Results: Vittoria Eastern States Cup Enduro - Round 1 Plattekill by pinkbikeaudience

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DaddyWhite (May 10, 2015 at 18:51)

Splatter-Kill!!!!!

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greeek32 (May 11, 2015 at 5:49)

some of those splits are tight. great to see such good competition.

the 40-49 winner has time good enough for 9th in pro/open, I hope I get that fast when i get into my 40s.

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StraightLineReckless (May 11, 2015 at 16:26)

Thanks for the complement on my finish. I'm 48 years old this year and will probably be the only 49 year old to turn pro when I do next year.

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sourdiesel (May 10, 2015 at 18:09)

Hmmm, I would like see more coverage than just time slips...

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rachellefrazer (May 11, 2015 at 5:11)

A recap is on its way from the ESC team.

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mmfreak FL (May 10, 2015 at 18:23)

I'm sure there will be a full feature on this weekends event guys/girls. This is simply the results.

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jekejaqua (May 11, 2015 at 19:00)

Great Job to my friends. Seamus, Felisia, Ernie, and Sam.. Keepinitlocal

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jeffakalucas (May 10, 2015 at 15:56)

This guy... didn't do too well!

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singletrack29er (May 10, 2015 at 20:38)

technical issues or just a rough couple stages? Im registering for the Blue mountain race (it will be my first race ever)

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jeffakalucas (May 11, 2015 at 3:11)

Couple small mechanical issues but not big enough to justify my shit times! Just a long damn day!

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witica (May 11, 2015 at 6:57)

It was gnarly with a capital GNAR

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ride3oak (May 11, 2015 at 7:07)

it was way more GNARly than I ever expected! Great motivation for improving (after I take care of my bruised arm and leg that is)

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Questlove967 (May 11, 2015 at 8:10)

Definitely a course that warranted pre riding...

Overall it was a great race with some gnarly stages!

BUT i was pretty disappointed with the course markings and finishes. Track 4 was VERY poorly marked!

All of the finishes seemed almost trickery. The stage would blast out onto doubletrack but the finish was 50 feet uphill after a hard right. Kinda f*cked up IMO.

Also it sucked that the lifts weren't open to get a warm up lap before the race started. Everyone was there at 8... and no one could ride until 9:30. And Saturday was the first day the park was open this year... So if you couldn't come saturday, you were screwed.

I had fun but for $75 i expected more. ($5 chip prereg, $60 am reg, $10 race plate)

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Dan255 (May 11, 2015 at 10:43)

You could have came to the work weekend two weeks ago and rode the stages for free...

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Questlove967 (May 11, 2015 at 17:51)

You are right. I wish I could have made it. It's a 2 1/2 hour drive for me so next year maybe I'll have to plan on doing that.

Honestly it was a great day with great trails. Just seemed like the organizers were stretched a bit thin. Next year maybe I'll volunteer instead of racing.

I am also comparing it to last years Mt Creeks KOM Enduro which was incredibly well marked and staffed. Plattekill was much more DIY with the starts and stages and altogether a different vibe. But KOM Enduro was only 30 bucks...

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EastCoastDHer (May 12, 2015 at 9:57)

Plattekill is 4 hours and change, one way. Did that for about 10 years. No issues. It is what it is.

Yeah, it's a long drive but it's better than paying to sit in a stuffy room and talk to a therapist whilst getting little results in return.