Larry and Andrew took a few photos of the event... some are pretty solid!
Here is a link: Ragnarok 2016 photos
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
The Annual "Thanks" Post
I know I have posted on the facebook some quick thanks... I like to be a little more verbose as it is very true that the race would not happen without a bunch of people doing things essentially out of the kindness of their heart (because we probably are pretty close to the bottom of "sponsor" bang for the buck... actually promoting etc. is NOT my/our strongsuit.
So... here goes (in no particular order):
1) Rider/racers - Thanks for being fun to be around for a day! Also, it is appreciated that no one has resorted to physical violence as we hand out leg 3 notes when you know that "Heath's Hill" is coming up. Even if you haven't ridden the "Rok" before you have heard of it (generally). Note - thanks to those who donated to the race we didn't lose any money and should be able to guarantee 2 or 3 port-a-potties.
2) My family - Carly is awesome! Both in helping on the day of the race at the checkpoints and finish, and in letting be get away for hours at a time to do course recon, riding, etc. I couldn't do it if there was even a bit of hesitation. Thanks to the grandparents too for watching the kids all day!
3) Mississippi National Golf Links - The convenience and safety of the golf course (as opposed to bombing through town like olden days) is so awesome! I saw a handful of folks leaving from the clubhouse so hopefully the golf club was cool with our using the lot again. It helped that it was very cool and probably not really that big of a golf day... Finishing on with Lehrbach is part of the race... so moving the start/finish is not something that I would want to do.
4) Red Wing Brewery - It's a small place and can get packed pretty quick... but for my money it's the best pizza in town (I recommend the spicy italian but sub pepperoni for the roast beef), and there is a pretty good variety of beer too. (I'm no beer drinker so I'll leave that for others to determine). Norm and the whole crew are great folks and allowing us to set-up shop the night before makes things that much easier for us (and those that can get into Red Wing Friday) on the morning of the race.
5) Twin Six - Thanks again for bringing a bag of swag that we can lay out for racers to grab as they finish. NOTE - we suck at actually giving these out in a good manner that actually gets value for them... and they still bring stuff after years and years of doing so.
6) Trek Bikes - They brought down some sweet lights and hats and stuff... the same can be said as for Twin Six. Bringing stuff without the allure of a lot of publicity says a lot.
Last and very much not least ...
Thanks to Jake and Larry for helping out on the race day. Larry is always ready to help wherever it's needed, and to pore over lists at checkpoints until everything makes sense. Jake is the "social" one of the bunch, so having him available for the finish area is awesome. We couldn't do it without them. The fact that Jake made the flight back from Denver says a lot.
Next year would make for 10... I think we're a go at least right now. Pencil in April 1 or April 8 (depending on work schedules... I think it'll be April 1), 2017... I REAAAAALLY want to change the course, even a little to make old GPS files useless. But we'll see what happens.
Note - I went through all of the results that I could find. There are 3 riders who have done every Ragnarok... Brandt Elson, Heath Weisbrod and Eddie Karow.
Thanks again!
So... here goes (in no particular order):
1) Rider/racers - Thanks for being fun to be around for a day! Also, it is appreciated that no one has resorted to physical violence as we hand out leg 3 notes when you know that "Heath's Hill" is coming up. Even if you haven't ridden the "Rok" before you have heard of it (generally). Note - thanks to those who donated to the race we didn't lose any money and should be able to guarantee 2 or 3 port-a-potties.
2) My family - Carly is awesome! Both in helping on the day of the race at the checkpoints and finish, and in letting be get away for hours at a time to do course recon, riding, etc. I couldn't do it if there was even a bit of hesitation. Thanks to the grandparents too for watching the kids all day!
3) Mississippi National Golf Links - The convenience and safety of the golf course (as opposed to bombing through town like olden days) is so awesome! I saw a handful of folks leaving from the clubhouse so hopefully the golf club was cool with our using the lot again. It helped that it was very cool and probably not really that big of a golf day... Finishing on with Lehrbach is part of the race... so moving the start/finish is not something that I would want to do.
4) Red Wing Brewery - It's a small place and can get packed pretty quick... but for my money it's the best pizza in town (I recommend the spicy italian but sub pepperoni for the roast beef), and there is a pretty good variety of beer too. (I'm no beer drinker so I'll leave that for others to determine). Norm and the whole crew are great folks and allowing us to set-up shop the night before makes things that much easier for us (and those that can get into Red Wing Friday) on the morning of the race.
5) Twin Six - Thanks again for bringing a bag of swag that we can lay out for racers to grab as they finish. NOTE - we suck at actually giving these out in a good manner that actually gets value for them... and they still bring stuff after years and years of doing so.
6) Trek Bikes - They brought down some sweet lights and hats and stuff... the same can be said as for Twin Six. Bringing stuff without the allure of a lot of publicity says a lot.
Last and very much not least ...
Thanks to Jake and Larry for helping out on the race day. Larry is always ready to help wherever it's needed, and to pore over lists at checkpoints until everything makes sense. Jake is the "social" one of the bunch, so having him available for the finish area is awesome. We couldn't do it without them. The fact that Jake made the flight back from Denver says a lot.
Next year would make for 10... I think we're a go at least right now. Pencil in April 1 or April 8 (depending on work schedules... I think it'll be April 1), 2017... I REAAAAALLY want to change the course, even a little to make old GPS files useless. But we'll see what happens.
Note - I went through all of the results that I could find. There are 3 riders who have done every Ragnarok... Brandt Elson, Heath Weisbrod and Eddie Karow.
Thanks again!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Ragnarok 2016 - 9th Edition - Results
I'll try and type up some thoughts and reaction to a fun day of gravel riding sometime this week. Thanks again for coming down to Red Wing!
Big congratulations to Drew for finally taking home the Rok after coming close in multiple previous editions (I hope I'm not spacing out)! Also big congrats to the Wilson family with their new little one that I saw at the checkpoints!
Megan Barr was the 1st Female finisher and totes home the big Rok! Great Job!
Note... starting time was 7:33 am
Big congratulations to Drew for finally taking home the Rok after coming close in multiple previous editions (I hope I'm not spacing out)! Also big congrats to the Wilson family with their new little one that I saw at the checkpoints!
Megan Barr was the 1st Female finisher and totes home the big Rok! Great Job!
Note... starting time was 7:33 am
| Number | Name | Finish Time | |
| 1 | 502 | Drew Wilson | 1:34 |
| 2 | 561 | Jesse LaLonde | 1:36 |
| 3 | 503 | Bryan Fosler | 1:37 |
| 4 | 514 | Samuel Elson | 1:38 |
| 5 | 536 | Ian Hoogendam | 1:52 |
| 6 | 520 | Charlie Schad | 1:56 |
| 7 | 546 | Ted Loosen | 1:56 |
| 8 | 583 | Sean Mailen | 1:56 |
| 9 | 613 | Philip Carlton | 2:12 |
| 10 | 585 | Joe Hamlin | 2:18 |
| 11 | 604 | Kyle Sobota | 2:18 |
| 12 | 532 | Dustin Gaffke | 2:23 |
| 13 | 519 | Ben Doom | 2:24 |
| 14 | 535 | Scott Hippen | 2:26 |
| 15 | 574 | Paul Carroll | 2:28 |
| 16 | 570 | Larry Sauber | 2:32 |
| 17 | 518 | Jon Kern | 2:38 |
| 18 | 612 | Jeff Shupe | 2:39 |
| 19 | 602 | David Pramann | 2:40 |
| 20 | 525 | David Bell | 2:40 |
| 21 | 569 | Mark Hartney | 2:42 |
| 22 | 513 | Brandt Elson | 2:42 |
| 23 | 547 | Sam St. Pierre | 2:42 |
| 24 | 589 | Darryl Shoemaker | 2:50 |
| 25 | 608 | Jason Stukel | 2:56 |
| 26 | 572 | Bruce Anderson | 2:56 |
| 27 | 548 | Ben Oney | 2:57 |
| 28 | 533 | Chris Schotz | 3:02 |
| 29 | 591 | Brent Kvittem | 3:03 |
| 30 | 554 | Jeff O'Neill | 3:04 |
| 31 | 528 | Parker Roenfranz | 3:08 |
| 32 | 557 | Hurl Everstone | 3:10 |
| 33 | 576 | Ryan Sportel | 3:10 |
| 34 | 540 | Todd Watchmaker | 3:10 |
| 35 | 616 | Charles Denis | 3:12 |
| 36 | 615 | Megan Barr (1st) | 3:12 |
| 37 | 527 | Carl Bakker | 3:13 |
| 38 | 592 | Ben Cox | 3:14 |
| 39 | 565 | Bill Callas | 3:25 |
| 40 | 555 | Steven Yore | 3:25 |
| 41 | 573 | Jonah Hudson-Erdman | 3:25 |
| 42 | 610 | Trenton Raygor | 3:26 |
| 43 | 544 | Joshua Schneider | 3:28 |
| 44 | 531 | Steve Soltis | 3:31 |
| 45 | 566 | Jeff Frane | 3:31 |
| 46 | 567 | Carl Newberg | 3:33 |
| 47 | 530 | Ted Clausen | 3:33 |
| 48 | 609 | Bryce Rasmussen | 3:35 |
| 49 | 607 | Charles Parsons | 3:35 |
| 50 | 553 | Alan Eastlund | 3:39 |
| 51 | 595 | Mick Carlson | 3:40 |
| 52 | 552 | Grant Braasch | 3:43 |
| 53 | 582 | Ken Zylstra | 3:43 |
| 54 | 558 | Chelsea Strate | 3:45 |
| 55 | 580 | Chris Stuckman | 3:46 |
| 56 | 577 | Lee Venteicher | 3:46 |
| 57 | 507 | Eddie Karow | 3:48 |
| 58 | 534 | Nick Evanoff | 3:50 |
| 59 | 551 | Chad Millner | 3:57 |
| 60 | 509 | Shawn Cotter | 3:57 |
| 61 | 504 | Jon Vick | 3:57 |
| 62 | 559 | Lukas Eklund | 3:59 |
| 63 | 603 | Justin Kelly | 4:00 |
| 64 | 593 | Chad Kelly | 4:00 |
| 65 | 517 | Ryan Haug | 4:03 |
| 66 | 617 | Jonas Nygard | 4:04 |
| 67 | 501 | Paul Urbanski | 4:08 |
| 68 | 515 | Jon Anderson | 4:08 |
| 69 | 614 | Dan Funke | 4:15 |
| 70 | 512 | Barry Meitler | 4:15 |
| 71 | 510 | Charles Showalter | 4:19 |
| 72 | 549 | Mark Seaburg | 4:21 |
| 73 | 599 | Joel Benton | 4:25 |
| 74 | 545 | Jay Schneider | 4:25 |
| 75 | 590 | Meredith Rambow | 4:25 |
| 76 | 556 | Rob Williams | 4:32 |
| 77 | 524 | Adam Messer | 4:32 |
| 78 | 508 | Ray Nickles | 4:32 |
| 79 | 571 | Matthew Abel | 4:37 |
| 80 | 581 | Mike Criego | 4:39 |
| 81 | 538 | Jeff Henkemeyer | 4:41 |
| 82 | 543 | Michael Landreville | 4:47 |
| 83 | 541 | Thomas Erickson | 4:47 |
| 84 | 521 | Leah Gruhn | 4:48 |
| 85 | 611 | Neil Cary | 4:48 |
| 86 | 560 | Patrick Sheedy | 4:53 |
| 87 | 522 | Jere Mohr | 5:00 |
| 88 | 523 | Jon Loye | 5:00 |
| 89 | 506 | Andy Weinzierl | 5:12 |
| 90 | 578 | Heath Weisbrod | 5:12 |
| 91 | 564 | Matt Johnson | 5:12 |
| 92 | 529 | Justin Schuetz | 5:14 |
| 93 | 550 | Bob Sheperd | 5:16 |
| 94 | 511 | Craig Irving | 5:16 |
| 95 | 587 | Ryan Birkemeier | 5:18 |
| 96 | 586 | Joseph DeMars | 5:18 |
| 97 | 598 | Daniel Backman | 5:23 |
| 98 | 584 | Mike Lee | 5:27 |
| 99 | 596 | Mara Larson | 5:43 |
| 100 | 542 | Angie Hop | 5:49 |
| 101 | 606 | Alex Koppi-Kohn | 6:21 |
| 102 | 594 | Max Dingemans | 7:10 |
| 103 | 588 | Melissa Hunter | Out LC |
| 104 | 605 | Brett Swenson | Out LC |
| 105 | 537 | Sean Bujold | Out LC |
| 106 | 568 | Jack Schwinghamer | Out LC |
| 107 | 600 | Eric Johnson | Out ZF |
| 108 | 563 | Wade Johnson | Out ZF |
| 109 | 575 | Amy Sportel | Out ZF |
| 110 | 526 | Linsey Olesiak | Out ZF |
| 111 | 516 | Jeremy Fry | Out |
| 112 | 579 | Tryg Nederloe | Out |
| 113 | 505 | Gary Lindberg | Out |
| 114 | 562 | Rob Dosse | Out |
| 115 | 601 | Don Bahls | Out |
| 116 | 539 | Jeff Haye | Out |
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Some Details
Here are some details...
Check in:
You have two options if your name is on the final roster.
1) Day before, Friday the 8th, around 7:30-9:30ish at the Red Wing Brewery on Old West Main.
2) Day of, we'll be set-up roughly 6:15 or so at Mississippi National Golf Links. Please don't show up at 7:20... we'll try and get you checked in and ready to go before the 7:30 start, but there are lots more folks probably than previous years. We'll try and keep things going smoothly, but it's not like we're pros.
We will have a couple of port-a-potties at the start/finish someplace.
Some rules/general guidelines:
1) YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU!
2) Have back up plans, pickup plans in an emergency, etc. We will not and can not provide chauffeur services to everyone.
3) When going downhill -- ride within yourself. These hills can allow some crazy speeds and see #1...
4) When going uphill and around corners try and ride to the right. Drivers will not be expecting you so ... see #1.
5) The weather is a huge variable. Be ready for it... see #1.
Checkpoint notes (this is mainly for Zumbro Falls):
When you come into the checkpoint, PLEASE calmly make sure that we catch your number so we can keep track of everything. We may try and build some sort of corral that you have to ride through to keep things organized. Just assume that once you get on the gravel in the ZF checkpoint that things are neutralized.
Also --> DO NOT CUT THE COURSE! If I know the number of anyone who cuts through the ball fields in Zumbro Falls you will be DQ'd.
Check in:
You have two options if your name is on the final roster.
1) Day before, Friday the 8th, around 7:30-9:30ish at the Red Wing Brewery on Old West Main.
2) Day of, we'll be set-up roughly 6:15 or so at Mississippi National Golf Links. Please don't show up at 7:20... we'll try and get you checked in and ready to go before the 7:30 start, but there are lots more folks probably than previous years. We'll try and keep things going smoothly, but it's not like we're pros.
We will have a couple of port-a-potties at the start/finish someplace.
Some rules/general guidelines:
1) YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU!
2) Have back up plans, pickup plans in an emergency, etc. We will not and can not provide chauffeur services to everyone.
3) When going downhill -- ride within yourself. These hills can allow some crazy speeds and see #1...
4) When going uphill and around corners try and ride to the right. Drivers will not be expecting you so ... see #1.
5) The weather is a huge variable. Be ready for it... see #1.
Checkpoint notes (this is mainly for Zumbro Falls):
When you come into the checkpoint, PLEASE calmly make sure that we catch your number so we can keep track of everything. We may try and build some sort of corral that you have to ride through to keep things organized. Just assume that once you get on the gravel in the ZF checkpoint that things are neutralized.
Also --> DO NOT CUT THE COURSE! If I know the number of anyone who cuts through the ball fields in Zumbro Falls you will be DQ'd.
FINAL ROSTER
I think I have everything up-to-date... because of last minute drops I am just letting in all of the official waitlist. We didn't really get below the 150 limit, so I'm not going to open it up to others who whether by bad luck (if the post office didn't postmark it in time) or not knowing about the ride, didn't get their name on the list by postcard. I am sorry, but there is always next year.
If you see your name on this list - you will be able to get a number and cue sheet. If you are not on the list, sorry but you will not get those from us, and while the roads are public and I can't stop you, I would appreciate not riding along and confusing things at checkpoints.
Thanks!
If you see your name on this list - you will be able to get a number and cue sheet. If you are not on the list, sorry but you will not get those from us, and while the roads are public and I can't stop you, I would appreciate not riding along and confusing things at checkpoints.
Thanks!
| Name | Number | ZF | LC | Finish |
| Abel, Matthew | ||||
| Anderson, Bruce | ||||
| Anderson, Jon | ||||
| Backman, Daniel | ||||
| Bahls, Don | ||||
| Bakker, Carl | ||||
| Barr, Megan | ||||
| Bell, David | ||||
| Bell, Pete | ||||
| Benton, Joel | ||||
| Birkemeier, Ryan | ||||
| Braasch, Grant | ||||
| Breckon, Royce | ||||
| Brown, Robert | ||||
| Bujold, Sean | ||||
| Callas, Bill | ||||
| Carlson, Mick | ||||
| Carlton, Philip | ||||
| Carroll, Paul | ||||
| Cary, Neil "O" | ||||
| Clausen, Ted | ||||
| Cotter, Shawn | ||||
| Cox, Ben | ||||
| Criego, Mike | ||||
| DeMars, Joseph | ||||
| Denis, Charles | ||||
| Dingemans, Max | ||||
| Doom, Ben | ||||
| Dosse, Rob | ||||
| Early, Ken | ||||
| Eastlund, Alan | ||||
| Eckert, Seth | ||||
| Eklund, Lukas | ||||
| Elson, Brandt | ||||
| Elson, Samuel | ||||
| Endres, Chris | ||||
| Erickson, Thomas | ||||
| Evanoff, Nick | ||||
| Everstone, Hurl | ||||
| Floden, Amy | ||||
| Flynn, Shaun | ||||
| Fosler, Bryan | ||||
| Frane, Jeff | ||||
| Fry, Jeremy | ||||
| Funke, Dan | ||||
| Gaffke, Dustin | ||||
| Gaz, Dan | ||||
| Grant, Jennifer | ||||
| Gruhn, Leah | ||||
| Hamlin, Joe | ||||
| Hansen, Boyd | ||||
| Hartney, Mark | ||||
| Hau, Tim | ||||
| Haug, Ryan | ||||
| Haye, Jeff | ||||
| Henkemeyer, Jeff | ||||
| Hippen, Scott | ||||
| Hoogendam, Ian | ||||
| Hop, Angie | ||||
| Hudson-Erdman, Jonah | ||||
| Hunter, Melissa | ||||
| Hurd, Wendy | ||||
| Irving, Craig | ||||
| Johnson, Eric | ||||
| Johnson, Joe | ||||
| Johnson, Matt | ||||
| Johnson, Wade | ||||
| Karow, Eddie | ||||
| Kauth, James | ||||
| Kelly, Chad | ||||
| Kelly, Justin | ||||
| Kern, Jon | ||||
| Kies, Scott | ||||
| King, Susannah | ||||
| Koppi-Kohn, Alex | ||||
| Kvittem, Brent | ||||
| LaLonde, Jesse | ||||
| Landreville, Michael | ||||
| Langum, Leigh | ||||
| Larson, Mara | ||||
| Larson, Patrick | ||||
| Lee, Mike | ||||
| Lindberg, Gary | ||||
| Loosen, Ted | ||||
| Loye, Jon | ||||
| Mach, Elizabeth | ||||
| Mailen, Sean | ||||
| Meiser, Joe | ||||
| Meitler, Barry | ||||
| Messer, Adam | ||||
| Millner, Chad | ||||
| Moeding, Andrew | ||||
| Mohr, Jere | ||||
| Nederloe, Tryg | ||||
| Newberg, Carl | ||||
| Nickles, Ray Ray | ||||
| Nikodym, Matt | ||||
| Nygård, Jonas | ||||
| Olesiak, Linsey O'Neill, Jeff |
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| Oney, Ben | ||||
| Parsons, Charles | ||||
| Pettes, Jeff | ||||
| Piech, Dawn | ||||
| Pramann, David | ||||
| Rambow, Meredith | ||||
| Rasmussen, Bryce | ||||
| Raygor, Trenton | ||||
| Roenfanz, Parker | ||||
| Sauber, Larry | ||||
| Schad, Charlie | ||||
| Schauss, Scott | ||||
| Schmitt, Barry | ||||
| Schneider, Jay | ||||
| Schneider, Joshua | ||||
| Schotz, Chris | ||||
| Schuetz, Justin | ||||
| Schwinghamer, Jack | ||||
| Seaburg, Mark | ||||
| Sheedy, Patrick | ||||
| Shelley, Dirk | ||||
| Shepherd, Bob | ||||
| Shoemaker, Darryl | ||||
| Showalter, Charles | ||||
| Shupe, Jeff | ||||
| Smith, Harlan | ||||
| Sobota, Kyle | ||||
| Soltis, Steve | ||||
| Sportel, Amy Sportel, Ryan St. Pierre, Sam |
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| Strate, Chelsea | ||||
| Stuckman, Chris | ||||
| Stukel, Jason | ||||
| Swenson, Brett | ||||
| Tiede, Travis | ||||
| Urbanski, Paul | ||||
| Venteicher, Lee | ||||
| Vick, Jon | ||||
| Vold, Svetlana | ||||
| Ward, Denise | ||||
| Watchmaker, Todd | ||||
| Webb, Matthew | ||||
| WeinzierL, Andy | ||||
| Weisbrod, Heath "Red Squirrel" | ||||
| Williams, Rob | ||||
| Wilson, Drew | ||||
| Yore, Steven | ||||
| Zylstra, Ken |
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