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 Herman 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

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
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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

Massanutten Hoo Ha! is 2 weeks out - will this box turtle finish his victory lap by then?

Have you heard about the Triple Crown at the Hoo Ha? Its a great fundraiser for my local club - Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition

We are trying to get the work out about the Massanutten Hoo-Ha on June 19th and 20th.

This will be the finals for the Triple Crown and will be offering a big cash purse. Unlike the first two Triple Crown races, this last event will open up the "Stage Race" to Expert and Open (non licensed riders) racers. Which means those that sign up for the stage race will start with the Pro's and be eligle for the cash purse. If we can get 60 + riders signed up for the Stage Race (Super D Time Trial, Short Track and XC) then it will be a very large payout of $10,000. - that will go 30 deep (how cool is that!)

Super D Course: Start at the top of the paved climbed - not Kaylors (timing and size issues changed this).

Short Track: newly built SVBC 1/2 mile course with singletrack.

X/C: similar to last year with some great improvements.

I hope you all can make it!

Please forward this info to anyone you know who wants to race a fun course, go after some big cash and benefit a local bicycle club

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!