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If anyone has photos of other races this weekend, please send them to me at martha.flynn99@gmail.com

Kellie Petroskey accepting the gold for 1st overall in the half marathon. That’s first OVERALL, not just first of the women!

James Kauth taking home the hardware. 1st in his age category, 7th overall.

A subdued moment for Martha Flynn-Kauth.

Roger Olson of California. Very nice guy. Look for him in the midwest at the Hayward and St. Paul races.

Mike Anderson and his buddies from Bont taking 1-2-3.

Martha Flynn-Kauth and James Kauth sharing a proud moment on the podium

Napa Valley Inline Race Report

Mike Anderson won this one again with a time of 1:09:07, almost a half a minute ahead of the next skater, Matthew Walther. James Kauth pulled first in his category with 1:16:07, Martha Flynn-Prosser-Kauth-Jackson-Schablitsky pulled first in her category with 1:21:23, and Kellie Petrosky pulled first in her category with 0:42:12 (half marathon). Looks like the Midwest Skate Club raked in some hardware.

The Napa Valley inline marathon is unique for a number of reasons, but Martha Flynn-Prosser-Kauth-Smith-Jones described it best after she crossed the finish line. “I love this race because instead of water stops they have wine tasting stops. I was so dehydrated I had to stop at every one and slurp down a few glasses, but I don’t think I drank too much because I remember seeing Mike Anderson and his twin brother cross the finish line at the same time.”

Ted Petrosky was distracted at the start line and wasn’t able to finish due his unique training program. His coach-wife Kellie described his training program. “It’s not really a training program. It’s more like a Pavlovian experiment. I just dangle a vanilla frosted cupcake in front of him on a three foot stick–just a little further than he can reach. Then I fix it to his helmet at the start line and let him go. Watching him swipe at that thing for 26 miles like a drooling child has got to be the most entertaining part of the race. If he finishes with a decent time I’ll give him the cupcake, if not then I’ll make him chase it around the parking lot until he gets tired and lays down in the trunk and falls asleep.”

Results

reported by: Dan Collins

Badger Race Report

Team Rainbo’s Pro Elite Marcy Turek whooped Herb Gayle in the Badger State Games. She took the number one spot on the grueling 29 mile cheddar-head course. Herb trailed by about five seconds or so…not bad for someone who’s only two years from an AARP discount.

Cale Carvell asked if he could use his 10% AARP discount to reduce his overall time from 1:35 to 1:26. “Not a chance,” said the judge, “Marcy smoked you fair and square. Go drown your sorrows in a kamikaze or something.”

The following description was posted by Gopherfan on www.skatelogforum.com

“A2A sub-5 hour member Marcy Turek took first over-all on a course with an A2A worthy climb (done twice). Herb Gayle had to fight off a couple of Marcy’s Rainbow teammates which helped Marcy beat all the boys. There was a 1 to 2 mile uphill near the end that she attacked and opened a gap that was never closed. The race was actually lengthened to 29 miles and change to move the turn-arounds onto uphills. The course was an out and back done twice. There were some tar snakes you had to watch for, but much, much better roads than last year.”

Congratulations to Team Rainbo for some outstanding team work.

Congratulations also goes to the Twin Cities’ own John Schulte (8th) and Ken Huss (15th), still soggy from Saturday’s Roll for the Roses, and Andy Uttke and others who finished in the top 15.

reported by: Dan Collins

censored by: Martha Flynn-Kauth

Roll for the Roses Goes Aquatic

Photo by Daryl Dahl

Open water certification to all who can swim to the finish!  This year’s Roll for the Roses required full scuba gear and copper dive helmets.  There were 18 finishers in the pro and 13 rec finishers who braved the elements while the rest of us slept comfortably in our beds.  However, there are a number of skaters in the pictures that are not listed on the final results so that number may be adjusted up.

Danny Frederick swam to first place with at time of 19:02 and a few lotion boys in full tow.  Rayna “The Rainmaker” Meyer pulled first place for the wenches at 22:22.  Sarah O finished a few drops behind. 

Aqua-Andrew Hanson floated by the finish around 25 minutes; Callous Bill Callas ranked 8th.  Jack Wussler toe-flicked his way to 4th place.  Bob “I kinda look like Hunter Thomson” Wheeler placed 12th.  Scot Campbell sandbagged it and got 1st place in the rec category when he smoked past a bunch in the pro category.

Missing from the final results are Steve Zweber and a host of characters from Media Machine, in addition to others.

John Schulte (5th) was seen at the halfway point with a bar of soap in hand, lathering it up in the rain with a rubber duckie and shower cap under his helmet.  “Why not?” He said, “This way I’ll be clean when I finish.”

Congratulations to all the soggy finishers.

reported by:  Dan Collins 

Full Results

Roll for the Roses was a wet one today. 

Check out the pictures from Daryl Dahl. 

No official results yet, but judging from the pictures looks like the winners were:

Men:
Danny Frederick
Andy Kotska
Conrade Thomas

Women:
Rayna Meyer
Sarah Oftedahl

Our favorite photographer, Darlene Prois, was at the Big Granite race last weekend. She was kind enough to send these great shots to post:

The start of the 2009 Big Granite Inline Marathon.

Men’s Paceline : Mike Anderson (Bont Wheels), James Kauth second in line. Conrade Thomas and Andy Kotska of Aloe Up are on the left.

Paula Liske (left) of Medford, Wisconsin. Paula’s a great supporter of this race.

Ann VanBellinger (leading) and Martha Flynn-Kauth happy to be enjoying a rest on the downhill.

Mike Anderson coming down the hill on the second lap–he broke away on the back side after the uphills.

Beautiful view of skaters going past Marengo Town Hall.

John Schulte (waving) and John Garrett

Men’s Sprint-take 1

Men’s Sprint-take 2

Kara Peterson takes the win again, her teammate Cheri Uelmen was second.

Sue Welch finishing 3rd for the women, after taking a spill during the finish line sprint.

Martha Flynn-Kauth finishing 4th for the women.

Heather Prois and Ann VanBellinger working together into the headwind for the finish.

The Grand Prix results are now available as of Big Granite:
2009 Grand Prix Results as of Big Granite

Spreadsheet for Grand Prix