2012 Ragnarok 105 results

Link to the 2012 course

OA	Rider name	#	Z-Falls	L-City	Finish	Avg spd	Time
1	Kraczyk, Brandon	52	9:50	12:32	2:07	16.2	6:37
2	Moore, Brendan	62	9:50	12:32	2:07	16.2	6:37
3	Wilson, Drew	100	9:50	12:32	2:07	16.2	6:37
4	Meiser, Joseph	60	9:50	12:32	2:15	15.9	6:45
5	Petersen, Matt	72	9:51	12:35	2:16	15.8	6:46
6	Carlton, Philip	16	9:56	12:39	2:20	15.7	6:50
7	Curran, Devin	26	9:51	12:39	2:21	15.6	6:51
8	Ek, Tim	80	9:58	12:39	2:21	15.6	6:51
9	Shad, Charlie	86	9:51	12:39	2:22	15.6	6:52
10	Manske, Brandon	1	9:53	12:39	2:30	15.3	7:00
11	Coyle, Ray	25	9:58	12:46	2:36	15.1	7:06
12	Hippen, Scott	40	9:54	12:44	2:37	15.0	7:07
13	Iverson, Al	43	9:56	1:00	2:38	15.0	7:08
14	Sauber, Larry	83	9:55	12:52	2:41	14.9	7:11
15	Elson, Brandt	31	9:51	12:44	2:42	14.9	7:12
16	Parenteau, Roger	68	9:57	1:03	2:46	14.7	7:16
17	Chezik, Kyle	19	10:04	1:03	2:48	14.7	7:18
18	Grelk, Dennis	38	9:50	1:03	2:48	14.7	7:18
19	Horkey, Ryan	41	9:58	12:40	2:48	14.7	7:18
20	Pherneton, Michael	75	9:58	1:03	2:51	14.6	7:21
21	Wertz, Tim	99	9:58	1:07	2:58	14.3	7:28
22	Kershaw, Jeremy	49	9:56	1:01	2:59	14.3	7:29
23	Fry, Jeremy	34	9:55	1:07	3:05	14.1	7:35
24	Rudnick, Martin	79	9:54	1:03	3:09	14.0	7:39
25	Tetmeyer, Andy	94	9:55	1:04	3:19	13.7	7:49
26	Ruess, Abby	80	9:51	1:10	3:20	13.7	7:50
27	Iverson, Patti	44	9:58	1:18	3:22	13.6	7:52
28	Anderson, Bruce	3	10:16	1:26	3:23	13.6	7:53
29	Cizmas, Dave	20	10:04	1:27	3:24	13.5	7:54
30	Dittmer, Dan	27	9:58	1:29	3:27	13.5	7:57
31	Braasch, Grant	11	9:58	1:29	3:27	13.5	7:57
32	Skillicorn, Kelly & Brad	89	9:57	1:36	3:29	13.4	7:59
33	Shauss, Scott	87	9:58	1:21	3:30	13.4	8:00
34	Worely, T.C.	114	9:58	1:29	3:31	13.3	8:01
35	Karow, Eddie	47	9:57	1:24	3:33	13.3	8:03
36	Praman, David	77	10:06	1:21	3:33	13.3	8:03
37	Strachan, David	92	9:54	1:15	3:33	13.3	8:03
38	Swenson, Brett	93	9:59	1:21	3:35	13.2	8:05
39	Reed, Jim	78	9:58	1:33	3:38	13.2	8:08
40	Zagozen, Chris	142	10:10	1:31	3:41	13.1	8:11
41	Thompson, Lisa	95	10:19	1:42	3:42	13.0	8:12
42	Schroeder, Sue	84	10:10	1:38	3:38	13.2	8:08
43	Wright, Jerry	135	10:19	1:43	3:48	12.9	8:18
44	Everstone, Hurl	32	10:05	1:35	3:49	12.9	8:19
45	Krawczyk, Paul & Janna	53	0:00	1:38	3:55	12.7	8:25
46	Seaburg, Mark	85	10:10	1:43	3:56	12.7	8:26
47	Steichen, Steven	90	9:58	1:39	3:56	12.7	8:26
48	Lawrence, Troy	56	10:10	1:50	3:56	12.7	8:26
49	Weisbrod, Heath	98	10:45	2:06	4:05	12.5	8:35
50	Clausen, Ted	21	10:17	1:53	4:05	12.5	8:35
51	Bialas, James	9	10:17	1:53	4:05	12.5	8:35
52	Johnson, Matt	46	10:07	1:53	4:08	12.4	8:38
53	Ward, Denise	97	10:15	1:47	4:08	12.4	8:38
54	Parsons, Richard	69	9:59	1:39	4:15	12.2	8:45
55	Nelson, Bill	64	9:55	1:36	4:15	12.2	8:45
56	Nichols, Joel	65	10:17	2:04	4:25	12.0	8:55
57	Pitts, Justin	70	9:56	2:01	4:27	12.0	8:57
58	Oney, Ben	67	10:15	2:10	4:29	11.9	8:59
59	Cary, Neal	18	10:15	2:08	4:30	11.9	9:00
60	Magner, Alix	58	10:24	2:15	4:33	11.8	9:03
61	Shepard, Bob	88	10:24	2:07	4:35	11.8	9:05
62	Larson, Mara	55	10:32	2:19	4:40	11.7	9:10
63	Koenig, Jeremy	51	10:19	2:15	4:55	11.4	9:25
64	Asp, Dave	6	10:15	2:15	4:56	11.3	9:26
65	Jick, Raymond	45	10:15	2:15	4:56	11.3	9:26
66	Peterson , Keith	74	10:19	2:15	4:58	11.3	9:28
67	Sanborn, Allen	82	10:00	2:07	5:00	11.3	9:30
68	Bell, Pete	8	10:15	2:16	5:00	11.3	9:30
69	Boltz, Ed	10	10:33	2:36	5:02	11.2	9:32
70	Dukek, Brian	29	10:19	2:07	5:28	10.7	9:58
71	Gruhn, Leah	39	10:41	3:15	6:01	10.2	10:31
72	Phillips, Kalli	76	10:41	3:26	6:04	10.1	10:34
73	Million, Porter	61	10:36	3:23	6:16	9.9	10:46
74	Stepanik, Brett	91	10:19	3:23	6:16	9.9	10:46
75	Gonzalez, Mary	37	10:49	3:23	6:20	9.9	10:50
76	Kelly, Allison	48	10:48	3:42	6:57	9.3	11:27
77	Burton-Kelly, Matt	13	10:48	3:42	6:57	9.3	11:27
78	Baltzley, Jessica	7	10:52	3:42	7:00	9.3	11:30
79	Carragee, Christine	17	10:52	3:42	7:00	9.3	11:30
80	Cochran, Molly	23	10:57	3:38	7:06	9.2	11:36
81	Cochran, Bryan	22	10:57	3:38	7:06	9.2	11:36
DNF	McBeain, Tom	59	10:25	1:50
DNF	Penman, Jeffery	71	10:07	2:01
DNF	Arrigoni, Curt	5	10:36	2:15
DNF	Fredrickson, Eric	33	10:19	3:23
DNF	Krizek, Elliott	54	10:36	3:23
DNF	Tri, Charly	96	9:54
DNF	Gold, Dan	36	10:40
DNF	Anderson, Randy	4	10:40
DNF	Klees , Drew	50	11:04
DNF	Carlson, Mick	14
DNS	Tandem, Andy & Justin
DNS	Brueggen, Pete
DNS	Carlson, Ryan
DNS	Cohen, Andrea
DNS	Donaldson, Caleb
DNS	Huseby, Christian
DNS	MaCwilliams, Kelly
DNS	Peterson, Josh
DNS	Morford, Robbie
DNS	Nikodym, Matt
DNS	Gates, Kari

Checkpoints

Someone asked about checkpoints so I thought I would make sure everyone knew what to expect.
When you sign in on Friday night at Wheelhouse cycles or on Saturday morning at the start, you will get a race number that needs to go on the front of your bike, a sheet with some basic race information and the notes for the first leg of the race. At the end of that leg, in Zumbro Falls, you will see one of our cars parked with a Ragnarok sign by it. This is the checkpoint. You will tell us your number and we will record your number and the time you arrived. Once we have your checked in, we will give you the cue notes for leg 2 and you are ready to go. Feel free to hang around the checkpoint as long as you want. If you are in a hurry, you can leave as soon as you have your notes. If you are in a pack of riders, do us a favor and agree as a group to wait until you all have your notes before heading out. We can only record your times and hand out notes so fast. At the Lake City checkpoint, you will receive the notes for leg 3. If you arrive after the cutoff, you will not receive the notes for the next leg and your race will be done. You will need to average around 9mph to make the cut-offs.

I wanted to remind everyone that we do not support riders and we don't provide drop service. If you need additional supplies, you can carry it with you, make use of the convenience stores in Z-Falls and Lake City, coordinate with someone to bring things with you, or talk someone into providing support for you for the day.

The "Wheres"

Here is a Google map with some locations of note this year 

It includes the start and the two checkpoints. It also includes a route to get from the start to the two checkpoints.


The map also includes the locations of the two area hospitals. Please, let's make sure no one needs to know where those are.
 

2012 Timetable

Notable dates and times for this year's event:

April 8th, midnight
   The deadline for withdrawal from this year's event without penalty.

April 13th, 7:00 - 9:00pm
   Early sign in at Wheelhouse Cycles (1932 Old West Main street, Red Wing, MN)

Day of:
6:15am  Sign in opens
7:15am  Sign in closes
7:20am  Rider meeting
7:30am  Riders depart
11:45am Cut-off for Zumbro Falls (@ 36 miles)
4:45pm  Cut-off for Lake City (@ 82 miles)
7:30pm  Cut-off for finish (@ 107 miles)

How the finish is going to work this year.

The official finish for placings this year will be on the top of the Lehrbach climb. This is the last hill before the finish. We will have someone there to record the placings for the top few riders. For the rest of the riders, if you want to race for a finishing spot, you should use that location as your finish line and keep your finishing order til you reach Mississippi National. Your finishing time will be determined by when you reach Mississippi National.

A few more notes

For those biking the Ragnarok 105 this year who haven't done an event that uses "tulip" style cue sheets, here is a basic explanation: Cue sheets 101

We will be using Mississippi National Golf Links as our start and finish again this year. A few rules:

• Only park in the "lower" lot (the one furthest from the club house)
• No bikes left by the club house. Walk there and back if you are going to head over.
• No normal food or drink is allowed that is not purchased from MNGL. (bike food is obviously ok)
• They will be hosting a wedding reception in the afternoon. PLEASE go out of your way not to disturb them.
• Because of the wedding this year, will have something setup downstairs for food and drink purchases and we will need to stay downstairs.
• Make sure the parking lot is cleaner than you found it.
• Be sure MNGL is glad they allow us to use their facilities. Purchase a pop or burger after the ride.

If you are signed up and unable to ride this year's race, please let us know so we can give someone else your spot or reserve spot. You can email me at larryboberry (atgmaildatcom) if you need to drop out

We have been able to bike most of the course and things are looking good. There is one road that is "closed" due to a bridge replacement, but they have a bypass road that a bike can get across.

Some early pre-race notes

April is quickly approaching, I hope everyone has been taking advantage of the mild winter to ride your bike. Some early notes:


We are 99% sure that we are using Mississippi National Golf Links as the start location again this year. They are hosting a wedding reception later in the day, but they are willing to work with us to make it  happen. They promised to have the doors open so we have access to the bathrooms this year.


The route will be split into 3 legs, like last year. Distances for each leg will be 36, 46 and 26 miles respectively. 


Unless we hear tremendous outcry, the King of the Mountains competition will take a year off. It wasn't well contested last year and it requires a fair amount of work to pull off.


Lake City will now be a full checkpoint with optional outside rider support, just like Zumbro Falls. It will be at a new location, however. 


For the top 5 or 10 overall riders, we are planning on using a "mountain top" finish at the top of the last climb (on Lehrbach road) this year. 


A reminder to all that are entered to let us know as soon as possible if you are unable to attend so we can fill your spot with someone from the standby list. Anyone taking a start spot that doesn't show up will likely be excluded from future events. If you take a spot, we expect you to show up, even if it's 35 and rainy the day of the event. We will post a final withdrawl date as the race date gets closer.