Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Another Hot One!!

Thanks everyone for coming out on this extra challenging day!!  Dealing with 93 degree heat, 20+ mph winds, & several miles of soft freshly graded gravel roads was no easy feat.  Props to all 160 riders who took the startline.

A huge thanks goes out to Michael's Cycles Saturday ride crew (Greg Gowan, Chad Neuman, Steve Orland, John Emery, Bob Sutcliffe, & Rick Egdorf) for helping with registration in the morning and running the checkpoint all day!  Also a big thanks to Luke Breen & Perennial Cycle for their continued support! ... and I can’t forget the awesome support & help from my wife Jenny!

We are a go for 2018, hope to see then with better weather!


Results: Full, 3/4, 56, 42

Full Westside Dirty Benjamin
PlaceClassTime
1JoshMolnar1st Open Men6:05:00
2TedLoosenOpen Men6:11:00
3IanHoogendamOpen Men6:13:00
4DennisDreslerOpen Men6:16:00
5ArikHolmOpen Men6:17:00
6ShawnBrickOpen Men6:49:00
7RobertHestOpen Men6:51:00
8MattChristiansenOpen Men6:55:00
9KarlVanceOpen Men6:55:01
10JeffShupeOpen Men6:55:02
11ChadMacyOpen Men6:55:03
12DarrylShoemakerOpen Men7:11:00
13AndrewDostalOpen Men7:14:00
14???7:18:00
15TedClausenOpen Men7:34:00
16SamSt.Pierre1st Master 50+7:34:01
17JacobBauerOpen Men7:34:02
18JonKern Open Men7:50:00
19IsaakWeeksOpen Men8:08:00
20PaulCarrollOpen Men8:09:00
21ScottHippenOpen Men8:09:01
22PaulInkalaOpen Men8:13:00
23NikkiMunvez1st Open Women8:14:00
24AndyLagesonOpen Men8:14:01
25JohnStruchynskiMaster 50+8:22:00
26RisaHustadOpen Women8:23:00
27HurlEverstoneOpen Men8:24:00
28RobertWilliamsOpen Men8:25:00
29JoeBlackMaster 50+8:30:00
30JeffOneillOpen Men8:37:00
31DaveZiemerOpen Men8:37:01
32JoshuaSchneiderOpen Men8:48:00
33StephenWilsonOpen Men9:08:00
34RodZamoranoOpen Men9:08:01
35MattHovenOpen Men9:08:02
36KenEarleyOpen Men9:08:03
37JustinKremerOpen Men9:08:04
38JeffHenkemeyerOpen Men9:15:00
39TrentonRaygor1st Singlespeed9:17:00
40AaronVoreisOpen Men9:17:01
41BrettSlomaOpen Men9:32:00
42KyleDavisOpen Men9:41:00


3/4s of the Westside Dirty Benjamin
PlaceClassTime
1DavidHerbertMaster 50+5:11:00
2DwightSkinnerOpen Men5:20:00
3CharlesWolfOpen Men5:25:00
4EmilyFlynnOpen Women5:25:01
5ChrisCorleyOpen Men5:25:02
6ReidBartelsOpen Men5:50:00
7WookieeNixonOpen Men5:50:01
8MartinAndrusiakMaster 50+5:52:00
9RayFiniOpen Men5:59:00
10TomLapinskiOpen Men6:00:00
11JayDellisMaster 50+6:04:00
12JustinSchuetzOpen Men6:16:00
13JonLaneMaster 50+6:21:00
14NickPagliaOpen Men6:21:01
15BillCallasMaster 50+6:26:00
16ErikKrabbenhoftOpen Men6:32:00
17JohnCarlineOpen Men6:35:00
18JohnDicusMaster 50+6:37:00
19Brian HeadleeOpen Men6:40:00
20BradHallettOpen Men6:40:01
21LakeBechtellMaster 50+6:45:00
22HalHoltMaster 50+6:45:01
23DavidEdgeOpen Men6:48:00
24AndyMartensOpen Men6:56:00
25RaySamideMaster 50+6:58:00
26ToddCravensMaster 50+6:58:01
27ToddBauerMaster 50+7:00:00
28RichZvosecMaster 50+7:03:00
29MikeCambellMaster 50+7:21:00
30GregKnollOpen Men7:34:00
31JohnInghamMaster 50+7:34:01
32LynnGregoryMaster 50+7:35:00
33ChrisSibleyOpen Men7:35:01
34ChrisFandelMaster 50+7:42:01
35ChrisKvaalOpen Men7:43:00
36???7:43:01
37???7:56:00
38DerekCarlsonMaster 50+8:22:00
39LukeBreenMaster 50+8:22:01

56 of the Westside Dirty Benjamin
PlaceClassTime
1JaredGazdaOpen Men3:49:00
2PaulSchoeningMaster 50+3:49:01
3TimNorrieOpen Men4:09:00
4JayHendersonOpen Men4:09:01
5PatrickKinneyOpen Men4:09:02
6KristiHendersonOpen Women4:09:03
7PaulUrbanskiMaster 50+4:22:00
8EdHedblomMaster 50+4:31:00
9StevenOrwigOpen Men4:39:00
10EvonneRemhofOpen Women4:39:01
11LarryBereuterOpen Men6:47:00
12JacobEllefsenOpen Men7:10:00
13MarkSchuttenhelmMaster 50+7:29:00

Phil's 42 of the Westside Dirty Benjamin
PlaceClassTime
1PhilVeloOpen Men3:33:00
2TheoHalvorsonOpen Men3:33:01
3TrishaGrothOpen Women3:33:02
4TimothyHoffardOpen Men4:33:00

DNF's or Did not check in.
Please send an email to westsidedirtybenjamin@gmail.com
if you finished and are not on the list with your time and distance and you will be added.
RichAlbrecht102Open Men
AlexAnderson107Open Men
KateAnkofski111Open Women
WillAnsley112Open Men
BrentAsproth114Open Men
BillAyotte116Open Men
KeethBadger122Open Men
GregBernhardt166Master 50+
JoeBischoff174Open Men
GrantBraasch195Open Men
JeddBraunwarth196Open Men
JimBrick198Open Men
PaulBrogan201Open Men
JeffBushendorf213Open Men
MarkButcher215Open Men
PaulCarroll223Open Men
MikeCriego247Open Men




JasonDavis254Open Men
BrianDelaney258Open Men
DanDittmer269Open Men
AlanEastlund286Open Men
JeremyFry333Open Men
ChrisGauron341Open Men
NickGrundman366Open Men




DaveHendricks401Open Men
StefanieHollmichel419Open Women


435Master 50+
BryanJacobson441Open Men
Dana AllanKromer497Master 50+
Mike + BarbLaChance503Tandem
BenLagerquist504Open Men
MarkMcLain582Master 50+
ChadMillner597Open Men
WadeMueller610Master 50+
KenNaylor616Master 50+
ChrisNelson617FATBIKE
AlexOnes644Open Men
BenOney645Open Men
RichardParsons659Singlespeed
JosePascual660Open Men
MikePasdo661Open Men
WilliamPass662Open Men
NoahPruett685Open Men
TomQuinn686Master 50+
VinceSchaper732Master 50+
GaryScherer734Open Men
LukeSchuttenhelm748Open Men
DavidShulman756Open Men
HarlanSmith773Open Men
GuyStill790Open Men
ChrisSur807Open Men
CaleSwanson811Open Men
RyanTerpening816Open Men
MikeThorson825Open Men
AlexWarren865Open Men
ChadWoofter888Open Men
GerritGakberich1007Open Men
GregScallon1010Master 50+
JordanScott1011Open Men
NicholasGarlois1012Open Men
JeffFrane1013Open Men




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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Hot Weather - Water & Shortened Route Options

With Saturday's forecast being so warm we have added some different route options and are looking for about 30 volunteers to bring a half-frozen gallon containers of water (put it in your freezer the night before) so we can have cold water at the checkpoint.

Shortened Route Options... You can make the call during the event or at the start.

1/2+  (56.3 miles) - this option will get you out on a nice ride but will having you missing out on the better gravel roads, it also won't have any available water stops.  The 1/2+ option will be on the honor system with a clip board at the finish (the finish will not be officially open until 12:15)

3/4 (75.5 miles).  The 3/4 option will still get you out to the checkpoint, MTB trail and Henderson Station Rd.  You will miss out on passing through Rush River Park but also avoid 4 climbs & a couple of hours in the heat.

Here is the Cue Sheet for the shortened routes. They have also been added to the map.

shortened route cue sheet link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B45tutGk8I3TMUtCdWZhQ2pxVWM/view?usp=sharing
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Thursday, June 1, 2017

2017 Race Details

Here is the info you need for Saturday June 10th.

Sign-in and Registration will open at 6:15am at Michael's Cycles in Chaska, MN
Please print your own Cue Sheets, Race Number, and Event Waiver.  Get your rider number from the 2017 Event Roster tab or here. We need a signed waiver for you to start the event.  The race starts at 8:00am and closes at 7:00pm.  We'll do our best to have a cool one waiting for you at the finish.

Please wear a helmet and have working brakes.

Do not park in Walgreen's lot, you will get towed.  There is plenty of street parking in Chaska but you may need to park a few blocks away.  Consider parking by the VFW on Creek Rd. which is where the finish is and a 1/2 mile from Michael's Cycles

We will be having a Drop Bag/Checkpoint at mile 65 (Thanks to Michael's Cycles and their Saturday riding crew).  If you drop a bag off, we will bring it to the Henderson Picnic Shelter and return it back to the start.  The checkpoint will close down at 1:45.  Please put you race number on your bag (use masking tape or name tag etc. just make sure it doesn't fall off easy).  If you are racing and looking for your bag to be placed out for fast pickup please write "RACE" below the number on your bag , and place it in the designated drop off site at registration.

Water is available from a well at mile 45 in Rush River Park.  In LeSueur at mile 55 there is  a gas station, grocery store, and a few restaurants., and the u4ic Brewery Tap Room with Food Truck is at mile 75

If you are racing the event and shooting for the top 10 please look at the map to see where the finish line is located.  It will be on the trail before the baseball field,  we will ride past during the start of the event.

There is about 1.5 miles of snowmobile trail and 1 mile  MTB singletrack (nothing crazy) right after the checkpoint.  These sections could get omitted if it is raining or wet.

The Braapp!! section will be a race day add, it is currently flooded so it will be marked if it is added.  Expect some sand, shallow water crossing, and very rutted out double track if it's added.

To navigate the last 2 miles it might be helpful to look at the map.

There is one house that has a couple of dogs that are a little aggressive which is marked on the Cue Sheet.  I have riden by twice and they bark at you at come out on the road but nothing more.  I will be stopping at this house to let them know of the event and hopefully they will bring the dogs inside.

Here is an article about Henderson Station Rd. and it's appearance in Purple Rain



Links:
Waiver, Cue Sheets, & Race Numbers-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B45tutGk8I3TVlUzYnpNNUNvdlE/view?usp=sharing

Race Numbers-
http://dirtybenjamin.blogspot.com/p/2017-event-roster.html

Map-
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jvtlAfPps95tbEuRQkU_jWoofzQ&usp=sharing

GPS Files: (Not tested generated from a Strava Route recorded with iPhone)
GPX- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B45tutGk8I3TRUpNbU5mODd2M28/view?usp=sharing
TCX- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B45tutGk8I3TOVJBejVtUlIwSXc/view?usp=sharing

Henderson/Purple Rain article-
http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/road-near-henderson-was-setting-for-indelible-purple-rain-scenes/article_b1c0fb56-0c1a-11e6-811e-77e7a4fdb18b.html




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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Registration Closing Soon

Registration for 2017 is still open until May 30th. Please check the link below if you have registered for previous editions.  You may already be on the list.  If not, send an email to westsidedirtybenjamin@gmail.com with your name and class (open, master, fatbike, or single, and male or female)

2017 WDB June 10th 8am Start: Michael Cycle's > 96 miles of awesomeness > Finish: Chaska VFW


http://dirtybenjamin.blogspot.com/p/2017-event-roster.html

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Friday, May 12, 2017

New Course for 2017!!

There is a new course for 2017 and it is awesome!  It contains only about 15 miles of the previous editions.

New course highlights...
97 miles, mostly gravel except for: 8 miles of dirt roads/trails, 1 mile of single track, 18 miles of pavement, & 1/2 mile of Braapp! (as long as it's not flooded),  Estimated climbing is around 3800'

2 water stops at about 45 miles Rush River Park and 70 miles Henderson Picnic Shelter.

Downtown LeSueur at about 60 miles

Ride past the railroad bridge used in Purple Rain and on the gravel road Prince rode his motorcycle down!

U4IC Brewery Tap Room & Food Truck at about 80 miles.

Starts at Micheal's Cycles and ends at the Chaska VFW.

More race details to come in the next week. Stay tuned!

Here is a link to the the map:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jvtlAfPps95tbEuRQkU_jWoofzQ&usp=sharing








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Friday, April 7, 2017

2017 Roster

***Roster Updated 5/16/17***

Here is the link for the updated roster for the 2017 Westside Dirty Benjamin.
http://dirtybenjamin.blogspot.com/p/2017-event-roster.html

If you are not on the list please send an email to westsidedirtybenjamin@gmail.com

More event details will be coming by early May.  We are still looking at a couple of different course variations but most likely the course will be similar to last year's.
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