Global Biorhythm Announces 2012 Schedule

Global Biorhythm Events has announced their race schedule for 2012:

• 06/08/12 - 06/10/12: The Hammerstein 8 & 24hr (Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA)
• 07/14/12: The Tahoe Sierra 100 (Soda Springs, CA)
• 08/03/12 - 08-05/12: The Coolest 24 Race Against Cancer (Royal Gorge Ski Resort, CA)
• 08/25/12: Boggs Bash (Cobb Mtn, CA)
• 10/14/12: Sugar Pine 50 (Foresthill, CA)

The scheduled bring several new races (Hammerstein and Sugar Pine) and changes the dates/places for several familiar races (Coolest, Tahoe Sierra).

UPDATE (1/19): corrected the date for the Tahoe Sierra 100 to July 14th. Thanks Rich.

2011 Coolest 24 Hour Postponed To August

Another snow-related postponement ...

We really must watch what we wish for!  It seems that Mother Nature has set some rules this winter even man can not control. We now have the most water and snow in the High Sierra that we have had  since 1951 (60 years). Winter has really tried my forbearance this year, I had high hopes that the weather would have changed earlier and the snow would be melting faster but this is not the case. I checked the trails at Royal Gorge this weekend and with the snow amounts that are still there we have no choice but to move the Coolest 8 & 2 4hr race Against Cancer (501c) race date to August 27-28th.

Some of the areas at Royal Gorge still have 12 ft snow drifts and an average of 5ft on the trails.  I have lived, worked and raced in the Tahoe Sierras for most of my life and feel at this point the snow will not have melted by July 16-17th.  Even if the snow melted, we would have the problem standing water and mud, a lot of mosquitoes and the risk of doing damage to the trail.  Since the Coolest 8 & 24hr race is really about raising funds and awareness for the fight against cancer, along with having a great time with family and friends, we feel it is best change the date.

We hope that giving you over a months notice is enough time to make any changes to arrangements you may have made.  I know for some that this date change may not work and GBE, Inc is very sorry, but we honestly don’t have any other options.

Via Global Biorhythm Events. Thanks to Obie for the heads up.

Coolest 8/24 and Boggs 8/24 Switch Dates

Directly from JimmyBoy:

The Coolest 24 and the Boggs 8 & 24 have change race dates due to the high amount of sierra snow this year.

The Boggs 8 & 24 is now on June 18-19th, 2011 and the Coolest 8 & 24 race against cancer is now July 16th-17th, 2011.

The dates are now updated on the sidebar. Thanks to JimmyBoy, Kris and Marco for the heads up.

Coolest 24 Joins LIVESTRONG

Very cool to hear that one of our local races has hooked up with Lance Armstrong and his LIVESTRONG foundation:

The staff at Global Biorhythm events is proud to announce that the 2010 Coolest 24 Race Against Cancer will be part of the Lance Armstrong’s Foundation LIVESTRONG. We are very happy to join thousands of LAF supporters around the world in raising money to help fight cancer. The Coolest 24 has raised over $174,000 in the last 4 years. The Coolest 24 race against cancer has become the largest ultra endurance MTB fund-raising event in the country.

Via Global Biorhythm Events

2009 Coolest 24 Hr Against Cancer Results

Results from this year's Coolest 24 Hours Against Cancer (held earlier this month) are posted over on the Global Biorhythm Events website.

Congrats to Tinker Juarez (race report 1, 2) and Melanie Dominguez, who won the Pro Men's and Women's events, respectively. Tinker cranked out 14 laps over the 24 hour event -- especially impressive due to the weather.

2009 Coolest Race Reports and Photos

No word on results yet, but there is a long thread of the MTBR forum and Brian (of PCRS fame) has posted his photos over at racemtbikes.com.

Global Biorhythms Finalizes 2009 Leave No Trace Series

Global Biorhythms, organiser for the popular Coolest 24 and Tahoe-Sierra 100 races, has finalized the 2009 Leave No Trace series. The completed slate of races include:

• Coolest 8 & 24 hr Race Against Cancer in Cool, CA (May 2-3, 2009)
• Coolest II 8 & 24hr Race in Cobb, CA (June 20-21st, 2009)
• Tahoe Sierra 100 (September 13, 2009)
• SLY Park 50 & 100 in Pollock Pines, CA (October 3, 2009)

The previously included bikemonkey races (Boggs IV and So No Mas 100) will still be held but not as part of this series. More details, including series point system, are available at http://www.globalbiorhythmevents.com/.

2008 Coolest 24 Results

Results have been posted for the 2008 Coolest 24 Hr Race Against Cancer.

Congrats to:
8Hr Solo Master Men's: Christopher Holmes
8 Hr Solo Men's: Miles Wadsworth
8 Hr Solo Singlespeed Men's: Matt Zanner
8 Hr Solo Singlespeed Women's: Sasha Evans
8 Hr Solo Women's: Shannon Sobeck
Solo 24Hr Masters Men: Michael Chastaine
Solo 24Hr Masters Women: Pam DeBruin
Solo 24Hr Men: Brian Sevall
Solo 24Hr Women: Dawn Infurna-Bean
Solo SingleSpeed 24Hr Men: Dezmin Wilder

I'm still trying to figure out the teams, will list them later today.

There are also some photos posted:

• Coolest 24 hr Mt. Bike Race 2008 - ibikegal
• James Pratt Photography

NorCal MTB Racing this Weekend: May 3 - 4, 2008

It's a big weekend for NorCal racing:

• Saturday: CCCX DH near Monterey, CA. The fourth race of the series will also be a memorial fundraiser.
• Saturday/Sunday: Coolest 24 in Cool, CA. The big 24 race in the foothills, it will be live audio blogged by Karl over at Ride424.
• Sunday: Rainbow Ridge in Fallon, NV. The first race in the Nevada Cup.

Coolest 24 Registration Closes 4/27

Best be getting your entries in...

"Coolest 24 MTB Registration Closes April 27th! Registration for this year's Coolest 24 Hour MTB race closes on April 27th. Be sure to get your online registration or form sent in before that date so you make the cut! This year's race is going to be hands-down the Coolest 24 Hour Mountain Bike Race you can handle... Can you handle it?"

Via Global BioRythm Events

Coolest 24 Update

Just a quick update: The folks at Global BioRhythm have revised the Coolest 24 website (moving the old one) and added a course map to their site.

Ride424 to Live Cast Coolest 24

Some interesting news about this year's Coolest 24:

"We're stepping everything up this year! At The Coolest 24 Hour Race Against Cancer on May 3rd and 4th, Karl from Ride424.com will be providing live audio casting to the Ride424 website so that listeners can tune in to the progress of the event. Thank you Karl for your hard work in bringing the Coolest 24 Hour Race to your listeners." (Via Global BioRythm Events - Home)

Coolest 24 Sets 2008 Dates

The Coolest 24, which has quickly grown into one of the best endurance races in NorCal, has announced their 2008 dates:

"May 3rd and 4th, 2008

The Coolest 24 in its second year became one of the top prize money and award giving ultra events in the Nation. $6,000 in prize money and over $20,000 in awards." (Via Global BioRythm Events - Cool24)

Registration is already open at active.com.

The Coolest 24 Raises $44k

Good news from the Coolest 24 organizers:

I would like to thank all of you that raced, volunteered, sponsored and helped in any way to make this a great giving event. Not only giving out $6,000 in prize money and $20,000 in awards and prizes.I handed over a check to the ACCEF and to UC Davis Cancer center for the amount of $44,000 big ones. There was some other small funds, and that went to IMBA that was only a $1000. Next year the fee's go down and the prize money goes up. Thanks again The Nor-Cal Mt. bike racers do care about the fight against cancer!!

A nice picture is available over at the website.

Cool 24 Hour Race Results Posted

The Coolest 24 Hour Race results (PDF) have been posted -- but let me summarise the results here (the PDF download is 92 pages). In the 24 hour Men's Solo competition, the results were:

1. Brian Sevall (25 laps)
   
2. Yuri Hauswald (22)
3. Norman Field (19)
4. Karl Etzel (18)
5. Suart Daniels (13)

On the ladies side, the top 24 Solo places were:

1. Jennifer Ratay (18 laps)
2. Mary Allan (17)
3. Terri Wahlberg (16)
4. Patricia Struve (16, 0:46:27 back)

Most laps in the entire race (team or solo) went to the Cal Poly Wheelmen "A Squad" with 27 laps.

Cool 24 Hour Photos

I haven't seen any official results, but a lot of photos are popping up:

• James Pratt Photography
• Brian Joder's Photos
• Morgan Fletcher's Photos
• Ride 424's Photos
  

More as I see them.

(Semi) Live Cool 24 Coverage

The good folks over at Ride424.com are posting audio updates from the Cool 24 hour race via hipcast on their site. This is the latest one from 8 PM, but they seem to be posting every 4 hours or so.

There is also some photos over here and here.

The Coolest 24 Update

Just a little update from The Coolest 24 website on this year's course:

"I need to set something strait about the new bike course. There are rumors going around that its to hard, and its not. Do to some trail conditions of the Olmstead loop the race course has had a 2 1/2 mile single track and fire road climb added to it. The state park has graded the Olmstead loop and made it much faster than it has been in 20 years. This means fastest lap times would be in the 38-41 which is to fast for a 24 hr event. This will help spread the field out and make it make it safer and more enjoyable for everyone. If you go and race at OP 24hr race in AZ they have a 15 mile lap that is being finished no faster than 55 mins with little climbing. So to let all off you know the new Olmstead loop will have around 1500ft of climbing in 11 1/2 miles to 12 miles. You are not going all the way to the bottom of the Dam and back out, not even half way.

So don't stress! It's going to be another great, fast course this year! "

The Coolest 24 is May 5 - 6, 2007 in Cool, CA. Find more details in the archives.

Registration Open for 2007 Coolest 24

They've update the site for this year's Coolest 24 Hour “Race Against Cancer”. This 24 hour endurance XC race will be held in Cool, CA (east of Sacramento near Auburn) on the Olmstead Loop trail (same as the Cool MTB race course). Held between noon on Saturday, May 5th and the following noon on Sunday May 6th, teams (or solo riders) will compete to complete the most number of laps (per 24 Hours of Andrenalin rules).

Registration is limited to 500 teams and 300 solo riders. Last year's event raised $30,000; This is the only 100% Non-Profit 24-Hour Mountain Bike Race in America. This event will also serve as the West Coast Intercollegiate 24-Hour Championships.

Event: The Coolest 24
Dates: May 5th - 6th, 2007
Location: Cool, CA [ Directions ]
Competition: MA (Endurance)
Cost: $115/ solo male rider, $105/solo female rider, varies for 2,3,4 &5 person teams
URL: http://www.thecoolestmtb.com/
License: none
Registration: active.com

Those people looking for a team can check out the Yahoo! message board setup for this event. Check out the archives for coverage of last year's event.

2007 Coolest 24 Hour Race

The 2007 version of "The Coolest 24Hr Race Against Cancer" (aka the Coolest 24 or Cool 24) has been scheduled for May 5th & 6th, 2007. Held in Cool, CA (near Auburn, outside Sacramento) on the Olmstead Loop, last year's inaugural event was a huge success.