Jackpot! My black raspberries waited for our return from the Stoopid 50 - anxiety blah!

Yes, it is true, everyone has their worries
It is super hard for me to head off for a week of work
With the thought that my yearly berry delight won't be here when I return
Eventhough State College and the events we do are always a joy
Catching up with friends - Chipper, Joe, Straubber, Worm, Fred Handel, Harry, and all the new babbies and growing kids
Gotta mention how much I enjoy people... watching on college and beaver
Getting ice cream at the Creamery and Meyer Dairy
Pizza at Facia Luna
Beer at Elk Creek or Otto's
This year I got to see Pete Buckland and Aaron Pontzner rock out metal style late night on the strip - thanks Straubber!
PA also has the porcupine, amazing ferns, heathly rattle snakes and fuzzy black bears
What a great place!

Thanks Brit and Clay at Freeze Thaw and Eric and Mary Anne at The Bicycle Shop for all the event support
Huge thanks to the Nittany Mountain Biking Association - Kevin, Ho, Yoda, Mike, Jim, Frank, and the honorable Mr. Rich Wurtz!
Mike Hermann at Purple Lizard Maps
Bob Popovich for helping and taking great pics again
Cathy DeSanto for everything
The crew at Elk Creek Cafe and Aleworks- a great place for your pre Wilderness 101 dinner!

Time to eat a round of those berries with some fresh granola and yogurt

Nice work this weekend Jake
Thanks to everyone who came and raced with us or helped out

2010 Stoopid 50 Overall Results

Paul Simoes of BikeMan.com came all the way down from Maine to ride the beautiful single track in Rothrock State Forest near State College, PA!

Time Place Name Sponsor
4:15:35 1 JEFF SCHALK Trek Mountain Co-Op
4:33:03 2 DAVE WEAVER ALAN N. America Cycling Team
4:34:25 3 MATT FERRARI Freeze Thaw Cycles/Hubcap Cycles
4:37:54 4 JEFF DICKEY Scott RC Mountain Bike Team
4:41:11 5 ANDREW HOOVER Mountainside Racing
4:41:21 6 MIKE CAPRARO Bike Doctor
4:41:30 7 JACOB LOVERICH Shenandoah Mountain Touring
4:47:48 8 BRIAN LARIVIERE Team Bulldog/Cycle Craft
4:50:16 9 KYLE LAWRENCE Gary Fisher 29 Crew
4:50:27 10 RAY ADAMS PAValleys.com Racing Team
4:52:19 11 WILLIAM ALCORN BikeFlights.com
4:53:47 12 MICHAEL TABASKO DCMTB
4:56:42 13 RON HARDING Trestle Bridge Racing
4:57:53 14 ROB LICHTENWALNER pavalleys.com
4:57:58 15 MONTANA MILLER Wilderness Voyageurs/ Speedgoat
4:58:02 16 PAUL SIMOES bikeman.com
5:00:16 17 RICH STRAUB Freeze Thaw Cycles
5:01:43 18 RYAN FAWLEY Trek Mountain Co-Op
5:04:21 19 JAMIE HUBER Sicklers Bike Shop
5:05:06 20 CAMERON DODGE SCOTT RC MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM
5:05:20 21 JAY DODGE SCOTT RC MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM
5:05:31 22 HENRY SPRENG Dirtyharrys.net
5:05:34 23 ROBERT PILATO Park Ave Bike Shop
5:06:54 24 TIM PILATO Park Ave Bike
5:09:44 25 ROBERT LOCHNER Iron City Bike
5:10:02 26 CHIP KOGELMANN Freeze Thaw Cycles
5:11:07 27 DAN ELLIS Sicklers Racing
5:11:39 28 DANIEL STEWART Northeastern Hardware/cjct
5:17:17 29 KRISTIN GAVIN Team Cystic Fibrosis
5:17:26 30 CHRIS CHAPMAN Bike Line
5:17:37 31 JAKE GRANTHAM UPMC Cycling Performance
5:18:10 32 BRIAN FISCHER  
5:19:02 33 JASON KOENIG Trestle Bridge Racing
5:19:14 34 VICKI BARCLAY Freeze Thaw Cycles
5:19:18 35 MARCO MORA Sids Bikes NYC/ team mora
5:19:39 36 CHRIS DECARLO Beans Bikes
5:20:40 37 DAVE DAVERSA  
5:20:43 38 EVAN ELLICOTT Bike Doctor / Bayside Velo
5:20:52 39 TIM DICKSON Guys Racing Club
5:22:47 40 JARED JANOWIAK Unattached
5:22:51 41 DANIEL ATKINS Adventures for the Cure
5:23:15 42 PETE BUCKLAND Freeze Thaw Cycles
5:26:54 43 JOEL KAHNEY Bike Line
5:27:34 44 BRIAN SHERNCE Team Bulldog / Cyclecraft
5:28:19 45 MARK JACKSON Just Riding Along
5:28:40 46 JOHN HUGHES Guy's Racing Club
5:28:54 47 MADISON MATTHEWS MBR
5:29:01 48 DANIEL RAPP MYFAM
5:29:58 49 CHRIS COULSTON 53x11 Coffee
5:30:08 50 KRIS WEBER Team Bulldog Cyclecraft.com
5:30:32 51 SCOTT ROOT Dirtyharrys.net
5:30:48 52 SCOTT MILLER E'ville Bike Shop
5:31:22 53 HAL BATDORF D and Q Racing
5:31:56 54 ERIC NORD Freeze Thaw Cycles
5:33:59 55 CHAD MCCURDY Guys Bicycles Racing Team
5:34:16 56 JEFF CARLSON Cadre Racing
5:34:48 57 NIKKI THIEMANN Team Cystic Fibrosis
5:35:27 58 MICHAEL FUNK Mountainside Racing
5:36:14 59 JIM MATTHEWS MBR
5:36:40 60 MICHAEL MAZZARESE Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV
5:39:03 61 JOE WYCHOCK SICKLER'S BIKE
5:39:54 62 GREG JAKUBEK Guilty by Association
5:39:59 63 PAUL WOJCIAK Pawling Cycle and Sport
5:40:15 64 STEVE AUSTIN  
5:42:20 65 MARK ELSASSER Independent Fabrication
5:43:32 66 WILLIAM AMBRUSTER Guy's Racing
5:43:43 67 AARON SHELMIRE Steel City Endurance
5:43:51 68 BRAD CLARKE D and Q Racing
5:45:01 69 BLAKE BRICKER Mason Dixon Velo/The Cycle Works
5:47:12 70 TODD LINK Team Flannel
5:47:18 71 CHRIS NYSTROM C3 - beer frites waffles
5:49:51 72 ADAM SHRIGLEY  
5:51:14 73 MICHAEL LAWSON  
5:51:17 74 JASON STOUT NMBA / Eucalyptus Eclipse
5:52:22 75 STEVE JURCZAK GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION
5:53:15 76 JANEL DEMETER Guy's Racing
5:53:20 77 STEVEN NUTT Magic Man and El Diablo
5:53:56 78 TIMOTHY BURGHER Dealer.com
5:57:13 79 JOHN MILLER Guys Racing Club
5:58:25 80 TREVOR SAYLER Bike Stop Team Arsenal
5:58:58 81 BOB RADZWICH The Bicycle Shop Inc
6:00:08 82 PATRICK BLAIR Adventures For the Cure
6:00:10 83 GREG CAPELLE Adventures For The Cure
6:00:13 84 SCOTT GREEN  
6:02:36 85 STEVE ORDONS Zoom/ Pabst Blue RIbbon
6:04:44 86 ANNA KELSO Gripped Racing
6:06:48 87 THOMAS FENUSH Eastern Mountain Sports
6:07:40 88 MARK FLIS Human Zoom/ Pabst Blue Ribbon
6:09:32 89 KEVIN THOMPSON  
6:10:41 90 JONATHAN WHEATON DCMTB- Fueled by Whole Foods Market
6:10:42 91 MICHAEL MELNICK Bean's Bikes
6:10:46 92 ALEX PEARSON Yorktown Cycles - Raw Revolution
6:11:41 93 MITCHELL NYE Mason-Dixon Velo/The Cycle Works
6:12:43 94 DAVID WALLACE II Mason-Dixon Velo/The Cycle Works
6:14:42 95 ROLF RIMROTT Bike Line
6:15:31 96 WILLIAM BREHM cyclesports
6:16:37 97 AARON HOFELT Nittany Rednecks Racing
6:16:41 98 ED BUSH Club Wissahickon/Engin Cycles
6:19:07 99 DONOVAN NEAL  
6:21:28 100 DAVID CHOMOWICZ CRCA/Sids Bikes NYC
6:21:35 101 IVAN TEMNYKH Penn State Cycling
6:24:11 102 MIKE SHULTZ Highland Training/Dirty Harry's
6:25:28 103 ROBERT MAY Performance Bicycle Shop
6:26:45 104 MARK RILEY  
6:28:18 105 GERALD GILSINGER Dark Horse Cycles
6:28:28 106 MARC CALDERONE Gold's Gym Glen Burnie
6:28:32 107 YIMMY ZEE breakaway fitness
6:28:58 108 JORDYN DRAYTON Freeze Thaw Cycles
6:30:53 109 NICK MORELI  
6:31:31 110 JASON BURDETTE Bike Line
6:33:17 111 KEVIN CAMPBELL Spokes-n-Skis/LHORBA
6:33:18 112 MATTHEW MORRISON South Mountain Cycles
6:34:30 113 JANE PEARSON Yorktowncycles- Raw Revolution
6:35:17 114 MICHAEL CAMPBELL Trestle Bridge Racing
6:37:16 115 JEFF CARLSON Cadre Racing
6:37:51 116 NICK PHELPS  
6:38:08 117 TODD SCHWARTZ Guy's Racing
6:38:10 118 BRYAN SHAFER SICKLERS RACING
6:38:12 119 MATTHEW BILHARZ BIKESPORT
6:40:13 120 ANDREW ECKSTEIN Human Zoom / Pabst Blue Ribbon
6:40:17 121 MISTY TILSON Shenandoah Mountain Touring
6:42:31 122 RUTH CUNNINGHAM Pro Bikes
6:42:50 123 GRANT PATTERSON SkinnyNerdyGuys.com
6:43:30 124 MICHAEL BONSBY MBHVAC
6:44:35 125 ANDREA WALHEIM Guy's Racing
6:44:55 126 JARED RODEHEAVER Bike Line
6:48:48 127 CHRIS ROBINS seagull legs
6:49:23 128 RICK BULLOTTA Beans Bikes
6:50:56 129 N BRUCE COLE Just Riding Along/CrankSkins
6:51:24 130 MICHAEL BESHORE Mason-Dixon Velo / The Cycle Works
6:51:46 131 BARRY ALTMAN  
6:55:21 132 KURT ROSENBERGER JV SQUAD
6:55:43 133 HARRY SOLAREK Just Riding Along
6:57:12 134 CHRISTOPHER DENOMA High Gear
6:57:42 135 JI LIONG TJHIA weekend warrior.
6:58:22 136 JENNIFER BOLDRY D and Q Racing
6:58:26 137 CHRIS ARTERBURN D and Q Racing
7:01:33 138 MARK LENTZ Gung Ho / Springhouse
7:02:59 139 MATT MCCLUSKEY The Secret Henry's Team
7:04:57 140 JOHN GURCSIK Quaker City Wheelmen
7:05:01 141 CRAIG LANDER EWR Racing
7:06:23 142 PAUL LARA  
7:06:26 143 NICOLE SHEETS Bikesport
7:09:44 144 MICHAEL BOWEN  
7:09:59 145 DAN BONORA EWR Racing
7:10:03 146 JEREMY HAAG EWR Racing
7:12:21 147 KYLE GHERES The Bicycle Shop Inc
7:12:50 148 PETER HALL Bikesport
7:13:52 149 KATHLEEN RIDDELL Bike Line
7:16:51 150 JESSICA KUTZ Freeze Thaw Cycles
7:19:12 151 CHRISTOPHER RUIZ  
7:20:19 152 KURT HEIL Flannel
7:20:35 153 PJ DISCLAFANI  
7:21:34 154 MATT REININGER indiana schwinn
7:23:09 155 REBECCA FREDERICK Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV
7:23:34 156 BEN BERDELL  
7:23:57 157 DOUG MOORE  
7:26:15 158 LAURA HANLON Adventures for the Cure
7:26:55 159 MIKE ALTHOUSE Deluxx Bikes
7:28:11 160 JONATHAN RITCHIE  
7:28:16 161 JOE JOHNSTON DarkHorse Cycles
7:32:52 162 JERRY WOLF Edge Adventure Tours
7:33:48 163 DAVID BECKER  
7:36:34 164 DENIS CHAZELLE Z Adventures
7:36:43 165 JAMES CARLISLE AVC
7:37:46 166 KEN HEIL Flannel
7:38:39 167 BRAD HAWK The Bike Lane/EX2 Adventures
7:44:19 168 JAMES BENNETCH Wengers of Myerstown
7:44:28 169 DAVID KUBILUS  
7:45:05 170 TIM CAPRIO  
7:46:44 171 BRIAN BARTELL  
7:47:59 172 HARRY LANGDON Guys Racing
7:49:19 173 DAN OATES JV Squad
7:50:13 174 JAMES SIVEC Rocky Point Cycle
7:50:13 175 CHRISTINE BERIAU Bikeman.com
7:53:00 176 CYNTHIA SEAMAN SICKLERS RACING
7:55:20 177 CALEB KRIEG  
7:55:29 178 MELANIE NYSTROM T & G's Mom
7:59:27 179 JEFF CARLSON Freeze Thaw Cycles
8:00:32 180 AARON KOVACH LHORBA
8:02:18 181 CAROL YOUNKINS  
8:03:55 182 PATRICK SWEENEY Team ODIN
8:08:45 183 MATT ORLANDO Gung Ho/Spring House
8:16:25 184 RANDY LARRISON Cadre Racing
8:17:05 185 JOHN MEAD II  
8:17:57 186 DAVID WALRATH  
8:18:52 187 RON SHEALER Apple Snitch Records
8:20:25 188 CORINNE FARRELL SICKLERS RACING
8:24:06 189 JASON YEAGER Mason-Dixon Velo / The Cycle Works
8:24:49 190 MATT HAFER  
8:25:43 191 CHRIS MCCARTNEY Mason-Dixon Velo/The Cycle Works
8:26:54 192 BENJAMIN BLANTON  
8:31:16 193 ESTHER SCHAFTEL Adventures for the Cure
8:37:20 194 JESSICA KELLEHER Gripped Racing
8:39:34 195 ROBERT HENRY  
8:40:27 196 KEN KEISTER Portland Rage MTB
8:41:54 197 DAMIEN TALESE the mills sandwich
8:42:26 198 ROBERT EISERMAN Bike Stop Pro Team
8:48:06 199 TIM WEAVER Mason-Dixon Velo/The Cycle Works
8:48:26 200 DAN GINGERICH Stupid Does
8:48:48 201 DAN GEMPERLINE Stupid Is
9:01:26 202 STEPHANIE SURCH Eastern Mountain Sports

The PA state flower is the Mountain Laurel and it is in full bloom for this weekend's Stoopid 50 mile backcountry bicycle event near State College, PA

The Mountain Laurel are amazing right now in the Rothrock State Forest just
outside of State College, PA
Freeze Thaw Cycles and the Bicycle Shop have been helping us get everything
togeher
The on site tent camping at Aikens Cabins our race HQ for the weekend is
FULL
We have another place you can camp just a few miles away if you check in
Saturday night with us
Have a great weekend!
SMT

Bicycle touring the Shenandoah Valley could be 2nd to buggy touring - this family was having a nice ride home, but so was I.

Representing for bicyclists at this National Forest conference in TN and learning a lot!