Osage Hills

Sorry for the lack of info.  I hope you guys are planning to come out and race at Osage Hills this weekend.  Should be a really fun time.  We're putting together the usual merriment, and I hope more people will be there to take advantage.

Here's the course info.

If you know where the mountain bike trails are...  They start by the horse barn and a rock house that is a left turn about a half mile before the ranger station.  There are three trails:  Red, Blue, and White.  They are designed to start from the left of the rock house and finish up the little dirt doubletrack to the right of that.  This is the way we're going to run the race.  The trails are short enough that you can easily ride all of them over and over in one day.  The Red trail is somewhere between 3.25 and 3.5 miles.  It hasn't been maintained and riding it is ridiculous.  Maybe on a full suspension it wouldn't feel so bumpy, but there are loose rocks all over the trail.  We're going to run this trail, so be careful (ankle sprain).  The Blue trail is a lot better, and I think you're going to enjoy riding it.  I clocked this trail right at 3.1 miles, so three loops should give us 15 kilometers.  I think that's going to be a pretty fast ride.  The last time I raced there, it was 100% mud and it took forever (and ruined my drivetrain and my fork), but dry, this thing rolls off pretty quick.  We'll have chip timing again, so you'll be responsible for counting your laps, but the chip will register your lap times.

And of course, we'll finish with another run on the red loop.

The white trail follows the blue for a bit and then breaks off and heads back to the parking lot.  It's only a mile long.  

There will be volunteers and pink flamingoes on the course to direct you, so don't worry.

As usual, my parents will be grilling hotdogs and Vintage 1740 will be donating a keg of Bridgeport IPA.  Yum.

It takes an hour to get there from here, so plan accordingly.  Race starts at 9a.  

Remember, if you don't want to do the duathlon (or have friends who don't mountain bike), you can just do the "5k" run and enjoy the festivities.

Big cash payouts to male and female overall winners of the duathlon.