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Rainier Roubaix
26 March 2006
Report by: Peter Stocker
Given the opportunity to re-live our glory days from last cross season, the bunnies took to the gravel
at the 2nd annual Raniner Roubaix in Yelm, Washington. The race was made more interesting this year with
screaming headwinds and some potholes capable of housing small mammals. The Cat 4 Men rolled out at
about 9am with J, Wilbur, Nick, Ben, Shawn and Peter all in the bunch. Pushing the pace and doing
at least our share of the work we came out of the last lap with 4 of us still in the hunt. Shawn had
the legs to contend the sprint and pulled off a podium finish of 3rd. Peter, J and Nick all wrapped up
in the top 10. Beth muscled her way to the podium in the Cat 4 Women with a strong 3rd place, and the
2nd Joe Bar podium for the day. The woman makes it look easy. Recap = 0 flats, 2 podiums, 5 top tens,
one crash (not Ben) and a burning desire to return for more fun next year. Thanks to The Valley Athletic
Organizers - it was a cool race.
Results:
Shawn Larson 3rd Cat 4 Men
Peter Stocker 5th, Cat 4 Men
J Juelis 6th, Cat 4 Men
Nick MacDonald 10th, Cat 4 Men
Beth Oldroyd 3rd, Cat 4 Women
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