Lost my racetime babysitter for tomorrow. Not good. Have no idea how I'll be able to do the Halloween CX now.

Blaster Results - Courtesy of Big Steve and Julie Timeworks

Ladies
Place	Time	#	Name	City	Team
1	1 08 04	101	Melinda Propson	Green Bay	Performa
2	1 09 46	102	Margaret Ruf	Platteville
3	1 20 09	103	Heather Utech	DePere	Performa
Men
Place	Time	#	Name	City	Team
1	53 20	104	Constantine Peters	Milwaukee
1	53 20	105	Darwin Peters	Milwaukee	Expo Racing
3	1 06 42	106	Dan Hutter	Oconomowoc	MOJD Marine
4	1 09 21	100	Thom Mathie	Barrington IL
Ladies
Place	Time	#	Name	City	Team
1	1 42 42	218	Amy Plato	Grafton	Twin 6
2	1 48 53	205	Heidi Kraut	Oconomowoc
DNF		207	Brittany Nigh	West Bend	Team Pedal Moraine
Men
Place	Time	#	Name	City	Team
1	1 22 56	209	Josh Bartoszuk		Fuel Café
2	1 26 30	212	Chris Volgrecht	Milwaukee	Treadhead Cycling
3	1 27 07	66	Igor Norideski	West Bend	No Ride Ski Racing
4	1 30 18	211	Marcin Nowak	Verona	Polska
5	1 31 10	201	Steve Cummins	Slinger
6	1 31 22	215	Jeff Wren	West Bend	Extreme
7	1 31 37	204	Paul Kekstak	Green Bay	Performa
8	1 32 17	216	Jeremy Walworth	Oshkosh
9	1 32 24	203	Don Freitaig	Marshall
10	1 36 00	206	Andrew Schumacher	Kewaskum
11	1 36 01	219	Mark Husband	Shorewood
12	1 31 30	202	Dean Zigman	Sussex
13	1 40 17	213	Luke Utecht	Greenville	Performa
14	1 45 51	208	Guy Archambeau	Menasha
15	1 47 28	210	Chris Cooper	Milwaukee
16	1 57 26	214	Jim Schuldenberg	Dallas TX
17	2 03 25	200	Big Bob Neidinger	Slinger
18	2 05 37	220	Nathan Keopke	Glendale
19	2 10 38	221	Jeff Trepanier	Jackson
DNF		11	Jay Curtes
DNF		217	Andy Schinpke	Cedarburg	Twin 6
Ladies
Place	Time	#	Name	City	Team
1	2 01 49	516	Lori Sable	Thiensville
2	2 06 10	329	Abigail Strigel	Madison	Mafia Racing
3	2 11 15	318	Claire Cannon	Milwaukee	WORS/Twin 6
4	2 11 24	320	Lindsey Kriete	Milwaukee	Gear Grinder
5	2 15 46	311	Pamela Davis	Edwards CO	First Descents
6	2 22 27	302	Regina Campbell	Wauwatosa	Alterra/Twin 6
7	2 31 39	327	Rachel Gatto	Oak Forest IL	Twin 6
8	2 43 03	319	Gabriela Bartnova	Zion IL	Club Tread
Men
Place	Time	#	Name	City	Team
1	1 44 37	315	Rotten Ron Knutowski	West of Madison	Fuel Café
2	1 44 44	321	Randy Wegener	Plymouth	Fond du Lac Cyclery
3	1 51 09	330	Kevin Tith	Madison	B K B
4	1 52 04	317	Greg Jones	West Allis
5	1 56 10	301	Brian Petted	Cedarburg	Fuel Café
6	1 59 30	306	Aristotle Peters	Hartford	Expo Racing
7	2 00 48	316	Ryan Santoski	Milwaukee	Team Seagal
8	2 02 53	303	John Lanser	West Bend
9	2 04 44	324	Bob Phelps	Milwaukee
10	2 06 17	328	John Timm
11	2 09 08	322	Michael Martens	Grafton	Buc/Nomad Cycling
12	2 09 21	309	Ryan Cowles?	Mpls MN	Twin 6
13	2 11 15	414	Matt Gehling	Madison
14	2 13 18	305	Jake Schipke	Cedarburg	Team Extreme
15	2 19 31	421	Jim Michlar	Whitefish Bay	Gear Grinder
16	2 22 25	325	Jared Pleus	Sheboygan
17	2 22 32	312	Justin Latham	Germantown	Got Wood?
18	2 22 33	313	Jeff Bublitz	Green Bay	Gen-X
19	2 26 20	304	Blake Schlaeppi	New London	Bean City Brewery
20	2 30 07	310	Todd Neidinger	Waunakee
21	2 31 39	307	Keith Wolf	Wauwatosa	Extreme/Twin 6
22	2 42 28	331	Paul Makela	Grafton
23	2 43 32	323	Mark Scheultheis	Wauwatosa	Chriropractic Partners
DNF		300	Jon Hirsch	Hartford	Fuel Café
DNF		308	Andy Thieman	Edina MN	Twin 6
DNF		314	Marc Engelhardt	Milwaukee	Team Seagal
DNF		326	Al Ruhoff	Plymouth
Men
Place	Time	#	Name	City	Team
1	2 04 33	402	Darrin Braun	Butler	Adverture 212/Specialized
2	2 07 34	864	Joe Curtes		Fuel Café
3	2 07 53	417	Ron Stawicki	Waukesha	Team Polska
4	2 10 25	415	Ray Nelson	Woodstock IL	Tread Head Cycling
5	2 12 42	401	Maiciej Nowak	Waukesha	Team Polska
6	2 14 52	407	Chad Boyles	Cedarburg
7	2 15 03	412	Jack Hirt	Wauwatosa
8	2 18 07		Mike Curtes		Fuel Café
9	2 19 16	420	Chad Hindebrandt	Wausau	Team Polska
10	2 21 40	419	Nathan Guerra	Oconomowoc	Mr. Tree Racing
11	2 21 41	408	Ben Cisheros	Waukesha	Team Polska
12	2 22 54	410	John Lirette	Menomonee Falls	Hayes Disc Brakes
13	2 23 36	411	Carlos Haeckel	Waukesha	AdventureGuatemala.com
14	2 24 26	413	Glenn Kirst	Menomonee Falls	Wheel & Sproket
15	2 27 26	409	Ben Neubauer	Oshkosh	Performa
16	2 29 48	400	Bill Nigh	West Bend	Pedal Moraine
17	2 30 37	405	Dan Schaefer	Adell	Pedal Moraine
18	2 32 14	404	Mark Burkholz	Menomonee Falls	Extreme Bike
19	2 56 03	403	Berry Davis	Edwards CO
DNF		406	Kevin Plato	Grafton	Fuel Café
DNF		418	Brian Merklein	Hartford	Fuel Café
DNF		422	Joel Johnson	Wauwatosa
DNF		423	Nate Johnson	LaCrosse	Mt Borah
DNF		424	Sam Wellskopf	Campbellsport

Shakedown Cruise

Layered myself up to ward off the lower 40 degree temps and took the Rocky-cross out to Beechwood tonight for its inaugural ride. Have some adjustments to make. Front end chatters a bunch under hard braking. Rear brake needs to be dialed in better. It's been awhile since I've set up cantis. Guess I've lost a bit of the touch. Shifting was pretty good. Need to move the hoods up a bit higher. So, for just taking it off the work stand and hitting the trail, it worked quite well. Hooked up nicely. Ran it up False Summit five times and hurdled some logs on the lap that I set up. Have a lot to work on. Legs have very little left in them right now, but it feels great. Maybe tomorrow I'll hit the local park and try out the "course" that Sam and I walked off a few days ago.

It is Built

Since I'm out of the running for total lap count this season, maybe I'll try this on some sections at Beechwood tomorrow (today... I really need to get to bed.)

The plan was

to finish the x-bike and head to Lapham to see how awful I can make myself feel. But, during the Saturday night assembly I found that the cable hanger for the front brake won't work. Decided to not do the race if I didn't have a front brake. So, no race update.

Some Parts

I have the parts. Time to put the Sam-man to bed so I can start building. Maybe I'll snap some pics for all y'all so you can see what a little old, a little new, a little used and a little off my shelf will turn into.

Sam was coloring... on the 57" screen in the living room. Luckily Clark must have figured that something was wrong, so he ate the crayons.

Thank you, Sam.
Thank you, Clark.