More Sheboygan - Elite/Expert/Comp

An assortment of finish line and equalizer pics from Sheboygan:
Lori crossing the line in 6th place with a big grin! She doesn't even look tired.

Abby crossing the line in second place, elite/expert women.

Holly L. seems really happy to make it to the top of the Equalizer. She got third in the race.

Andrea hopping on her bike at the top of the Equalizer, with Jen in hot pursuit behind her. The Sheboygan newspaper photographer is on the left. Andrea went on to take fourth in Elite/Expert. Meanwhile, her husband Brian was tearing it up in Ohio at the UCI cross races.

Scott K-J has a new baby, Kiera, in the house, but the lack of sleep doesn't seem to be slowing him down!

Jason reaching the top, having a great first comp race.

At this moment Mike was probably wishing he had done the much shorter cross race at Hawthorne Woods instead of climbing the Equalizer!

This guy, whom I don't know, was screaming in pain from leg cramps brought on by the Equalizer. Others collapsed halfway up the hill in a heap, writhing. This guy was lucky, he made it to the top.

The cash ran out, but Russell got a beer handup at the top of the Equalizer.


From this Flickr set and this Flickr set.

frustration

My internet is out, so until they come to fix it, no more photos uploaded to flickr or to the blog... this is what I have so far. There are also venue pics, start pics, expert finish pics, and raffle pics to come. I was volunteering on Sunday and taking pics was part of what I did all day, so there are alot to wade through, if you have the patience to look for pics of yourself!! Feel free to ask me if I have any of you, I might remember. More coming.

Equalizer - some Citizen

Equalizer - some Sport, mostly women

Equalizer - Expert/Elite

Cit youth start

and I just discovered something that makes me feel really stupid....with my old browser I had to type the html link stuff in every time I wanted to do a link, so I seldom had time to do that. I am on a different computer today, with an upgraded OS, and I just discovered that other (newer) browsers have a box you can call up that makes an automatic link!!

Shevegas - Down to the Last Dollar

The men's elite winner, Jesse, coming across the line. When I was standing at the Equalizer, Cole House had come through first the last couple of times I saw them, with Jesse right on his wheel. Jesse put some time on Cole near the end of the race. I can't find a pic of the elite women's winner. I'm not sure what her jersey looks like, I thought one of the other women won.

You know where you are when you see THIS guy!

His encouragement, which is unwavering but comes in various forms (as you can see), helps a lot of people make it to the top.....of the equalizer, at least! He's having open heart surgery next week - we wish him the best in his surgery!

Below, Sam got the last 5 dollar bill left in the citizen race. I have lots of interesting pics of other people grimacing their way up the hill, but this fellow made it look easy! The crowds lining the hill haven't formed yet at that time of the day. More to come!!! I'll have a photo link soon.

Shevegas Time!

It's that time of year, Shevegas is here!

Watch this if your memory is fuzzy... someone posted a link to this old video on the WORS board. If you are on the fence about 'cross vs. Sheboygan this weekend, maybe this will help. I've done all but one of the series races, so it's Sheboygan for me!