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Farnham and Pearson in the Mud |
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Sunday, 13 December 2009 23:23 |
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Rich Pearson and Matt Farnham had a good weekend at the recent Jingle Cross Rock cyclocross races held in Iowa City Thanksgiving weekend. Conditions were very muddy, with lots of broken derailleurs as the mud got gummed up in the pulleys. Pearson started out the fun on Saturday in his Masters 55+ race where he came in 4th place. He was able to avoid derailleur problems by switching to Farnham's bike mid-way through the race. In Farnham's race the pair perfected their system, with Pearson handing Farnham a clean bike every lap. Farnham started towards the back of his group and steadily worked his way forward, ending in 7th place. On Sunday Pearson struggled with the descent and dropped his chain 3 times, winding up 10th our of 12th. (He might have been distracted by the 8 bikini clad women who were racing in 40 degree weather). Farnham again started out in midpack and worked his way up, ending in 6th place, just seconds behind #5.
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Team Kaos on the Podium Again |
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Sunday, 13 December 2009 22:45 |
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Team Kaos had a successful weekend at Nebraska's last cycling event of the year—the Lincoln Cyclocross Weekend. John Vondracek started it out with a good showing in the masters 40+ and 50+ race, landing a mid pack finish in a very strong field. In the category 3 / 4 race James Blake came in third while Rich Pearson finished mid-pack. In the 1/2/3 race Matt Farnham battled hard
for 3rd all the way but got nipped at the line by Jesse Peterson from Monkey Wrench. At Sunday's state championship race Pearson's day started out badly when he rolled a tire and crashed, ending up 10th out of 12, but he still earned a silver medal for 50+ Nebraska riders. Jeremy Eisenhauer then finished mid-pack in the category 4 race, one of his first cyclocross races. At the 3/4 race
Pearson tried again and was able to get 5th. In the 1/2/3 event Farnham
again came in 4th, and became the Nebraska category 2 champion. Blake also
got the bronze for category 3. Overall medal count: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1
bronze. Well done!!
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