D&L Fat Epic 200/400k February 11th, 2017

Jake Wade 1st, Garth Prosser 2nd, Tom Kruse 3rd, Jesse Epstein 4th, Selene 5th, Chris Yeager 6th.
 
Congrats on the hopefully successful event, Jim, and congrats to the winners! Wish I could have made it there to at least spectate/volunteer.

Where are all the Strava links? 🙂
 
I did 10 miles total today, 7 at KVSP and 3 at Denville's Tourne. I had had enough. All the while I was thinking about what it must've been like to fatbike for the D&L event. I probably would've cried like a 5 year old. LOL.

Congrats to all the participants. Total Badass-ness going on there.
 
Jim,

Thank you for putting this on. I know a lot of work went into it, but I think everyone will agree, it was a totally cool event. From the course to the trophies to the really well done registration.... A heartfelt "Well Done".

But most of all, "Thank You" to the volunteers! Could not ask for a nicer bunch, especially the sweet lady at the 30 mile mark (for us 100k folks).

Oh, and that drone was slick!

Dan-

Edited: I almost forgot, I've been to a lot of events and have the tee shirts, pint glasses and water bottles to prove it, but a bike packing tent!!!! THAT is Epic!
 
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mattybfat said:
crickets 🙄

i was hoping for recaps and photos all day :popcorn:
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Some of us were busy riding all day 😉

The Facebook page is littered with reports and pictures and whatnot.

Here's the 200k podium.

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There were 5 guys and Selene in a break all the way up to about the 90 mile mark when Selene and Chris popped off the back. It came down to a 4-way sprint and ended up being Jake, Garth, Tom, and Jesse all finishing in 7 hours and 7 minutes. Average speed was well over 17mph. Brutal given how windy it was!!

Selene and Chris came in at 7 hours and 33 minutes.

On the other end of the race, Jed Kornbluh and Whit Anderson were locked in a heated battle all day for the Lanterne Rouge, ultimately ending in a dead tie. 12 hours and 51 minutes.

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They took this picture this morning because it was very late when they finished.

Huge thanks to everyone that came out. Everyone seemed to genuinely have a good time, even those that were out there for a LONG time.

We could not have pulled this off without the army of volunteers and donations we received. The ladies of HbW were the backbone of this epic effort. Thanks to Sommerville Sports for setting us with tents and heaters for the aid stations. Thanks to Jean, Pat, Gabe, Sean, and his nephew for all your help, again HUGE. Thanks to 2nd Life Bikes for coming out to work the finish line, I know I was super excited to see Kerri after 8.5 hours on the bike!! And the biggest thanks to Sam and Tom for letting me run with this silly idea.

We will take what we've learned from this experience and improve to make our second installment even better. Hopefully the construction will be done by then 😉

-Jim.
 
Juggernaut said:
Jim,

Thank you for putting this on. I know a lot of work went into it, but I think everyone will agree, it was a totally cool event. From the course to the trophies to the really well done registration.... A heartfelt "Well Done".

But most of all, "Thank You" to the volunteers! Could not ask for a nicer bunch, especially the sweet lady at the 30 mile mark (for us 100k folks).

Oh, and that drone was slick!

Dan-

Edited: I almost forgot, I've been to a lot of events and have the tee shirts, pint glasses and water bottles to prove it, but a bike packing tent!!!! THAT is Epic!
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Thanks for coming out, I'm glad you had a good time!!

It was completely awesome seeing so many fat bikes in one place.

-Jim.
 
Results...

D&L Fat Epic Results 2014

200K Mens

1. Jake Wade 7.07
2. Garth Prosser 7.07
3. Tom Kruse 7.07
4. Jesse Epstein 7.07
5. Chris Yeager 7.33
6. Dave Kelberger 7.57
7. Martin Jimeson 8.02
8. Robert May 8.08
9. Peri Garite 8.22
10. Jim Vreeland 8.37
11. Mario Ocampo 8.48
12. Andres Jiminez 8.48
13. Adam Frederiksen 8.55
14. George Hollerbach 8.59
15. Larry Etgen 9.15
16. Mariusz Malkowski 9.30
17. Bill Graves 10.14
18. Joe Kopena 10.14
19. Piotr Bilik 10.16
20. Gary Pastirik 10.16
21. Alex Rodriguez 10.28
22. Dan Matthews 10.51
23. Shawne Camp 10.51
24. Ian Gallagher 11.14
25. Alex Guilbeault 11.14
26. Steve Whetstone 11.32
27. Roy Huber 11.32
28. Pat McFalls 12.15
29. Rob Simms 12.37
30. Jason Chamiak 12.50
31. Jed Kornbluh 12.51
32. Whit Anderson 12.51

200k Women's

1. Selene Yeager 7.33
2. Jocelyn Linscott 11.00

100k Men's

1. Danny Brennan 3.30
2. Ray Willard 3.46
3. Robert Toedter 3.57
4. Marc Hoffmeister 4.02
5. Mark Garretson 4.04
6. David Steel 4.05
7. Adam Prontnicki 4.14
8. Gregory Talmont 4.28
9. Andrew Cazzetto 4.46
10. Steve Carman 5.04
11. Dan Ackerman 5.20
12. Lincoln Steward 5.40
13. Chris Thomas 5.41
14. William Johnson 5.41

100k Women's

1. Helene Schmid 4.06
2. Gayle Hoffmeister 4.48
3. Janay Camp 4.59
4. Caroline Cullen 4.59
5. Margaret Kelnberger 5.26
 
hats off to you jim. so cool to see this come from nothing to something that looked really successful!
 
don't Facebook guess I am SOL... Would love to see more pics. Will represent on d&l part deux...
 
Like Hilltop Bicycles and D&L Fat Epic on faceworld. There's videos, pictures and everyone's posts. It'd be hard to transfer it all here ... We're in the process of uploading our pics and video as well. Will post when it's ready.
 
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This right there, can't wait to hear Selene's take on this race. Someone who follows her blog please post here.
 
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