DORBA 2012 Frozen Endurance Series at Boulder Park Sponsored by Sun and Ski
2012 DORBA Frozen Endurance Series at Boulder Park
Sponsored by
USAC Permit: 2012-508
Registration Page: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=15292
Volunteers can also sign up here, or email Ryan Kota!
CONTACT INFO
Race Director: Scott Holmes ssholmes1@gmail.com
Asst. Race Director: Ryan Kota ryankota2@gmail.com
Race Promoter: Dallas Off Road Bicycling Association www.dorba.org
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday March 10
· 7 AM - Registration Opens
· 8:30 AM - Registration Closes
· 9 AM - All Races Start
· 1 PM - 4 hour Solo Competition Ends
· 3 PM – 6 Hour Solo and Team Competitions End
RACE CATEGORIES
- Men/Women Solo Open 4/6 hour
- Men/Women Solo Single Speed 4/6 hour
- Male Two Person Team 6 hour
- Female Two Person Team 6 hour
- Co-ed Two Person Team 6 hour
AWARDS/PRIZES
Cash Payouts of 75% to the top three Men and Women Solo Open 6 hour riders
Cash payout of 75% for Single Speed Categories with a $50 for the fastest Single Speed lap for Men and Women
Guaranteed purse of $100 for the Women Solo Open 6-hour riders.
(Initial $100 in the 6 hour purse, plus additional entry fees in each category.)
Prizes awarded to top three Solo 4 Hour Men and Women, SS Men and Women, and Teams
*Based on totalactual registration moneys received.
**Participants must be present to win.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Some fields, lots of woods, rocky sections, and lordy! look out for the slime on those creek crossings! This is an awesome trail, several climbs that will work your legs little, a lot of twisties to keep you awake, or smack you awake should you doze. A few fast sections too, just to keep it from being all work. There are two loops marked for different skill levels. Follow RED for the entire Boulder experience; all the hills, rocky descents, dips, and wet creek crossings. Following the BLUE bypasses the harder stuff, mostly friendly enough for the whole family.
LAND ACCESS FEE:
None
ENTRY FEES AND REGISTRATION
Register at: http://bikereg.com
Deadline for online pre‐registration is Friday, March 9, 2012 at 3:00 PM CST
Annual licenses available race day.
Onsite registration is available on race day. Riders are encouraged to renew or purchase their license on line prior to coming to the race www.usacycling.org
DORBA and FWMBA members that pre-register will be eligible for a $5 rebate at packet pickup on race day. Racers must show proof of membership to receive the rebate.
Proof of DORBA membership can be printed from forum once logged in.
All USA Cycling Rules Apply
JUNIORS:
Racers minimum Age: 6-Hour Soloist age – 16 years, 4-Hour Soloist age - 14 years, Junior Racer Teamed with an Adult - 13 years.
Parent/Guardian must remain on site during the race. No minors are allowed to race without parent/guardian on site.
TEAM POINTS:
To be eligible for the Series Points Race, teams must remain intact through all races held. Therefore, if Person A races the first race with person B and the second race with Person C, the points for those races will not be cumulative for Person A, but each team will have their own points recorded.
REGISTRATION FEES:
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PRE-REGISTRATION |
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Age |
DORBA Member After rebate |
Non-DORBA member |
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Solo 4 Hour |
$35.00 |
$40.00 |
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Solo 6 Hour |
$35.00 |
$40.00 |
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Teams |
$70.00 |
$80.00 |
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ON SITE REGISTRATION |
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Members and Non-Members |
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Solo 4 Hour |
$40.00 |
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Solo 6 Hour |
$40.00 |
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Teams |
$80.00 |
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All racers must purchase a $5 USAC one day license unless they have a 2012 Annual mtb License.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
The trail is located north of Duncanville, at the SW corner of Hwy 67 & Red Bird Lane (about 1 mile north of the I-20 & US 67 intersection). [MAPSCO 63T] Hwy 67, Red Bird Lane, and Pastor Bailey Drive make the East, North, and West borders of Boulder Park. From 67, exit Red Bird Lane, go West about 1 mile, then South (left) on Pastor Bailey Drive. (you'll be driving around the perimeter of the park to get to the parking area) Parking is available on Pastor Bailey Drive, or on the side streets, Hallet and Calhoun, located on the West side of Pastor Bailey Drive. DO NOT park in any church parking lot. The trailhead is located through the gap in the fence just opposite of Hallet.
DISCLAIMER
The Boulder Park race course may hold unexpected trail features and should be ridden with caution. Riders assume all responsibility for their own safety.
Location
Hammer Time!
Can anyone tell me the date of the Erwin endurance race? thanks.
Can anyone tell me the date of the Erwin endurance race? thanks.
2012 Frozen Series http://dorba.org/forum/endurance-riding-and-racing/18973
Saturday January 21, 2012 - Johnson Branch on Lake Ray Roberts
Saturday February 18, 2012 - Boulder Park in Dallas
Saturday March 24, 2012 - Erwin Park in McKinney
Any update on the loops we'll be riding for Boulder?
No update yet.. gotta get out there and pick some...
Hopefully things will be dry soon and we'll get out there with the TS and layout a good 8-9 mile loop. The RD may see that 11 miles of everything might be bit to long for the endurance series. The fastest lap for Johnson Branch's 8.6 mile course was 41:07 on a geared bike, 42:19 for the SS guys.
Just rode the mostly dried out trail with Cash, the Boulder Trail Steward this afternoon, and got a little over 8 miles on my gps for the trail we're looking to use for the endurance race. It should come out to be a little longer, as we skipped a few areas that did not need to see bike tires today. Expect to see a lot of the A, B, and C loops, with a good portion of the Cash Extension included as well. The E loop is currently 'under construction', so it will not be utilized. Did not ride Loop D today, but I'm not sure it will be included anyway.
...Expect to see a lot of the A, B, and C loops, with a good portion of the Cash Extension included as well...
Happy to see the Cash Extension included. Its got a great personality to it :)
game on arriva arriva hija hija!!!
BU Dirty Bear wrote:...Expect to see a lot of the A, B, and C loops, with a good portion of the Cash Extension included as well...
Happy to see the Cash Extension included. Its got a great personality to it :)
Rode the trail late Saturday and very little mud. Just a few slick spots. Race course is marked with some arrows. Final marking will take place Friday afternoon, 2/17. Ride loops A, B, C and all of the Cash loop. No D or E in the race. We measured close to 9 miles for the loop. One wet creek crossing.
Nice work out there Cash!
SS Rookie has it spot on.
Follow the red arrows, and you'll make it through the course with no problem. That means NO bypasses during Loop A.
To visually run through it in your head, here's the course in a nutshell:
A to B, B to C, C to Cash extension (sweet loop), Cash Extension back to C, C to B, B to A (while rocking the Dam Climb, gradually ride down the slope and take a U-turn back into A). This part will be properly marked on Tuesday afternoon for you pre-riders.
No D or E.
Mapped course to come shortly.
It's warm out, go ride your bikes!!
This image is supposed to get you all excited to get on your bicycles and ride your butts off! Get pumped! Here is the race course fully marked out.
Le mans start near the trail head, Pastor Bailey to Red Bird, then it's all cake from there.
Follow the Yellow Brick Road.. Just for a little bit. The arrow to the right designates the only part of the course that may catch some pre-riders off guard. Don't let that person be you! Remember, only YOU can prevent forest fires (and unnecessarily riding Loop D).
Thanks for posting this. Do you know where the pits and timing strip will be?
As a matter of fact I do.
The timing strip will be placed slightly before the right hand turn back into the loop at the trail head.
The pits will be along the Pastor Bailey side of the trail before the timing strip, or within a decent proximity after the strip.
Awesome! Thanks for the map. Looks like I was riding Loop D during my pre-ride last Sunday, so I'm feeling much better about my lap times now.
As you should! I did the entire loop myself last Sunday as I was marking, and was questioning my time. Then I remembered I rode the entire trail.
Boulder has a great trail steward in Cash and here's a reason why:
This is where the arrow on the map is pointing. Go in at B/A to the right.
I'm confused on the whole start thing :)
Run, grab bike, ride down Pastor Bailey, turn on Redbird, then what? Jump into loop b?
Please explain like I've never done a MTB race before....cuz I haven't :)
Kevin
Race Director
Horse Country Time Trial
Total n00b on dirt
You are actually spot on with your description.
Everyone will start by running to their bike, picking it up, and peddling their legs off down Pastor Bailey, and onto Red Bird until they reach the entrance of the trail 3/4 the way down Red Bird. How you enter the trail is up to you. Jump, hop, or even fly. Just don't fall.
This entry point means that everyone will ride their first lap without most of A and half of B.
Do we get to spin around in circles with our foreheads on a baseball bat too? ;)
J/K....the whole thing sounds like a blast and I'm looking forward to it :)
Thanks for putting it on!
Are we going to need a team of folks with landscaping blowers to get the trail dry in time?
Great race map. It's Boulder race time!
Be there or stay home & suck your thumb.
Cash is out there doing what he can to keep Mother Nature from taking away our sacred race day. This race wouldn't be nearly as possible to hold without the hard work he and his group of trail workers have done in recent weeks. You Boulder lovers sure are lucky!
I'll be out there Friday afternoon to tape off areas and help blow-dry the trail.
People have been known to get creative during the Le mans start, but this would be the first time I've heard of spinning around a bat! I have to see it to believe it.
Come and have a great time! Don't be a thumb sucker!
All of you race happy DORBA members, I come to you with sad news. Cash, myself, and the Board of Directors have decided that with the current trail condition, along with the gloomy forecast, the Sun&Ski Frozen Series race at Boulder this Saturday, Feb 18th has been called off and rescheduled for March 10th.
That's 3 weeks away, so make plans accordingly, and come out to have some fun for 6 hours with some of your closest mountain biking friends! Look for the official post on the main page, which is to come shortly.
Thanks for wisely cancelling early and all of your hard work. We appreciate it.
After much consideration, it has been decided to postpone this weekend's race due to the increased possibility of precipitation for Saturday. As much as we would like to have the race this weekend, we do not want to adversely affect the mountain bike trail at Boulder after all the hard work Cash and company have put in making the trail great. We also do not want to offer our members and guests a less than ideal event which has the propensity to be unsafe. In short no one wants floating portapots or rutted trails. We have scheduled another date for the Boulder race on March 10, 2012 provided weather allows. Have a good weekend and bring your game to Boulder March 10th.
Pam J. Jackson
I'm bummed, but the right call was made.
Bummed because March 10 is the first date of the Time Trial series my club runs, so I have to miss the BP race :(
For the roadies:
http://www.txbra.org/db/events/2012HorseCountryTimeTrial.pdf
DB
Good call on the race cancelation! It looks like ya'll got almost an inch of rain in Big D on Saturday. It is always a difficult thing to pre-emptively cancel a race due to weather that may or may not happen. In this case the weatherman got it right a so did you guys. The Okies should be there in full force for the last 2 races of the series. They will fall perfectly for Ouachita Challenge training........C ya next month!
Tommy D.
Bring it Okies !!
Thanks,
Tommy D.
YEAH MAN!!!
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