The new format seemed to work pretty well. There were 8 checkpoints, but it was possible to finish with only 6. Gary was the only person who had to hit 9 to finish. With this format you could come up with a really great route and hit all the checkpoints, but someone could beat you by hitting one less checkpoint and getting really lucky with the dice.
If I use this format again I'll do it with a couple more checkpoints. This will really magnify the effects of the unique strategy of this format. 10 checkpoint would be perfect.
Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so there are no photos this time around. It's only the results that most people care about anyway. So without further distraction, the results:
1st - Josh Rockhold - 8 checkpoints
2nd - Gary Ferguson - 9 checkpoints
3rd - Tony Hotrust - 8 checkpoints
4th - Rich Miller - 5 checkpoints + 3 checkpoints
5th - Paul Downing - 8 checkpoints
DNF - Guy Buckingham - 5 checkpoints
Rich was the first back to the start. He turned in 5 checkpoints, and got 3/4 of the way around the board. Guy returned next. He turned in 5 checkpoints. Then Gary came in with 8 checkpoints and ended up two spaces from finishing. Josh turned in 8 and won the game. Gary had to go repeat one checkpoint to finish. Tony came in with 8 checkpoints. Rich was just behind Tony with 3 more checkpoints. Paul came in with 8 checkpoints.
After the race, Gary/Dan's Bike Shop fed everybody with chips, salsa, guacamole, rice, cookies, puppy chow, apples and beer. Not a bad way to end a race.
Thanks to everybody for coming to the race. Thanks to Gary and Dan's Bike Shop for feeding everybody and for being the start, finish, and hangout for this race.
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