Another Stellar Psychosis

Clear skies, warm temperatures and a dry, dusty course greeted this year's Mount 7 Psychosis competitors. While the majority of the race course was super buff, a lack of precipitation in the week leading up to the race left the Dead Dog section (top 600m) absolutely treacherous. You could probably count the number of riders who cleaned it on one hand. The entire community of Golden seemed to be in attendance as competitors, volunteers, spectators and First Aid Attendants (3 first aid stations on Dead Dog alone). The home town crowd watched their very own Nathan Briggs take top spot from the launch with a time of 14:52.46. The small women's field was won by Pip Parr with a time of 22:03.68. What most impressed me was the number of times that came in under 16:30, damn that's smoking fast!

At over 10 kilometers in length, the Psychosis race course is actually a collection of many different trails, including Dead Dog, Moonshine, Skid Marks, and 5K. Pictures just don't do this course justice. Dead Dog in particular is one nasty descent for only the most daring riders and I was amazed how many riders took the plunge with no serious injuries. The large group of parasailers and hanggliders launching from the same peak thought we were absolutely nuts (we felt they were the crazy ones).

Some of Team Pinkbike set up camp at the top of Mount 7. Mmmmmmmm, there's nothing like getting up early, ripping the race course on your way to Jita's for coffee and a breakfast burrito on race day! Racers met at the finish line at 9:30am to be briefed by our stellar Cycling BC Commisaire. Shortly after we were loading up shuttles and putting our game faces on.

From the top, start intervals were 2 minutes apart to allow the dust to settle and to keep too many riders from being on the course at one time. With times averaging 19-20 minutes there could easily be 10 riders on course at any given time. There was only one major course hold when Rich Brinkmann slammed harshly into a tree at the bottom of "Wet Dream". I was immediately behind Rich coming into the section and couldn't help but hear the cheers as he cleared the drop followed immediately by Oooooh's as he hit the tree. Fortunately, I was able to continue across the drop, narrowly missing the first aid attendants running out to Rich. Brinkmann soon got up under his own steam laughing, yelling "You can't kill me! Wooo!". He nursed a bruised hand and other minor injuries while watching the rest of the field rip Wet Dream! The rest of my run went uneventfully, but the 5-6 riders on course behind me were forced to rerun from the top.

The rerun turned out to be a blessing for some, like Phil Wilson who rode down the first time chainless (not a huge handicap in Golden) but borrowed my V10 for his second go around and rode into 3rd spot in the Senior Psychos' division. Pinkbike team rider, Jeff Savoie had his fork separate on his first run, but he too was able to borrow a volunteer's Super 8 for his follow up ride! Speaking of reruns, I have never seen a group so "chill" about start times. Race organizers bent over backwards to make sure each and every rider had a fair start and they were more than willing to wait as long as it took to make that happen. Kudos! Some riders optioned out of the second run, not wanting to temp fate on Dead Dog again. After riding it myself, I can hardly blame them.

The beer gardens were a huge hit and riders of legal age were able to quaff a few cold ones while watching their compadres cross the line. Those with more energy sessioned the newly built dirt jumps or wandered about the Expo area. I know I mentioned earlier how much support Golden gave this event, and the prizes were no exception. There had to be more draw prizes than racers (over 80 attended) and most everyone who stuck around went home a winner.

Much of the video that was shot during the race was quickly edited and those who attended the post-race party at the Roadhouse were treated to some crazy footage from the race (like Briggs' 30 foot drop on Wet Dream) and some great tunes from McGnarley's Rant. We hope to host some of that footage here soon. For next year, race organisers promises the event will go off earlier in the season and he assures us it will be bigger and badder than ever! I can't wait! We'll do our best to give you lots of notice so you can book your flights early! Trust me, this is one race you don't want to miss!

RESULTS
Mt 7 Psychosis 5 Km
Sept.15, 2002 Golden B.C.
Good Timers Women
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Category	Time	Gap
1	7377	Poncia, Nicolle			12:02.75
Sport Women
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Category	Time	Gap
1	7386	Kassam, Yasmin	Golden Cycling Club		00:00.00
2	7376	Grunsky, Tanya		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	06:55.62	6:55.62
3	7362	Bernathcahez, Emile		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	00:00.00	0:00.00
Good Timers Men
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Category	Time	Gap
1	7365	Einarson, Dale		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	07:16.40
2	7838	Spiegelberg, Rick		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	07:19.72	0:03.32
3	7364	Overell, Daniel		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	07:21.03	0:04.63
4	7323	Nicholson, Jeff			08:19.40	1:03.00
Sport Men
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Category	Time	Gap
1	128	Wolstenholme, Mark		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	06:29.66
2	7780	Hein, Ryan		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	07:02.75	0:33.09
3	ABA110	Cretney, Steven	Craney's Bike Shop	MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	07:06.11	0:36.45
4	7771	Morris, Chris			07:09.93	0:40.27
5	7773	Graham, Jack		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	DNS
Junior Men
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Category	Time	Gap
1	971	Willoughby, Justin	Dynamic Cycle	MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	06:32.37
2	7777	Soles, Jordan			06:46.54	0:14.17
3	7304	Ryter, Brandon			06:46.64	0:14.27
4	7381	Zorn, Jay			06:55.62	0:23.25
5	7766	Ewan, Mark			06:59.71	0:27.34
6	867	Christian, Norie		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	07:04.23	0:31.86
7	7375	Beveridge, Mason			07:07.16	0:34.79
8	7325	Hein, Brent			07:14.63	0:42.26
9	7305	Leland, Rod			07:14.68	0:42.31
10	7765	Hergott, Simon			07:29.00	0:56.63
11	7387	Yarish, Nick			07:30.93	0:58.56
12	7778	Lawrence, Craig			07:35.27	1:02.90
13	7372	Patychuk, Bronson			07:46.05	1:13.68
14	7301	Robinson, Clayton		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	07:46.59	1:14.22
15	7374	Csokonay, Daniel			07:52.39	1:20.02
16	7303	Pawlitsy, Steven		UNDER 15 MEN	07:55.76	1:23.39
17	7359	Anderson, Ryan			08:00.20	1:27.83
18	7373	Braund, Tucker			08:00.79	1:28.42
19	7306	Leland, Rob			08:19.99	1:47.62
20	7378	Doyle, Will			08:26.73	1:54.36
21	7300	Soles, Scott		MASTER 30-39 SPORT MEN	08:32.41	2:00.04
22	570	Harburn, Cam			08:36.08	2:03.71
23	7768	Swanby, Maddy			08:54.94	2:22.57
24	7371	Patychuk, Mike			09:03.90	2:31.53
25	7382	Bennett, Telsin			09:45.24	3:12.87

RESULTS
Mt 7 Psychosis 10 Km
Sept.15, 2002 Golden B.C.
Excreamers Women
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Time	Gap
1	1337	Parr, Pip		22:03.68
2	7334	Nychka, Stephanie		22:46.79	0:43.11
Senior Psychetes
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Time	Gap
1	7385	Cote, Valerie		30:49.52
Senior Psychos
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Time	Gap
1	7369	Edwards, Noel (2ND RUN)		15:50.42
2	596	Schmidt, Wade		16:26.55	0:36.13
3	7327	Wilson, Phil (2ND RUN)	Summit Cycle	16:47.93	0:57.51
4	595	Lorencz, Bryan		16:59.88	1:09.46
5	143	Dowhaniuk, Mark		17:26.55	1:36.13
6	7361	Eddington, Alex (2ND RUN)		17:45.28	1:54.86
7	7839	Kuhn, Ryan	Golden Cycling Club	18:34.91	2:44.49
8	7367	Cebuliak, Michael		18:46.38	2:55.96
9	7351	McCarthy, Andrew (2ND RUN)	Golden Cycling Club	19:12.75	3:22.33
10	7363	Richards, Dean		19:22.18	3:31.76
11	7769	Savoie, Jeff (2ND RUN)	Pinkbike Calgary Cycle	19:42.05	3:51.63
12	167	Porter, Mike	Pinkbike	19:49.81	3:59.39
13	7774	Pelleher, Bernard		20:13.91	4:23.49
14	7352	Durucher, Derek		23:32.36	7:41.94
15	7308	Hall, Dallas	Golden Cycling Club	23:55.62	8:05.20
16	7772	Jones, Todd		DNS
Hardtailers
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Time	Gap
1	7357	Jones, Ryan		18:48.05
2	7354	Kavanaugh, Dale		21:19.25	2:31.20
3	7384	Alexander, Mike		21:40.56	2:52.51
4	7358	Rivet, Trent		22:26.92	3:38.87
5	7779	Lock, Michelle		28:37.84	9:49.79
6	7770	Shannon, Paul		40:37.43	21:49.38
7	7380	Brinkmann, Rich		DNF
8	ABA110	Cretney, Steven		DNS
Excreamers Men
Rank	Plate	Name	Sponsor/Club	Time	Gap
1	1379	Briggs, Nathan	Summit Cycle	14:52.46
2	7312	Hegnauer, Justin		15:18.01	0:25.55
3	7326	Bateman, Justin		15:33.53	0:41.07
4	7350	Schmidt, Alexander		15:34.91	0:42.45
5	7321	Murphy, Jesse		15:57.74	1:05.28
6	7379	Teghtmeyer, John		16:20.65	1:28.19
7	7383	Chiasson, Serge		16:55.14	2:02.68
8	7315	Faucher, Joel		17:24.93	2:32.47
9	7311	Lavoie, Frederic		17:25.50	2:33.04
10	7776	Cote, Frank		18:30.28	3:37.82
11	7767	Fredericks, Lane		18:41.78	3:49.32
12	7367	Cebuliak, Mike		18:46.38	3:53.92
13	7368	Morgan, Brian		20:02.94	5:10.48
14	589	Thomson, Jim		25:18.85	10:26.39
15	7775	Archambault, Louis-Philippe		DNF
16	7380	Brinkmann, Rich		DNF