Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team & Club 2010 Highlights

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team 
Taylor Cuisinot 
57th - ProGrt Round#1 - Downhill - Pro

Hyland Fisher
2nd Overall - Global Biorhythm Events Leave No Trace Series - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert

1st Overall - Team Bigfoot Silver Cup Series - XC - Solo Men Expert

1st - Kirkwood 9 to 5 #2 - XC - Solo Men Expert

1st - Kirkwood 9 to 5 #1 - XC - Solo Men Expert

1st - 6 Hours of Weaverville - XC - Solo Men Expert

2nd - Coolest 8 Hour - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert
3rd - Cool Mountain Bike Race - XC - Expert Men 19-39

Troy Groves

5th - Coolest 8 Hour - XC - Solo Men 30-39

Maxx Hackett

4th - Shasta Lemurian - 19-34 intermediate course
4th - Cool Mountain Bike Race - XC - Sport Men 20-29

Jon Pritchett

1st Overall - Global Biorhythm Events Leave No Trace Series - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert
3rd - Coolest 8, Boggs Mountain - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert

Bill Purcell

1st - Knickerbocker 8 Hour - XC - Mountain Unicycle

4th - Coolest 8, Boggs Mountain - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert

Chris Rose

1st Overall - Global Biorhythm Events Leave No Trace Series - XC - Beginner / Sport Men 35+
3rd Overall - Global Biorhythm Events Leave No Trace Series - XC
1st - Knickerbocker 8 Hour - XC - Beginner / Sport Men 35+

10th - Tahoe Sierra 100 - Men 40-49

2nd - Coolest 24, Boggs Mountain - XC - Men 40-49

4th - Loma Rica Mountain Bike Race - Cat 1 Men 40-49

2nd - Coolest 24 Race Against Cancer - Solo Men 40-49

John Wood

4th - loma rica - 40-49

37th - sea otter - cat2 40-44

1st - Prairie City Race #3 - Sport Men 40-44

3rd - Prairie City Race #2 - Sport Men 40-44

5th - Prairie City Race #1 - Sport Men 40-44


Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Club

Eddie Cruz
1st - Whiskeytown 9 to 5 - XC - Clydesdale

Paul Falvey

1st - Sacramento Cyclocross #2 - Men's B 45+

1st - TBF Series - Sport 45+
12th - Auburn Downtown Criterium - 45+
35th - Nevada City Classic - Mens Cat III
4th - Prarie City - Sport 45+
5th - Downieville Classic - XC - Sport Master Men

2nd - Loma Rica Mountain Bike Race - XC - Cat 2 50-99 Men

4th - Cool Mountain Bike Race - XC - Sport Men 50 and Over

3rd - Sacramento Cyclocross series Race #1 - Mens B 45+

Tom Wood

1st - Knickerbocker 8 Hour - XC - Sport Men 45+

2nd -Whiskeytown 9-5 - XC - Clydesdale
3rd - Fall Prairie City MTB #4- Clydesdale
2nd - Fall Prairie City MTB #3- Clydesdale
1st - Fall Prairie City MTB #2- Clydesdale
4th - Sky Tavern Classic- Sport 50+
4th - Northstar MTB XC #6- Sport 50+
4th - Howell Mountain Challenge- Clydesdale
12th - Downieville Classic - XC - Clydesdale
3rd - Prairie City Mountain Bike Race Series #12- Clydesdale
2nd - Prairie City Mountain Bike Race Series #11- Clydesdale
5th - Prairie City Mountain Bike Race Series #10- Sport 50+
1st - Prairie City Mountain Bike Race Series #6- Sport 50+
1st - Coolest 8 Hour- Clydesdale
5th - Prairie City Mountain Bike Race Series #5- Sport 50+
16th - Sea Otter Classic- Clydesdale
4th - Napa Valley Dirt Classic- Clydesdale
5th - Prairie City Mountain Bike Race Series #1- Sport 50+
4th - Loma Rica Mountain Bike Race - XC - Cat 1 50-99 Men

5th - TBF MTB Challenge #3- Sport 50+

Global Biorhythm Events Leave No Trace Series Race Results

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team 
Hyland Fisher - 2nd Overall - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert
Jon Pritchett - 1st Overall - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert
Chris Rose - 1st Overall - XC - Beginner / Sport Men 35+

AND 3rd Overall OUT OF EVERYONE!!! - XC

Knickerbocker 8 Hour Race 2010

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team 
Hyland Fisher - 4th - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert
Maxx Hackett - 7th - XC - Solo Men Beginner/Sport
Jon Pritchett - 6th - XC - Solo Men Pro/Expert
Bill Purcell - 1st - XC - Mountain Unicycle

Chris Rose - 1st - XC - Solo Men Beginner/Sport Men 35+


Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Club

Tom Wood - 1st - XC - Sport Men 45+

Global Biorhythm Events Overall Series

Tomorrow is the Knickerbocker 8 hour race in Cool, CA.  Three of us on the team are poised to stand on the podium in the overall series.

-Hyland Fisher 3rd in the 8/SOLO PRO/EXP MEN (8 miles behind 2nd place)
-Jon Pritchett 1st in the 8/SOLO PRO/EXP MEN (by 5 miles)
-Chris Rose 1st in 24/SOLO 40-49 MEN (by 20 miles)

Tomorrow is going to be one heck of a race!

Kirkwood 9 to 5 #1

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team 
Hyland Fisher - 1st - 8 Hour Solo Expert Men
Jon Pritchett - 8th - 8 Hour Solo Expert Men

The Coolest 8/24 II, Boggs Mountain, CA race results

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team

Hyland Fisher - 5th - 8 Hour Solo Pro/Expert Men
Jon Pritchett - 3rd - 8 Hour Solo Pro/Expert Men
Bill Purcell - 4th - 8 Hour Solo Pro/Expert Men
Chris Rose - 2nd - 24 Hour Solo 40-49 Men

 Hyland Fisher

 Jon Pritchett on the podium (right).

 Bill Purcell

 Chris Rose

The Coolest 8 II, Boggs Mountain, CA race reports

I've done plenty of 12 hour races and several 6 hour races, but I've never done a 8 hour race.  It seems like a petty issue, but all of those races are different physiologically and mentally.  Much to my displeasure, the temperature was above 100 on my drive to Boggs on Friday night before the race.  I have way too much muscle mass to cool off to feel that heat is any advantage for me.  My real advantage was my support crew.  I had recently joined the Xtreme Outfitters Race Team (so recently that I didn't even have a jersey), and there were 4 racers[including myself] from the team.  We created a pit area and an atmosphere that was conducive to a full day in the saddle.  My ace in the hole was my family.  Being able to hear 'go Papa go' every lap is the best motivation imaginable. 

The first lap was filled with too many people going way too fast for an 8 hour race, but of course I got caught up in the testosterone induced flurry an actually flew past a sharp right hander' and went down a fire road 100 meters past the turn before I realized how stupid I was.  So after retracing my error, I lost all the positioning that I worked to get in the first 6 miles.  But, being a veteran endurance racer, I calmed myself down and at that point settled down into my own pace.  It left me in 'no mans land' for several laps, but I knew if I rode my own race that it would pay off.  So for the next 5 hours I went at my own pace, drank all I could, packed my jersey pockets in chunks of ice, and nibbled food as my gut allowed.

Then I had a decision to make....7 laps or 8?  I knew I needed to do 8 laps to walk with hardware, but man it was hot!  I also knew that I would have to do 3 sub 1 hour laps back to back to back.  Laps #3,4,5 were all 1:05, so I had to seriously re-focus.  Lap 6 went well and I was on pace.  The temperature started to drop and I was actually feeling better.  Lap 7 was a gut check, but when I started to have doubts, I saw my good friend Chad who had been racing all day also.  We talked for a few minutes, then Bill from the race team came cooking by.  I told him my dilemma, and he said, "when do you need to get back to the pit to make lap #8".  I replied sheepishly, "13 minutes".  His retort was classic.  He said, "ok then hold on and I'll get you there".  Bill took off like a man possessed.  I has able to hold his wheel for about 10 minutes then he was gone.  I thought 'man that wasn't too cool', but then when I got back to the pit I realized what he had done.  He rallied the pit crew.  I had open gels, cliff bars, and ice cold drinks handed to me.  After shouts of encouragement and a good push off, I was off.  All I could hear over and over was my 6 year old saying, "go get 'em Papa".  That was all I needed.  I threw down my second fastest lap time of the day and landed on the podium in 3rd place.

Endurance racing is a sport that many people will never have the pleasure to experience.  And very few people realize that it's a team sport.  A special thanks to my fellow racers, pit crew, and family.

 Jon Pritchett on the podium with his 3rd place hardware!

Xtreme Outfitters XC Team and JERSEY

Left to right:  Hyland Fisher, Tom Wood, John Wood, Troy Groves, Eddie Cruz, Bill Purcell, Maxx Hackett, Chris Rose, Charlie Cuisinot, Jon Pritchett
Not pictured:  Paul Falvey