The Camp Eagle event featured a Super D Race and Time Trial Saturday, and an amazing XC race on Sunday morning. A brief but heavy rain storm Saturday afternoon turned the course into soup, but races went forward. The photos below are an ensemble from all of the various races and categories. Enjoy. Questions and comments are welcome.
NORBA and Collegiate results are posted here.
Road Trip. Scott Walker and Austin Grossman stretch their legs on the way to Camp Eagle Friday, August 31, 2007.
Tents were pitched by car headlight. I don't think anyone in our group (including me) had a flashlight or headlamp. An IPOD puts out a surprising amount of light for in the tent chores.
Tent city: Our tents ranged from the 1-man solo variety to an 8-man monster equipped with a queen size inflatable mattress.
Friday night was surprisingly cold, which I spent huddled in the fetal position trying to stay warm. I left my down sleeping bag at home, thinking the liner would be all that I needed. Needlesstosay, it didn’t quite cut it.
Morning of Sept 1, 2007: We woke up at 7am for Last minute race registration followed by Quaker Instant Oat Meal for breakfast. I haven’t had this stuff since I was a kid.
As for the image above, this was my first view of Camp Eagle - ever. The light could not have been more perfect pouring in over the cliffs to reveal the Nueces River and rolling hills dotted with trees.
Scott Walker checks the course map for the Super D race Saturday morning. This is one of my favorite photos from the trip. The board made a perfect reflector putting light on Scott's face which would have otherwise been lost in shadow.
No Super D would be complete without a fair bit of carnage. I found just the right spot. It was a perfect mix of loose gravel and maximum declivity. Call it intuition. Almost all the rock biting happened about 5-feet from where I was standing.
Females were not immune.
Expert trials rider Stanislav Selejov demonstrates his mad skillz.
Stanislav Selejov rocks the arena. And no, I'm not underneath him. To get this image I'm reaching my camera under his bike.
kid racers.
Eric Breckinridge (Texas State) crashes through mud puddle in the collegiate time trial. Eric dominated with a time of 3min 50sec.
Camp Eagle Media guru Zack Martin films John Hatlelid (UT) in route to the feed station. John didn't finish the race because of a mechanical problem with this front brakes.
Scott Walker and Chris Collins discuss the ‘mud situation’ just prior to the time trial.
Around 3pm or so and heavy rain and lightening storm blew in. I dove in my tent to ride it out. Lucky everyone left their rain fly on. The rain was just enough to make the ground very muddy, to the point to were at least four people were rumored to have snapped a derailleur. The collegiate racers gathered and voted by large majority not to race. No one wanted to risk their bike (or person) with the big XC race still pending in the morning. When the Adult / Junior Team Time Trial went off without a hitch, most were guilted back into riding.
Parting Shot. Bryan Fawley (Titus) dominated taking both the Super D and the XC race. The shot above was taken at the berm. He looks the part of a world class XC racer!More photos can be found at http://www.glennon.smugmug.com/. I mainly covered the collegiate racers, but I have MANY more photos. E-mail me if you want to see if I have your image at photo@glennonsimmons.com. I will need your name, bib number, and category.
1 comment:
thanks for the comment, I really appreciate it. Your pictures are amazing as well! They look so professional. You seem to really have a passion for this adventure racing thing and you are great at it. Keep it up.
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