Today was really awesome. Thanks to Gabe E and John B for organizing and promoting the race. Thank you to John, Gabe, Wendy, Katie, Kacey and everyone else who volunteered at the checkpoints. Also thank you to our sponsors and thank you to Thieves Tavern for hosting our party. Today was really rad – thanks! If you have any photos from the race tag them with “September 2008 Rallycat”. If you rode in the race today and see Gabe or John say hi to them and thank them for putting on the race. It really was their hard work and dedication that made today possible.(Click through either photograph to see the entire flickr set)
I gotta say everything about this race kicked a lot of ass until the wild goose chase for the “time bonus.” Of course then again I spent so much time looking for the “20 minute time bonus” I lost my top 15 position and ruined my cleats so badly I couldn’t clip in and had to hitch a ride to Sausalito.
Glad you enjoyed the majority of our event, sorry for the “goose chase”. That was, however, the idea of the time bonus, We only put 15 out there and you had to decide if it was a good idea to continue running up the mountain. Running up that trail with road cleats was your mistake and you paid for it. Bummer you couldn’t finish the ride, always next year. I plan on hosting more races with plenty of opportunity for you to make better choices.
Good race experience
here:
http://fastboots.blogspot.com/2008/09/box-dog-rally-cat.html
and here with a photoset:
http://sfcyclotouring.blogspot.com/2008/09/box-dog-bikes-100k-rallycat.html
and a sick photo here: