i know all the regular folks would sign up for both, i know i sure as hell would

Thank you! I have raced on 4 continents and this was the toughest course by far I have ever been on...and I did the short course. Far harder than Survival of the Shawangunks, and I thought the short course was harder than a 1/2 ironman. This race was exactly what I was looking for - a really well run, low key, grass roots event, that was a challenge just to finish with amazing scenery. Even the sounds were great - the birds were chirping so loud and I was all alone for the second run, which was a neat experience. This race is really worth travelling for, and I imagine as word of mouth spreads, it will be difficult to get into. I will sign up for next year the first day registration opens. Thanks again - really awesome, fun challenge.

Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome to the cult. We'll teach you the secret handshake next time. ;-)


For anyone who is Garmin-curious, here are the distances I got offa mine from yesterday:
(keep in mind the F1 had to go back into TA both times, whereas the LC racers do have one lap where they skip that, which is of course, a little shorter)

R1 - 4.85m
B1 - 28.68m
R2 - 4.95m
B2 - 28.68m
R3 - 4.87m

Given that the tight twists and turns, and full leaf cover for most of the run course, tend to cause a Garmin to "short" distances a bit, I'm calling it 5m.
The exact distance itself is nearly irrelevant anyway, it's not the "far" that gets ya. ;-)

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You're right - it is not the far that gets you. I'm not sure how exactly to approach training for this next year. Training for this run course by just running really does not cut it. The run featured so much side to side running and also a crazy burn in whatever muscle is near my hips on top of my quad as I was taking baby steps in complete oxygen debt up the hills on the run course. And the downhills were no respite since my quads were wrecked from the bike course. So other than training on the course (which is a bit of a hike for me) I'm thinking maybe running repeats up the steep hill on Lake Welch drive in Harriman (though that does not simulate the side-to-side), followed by 3 loops of the Harriman course followed by more running repeats up Lake Welch? Oh well, I'll figure something out -- which is also an appeal of this race.

FWIW, my Garmin showed 5.1mi for the first two laps of the run. Bike laps are consistent with yours.

I was the dude who wiped out twice on the run and had the skidmarks all over the back of my jersey. Still can't get over that run course. Downright devious.

Results are posted here:
http://www.cm2promotions.com/...ults_%26_Photos.html

I thought traffic was much lighter this time around. Not sure the time of year makes a big difference, course is just plain hard. I kept passing middle distance people and thinking "you poor son of a bitch, you have to get back on your bike after this", no hollow words of encouragement would have made a difference, just gave them a knowing nod.

Great race, great day, big props to the CM2 folks as usual. One of these days I will be man enough to attempt one of the longer distances.

Yeah devious run. You also had to focus mentally on almost every footstep so you didn't step on a rock, root, rut etc.. Loved crossing the 4 long wood planks and hopping the streams and stuff. Hated, especially the third loop, the "evil rock garden" climb. That's what I
nicknamed the second long trail climb through the boulders and rocks.

I remember you. I was on the black/white orbea and saw the skidmarks in your back. I asked you if you wrecked and you said yeah, twice on the run.

Despite feeling like I've been hit by a truck and having muscles in my legs that I didn't even know I had sore as hell today, can't wait to go back.

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In case anyone is looking for the results

http://www.yellowjacketracing.com/2010

Would have had them up last night but once we had them all cleaned up we couldn't get them loaded onto the site as the airphone was in a bit of a dead spot on I90 heading back to Rochester.

Thanks for having us as part of another fun AZ.

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Great race and good organization. Beautiful day! I was the guy who showed up to the LC event 2 minutes before the race began! Thanks to the organizers for letting my GF prep my bike/transition as I hoofed off catching the pack with loose laces! Very challenging and awesome experience!! That'd never happen at any IM event, I tell ya.

Monster rocking (and rocky) course!

Cheers!

On the downlow, your GF has no clue what you mean by prep your transition area.

Lucky for you I was still in a giving mood.

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Thanks, Boots and Ellen, for yet another consumately professional timing.
Thank you everyone who toed the line and to all the volunteers.
It seems all the time I'm racing AmZof, I want to be race directing, and then once I'm doing that, I want to be back racing.
My daughters are amazed how delirious some of you get up in the woods, late in the race. We just might have to set up a BBQ up there, as a few of you were obsessing over hamburgers - maybe that's what it will take to get glycogen back to the brain?
Of course, the scent of burgers will probably bring on the bears.
Congrats Josh Beck on crushing the course record, and to lovely Mimi Boyle for three-peating. Of all the checks I write each year, those 2 are my favorites.
Thanks, Murphy, for keeping me motivated, and Chris G, "another minute and I would have been chicked" Yoda, Cathy, Roche "pere et fils", and the rest of the ST crew for keeping it fun.
Tommy Keegan says you're all a bunch of nancies for return 3 kegs almost full.
Thanks Mohonk Preserve, Main St. Bistro, Hammer Nutrition and The NY State Troopers.
In case you were worried, the ITT rider who got hit by the car is fine.
Congratulations to a certain lady who not only finished in the money but totally chicked her ex-boyfriend.
Thanks Tom Ganz, Kurtis Nordahl, Lucy, Kaitlin, Erin, Nate, Dr. Costley, Shawn Jackson, Hon. Bill Pape, Jim Kelly Smith, Mary and Linda and especially Gabby Mancuso who held down the ITT fort and wrangled over a dozen volunteers. There are many others to thank; I'll try to get to that on our website.
Have a great season, everyone.

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Ditto to everything JM said. Thanks to everyone who make it possible, yet again.

Very glad to hear the ITT rider is fine, I was pretty worried when I saw all the emergency vehicles there.


PS - Maybe once REV3 gets their act together, they'll have cool online race updates like AmZof has had for years now. ;-)

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ML, let's not dis' Rev3. I've heard nothing but great things. We need more grass roots races bucking the M-Dot monolith.
But, yes, it's true - Boots and Ellen are the best at what they do. Did you check out their new, stylin' rig? It's almost as cool as my Ceepo.

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@ Jon:

muscle = sartorius or TFL

the former runs down the front of the quad and the second, down the side. Both run up to the hips.

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If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

Wasn't meant so much as a dig** on REV3, as it was BIG UPS to Boots and Ellen. And yes, their new rig kicks it, hard.


(** it's just funny that we get live AmZof race updates on ST from Boots and Ellen, in an area where in years not too far past you pretty much got ZERO cell coverage. Meanwhile, REV3 has major deep pockets and helicopters and shit, and couldn't pull it off at their last event.)

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Agreed. Oh wait, ML wrote that - major disagree.

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What are you - FOX news?? ;-)

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Congrats John on another great race. AZ is tip top. The best event of the year. I drank two big boy steins of Keegan's and Chris G drank about 6 or 7 of his Nancy sized glasses, so I am not sure why the kegs were so full.

Here is a pic of some ST'ers, (left to right): Boots, Chris G, ML, Tetsuoni, Tri_yoda, and me at the botton

Caption: ML, it's not good to have that thing poking my bad shoulder



Seriously though, you guys were awesome and it was great meeting you!

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Some Work, All Play podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/...ll-play/id1521532868
Coaching: https://swaprunning.com/

Any results for the ITT? I am very interested to see what kind of times were put down and how many DNFs.

Great photo and it reminds me of a hilarious moment from the finish line:

So I finally drag myself home close to 8 hours after I set off the last two of which were spent dreaming of beer steins. When I finally stop the quivering in my legs and refocus my vision the first guy I see (I now realize) was tri-yoda looking just like he does in that photo. I point at his beer and croak something along the lines of "Me...want...where..can I get?"

He helpfully replies (I'm paraphrasing but I promise it was close):

"Oh just the GAP - they've got all these cute colours and you can match it with jeans or dress down with shorts - it's so versatile!"

Dude, I was NOT talking about your T-shirt.

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"Are you sure we're going fast enough?" - Emil Zatopek

Hahahahahah, I was a witness! He told you where to buy the shirt and everything. I mean, Matt is a pretty sweet dude, and it is a pretty sweet shirt, but that was awesome :)

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Some Work, All Play podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/...ll-play/id1521532868
Coaching: https://swaprunning.com/

ITT results are coming. They were hand timed and one of the volunteers has a sheet that I need. I hope to get my hands on it today, after I sweep the bike course for bottles and gel packs.

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Dave-
Sorry I did not get to meet you. I was out on the LC woobling around somewhere. I am still crushed but am getting on the bike now to try to ride. By the way, where can an old broken down valise of an alumni get a shirt like the one you're wearing?

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Roar Lion Roar

What can I say? I was just really happy to see you.

Photo Caption Contest - DaveRoche turns around *just* in time to smile for the camera.


Yoda - you 2 guys tip each other $20, and put it on the Underhill's tab.

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Senor, I believe the Underhill's have left.
They'll be back.

I usually put it on tetsuoni's tab.

Thanks - it's been 48 hours and mine is still broken.

On my second run, I was bonking pretty badly....yes, on the SC :(

I came around a corner and saw this huge boulder, almost as tall as me and all over the top of it were tiny (6" tall) inukshuks that hikers had made and left there. There were probably about 30 of them. I actually stopped and started looking at them and thinking "Pretty Inukshuks, I wish I had my camera, how could I take a picture of these, do I have my cell with me to take a picture??"

Then I remembered I was in a race and should probably start moving forward again! Thank goodness we do a figure 8 and come back to the aid station twice during the run loop. I wouldn't have finished my second run without the extra fuel.... and I was even carrying a hand bottle of gatorade....

The difference between The YellowJacket Racing Sprinter and your Ceepo is ours made it all the way to the finish line. Next year just race the kids race.

Hopefully you'll be ready for M-Dot Monolith Lake Placid so you can show us what that thing can do.

Thanks for having us. It was nice to see new paltz in the day light for once

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Chris G warned me going into this race of how hard it was and ,thankfully, convinced me that the short course was plenty hard. My plan going in was to use AZ as a good hard day and follow it up the next day with a long ride at home in preparation for Mooseman. Sadly, it is now 2 days later (and no workout on monday), and I'm still a hollow shell of the man i used to be. My legs are shattered, my ego deflated, my appetite insatiable. I'm completely dreading masters swimming tonight. The only consolation is in knowing that Chris G will be there to commiserate with me...only he'll be in the lane next to me...going much, MUCH slower ;)

Maybe it was just the extra 1.7 miles I decided to add to the 2nd run that sent me over the edge. Yes, that's what it was...I'll stick with that. AZ wasn't that hard.

Perhaps the RD could figure out a way to have an entirely uphill course for next year. As a Clydesdale, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.

Keith

PS to Dick Hurtz (ML) and the other slowtwitcher's: It was nice meeting you.

To sum up how hard AZ can be I am still tired and sore and eating like crazy on Tuesday after the event, and I was just timing the damn thing.

AZ is all about you against the course and against yourself. Racing others on this course is tough because

1. the course will beat you first
2. Josh Beck will beat you second (or Mendy Taylor will in the short course, that chick is for real)

For everyone that spent a long day racing in the 'gunks at AZ you are now ready to crush dreams for the remainder of the season. A few days of walking like you have a small animal in your ass will be worth it once you start beating your training partners at the races

Good luck for the rest of 2010

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

Anybody out there have a photo of the LC start? If so, let me know and I will give you my E-Mail address. I would love to have a photo to show my wife to prove that I raced with all you crazy bastards. To her credit, she manned the fort on Long Island with our two wild boys while I got crushed in New Paltz.

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Roar Lion Roar

And ladies and gents, Boots knows 2 things:
shoes
small animals in your ass.

So, if he says that's what you are walking like, believe him. Boots knows.

;-)

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Updated results will be up shortly. I belive we forgot to add in ML's penalty.

DQ - never anger the timer

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Boots
Fleet Feet Rochester, NY
Fleet Feet Buffalo, NY
YellowJacket Racing, Rochester, NY

I'm looking forward to a similar picture from the summit of Whiteface on June 10th. If Tetsuoni is there, I will even ride up the mountain with beers for all of you.

Tetsuoni has indeed promised/threatened that he's coming out to play for all the E.dot festivities this year. So if he does, I'm holding you to the beer Sherpa offer.

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I'll be there. Make mine a La Fin du Monde.

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That is an impressive offer. Should be fun to watch.

Seriously sick race. I will have a race report up soon, but in the mean-time I just wanted to thanks John for a sick race and all the peeps who helped put it on.

Also thanks to Mr. Law for laying down the law and forcing 5 hours of evil hard racing. Bakker must translate into "never die". I am way more wayward from Am Zof f1 then a half ironman.

The pain per dollar makes this the best value on the earth. Mostly though it reminded me of the sport I loved over a decade ago when it first found me (or I found it).

Thanks a ton for a really awesome a remarkable day. Ok, I am gonna go hobble around some more now.

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http://www.stronglikebulltraining.com

Wow, I think I'm going to have to print that out and frame it or something - that may be one of the best compliments I ever got.
I'm honored and humbled. Thank you.

John, it was truly a pleasure to compete against you, and to hang w/ you afterwards. See ya there next time.
(when I'm in better bike shape.... BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!! ;-)

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It was an honor to run with the 2 of you all the way to the first climb. Luckily, after that I was, ahem, drawn away by my RD duties and got to enjoy the thrilling racing between you two, Josh and Chris in the LC, and Yoda and "mankiller" Mendy in the SC. It was a great AmZof this year. Thanks everyone.

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THis will be my last AmZof post I promise! Stitched this together from a couple of photo sets - may be worth a chuckle:

http://jaycut.com/node/139339

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"Are you sure we're going fast enough?" - Emil Zatopek

Awesome! That really captures the journey! Is that Johnny Cash singing at the end?

Yup. It's worth seaching youtube for the video you haven't seen it. It's a cover of a nine inch nails song of all things and was recorded just before he died which makes it really affecting

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Cool video... very nicely done

"I hurt myself today...." bhahahah

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"if you chose it, it's not really pain"

Outstanding work. Totally digging JC there at the end.

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The 2011 American Zofingen will be May 15th.
Discounted registration to open shortly at www.cm2promotions.com

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please post when registration opens for next year.

I will. We're working with a new processor so there's been a bit of a delay.

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Here is what I want to know--Is the ML ever going to do enough winter training to be ready for a spring long-course race? I don't want to show up only to find out you are going short or middle distance. :)

Chad

Uh, nope.

I don't do enough training to do LC in the fall. ;-)

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Wouldn't it be interesting if there was an American Zofingen triathlon with a swim for the first leg so we can all laugh, and laugh, and laugh at rock fish Murphy?

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Come to the Westchester Toughman. I out swam him and then watched him ride right by me on the bike... And I can't swim either....

that would be interesting, especially if the swim was rather long

This really does sound like the most amazing race ever... its on my tentative 2012 race list...

Would be a great way to book end next season, AmZof LC early and SavageMan 70 late. JM couldn't dodge ya with RD duties at SavageMan either!

Maybe 2011.

I think a partnership series with AmZof and SavageMan makes perfect sense.

Or should we skip it and just award the title to Josh Beck now?

Maybe a healthy cash pot to split between all the competitors who can break 12 hours for the two events combined.

Can't beat those two races for price, venue, challenge, or back to the roots of racing vibe. And earning your brick at the Westernport Wall is cool. Or so I am told.