Cranksgiving is going down this Sunday! Race begins at 1:00 and it should be a great event. It is for a great cause and you will have ton of fun. Bets are going down as to who will take the win, but beyond some cycling skill, it takes a little planning and execution to bring home the victory. There will be some killer giveaways including a bike, donated from us of course. The weather should be better than last year when it snowed, I thought that made it kind of cool though. Here is a link to the event blog page if you have any questions. Show up and ride hard!

An awesome weekend of racing at living history farms. It is such a great fall venue for anything. A great turn out by so many people who came out and raced hard possibly 2 days this weekend. The event was really well run and they had really planned so well and took everything into account before hand. It is really becoming a big midwest event, which is great. On the Rassy racing side we had a great showing by all of out guys really highlighted by Rich Wince who came in 2nd in the Cat 3 race. He has really had an outstanding season. Cross season is winding down with really one more big race left, Jingle Cross, which is at the end of this month over in Iowa City.

We had five finishers at Ironman Wisconsin, from left to right, Doug Vander weide, Steve Feltz, Mike Morrison, Ben Garrett, and Mike Collet. All finished under 11hrs, which is fantastic for the distance and the difficulty of the course. All have worked very hard this year, so it is awesome to see the tough training pay off. We are glad to be associated to all these great athletes. It was a fantastic way for our tri team to finish off a very successful season. We can't wait to see what next year brings.

Ironman Wisconsin was just finished yesterday, and we had some athletes who really turned in some great times. Doug Vander Weide showed that he has conquered that distance with a great time of 9:59:15. Mike Morrison and Steve Feltz finished very close to each other, finishing with 20 seconds of one another in a little over 10 hrs and 20 minutes. Ben Garrett finally got to see his training pay off as he had a good day finishing his 1st ironman in 10:50:12. It is such a tough distance and there are so many variables that come into play so an absolutely great showing by all those athletes.

The Doathlon For Life was also this past Sunday our guys showed up in full force with Patrick Riley coming in 2nd overall, Louis Dewild finished 4th overall in his first race back from his injury, and Adam Thompson rounded out the team finishing in 6th place.

With great conditions, they had a great turn out for the Boone MTB race. Our team continued to show that we are usually fighting amongst each other for podium spots. Cam Kirkpatrick took home the win with Jed Gammel coming in second. John Newell came in 3rd and 1st for his age division. Jason Alread was 4th, as well as 2nd singlespeed, and Jim Logan was 6th, and second for his age divsion. Rick Blackford continued his breakout 2009 season with a 7th place finish. The next test will be in 2 weeks at the same course, but with a grueling 24hr test of will. Many of guys will continue to roll along to great finishes, and we wish everyone goodluck as they continue their race seasons.

Let's start with the Mountain bike guys. Our Rasmussen Dirt squad came out in full force and showed no mercy at the Lake Ahquabi XC race on Sunday. Cam Kirkpatrick won the expert class, which did 5 circuits of the 7 mile loop. Cam won by almost eight minutes with Jed Gammell coming in 3rd, and Rasmussen's Kent Carlson coming in 5th. John Newell won the men's 45+ classification, and Rick Blackford won the Cat 2 Men's sport open. It was a tough course with plenty of climbing, so a great showing by the Rassy boys. Full Ahquabi Results

This weekend was also the Iowa games road race. It was a great race for all the guys, but most notably Rich Wince, who continues to have a dream summer. He won for the 2 lap division and Kris Kunze brought home 5th place. It has been amazing summer for our tri, road, and mtb teams, we have to have the strongest squad of athletes in Iowa. Full Iowa Games Race Results

The greatest race of the weekend was at the Big Creek Triathlon, which was a regional qualifier for age-group nationals. Mike Morrison through down probably his best race and averaged 26.8mph on the 40k bike leg. He came off the bike and had the lead and it took a crazy fast run split from Nathan White to beat him, with Mike taking second in 1:53:51. Doug Vander Weide also had a great race taking 11th place and finishing in just over 2 hours. For the Women Chris Maravelas finished in 8th place in 2:27:10 and Amy Hanrahan was 13th place in 2:28:40. Click here for full Big Creek Tri results.

Reed Rinderknecht and his wife, Kristen, each took first place overall in the Twin Lakes Sprint Triathlon.

Also, this weekend was the State Road Race Championships and our team had a great showing. Lou Waugaman took 9th place in the Cat 1/2 race. Rich Wince took 5th place for the Cat 3's in the 108 mile race in West Branch, IA. Tony Muse is the Cat 4 State Champion, so congrats to him and to all for a great showing in all disciplines over the weekend.