MTB racing - Original Growler

[mattb]

We had the Half Growler (32 Mi) on Saturday and the full (64 Mi) on Sunday on our local trails at Hartman Rocks. The race is a long grueling technical ride that can put the hurt on even the best riders. I've done the 64 a couple of times but sat this one out due to an injury I'm trying to get sorted out. So I shot a bunch of photos and had a fun weekend cheering for my friends.

Saturday was very dusty and smoky with brutally high winds. Sunday was better but got windy in the afternoon. Tough conditions out there!

Our mayor and my friend started it off downtown with a shotgun blast. He's not really a cowboy or a gun guy so this is a fun photo for us.

IMGP7783.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Lining up

IMGP0175.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

My buddy Jon got second overall in the 32 on his singlespeed by only 10 seconds.

IMGP8087.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

1994 Olympic medalist and good friend Susan DeMattei

IMGP8163.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Sunday's leaders heading into The Notch trail (That's Gunnison in the distance)

IMGP9235.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Ridgeline trail

IMGP9266.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Way to bee strong!

IMGP0400.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

My neighbor Brian who won last year got third this year

IMGP9496.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Jari Kirkland

IMGP9552.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

Susan D's (and Dave Wiens') son did the 32 and turned in a great time. Especially considering he's only 13!

IMGP9211.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

I'm still sorting and processing the ~2000 shots from the weekend but hope to have some galleries up for racers to buy photos soon.

[mattb]

Here's one more I liked from Sunday. A singlespeeder in a techy section smoothing out those bumps...