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Team Bikeman -
Race Reports
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Written by Cory Marler
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Saturday, 14 October 2006 |
24 Hours of Moab 2006
Behind the Rocks, Moab, UT
 The 2006 24 Hours of Moab race report. Not much of a race report. Not much of a race. The big story is good old Mother Nature had her way with about 1400 true grit, hard core mountain bikers in southeastern Utah. This was my 7th straight 24 hours of Moab and the six previous events were blessed with conditions conducive to great 24 hour racing. This year will be the year to remember for those of us who look forward to next year's race on the way home from this years race.
 So this is the story. Rain, moderate rain, heavy rain, flash flood conditions, chain suck conditions, hypothermia conditions, Grannygear director Laird Knight closing the course down at 8:00 pm Saturday night.  Sunday at 9:00 am, teams were permitted to continue back on the course in split times which allowed each team to get in at least one more lap. However due to situations of unfairness the decision came to this... "In the interest of fairness and based on what we now know about the relative fairness of all scenarios there can only be one official result and that is the results of the race as of the course closure at 8:00 pm, Saturday evening."  You can read the full Grannygear position on their website.
The bikeman teammates who raced were Vince Jones, Michael Marler, Troy Nye and myself. Vince, Mike, myself and a friend Alan Stettler, raced in the men's sport cat. Troy was invited to race with a Clydesdale team named Big Big Love who as far as can be determined took first place. In hind sight, this was a good experience. It was a memorable adventure which helps me appreciate racing conditions which are a little dryer and less forbidding.
Cory Marler
 
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