Rides and Races - February 10th Philly Alleycat/Alleykittin

any idea how long/hard of a race this will be? I need to know how to dress for the frozen tundra that is philadelphia.

its hard

i heard somewhere that the kittin is around 5 miles and the cat around 20? is this accurate?

i heard somewhere that the kittin is around 5 miles and the cat around 20? is this accurate?
to some extent

dear organizer: I want to visit my old high school. can we have a checkpoint Olney and Ogontz?

dear organizer: I want to visit my old high school. can we have a checkpoint Olney and Ogontz?
you'll find out

Prizes are in. 8 prizes for the kitten, 8 prizes for the cat.
New sponsor added: Bike Line.

Its going to be awesome.

and genericbikedude: if you don't get up to your HS during the race, you can always head up on Sunday.

I don;t really care about the HS. I just like it when races go into weird neghborhoods. Looking forward to the race!

a car full of idiots from dc is set to depart in 9 hours
philly we will be in you

holla

Today

get psyched.

i heard somewhere that the kittin is around 5 miles and the cat around 20? is this accurate?


I heard at the finish of that cat you have to over the bar skid through a gaunlet of mountian lions and bears. you win if you make it through.

Do the mountain lions have huge talons?

4th place isn't bad for my first alleycat ever... if only we didn't get lost on that memorial hall check point

That was a lot of fun, pretty brutal on the way to memorial hall too. Pretty well organized too for most races, hope to see more from maxknee.

ill be back again.

for real...
i'll race philly again

well done max
i liked what you put together for the cat

and well done ryan
you get a cookie

good race, thanks for throwing it. definately harder than other races (including rocky IV) that I've raced in philly. looking forward to seeing yall up at monstertrack. and next time I won't lose my manifests, or lose by 2 seconds...

yo everyone, thanks for coming out and having a good time.
it was my first race and it went off surprisingly well
keep your eyes peeled for maybe a race in the near future

max, we need to do this more often. a lot more often.

i quite enjoyed the kitten, especially getting the pink hip bag! helluvalotta fun. thanks for planning it all.
ryand, are you planning on posting any of the pictures you were taking througout the day?

missed this **** cause of a damn obligation I couldn't get out of...heard is was a good race. See y'all at monster track.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/388102452_1611bb5d48.jpg
set on teh flickrz (http://flickr.com/photos/ryandudek/sets/72157594531914757/)

other sets from that day:
tink - (13th overall in cat) (http://flickr.com/photos/tink20seven/sets/72157594531017577/)
romel - (i think 5th overall in cat?) (http://flickr.com/photos/rpc180/sets/72157594529562048/)

matt, good job on winning first overall. the pink and red hip pack is so rad and lame at the same time. ha.

my friend brian from boston (the one woh got nailed 5 seconds into the race) was 5th overall. We could been 3rd and 4th but we were locking up our bikes as 3rd place was walking in the door

maybe 7th then. i know he was the first from dc to finish, and did pretty well.
i wasn't there until everybody had finished.

was he the guy who rolled in and was like "am I first out of town?" if so, he was 4th or 5th, depending on whether you count my DQ'd ass.

yup, that would be him. i turned in my manifest directly before him.he was bummed he wasn't first outta town.

i can't wait for the next one, sorry we weren't more social after the race, he was only in town for a few days i hadn't seen em in like 3 years.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/388102452_1611bb5d48.jpg
set on teh flickrz (http://flickr.com/photos/ryandudek/sets/72157594531914757/)



As you can see it was an exciting time

I was trying to figure out if you were yelling or yawning. Guess I got my answer.

He was doing neither, he was making a face.
A great face at that.

I came in 7th thanks to Vic :) Surprised that it wasn't first out of town but wasn't bummed. I did alot better than the New Year's Eve Alleykitten (53 out of 71!)

grumble grumble 13th grumble

grumble grumble 13th grumble
ride faster next time ;)

philly, dc came up in you and rode this race, you should all come down in may or june (date still TBD) for the nintendo/mario bros race. flyers are almost done once we announce a date.

i'll help find places for us to sleep.

I came in 7th thanks to Vic :) Surprised that it wasn't first out of town but wasn't bummed. I did alot better than the New Year's Eve Alleykitten (53 out of 71!)

Ha, that alleykitten was no joke and many NYC'ers got lost in that race.