God's Country Marathon Results and Photos

Another fun God's Country is in the books.  Gerard and crew did a great job and made this event fun for everyone.  It was a good day to listen to some fine music, enjoy a tasty brat and ride with great cycling friends.
Pictures can be found below:
Roger Harrison aka Lantern Rouge God's Country Photos
More pics to come....
Results below

God’s Country Results

Category

Open Male 20-29

1. Marc Theiry 3:05:47 5 laps
2. Dillon McNeil 3:30:31 5 laps
3. James Blackie 3:16:50 5 laps
4. Connor Reboldt 2:14:00 3 laps
5. Phillip Johnson 2:47:00 3 laps

Open Male 30-39

1. Justin Eddings 3:11:00 5 laps
2. Kyle Hustler 3:17:25 5 laps
3. Austin Elser 3:25:59 5 laps
4. Lucas Borkowski 3:30:52 5 laps
5. Tim Herre 2:59:09 4 laps
6. Emil Swanson 3:01:50 4 laps
7. Benjamin Wodbury 3:08:50 4 laps
8. Jason Gaborie 2:57:20 3 laps
9. Jordi Battle 3:16:22 3 laps
10. Jeff Zook 41:03 1 lap
11. Hawks 3:42:30

Open Male 40-49

1. Roger Naubold 3:11:19 5 laps
2. Roger Williams 3:12:00 5 laps
3. Rick Mosely 3:14:31 5 laps
4. Josh Taylor 3:20:52 5 laps
5. Terry Higgins 3:22:55 5 laps
6. Matt Morgan 3:23:00 5 laps
7. Eddy Reimer 3:38:00 5 laps
8. Shawn Beeton 3:39:35 5 laps
9. Scott Tillis 3:45:10 5 laps
10. 2. Steflite 3:45:11 5 laps
11. Mark Duff 2:57:36 4 laps
12. Edgar Martinez 3:02:10 4 laps
13. Gary Lawrence 3:05:26 4 laps
14. Thad Carson 3:09:35 4 laps
15. Tim Rice 2:17:39 3 laps
16. Mark Ruehter 2:26:59 3 laps
17. Eric Shumaker 2:47:51 3 laps
18. Joe Huston 2:48:11 3 laps
19. Chris Yates 2:55:30 3 laps
20. Warren Stevens 3:11:26 3 laps

Male 50+

1. Doug Long 3:23:50 5 laps
2. Rick Luekert 3:25:25 5 laps
3. Lyle Reidy 3:26:30 5 laps
4. David Mathews 3:09:38 5 laps
5. Michael Ruder 3:32:19 5 laps
6. Chuck Reboldt 3:36:15 5 laps
7. David Romisch 2:56:24 4 laps
8. Tim Black 2:59:35 4 laps
9. Tom Athon 3:01:30 4 laps
10. Myron Michael 3:08:00 4 laps
11. Gary Calton 3:09:37 4 laps
12. Joe Parker 3:11:15 4 laps
13. Chris Joseph 3:15:28 4 laps
14. Raymond Post 3:31:50 4 laps
15. Brent Curtis 3:38:30 4 laps
16. Dan Yates 2:36:00 3 laps
17. Thomas Nepstad 2:39:33 3 laps
18. Rick Deitz 2:08:29 2 laps

Singlespeed Lee Merill Open

Jason Irwin 3:42:00 5 laps

Lee Merill 2:59:07 4 laps

Women’s Open

Under 40

1. Ivy Deason 2:56:30 4 laps
2. Janette Tank 2:59:14 4 laps
3. Amy Borkowski 3:09:39 4 laps
4. Sally Urdang 2:46:00 3 laps
5. Jennifer Bean 3:27:36 4 laps

Over 40

1. Karen Pritchard 3:13:50 4 laps
2. Jenny Wise 3:21:35 4 laps
3. Angie Koppa 3:26:20 4 laps
4. Christy Huntington 3:30:55 4 laps
5. Sheila Bigler-Luke 2:40:00 3 laps
6. Debra Anthony 3:06:40 3 laps

2 Person Coed

1. Kevin Collins/Sandy Collins 3:36:10 5 laps
2. Chris Locke/ Carolyn Locke 3:02:50 4 laps
3. Mathew Lee/Jessica Williams 3:22:22 3 laps
4. Danny Noble/Tara Noble 3:01:15 3 laps
5. Allison Atkins/Andrew Atkins
6. Cindy Keith/Jennifer Lowe

2 Person Team

1.       Craig Myers-Arenth/Damien Almanza  3:14:40  5 laps

2.       Brad Crain/ Jeremy Crocker  3:17:10   5 laps

3.       Noah Hoelscher/Jared Anderson  3:19:06   5 laps

4.       JP Shores/Gary Mapes       3:26:40 5 laps

5.       Shane Marton/Jeff Arnaud                 3:34:00  5 laps

6.       Alex Fridley/Austin Mitts   3:40:50  5 laps

7.       Kevin Long/David Lafond                  3:05:40   4 laps

8.       Jeff Sopha/Joe Dickerson  3:16:30   4 laps

9.       Damien Hobbs/Bryce Sprague  3:28:40  4 laps

10.    Brian Tabor/Joe Mason     2:35:20   3 laps

Gill Tyler/Medlock Dylan

Beginner Open

Women

1. Christy Ubelaker 51:05
2.  Joanna Burress 1:00:02
3. Stefanie Gaborie 1:00:10
4. Desire Stephenson 1:21:15

Junior

1. Asa Black 49:13
2. Max Gilliand 50:49
3. Isaac Black 59:56

Male

1. Jerry Gabrie 45:15
2. Gabriel Murray 45:17
3. Terry Gilliand 45:40
4. Russ McLandsborough 46:11
5. Chris James 46:32
6. Ryan Weaver 49:25
7. Aaron Black 47:40
8. Allen Chapin 49:47
9. Randy Braley 49:50
10. Kenny Williams 49:52
11. Mike Horfelt 51:19
12. Chris Tomas 52:23
13. Christian Johansen 53:14
14. Mike Pfeifer 59:05

God's Country This Sunday

The God's Country MTB Marathon and XC race is this Sunday at the Lawrence River Trails.  Come on out and enjoy a day of Fat Tire fun - 3 hours solo, Team events and a beginner friendly 1 lap cross country event is available.  No License is required for any class.  Cost online  is $15.00 for the beginner XC event,  $35.00 for Solo Marathon and  $40.00 for Team Marathon.

Thank you to all of our sponsors: The Lantern Rouge Volunteer Group, Daylight Donuts, Cow Town Cycling Team, Baldwin City Bike Club, Lawrence Mountain Bike Club, Jewel Cartoons, Antiques on the Prairie and Mid-America Bank.

Online registration closes at 4:00 pm.  Save a little cash and register now - God's Country Registration. 

Race day registration is available and begins at 8:30 am.  Add $5.00 to race day registration.

Updated Flyer below.

Masons Midsummer Meltdown this Weekend

Come on out Sunday for the Masons Midsummer Meltdown.

Enjoy some great trails, help raise some money for our trails and earn one of these cool awards.

2015 God's Country MTB Marathlon

Update:   God's Country MTB Marathon  now scheduled for 6/28/15.

 Welcome to the God's Country MTB Marathon event.  This year we are going back to basics with our annual spring event held at the Lawrence River Trails.  Normally we hold a two day festival with an off-road duathlon and XC/Marathlon event.  This year we are focusing on social gathering and riding our bikes at one of the best places for some "fat tire" fun.  We plan to have a life band, free food and drinks and of course riding.  Mid America Bank brings us the Fair Weather Criminals and Onward to Glory  bands. 

For those up to the challenge we have a 3 hour Marathon classes - solo and teams.  We also have classes for beginners - a 10 mile loop on the Lawrence River Trails.  Note: NO license is required. Signup today at the below link and save.

A special thank you to all our sponsors who make this event possible.  We could not hold events like this if it was not for the Lawrence Mountain Bike Club, Lantern Rouge Volunteer Group, Day Light Donuts. Antiques on the Prairie, Mid-America Bank, Cow Town Cycling Team, Baldwin City Bicycle Club and Jewel Cartoons.

8:30 am - Registration opens at the Main Trail head of the Lawrence River Trials
9:45 am - Registration closes
9:55 am - Pre-event instructions and riders line up.
10:00 am - Event begins with teams and solo 3 hour
10:05 am - First time cross country participants begin.

Registration is now open again.  Save money and Register today (registration close 6/25/15).  Remember No license fees at this years God's Country.  - 2015 God's Country MTB Marathlon Registration

Race day registration is available.

Updated event flyer is below.  Updated flyer coming soon.

Grinding on Gravel

The Mullet Ride which is hosted by  Guru's Gravel Grinder and created by our own Gerard Arantowicz made the news.   Don Martin even made the article. 

Veterans Cross - Roger's Last Stand.

The 2014 Veterans Cyclocross race was held this past weekend.  New venue this year outside of the Veterans VA Medical Center.  An interesting place with many historic buildings.

The Lantern Rouge cycling team and Big D Cycling promoted the event and provided a nice cyclocross atmosphere.  Plenty of food, beer and music. 

Those bratwurst were very tasty.  Combined with an ice ice cold beer provided the perfect post race meal.

The Veterans Cross was the final round of the popular Kansas Best Overall Rider Competition.   The masters fields were stacked with talent.  These guys are old but have not slowed down at all.

How many protests were filed on this day?  With all the food available the USAC officials were busy eating but did a great job as always to get quick accurate results.

Will this be the last time we see this van at an event?  Word on the street is that the Lantern Rouge will be teaming up with the man below to promote a 3 hour Mountain Bike event. 

The one and only Gerard Arantowicz of Jewel Cartoons was on hand racing.  Gerard did good taking a 4th place in the Men's Cat 5 event on a mountain bike.  Gerard and all the Veterans got a special blanket from Roger Harrison.

 The Cow Town Cycling Team took home 3rd place overall in the KBCXT Masters competition.

 Damian Almanza and several other riders were involved in a first turn crash.  Damian spent the rest of the morning chasing down the leaders.

 360's James Shiflett has had a strong cyclocross season so far placing 3rd overall in the KBCXR series. James demonstrates what may be the best form ever hopping the barriers.

The course was very fast on the flat grass sections with some tricky turns..  Cow Town Cycling's David Wathen leads Big D's Paul Fancer and Team Colavita's Craig Steeds through one of the many corners.

 Doug Stone and Rick Moseley were so far out in front of the Men's 40-49 class that they decided to just run instead of ride.

 Locke finally won something this year.  Roger presented him with a special award for the longest hair.

 Doug Stone took 2nd place on the day, first in the 40-44 division and most importantly brought home the win the the Masters 40-49 KBCXR. 

 Women's Masters racing has grown a lot the last few years.  That is a good thing but we also need to get some new younger women out on course.

 Roger Harrison divided the Masters into 5 year age-groups.  Cow Town Cycling's Chris Locke is presented his 3rd place award in the 45-49 division. Look for Locke to move into the 50+ class next year in cyclocross.

Brendan Sheehan navigates the only mud section of the course.

 The Cat 4 Men's class in action. Christopher Locke gets off to a quick start on a single speed.

 Doug Stone raises a glass to Mr. Harrison and the Big D cycling team for a job well done.

Doug Doubles at Herman Laird

Near perfect weather for cyclocross this past weekend as two popular events head to an even more popular venue.  Herman Laird Park hosted two of its planned four events with the Colavita Cup on Saturday and the Boulevard Cup on Sunday.   Same course for both days with a direction change on Sunday.

Saturday's Results: 2014 Colavita Cup Results

Sunday's Results: 2014 Boulevard Cup Results

Sunday's Pictures: Rogers House of Photos

Both courses featured pavement, gravel, small elevation, rough grass sections, a short tour of the Shawnee Town Museum and hundreds of turns.  Also, both events featured indoor registration and facilities plus plenty of food, beverages and music. 

Our own Doug Stone had a breakout weekend and emerged with victories on both days in the very competitive Masters 40+ field.   Doug continues his strong season and enters Sunday's Veterans Cycle Cross event with a chance to wrap up the 2014 Kansas Best Cyclocross Rider championship.