OFFROAD RACE SERIES
	Generic Off-Road Race #2 -- Aug 22nd, 2002 -- approx 8 miles

Though the turnout was small, the fun factor was high.  The rain that had 
persisted for days let up just long enough for the mud to turn back into 
dirt and for riders to enjoy the course without getting rained on.  

Riders started on the Intertie on Henderson Road, just off Gold Hill Road, 
proceeding down the Intertie towards Ester about a quarter mile, turning 
uphill just before the end.  The trail wound upwards through the woods, 
following a double-track that turned into a 4X4 road, working steadily 
up the hill, past a few trail intersections.  

Finally, the climb topped out -- sort of.  Riders went down a short ways 
past the mine, through a saddle, and up again.  Small chain-ring, 1st gear, 
this climb is on the edge of some riders limits, but most were able to 
pedal up it.  

At the top, the double track turned right, and became very narrow single-
track, winding downhill through the aspen forest.  Most logs had been 
cleared from the trail beforehand by ride organizer Tom Clark, but there 
were plenty of wet roots to throw tires sideways.  

The single-track threaded through the woods, going mostly downhill, 
through saddles, tight corners and over a few logs.  It finished with a 
high speed descent followed by an impossibly steep thirty foot climb, 
leading back to the main trail going uphill.  Following the signs, riders 
took the upper course again, relishing the fun singletrack.

Back at the cars we ate and drank, and wondered why more folks hadn't 
shown up...

Thanks to volunteer Pete Wilda for picking up the course markers, without 
even being asked.  He showed up at the finish as everyone was eating 
cookies and drinking sodas.  Pete devised a "quiver" that mounts on the 
down tube, which works extremely well for carrying pin flags.  The stakes 
with arrows get carried on the rear rack.



Participants:
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Doug Burnside
Tom Clark
Steve Clautice
Kyle Sauer
Liam Wescott