Greg Alsterlind's Blog – May 2017 Archive (4)

The tenth season of the shorty was another success. This was my 4th year of completing all 6 races. When I first started back in 2012, Dave Benjamin was winning my Class by minutes over me. Over the years I was able to get better and eventually keep pace with Dave and Mark Ingwersen. As the years went by Mark became the one we where all chasing around the short track at McInnis park. This year, Mark Ingwersen was injured and out when hit by a car days before we started and newcomer Mark Gibson… Continue

My second trip to race around the Hallelujah trail. I drove up with teammates Jim, Cathy and Simon early and got a pre-ride in. Conditions were perfect for fast laps. I had decided to change my tires on the Trek Superfly to Maxxis Ikon 2.2's to help with some of the loose sections of this course. My race was loaded with strong guys but only a few of us had enough points to qualify for the State Championship. I lined up behind 1989 MTB National Champ Don Myrah who ended up winning but Dan…

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I was going to write just one race report for the entire series but changed my mind after last night. Race # 5 has been consistently one of the least attended races of the Shorty's 6. Last night was no different. The B's had a good group with a lot of familiar faces and a few new. The A's was small. Maybe 6 total? Still- the race was fun and so I thought I would let the five others who raced with me know. Phil Mooney had Ben Cook ( first Shorty) to race with for first few laps. Waily Fung and I… Continue

Drove up early Sunday morning with Jim, Simon and Shiloh for a 9:00am start for Simon. Fairly remote place but as we where all about to find out , well worth the trip. Acme had a good amount of riders attend: the four of us plus-Mark Gibson, Mark Buell and Mike Koppe. The course was only open to pre-ride till 8:30 and I was having a hard time getting going so I skipped it. After seeing Simon off, Shiloh and I walked the first section of the course. The short climb out of the start lead to a…

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