Barry Roubaix

The majority of our team, Mom & Pop Racing and Sweet Bikes, signed up for this race due to the team competition added this year.  Todd and Wendy were trained and ready for BR, Jimmie and I - not so much.  We were still in the early stages of our base training, so we figured if anything we'd just have fun. 

It was hard to have fun at a race with temps in the 20's and icy conditions on the road.  The majority of us raced SS.  Seth and Jeff raced on their green crazy tandem fat bike. 

Jimmie had a good race and finished with a good time.  I had a front brake rub/screeching issue starting about 45 minutes into the race and forward.  I tried to make it go away, but I made it worse.  Probably about 1/2 way through the race I passed Chad Aiello from the Racing Greyhounds.  He was fighting off puking.  I guess he and his friends had a little too much alcohol the night before the race.  I was just glad to cross the finish line without throwing my bike into the woods. 

Wendy Zamzow-Blumerick had an awesome time finishing 1st in the SS 36 mile race and 4th fastest overall in the women's 36 mile division.  I remember hearing her say that she felt great and that she should have raced the 62 miler. 

Team finish times:

Nicholas Bayma 2:04:23
Todd Blumerick 2:05:08
Kim Canales 2:05:08
Jimmie Colflesh 1:59:39
Melissa Colflesh 2:23:05
John Conlin 2:09:11
Seth Kleinglass/Jeff Carek 2:32:42
Wesley Watt 2:29:54
Wendy Zamzow 2:05:31