DoubleShot Racing

DoubleShot Duathlon 2011 CANCELED!

2011-08-31T07:02:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry to report that this year's race, scheduled to be on October 8 at Turkey Mountain, has been canceled.

Please check back for information on other events and an update on next year's DoubleShot Duathlon 2012.

In the mean time, support your local coffee company and buy coffee here: http://doubleshotcoffee.com

Race pics

2010-10-07T12:23:00.000-07:00

Check out the race pics by Paul McEntire: http://paulmcentire.zenfolio.com/p1002630506

Flip through them and buy a print for posterity.

Again, here are the race results:

Individual

Team

Post Race Report

2010-10-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

First, thank you to everyone who came out to Osage Hills State Park last weekend- racers, friends, volunteers, family, everyone. We really appreciate the support and participation in our event.

You can see race results online here:

Individuals

Teams

Paul McEntire (with Entirely Creative) is editing his photos from the weekend and I will have a link to the pics soon. They will be available to view on his photo page and you can purchase pics there too.

Kari and I are cleaning up and dusting off everything from this race, and next week we'll begin planning next year's DoubleShot Racing. So stay tuned.

I must say, I was again a little disappointed in the turnout for the race. It takes a lot of time and money to put on an event. And it sucks a little when people don't show up on a whim. We purposely offer equal prize money for men and women, and then the women didn't even turn out to support us this year, except for Kara and Ginger. And most of the fastest male racers didn't turn out either. I'm not sure why, but it makes our decision-making about next year's races much more difficult. Do we keep putting on a race that not many people seem to care about? Is it worth it? How do we change things to influence more participation? I don't know. If you have any comments or suggestions, I would be happy to hear them.

Thanks again. Definitely not trying to take away from the people who DID come out. You guys were awesome, and we had a lot of fun.

(I just wish we could have fun with a lot more people.)

Last Minute

2010-10-01T06:26:00.001-07:00

Online registration closes today at noon and you will only be able to register on site after that. Fees will go up $10 for individual and team registrations on race day. We are headed out to Osage today to set up transition and mark the course. Looks like it's going to be a great day for racing. Tell your friends and come on out- we have plenty of beer and hotdogs (and coffee).

See you tomorrow.

Osage Update

2010-09-28T14:21:00.000-07:00

The blue bike trail is marked in red-and-black checkered flagging. We'll do the three mile loop three times. Between 3.2 mile runs on the red trail. The bike trail is pretty clean- I moved a few trees off the trail and cleaned up as many loose rocks and sticks as I could. For me, every part of the trail is ridable. Should be a fast course.

Looks like this amazing weather is going to hold on for the weekend too. The forecast for Saturday calls for mostly sunny and a high of 75. YES!

If you haven't registered on active.com, you have until Friday at noon and then registration will go up $10.

The race will be chip timed again and you'll be able to see your splits, down to each lap on the bike course.

We're looking forward to a fun, exciting weekend. I hope you're telling all your friends about it. Because I think we're going to have two kegs this time.

Osage Hills Course

2010-09-24T15:00:00.000-07:00

I'll be heading out to mark the course tomorrow morning at Osage Hills State Park. The two runs will be on the red trail, which I won't mark until race weekend. And the bike will be three loops on the blue course, which I will mark with red and black checkered flagging. If you get there before I do, follow the blue permanent markings.

We're gearing up for a fun weekend, so I hope you're all spreading the word and planning to get yo' asses out there to race. And eat hotdogs and drink beer. Good times.

Make sure to take a peek at the sponsor page on the website, and see who all is supporting your fun.

Race Audio

2010-08-25T09:34:00.000-07:00

Kari and I got together last night over a Grimbergen Dubbel and recorded a little race podcast. You can listen to it here: http://bit.ly/8ZjfTn

We're busy rounding up sponsors and volunteers and spreading the word to racers. Help us out by referring potential racers, sponsors, and volunteers. Drop us a line:

Brian@DoubleShotDuathlon.com

Kari@DoubleShotDuathlon.com

Osage Hills Registration

2010-08-20T08:26:00.000-07:00

October 2 is rapidly approaching, and we're quickening our step to make sure this year is fun and exciting for everyone. I'm updating the website right now, and we're recording a short podcast to tell y'all about the race.
Registration is now open: http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1882209

Here's what we need from you:

1. Register early

2. Help us spread the word and get lots of participation this year

3. Practice running, biking, running, eating hotdogs, and drinking beer in the woods

Stay tuned.

DoubleShot Duathlon 2010 Announcement

2010-05-15T11:06:00.000-07:00

This year the DoubleShot Duathlon will be at Osage Hills State Park on October 2. We are excited to bring you this race, as it was such a great venue last year. This will be the lone DoubleShot Race this year, so I hope a lot of people plan to come out and participate.

Kari and I are already gearing up for another series in 2011. Let's get out there and show your support for this race so we can continue to put it on. Help us spread the word.

Much more info to follow.

DoubleShot Duathlon 2010

2009-11-02T12:38:00.000-08:00

Kari and I met to try and wrap up this year's racing and talk about next year. We're thinking two races. In 2009 we did three duathlons, one six hour mountain bike race, and I helped with the Keystone Mountain Bike Race. It was too much.

We still could change our minds, but for now we're thinking two races.

Osage Hills was a good venue for us. And we were thinking about trying to get into Zink Ranch.

Do you guys have any opinion about this stuff. Locations?

What time of year?

Turkey Results

2009-10-19T09:23:00.001-07:00

Here they are:

http://www.dgroadracing.com/2009%20Double%20Shot%20Turkey%20Mountian.htm

Race pics

2009-10-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

Paul McEntire has put the photos up from the Turkey race.

Go there and see his work. And buy a pic: http://paulmcentire.zenfolio.com/p494407182

Game on

2009-10-10T03:22:00.003-07:00

This is it. The last DoubleShot Duathlon of the year.

We're about to head back out. It's wet and muddy, but everything is as ready as we could make it.

See y'all soon!

Weather Update

2009-10-08T18:19:00.000-07:00

Just looked at weather dot com. The hour-by-hour forecast looks good. Should stop raining early tomorrow morning. By Saturday morning it is supposed to be sunny and cool. Upper 40s to low 50s. We have a pretty good number of people registered so far. You can still register online until 6p tomorrow evening. And you can register on race-day, but get there early. Packet pickup will only occur race morning.

Free coffee from DoubleShot Coffee Company.

Free beer from Vintage 1740.

Free hotdogs from Native Bicycles.

Thank the rest of your sponsors too: http://www.doubleshotduathlon.com/Sponsors.html

The weather

2009-10-08T06:21:00.000-07:00

Don't worry, the race is still on.

You're probably going to be glad I didn't run the bike course on horrifically technical trails though. I have a feeling the trails are going to be wet. And when I say wet, I mean muddy. I'm not sure. The trails have been draining really well. But talks of flooding today through tomorrow afternoon make me a little suspect. We'll just have to see what happens and do our best to deal with the conditions. It'll be fine. I'm sure the trails will be the worst while we're out there marking the course and probably be perfect for you guys during the race.

Registration closed last night at midnight. I'm going to re-open registration until 6p Friday night, but registration has gone up $5 for all you procrastinators.

As for the race, we'll be out there rain or shine. Potentially we will have a swim portion now and I'm thinking if it really comes down like they say it will, Turkey mountain may shrink a couple inches. Those climbs might be a little shorter.

If it's muddy, which I hope it's not, the run course should be interesting. You know how I like to run you up and down steep hills. There's a really steep dirt hill on the run course that might become a slide. Fun fun fun!

More info as I know it.

Turkey Course Specifics

2009-10-02T14:55:00.000-07:00

I went out and marked the bike course today. It's marked with red-and-black checkered ribbon on your left. If you pass a ribbon on your right, you either missed a turn or you're going the wrong way. They're all on your left. I marked it sparingly, mostly in the corners, but I tried to make it clear and obvious where the course will lead. Here's my best word map:

Start between the parking lot and Elwood in the new sod. Ride north straight toward the hill and up the hill. I rode up Lipbuster today and even though it's rutted worse than usual, it is ridable. Cut west through the upper parking lot and follow the trail along 61st and then toward the Snake Trail (or the Racetrack). Watch for a turn in to your left about half way down the doubletrack toward Snake. Ride that down into the tallgrass field where you'll cut off to your left again on some fairly new trails. We rode these trails the opposite direction at SIX IN THE STICKS. This short, windey singletrack section goes around a tree and over some rocks, over a high tree root with chainring marks, and through a creek bed, ending at the trashy doubletrack that leads down to the pipeline. Follow this (couple jumps on the way if you're brave) down past the pipeline, falling back in the woods to your left just before it gets really rocky. This singletrack goes by the westside YMCA, by the board jumps and teeter totter, around a bowl that is a dry falls, and down to the bottom creekbed by the Pepsi plant. Take a right there (unless you want some Pepsi) and after you roll up over the big lift and around the downed tree, take a hard, 180 degree left turn up the hill. This hill is ridable and once you get on top you'll wind through the woods, by one homeless tent, by two more tents, and end at the Spider. From there, climb the Ridge Trail. At the top, hang right all the way to the ridge line and follow it back west. The downhill is sketchy. Rocky, rocky, rocky. Personally I CAN ride down this, but it's not worth it to me. Probably faster to run through it. The second half of that downhill is so eroded that the bowl we used to ride down is a bit scary. Holding a line over to the left is better... slightly. You'll end that descent at the trailhead of Ho Chi. Come down the bridge trail that Womack and Mikey built and back toward the parking lot. Under the powerlines you're going to take a left. Through the field and back into the woods on your right, down the hill to the paved trail. Take a left there but just until you get to the first right that has a trail sign with a red blaze. Follow that trail to the Bomb Shelter and up to the field just south of the parking lot where they put new sod. That's where transition will be.

It's a two-lap course. Probably around 10.2 miles total. I didn't have my computer today.

Let me know if you have questions.

Turkey Bike Course

2009-10-01T06:10:00.001-07:00

Ray Hall, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is, the bike course is a two-lap and each lap is a little over 5 miles, so it's a little long. The bad news is, it's a pretty easy course and will be super fast.

Everyone else, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, the bike course is a two-lap and each lap is a little over 5 miles, so it's a little long. The good news is, it's a pretty easy course and will be super fast.

Like I said, the construction has really limited our options, but I've done my best. I'm expecting it to be fun, fast, and competitive. It's supposed to rain cats and dogs today, but I'm going to go out and mark the bike course tomorrow. Red and black checkered flagging.

This Sunday there is an adventure race at Turkey that starts at 8a. The RD says the winners should come in around 11 or 1130a, so I guess people will probably be on the trails racing until 1p or so? I don't know. But if you plan on going out there Sunday, please try to stay out of their way.

Remember, both the run and the bike will go along Elwood and up the hill. The bike will break off to the west side at that point and the run will drop back into the woods to the east. The run course will not be marked until race day. But don't worry, it will be well marked.

I hope a lot of you are planning to come out. Big prize money: $400, $300, $200 top 3 male AND female winners.

Turkey Mountain!

2009-09-28T07:36:00.000-07:00

The final DoubleShot Duathlon of 2009 is just around the corner. It's the race you've all be waiting for. Turkey Mountain.

Things have changed at Turkey Mountain. Not sure if you noticed that. I'm not sure who these changes are supposed to benefit, but it's not us. Kari and I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out where we can even set up the race. It's been challenging and frustrating. We have a tentative location for transition picked out, but things could change in the next two weeks and we may have to put it somewhere else. As for now, we're planning to set up in the area just south of the parking lot where they cut down some trees and put down sod. Where the Bomb Shelter (or whatever y'all call it) starts. It's not ideal, but hopefully it will work out ok. The only other area we could figure out to set up is a dirt patch next to Elwood. But that doesn't seem very nice. I'm not happy about this, but we're trying to make the most of it.

The race will start along Elwood and, as usual, run straight north and up the hill. Lipbuster is pretty chewed up from all the rain, so riding up it is going to be a challenge (and pushing up it will probably be a better option for most). We're still trying to figure out the run course, as the rain has put a damper on trail work. But we're planning for the bike to ride out on the west side like we did last year, though a different route. And we're going to make it a two-lap bike course. 4.6 miles per lap (or so). My plan is to make it as fast and fun as possible (except for the ride up Lipbuster).

The run, as usual, will run up the hill and then the adventure run over rocks and up and down hills will ensue. You know I have no compunction against making the 5k run as hard as possible. You gotta earn it!

More details to follow as often as I have something. I'll try to give this blog an update daily.

Osage Results

2009-09-10T06:17:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the delay. Here are the results from Osage Hills:

http://www.dgroadracing.com/2009%20Double%20Shot%20Duathlon-Pawshuska.htm

I haven't posted any pics yet. We didn't take very many. If anyone else out there has pictures from the race you'd like linked from the blog, let me know.

Thanks everyone for racing.

Next race: Turkey Mountain, October 10

Where is Osage Hills State Park?

2009-09-03T20:11:00.001-07:00

Don't know how to get there? Check this out. Directions from DoubleShot Coffee Company (aka Epicenter of World Coffee Domination) to the State Park...

Weather

2009-09-03T09:03:00.000-07:00

These days of cooler weather and precipitation have been nice. But I know rain can play havoc on mountain bike races. Don't you worry.

We're going to have the race, no matter what happens.

I have raced at Osage Hills in the mud, and I know it's not a good experience. I'm pretty sure it's not going to be muddy out there. With all the dryness of summer, this bit of rain is surely firming up the loose sections of trail and only making the trail faster. But if we happen to have a downpour that muddies up the course on raceday, I'll adjust accordingly to try and save your drivetrain. We'll have fun, try not to spend any extra money, and enjoy whatever mother nature throws at us.

Personally, I think the weather is going to be perfect. Cool and clear with perfect trail conditions. You watch.

Osage Hills

2009-08-31T05:57:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the lack of info. I hope you guys are planning to come out and race at Osage Hills this weekend. Should be a really fun time. We're putting together the usual merriment, and I hope more people will be there to take advantage.

Here's the course info.

If you know where the mountain bike trails are... They start by the horse barn and a rock house that is a left turn about a half mile before the ranger station. There are three trails: Red, Blue, and White. They are designed to start from the left of the rock house and finish up the little dirt doubletrack to the right of that. This is the way we're going to run the race. The trails are short enough that you can easily ride all of them over and over in one day. The Red trail is somewhere between 3.25 and 3.5 miles. It hasn't been maintained and riding it is ridiculous. Maybe on a full suspension it wouldn't feel so bumpy, but there are loose rocks all over the trail. We're going to run this trail, so be careful (ankle sprain). The Blue trail is a lot better, and I think you're going to enjoy riding it. I clocked this trail right at 3.1 miles, so three loops should give us 15 kilometers. I think that's going to be a pretty fast ride. The last time I raced there, it was 100% mud and it took forever (and ruined my drivetrain and my fork), but dry, this thing rolls off pretty quick. We'll have chip timing again, so you'll be responsible for counting your laps, but the chip will register your lap times.

And of course, we'll finish with another run on the red loop.

The white trail follows the blue for a bit and then breaks off and heads back to the parking lot. It's only a mile long.

There will be volunteers and pink flamingoes on the course to direct you, so don't worry.

As usual, my parents will be grilling hotdogs and Vintage 1740 will be donating a keg of Bridgeport IPA. Yum.

It takes an hour to get there from here, so plan accordingly. Race starts at 9a.

Remember, if you don't want to do the duathlon (or have friends who don't mountain bike), you can just do the "5k" run and enjoy the festivities.

Big cash payouts to male and female overall winners of the duathlon.

Resume Racing

2009-08-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted lately. I've been in Colorado for a week. We're gearing up for the next DoubleShot Duathlon at Osage Hills. I'll post more info upon my return.

Thanks for all the nice comments about the Keystone race. Kari and I appreciate it, and your support helps us continue despite lackluster attendance. Recruit lots of peeps for the next race!

Race Pics

2009-08-12T06:09:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Ginger Renshaw for hauling her hulking camera around in the woods...

http://gingerrenshaw.shutterfly.com/918xc

DoubleShot Duathlon Keystone RESULTS

2009-08-10T08:27:00.000-07:00

http://www.dgroadracing.com/2009%20Double%20Shot%20Duathlon.htm