5th Edition – 2009 Recap
Well the 2009 Founders Lumberjack 100 has come and gone. The 5th year anniversary was an interesting one. A cool spring could only mean one thing to me, it was about to change and it sure did. The week leading up to the race the weather pattern started to shift. 50’s and 60’s were replaced with high 70’s and rain was becoming a daily occurrence. The rain was actually helping the dry sandy conditions but I sure had my fingers crossed because they were getting hammered with heavy rain south of us. In fact, almost to the day a huge storm hit the area just south of the race site with heavy rain and tornado’s. Once again, just like 2008 the storm took out bridges, knocked out power and closed roads. Thankfully it wasn’t Mason county this time!
Women
The night before the race it rained pretty good but the moto sweep reported the swamp to be dry and no trees down, just some annoying damp face slappers and some slick turns.
Singlespeed
Once the race was off the heat began to pick up literally and figuratively. The temps climbed to the mid 80’s and it was humid. The racers were just as hot, in fact by days end, a record pace was set in each of the race classes!
Masters
People seemed to enjoy the on-site awards and raffles and it sure made the volunteers lives easier. Plan on this version from now on, it was a winner.
Here is a link to a nice MTB Race News story about the 2009 edition.
Chis, Jeff and Lakeon
(how cool is it to race with the Pros and then hang out with them!?)
Thanks for the continued support!
Rick and Cathy
Wolf
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