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 #2

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

Hyland finishing up his lap in a flat meadow section of the course.

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!

Boggs 24 Hour MTB Race Report‏

I entered my first 24 hour race last year at this same event (held in June then) and learned a lot about what to eat, wear, drink, etc.  I was last out of 5 at the first one, calling it quits after about 17 hours of punishment and freezing cold weather.  After that experience, I decided I would take a stab at the series this year, which consists of two 24 hour races, a 100-miler and an 8 hour race.  The series is determined by the number of miles accumulated during the races.  At Cool, in May of this year, I had what I thought was a terrible run in the mud there, but found out after stopping at 18 hours into the race that I was in 2^nd place.  My goal has been to ride the entire time….a lot harder than it even sounds after seeing the sunrise on the tail end of the race.

This time, I had more motivation and experience to do well and I was set on riding out the clock.  I drove my car packed with gear/food/water to Boggs on Friday afternoon, through 107F temps through the hills on the way, wondering if I was biting off more than I could chew.  “It’s awfully hot to be in the saddle all day/night/day” I thought to myself during the drive, drinking ½ gallon of fluids just along the way.  After getting to the venue, it was noticeably cooler at only ~85-90F...how refreshing.  I set up camp and snacked for the remainder of the day.  That night it only cooled down to ~75F and I was feasted upon by every winged creature in the area, getting just 2 or 3 hours of actual sleep before the 11:00AM race start Saturday.  My pit crew, Steve Hulbert showed up early Saturday with extra ice and water…that becomes important later.

The few hours before the start somehow always end up being a frenzy of “I can’t believe I almost forgot to do that” last minute preparations.  I guess that part of racing never goes away, no matter what the race distance and amount of planning.  The heat was already building quickly during morning prep and again I was getting a little concerned about cramping, dehydration, etc.  11:00AM came, everyone started pedaling and it was obvious that there were two groups after about 100 yards - 24 hour solo racers and everyone else.  It was easily 85F at the start and climbing fast.  The first lap was taken very easily and I brought just one water bottle as the laps were “only 8.6 miles and 1200’”…I could do that standing on my head I told myself.  After rationing water and finishing the bottle with about 2 miles to go in the first lap, it was obvious that I was going to have to take two fresh bottles per lap, topping off with a big guzzle in the pits each time through.  It quickly rose to the mid 90’s as forecasted.  The two bottles were gone before the end of the second lap, so I decided two things: A. drink more in the pits, and   2.  Ride slower.  I did both for the next 6 or 7 hours, downing (2) 28-ounce bottles with big chugs of various “ade”-like drinks and Endurolytes each time I came through my pit area.  During the day, I came across few people per lap one the edge of the trails with cramps, overheating and the like….it was really hot.

The three other guys from our team, Xtreme Outfitters Race Team, Jon Pritchett, Bill Purcell, and Hyland Fisher, took 3^rd/4^th/5^th respectively in the 8 hour solo Pro/Expert class!  The sun went down a short while after the 8 hour racers finished at 7:00PM, then it got very “quiet” out on course…much less “on your left” kind of calls from behind.  As it got dark, lap after lap, the heat became more and more bearable.  The night laps seemed to take much longer even though most all lap times (actual time spent outside the pits) were within about 15 minutes of each other for the entire race, ranging from a fastest of :58 to a slowest of about 1:15.  The night took its toll on me as I started having more trouble getting back on the bike after each stop to refuel, sometimes spending an extra 20 min regaining my composure.  There were two times early morning that I took 1 hour breaks to get some rest, hoping to catch up on much needed sleep not gotten the previous night….not to happen – even after riding for 16 hours, it was impossible to fall asleep, argh!

The last lap I did (#15), after the second 1 hour break, and at about ½ way around the course, I was mentally prepared to blaze through the pits, grab water bottles and push out just one more lap before I could give myself a chance to call it quits.  By the time I finished that lap, I was a changed man, having absolutely none of the resolve I did just 3o minutes earlier.  All in all, still a solid run at 21 hours, ~130 miles, ~17,000’ of climbing, 13,000-14,000 calories burned, and over 6 gallons of water consumed (yes, that’s right).   I still could not beat Kyle Shild, the rider who beat me in Cool in May.  I found out he was 2^nd in our class and 7^th overall in last year’s series out of 335 racers, so I’m in good company.  Kyle Shild is an absolute machine, turning 19 laps in and going about 1 hour longer than I did.  I was second in the race and solidly in 2^nd place for our age group in the series going into the Tahoe-Sierra 100 on Sept 11^th.

The bike, is not so happy right now.  It’s in need of some serious TLC.

Big thanks to Steve for feeding me and the bike for the duration, and for kicking me in the ass occasionally.  And thanks to Hyland, Jon and Bill for their help with additional drink mixes (much needed), bike maintenance and motivation boosts.

Kyle, I’m gonna beat you some day!

 Chris Rose on his way to 2nd place at The Coolest 24 II, Boggs Mountain, CA

TBF Racing Friday Night MTB Race

A couple of our racers at the TBF races in Granite Bay: You can see Maxx @ 2:16, Troy @ 2:23, and Cord @ 2:33.

2010 Prairie City Race Series - Race #3

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
John Wood - 1st of 21 - Sport Men 40-44  (Yea John!!!)

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Club
Tom Wood - 7th of 21 - Sport Men 50

2010 Prairie City Race Series - Race #2

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
John Wood - 3rd of 31 - Sport Men 40-44

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Club
Tom Wood - 9th of 22 - Sport Men 50

2010 Prairie City Race Series - Race #1

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
John Wood - 5th of 28 - Sport Men 40-44

John Wood on his way to 5th place.

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Club
Tom Wood - 6th of 21 - Sport Men 50+

2009 Twilight Mountain Bike Crit at Loma Rica Ranch #3

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
Troy Groves - Men's A
4th Place of 8 Entries


Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Club
Tom Wood - Men's B
10th Place of 15 Entries
also Men's A
8th Place of 8 Entries

2009 Twilight Mountain Bike Crit at Loma Rica Ranch #2

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
Troy Groves - Men's A
5th Place of 12 Entries
also
Men's B
1st Place of 10 Entries

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Club
Tom Wood - Men's B
5th Place of 10 Entries

2009 TBF Friday Night Mountain Bike Series, Race #6

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
Troy Groves - Single Speed Men - Open - 2 Laps
Time: 57:30
1st Place of 3 Entries

2009 Prairie City Race Series #4 Results

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team

Hyland Fisher - Expert Men 35-39 - 4 Laps
13th Place of 20 Entries

Sacramento Cyclocross Race #1

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
Hyland Fisher - Men's C's - 1/2 Hour Race
3rd Place of 33 Entries

8.14 Miles
129 Feet Climbing
31:56 Hour
406 Calories
187 Average HR
193 Max HR

First cyclocross race of the season. On the start of the third lap I was in second place with the leader about 40 seconds out. On the fourth and fifth laps I faded to 6th place. Racecourse was dead flat with barriers in two locations.

Battling early in the race.

About half way through the race after pulling away from other racers in a fast flat section.

Finishing.

2008 Northstar at Tahoe XC - Race #7

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
Hyland Fisher - Expert Men - 3 Laps - Time: 1:16:01 - 10:11 off leader
6th Place of 13 Entries

2008 Northstar at Tahoe XC - Race #5

Xtreme Outfitters Mountain Bike Race Team
Hyland Fisher - Expert Men - 3 Laps - Time: 1:20:42 - 14:26 off leader
11th Place of 19 Entries

I flatted in the last 1/2 mile of the race and lost 3-4 places. I blame the Kenda Nevegal tires that came with my Giant Trance X1. I've had four flats on these tires since April. The sidewall on these tires are too thin and have had many sidewall cuts. I will try to set up these tires with the "Ghetto Tubeless" system before next week's race.