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The Mad Cow 2009

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Urban Adventure Race

Columbus, OH

MAD COW THANKS!

The Mad Cow Urban Adventure Race on June 27, 2009, saw 48 racers spread out among 19 teams braving the urban jungle of Columbus, OH. Course choices were plentiful and teams had the opportunity to see areas of town such as German Village, the Short North, the Ohio State University, Upper Arlington, Grandview, and Downtown. Navigating among the normal pedestrian and vehicular traffic was enhanced as Comfest added significantly to the challenge around the area of Goodale Park. But a hot day and the challenges of the city didn't deter racers from tackling the Mad Cow head on.

The race started with a half mile prologue where one team member from each team ran to collect his/her team's paddling clue sheet. From then, it was onto the rivers for the paddling section. While the current on the Olentangy River was stronger than anticipated, Jake1 and Mickey were not fazed as they obtained all five checkpoints, although only four were required. The biking section was next, with twelve total checkpoints and the requirement that teams obtain at least eight of them. This time, Jake1 (again), Me & My Boys, Lone Goose, and Thunder Road fought the urban obstacles and the rising temperatures to clear all checkpoints on the biking leg. Finally, the trekking section, with its sixteen checkpoints, would be the deciding factor. Team WeMo, saving the best for last, was the only team to clear all sixteen checkpoints. With 29 total checkpoints, they just squeezed past Lone Goose (28 CPs) and Northerners to win the 2009 Mad Cow Urban Adventure Race!

Thanks and congratulations to everyone who braved the hot weather Saturday for the Mad Cow Urban Adventure Race! We thank you all for a fun race! Special thanks to Sabo's Camping and Confluence Park Restaurant for partnering with us for this event! Please check out their services and thank them for helping make the Mad Cow a success!

Also, thank you to Todd Agee from COAR (Central Ohio Adventure Racing) for providing the sweet bike racks that racers used and for helping out at the start/finish area. And last, but far from least, thanks to our volunteers: Vanessa Hill (Pre-race photos), Alyson Hover (COSI CP), Brad Hunt (Prologue and Sabo's CP), and Brian Suntay (Sabo's CP)! The volunteers helped make our jobs as race directors easy! Thanks!


1st place: WeMo	2nd place: Lone Goose	3rd place: Northerners

OVERHEARD ON THE COURSE...

"Canoeing sucks, man."

"Feeling fine...it's just survival from here on."

"We're going to do the course twice!"

"(regarding the bike leg) I only cried once."

"(regarding Comfest) Comfest was a keeper...we need to go back there!"

"(regarding Comfest) My son's going to be jealous that I was there and he wasn't."

"Hell yeah, I'd do that again!"

PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Overall Placing	Team Name	# people	Gender	Paddle CPs	Paddle Time In	Bike CPs	Bike Time In	Trek CPs	Trek Time In	Late Penalty	Total CPs
1	WeMo	2	Co	4	9:25	9	11:32	16	1:44		29
2	Lone Goose	1	F	4	9:20	12	12:07	12	1:38		28
3	Northerners	2	Co	4	9:21	11	12:03	13	1:50		28
4	Me & My Boys	4	M	4	9:22	12	12:12	11	1:47		27
5	Triathletes out of Water	2	Co	4	9:34	11	12:22	12	1:48		27
6	Jake1	1	M	5	9:51	12	12:02	15	2:10	-6	26
7	Thunder Road	2	M	4	9:22	12	12:40	9	1:41		25
8	Z-30	2	M	4	9:35	11	12:53	9	1:47		24
9	Team Prion	3	Co	4	9:37	8	11:56	11	1:49		23
10	Team Wolfpack	3	Co	4	9:31	8	12:05	10	1:21		22
11	Team Jackson	2	Co	4	9:57	8	12:10	10	1:41		22
12	Alcoholix	4	M	4	10:07	9	12:38	9	1:55		22
13	Dynamic Duo	2	F	4	10:02	8	12:48	9	1:51		21
14	Air Biscuits	4	Co	4	9:44	8	12:17	7	1:48		19
15	Team Old Farts	4	Co	4	9:56	8	12:44	6	1:51		18
ALTERNATE COURSE (did not meet minimum number of CPs (4 paddle CPs, 8 bike CPs, 6 Trek CPs))
16	Mickey	1	F	5	9:50	11	12:41	4	1:56		20
17	Team JAB	3	Co	4	9:29	11	12:47	5	1:57		20
18	Not Last	4	Co	4	10:08	5	12:22	6	1:50		15
19	Team TroWulf	2	F	4	9:57	5	12:29	0	2:12	-7	2

SPLIT TIMES

Team Name	Paddle CPs	Paddle Split	Bike CPs	Bike Split	Trek CPs	Trek Split
WeMo	4	1:25	9	2:07	16	2:12
Lone Goose	4	1:20	12	2:47	12	1:31
Northerners	4	1:21	11	2:42	13	1:47
Me & My Boys	4	1:22	12	2:50	11	1:35
Triathletes out of Water	4	1:34	11	2:48	12	1:26
Jake1	5	1:51	12	2:11	15	2:08
Thunder Road	4	1:22	12	3:18	9	1:01
Z-30	4	1:35	11	3:18	9	0:54
Team Prion	4	1:37	8	2:19	11	1:53
Team Wolfpack	4	1:31	8	2:34	10	1:16
Team Jackson	4	1:57	8	2:13	10	1:31
Alcoholix	4	2:07	9	2:31	9	1:17
Dynamic Duo	4	2:02	8	2:46	9	1:03
Air Biscuits	4	1:44	8	2:33	7	1:31
Team Old Farts	4	1:56	8	2:48	6	1:07
Mickey	5	1:50	11	2:51	4	1:15
Team JAB	4	1:29	11	3:18	5	1:10
Not Last	4	2:08	5	2:14	6	1:28
Team TroWulf	4	1:57	5	2:32	0	1:43

PHOTOS

We have 250+ photos from before, during, and after the Mad Cow. The complete collection can be found by clicking HERE or on any of the images below.

TEAM MEMBERS

Team Name	Team Members
WeMo	Jim Morrisey, Amy Morrisey
Lone Goose	Ruth Kohstall
Northerners	Steve Kaczor, Terri Kaczor
Me & My Boys	Rob Erskine, Darren Abrams, Bobby Erskine, Ben Erskine
Triathletes out of Water	Stephanie Harless, Andrew Lowe
Jake1	Jacob Elmer
Thunder Road	Brad Lohiser, Bill Plessinger
Z-30	Jim Ziminski, Andrew Ziminski
Team Prion	Gabrielle Horstman, Katie Bullinger, Bryan Jewell
Team Wolfpack	Steve Wolf, Shannon Heinlen, Kerry Suddes
Team Jackson	Ed Jackson, Angela Jackson
Alcoholix	Duffy Horan, Andrew Hanes, Scott Kasun, John Mills
Dynamic Duo	Mara Ackerman, Donna Eramo
Air Biscuits	Sara Muff, Jeremy Pense, Joanne Reese, Jason Bryant
Team Old Farts	Greg Cunningham, Gayle Pille, Linda Altevers, Bill Mahon
Mickey	Martha McNeil
Team JAB	Auston Bland, Brittany Brussell, Justin Owen
Not Last	Jody Ort, Jessica Howland, Elizabeth Ptroff
Team TroWulf	Jacqueline Trohan, Colleen Wolf

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