2/5/2022 Ken Frankenbery Croom 50 Mile Mountain Bike Ride Brookeville, Florida

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2/5/2022

Croom 50 Mile Mountain Bike Ride

Brooksville, Florida

Ken Frankenbery

Finish Time:  4:01:00

Ride Review By Ken Frankenbery:

The Croom 50 is a classic off-road ride that I use as a barometer on my fitness each year.

Race morning brought cool temps (50’s with light rain ).  We drove to the trail (we normally ride from my house 2 miles away) The rain cleared just as the event started.  Temps were perfect with overcast skies.  This year they added in some cool hiking trails along the river, which added some great scenery with an old school mountain bike trail feel.

I pushed it hard all day and finished in just over 4 hours with a 10.7 mph average speed which is same as last year!

I had several friends join in this year (Randy, Rick & Juan). Everyone rode great and had an awesome time.   The aide stations had great volunteers and were well stocked.

Post ride had beer from a local brewery and catered food from one of Brooksville’s best restaurants called Papa Joe’s.

A great event and an awesome day.  I’m so fortunate to be in Florida!

1/23/2022 Mike Williams And Christine Churpek Dirty Snow Flake Trail Race Stow, Ohio

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1/23.2022

Dirty Snow Flake Trail Run Race

Runners had 4 hours to complete as many loops of the 2 mile course as they wanted.  Each runner’s fastest 3 loops were used to determine winners.

Stow, Ohio

Mike Williams

Finish Time:  1:28:32

Fastest 3 Lap Time:  1:06:14

Overall Place:  30th Place / 225

Division Place:  6th Place / 35

Christine Churpek

Finish Time:  1:10:18

Fastest 3 Lap Time:  1:10:18

Overall Place:  42nd Place / 225

Division Place:  1st Place / 26

1/8/2022 Ken Frankenbery Tour De Felasco Gainesville, Florida

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1/8/2022

Tour De Felasco

50 Mile Mountain Bike Ride

Gainesville, Florida

Ken Frankenbery

Finish Time:  5:20:00

Race Review By Ken Frankenbery:

This is one of Florida’s most popular rides. It’s a fun 50-mile ride (not a race-but with Strava becomes one for many) held at a 7000 + acre park just North of Gainesville Florida.

I rode with 2 friends from Florida. We started early to beat congestion on the trail by 8 am. Weather was challenging, sunny but temps at 8am were under 50 so had to add layers.  By 10 am sun was out and warming and by finish in the 70’s.  I was able to drop off layers at lunch stop. The trail was tougher than past years with more single track, hiking trails, and tough roots everywhere.  There were no real hold ups as we did ride with some larger groups but eventually lost them at rest stops when we made quicker stops.  Others liked to hang around the stops and enjoy the treats. The rest stops were well manned and stocked.  As usual it seemed like many people dropped out after lunch break and the last 16 miles we saw only a few riders.

I Finished in 5 hours 20 minutes ( 9 MPH average speed which I think was off as it seemed faster)

The food trucks at the finish were awesome and they also had snacks and pizza delivered.  All of the volunteers were great.  The trail was well marked.  The ride was brutal but a great event.

 

12/31/2021 Roy Miller, Scott Orlando, Russ Neubert, Veronica Neubert, Mike Williams, And Jerry Lynch Great New Year’s Eve 5K Stow, Ohio

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12/31/2021

Great New Year’s Eve 5K

Stow, Ohio

Roy Miller

Finish Time:  21:09

Overall Place:  21st / 362

Division Place:  2nd Place / 19

Scott Orlando

Finish Time:  23:12

Overall Place:  60th Place / 362

Division Place:  4th Place / 13

Russ Neubert

Finish Time:  24:41

Overall Place:  72nd Place / 362

Division Place:  4th Place / 18

Veronica Neubert

Finish Time:  24:55

Overall Place:  78th Place / 362

Division Place:  3rd Place / 23

Mike Williams

Finish Time:  25:37

Overall Place:  92nd / 362

Division Place:  5th Place / 13

Jerry Lynch

Finish Time:  33:24

Overall Place:  228th Place / 362

Division Place:  12th Place / 18

Race Review By Scott Orlando

The Annual Great New Year’s Eve 5K was another fantastic race put on by the Josh Ritchie, Mickey Rzymek, and the wonderful people of Summit Athletic Runners Club.   The highlight of this year’s race was definitely the weather.   This race is notorious for some of the most brutal weather and running conditions mother nature can through at you but not this year.  Runners were treated to almost ideal running conditions with very light winds and temperatures in the 50’s.   The warm weather brought out almost 400 runners, walkers and even dogs to the course.   There were actually so many dogs at the race barking and howling at the start I wasn’t sure if I was lined up to run a race or go on a fox hunt!   The race was moved back to the traditional location of Stow High School.  The 2020 race was moved to downtown Kent, Ohio because of COVID.   The traditional Stow, Ohio course is always a challenge featuring more than enough hills to put the best runners to the test.   Running up the hills of Newcomer Rd in the final half mile of the race is always tough.   All runners received t-shirts and Bio Freeze patches plus a great selection of post race snacks.   This race is always tough but a great way to end the year with one last run.

12/4/2021 Ken Frankenbery Hilly 100 Bike Ride Brooksville, Florida

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12/4/2021

Hilly 100 Bike Ride

Brooksville, Florida

Ken Frankenbery

Ride Review By Ken Frankenbery:

This was my second year doing the 100. A tough day to dress for with 40’s & heavy fog to start at 730 am  but upper 70’s & sunny by noon. Knowing what was coming helped ( 4700 feet of climbing), and having my good friend Juan join me really was a plus. But not doing any group rides made it tough to stay with the pack as I just didn’t feel comfortable with so many riders so close. A rider in front of me had a flat on a fast downhill and that was enough for me so I dropped back & let group go. I picked up a few smaller groups to work with & still had to dig deep into the suitcase of courage after mile 80. A great ride with great company & so lucky to be able to train in Florida!