Last weekend's second annual Big Sandy Race got some love from the mainstream media:
Steve Ray of Fresno outpedaled the field at Saturday's Big Sandy mountain bike race, covering the hilly 23-mile course in 2 hours, 1 minute, 58 seconds.Read the whole story at the Fresnobee.com.
John Parson of Palmdale placed second in the men's pro/expert division in 2:04.23.
"I knew John would close the gap on every climb, so I had to make the downhills count," said the 34-year-old Ray. "Plus, I've been riding this trail half my life. That kind of helps, too."
Clovis' Kristi Eastin, a Fresno State classics professor who used to be a pro mountain bike and road racer, won the women's pro/expert division in 2:35:55, followed by Amber Finch of Truckee in 2:36.51.
Full results are posted up at USA Cycling but the main site has the photo links .
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Just to set the record straight: Barb Howe was actually the first woman across the line (one might argue local bias on the part of the Bee, but I think it was an honest mistake)! Many thanks to Barb for traveling down to our neck of the woods for "The Big Sandy"--which, incidentally, is the name of a creek and in **no way** describes the awesome, point-to-point, darn-near all single track and sandless course!
Kristi Eastin
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