Marathon Crash Race 2012 Results Thanks and Recap
March 23, 2012 in Crash Race Sponsors, Marathon Crash Race, Race Results by Roadblock
THANK YOU
To the Volunteers and Sponsors
First of all we want to thank everyone who made this year’s Marathon Crash Race happen. With more than 2000 people signing up and hundreds more who showed up just to ride 26 miles of car free streets it was a project that required a large team of dedicated people. We were truly amazed by the efforts of our volunteer team and our sponsors working from registration all the way through to the finish. This was a true collaboration of the people and dedicated small businesses working together to make something great happen. Please see the full credit list below. We love you all.
LAPD and the City of Los Angeles
We give a big huge special thanks and salute to the LAPD especially Police Officer Gordon Helper for assisting in keeping the riders safe. It was truly a sight to behold. Additionally, Officer Helper championed the cause internally and paved the way for communication between us, LAPD, the Marathon Organizers, the SMPD and the Bureau of Street Services. We would also like to thank Captain Zak, Officer Cirrito, LT Belthius, Commander Scott and Captain Arcos for keeping an open dialog going. The simple fact is, the people of Los Angeles love to ride bicycles and the more that city leaders and agencies do to facillitate cycling, the better our health, environment and communities will become.
and now without further adieu…
THE WINNERS
Every year, we make every attempt to provide the most accurate and just results we can. Our biggest challenge is usually in the women’s category as there are relatively fewer females racing and typically they arrive one by one among the larger clusters of racers. Sometimes they get lost in the crowd and we depend on video replay from volunteer videographers to capture the finish. As the support from the community grows, we will continue to refine the process. Ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Our review of the footage combined with stills and multiple angles finds the following:
Women’s Fixed Gear:
1st Kapri Gonzales (Arizona)
2nd Kelli Samuelson
3rd Becca Cohen
Women’s Geared
1st Jo Celso (1st Womens Overall) (San Diego)
2nd Sam Bell
3rd Lindsay Nelson
4th Jen Whalen
Men’s Fixed Gear
1st Edgar “Willo” Juarez (Long Beach)
2nd Scott Piercefield
3rd James Zaldua
4th Henry Grijalva
5th PNUT
Men’s Geared
1st Robbie Miranda (1st overall) (Chula Vista)
2nd Evan Stade
3rd Tim Mcgee
4th Fabian Vazquez
5th Dave Lettieri
Dead F*ckin’ Last
Tina Pham
More than 2000 people cross Vine and Hollywood on their way to Santa Monica
Mikey Wally captures the finish and 2 minutes of the field:
Another angle of the finish showing Women’s Fixed 1st place and Womens Geared 1-3
Shots from the finish line:
Photoset by Adrian Galacia
WOMENS FINISH
Tina Pham of Irvine shows off her DFL prize courtesy of Flying Pigeon Bike Shop! You worked hard for it!!
winner of the PureFix raffle:
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The LAPD
Police Officer Gordon Helper
Captain Zak
Officer Cirrito
LT Belthius
Commander Scott
Captain Arcos
Our Sponsors:
Orange20.com
SwankOne.com
Trafikla.com
Cinelli-USA.com
TLevelBags.com
Boombotix.com
VelocityUSA.com
AllCityCycles.com
FlyingPigeon-LA.com
EmortalClothing.com
ThreadRiot.com
KniceClothing
PureFixCycles.com
StateBicycle.com
goIncase.com
MikeyWally.com
The Volunteers
Hern Montenegro
Lauren Robison
Tawny Barin
Norma Herrera
Kay
Mei Zhao
Mikey Wally
Swank One
Cache
Jeff Thrasher
Austin Horse
Daniel Blas
Bobby Gadda
Woody
Pedal Mobbers
Osnap Clark
Malik
Jesus Lizama
Beth Willow
Micah Goulet
Chris Green
Brandon Galindo
Dean
Gerson
Dee Dee K
Patrick Miller
Chris Lopez
Jon Weissman
Felipe Castillo
Hansel Echevaria
Adrian Galicia (Aidstiches)
Paul@SwankOne
TJ@Orange20
Josef@Flying Pigeon
Paul@City Grounds
Rick@Trafik
Rod@Emortal
Malik@Emortal
Mehdi@StateBicycle
Austin@PureFix.com
Lief@boombotix.com
(please don’t hesitate to contact if you were forgotten it was a whirl wind I’m sure I forgot someone)
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INCLUDING YOU.
THE FALSE START explained by Roadblock
This year we had a false start and a lot of people were upset and confused by the decision to re-start at Tang’s.
What happens usually, is that we have what is called a Rolling Start. The Rolling Start is a moderate paced ride to the course entry that works to allow people to get comfortable rolling in the mass, allowing the stronger riders and competitors to filter up front over the uphills of Sunset Blvd. To prepare for this, I usually drive up to Elysian and drop my car off (for a quick escape afterwards to Santa Monica) then I ride back to Tang’s to address the field, give a brief on safety and procedure and start the mass rolling at 4am. This year the plan was actually to delay the start to 4:15 or 4:30 because the LAPD advised that cars could still be on the street even at 4am.
The mass began rolling at 3:45am. This way too early as many were caught still preparing and parking and the course was not yet secured. The video replay shows exactly what happened…. The mass filled in a gap up to the cop car and then began surrounding it and moving forward. To the cop this may have looked like the start happened or perhaps he was trying to get ahead of the mass as he intended to escort. A feedback loop happened and people continued rolling.
I take full responsibility for this. I foolishly did not foresee this situation happening and I had not placed anyone in charge of preventing such a surge from occurring.It was quite a feeling to spend a couple months meticulously planning for an event and then see it all collapse right before your eyes. I was riding back from Elysian and saw the ride coming up the first hill. At first i thought it was Hern’s route marshall group but then it became obvious it was the start. I was pissed, bummed angry emotional…. I tried to be zen about it, took a deep breath, but after calling Hern and hearing how upset he was as well i decided to shut it down. It just wouldnt feel right to hand out dog tags on a false start. I couldnt visualize it happening. People come from out of state, out of the country for this and last year i got a lashing for even starting 4 minutes early.
At the end of the day, it was my fault for assuming that people would wait for me to start rolling. People were cold, amped, ready to move. Next year, if there is a next year, i will have a team in place holding people from going. Perhaps a rope or a flag. Something. If the race happens again, this won’t happen again. Thanks for understanding.
If there is a race next year, I wanna volunteer. It was a great ride, lots of fun, and I know I’m not the only one who wants it to happen again.
This race was so much fun! Thanks for including my name on this list :)
Everything got so big this year that if you did it again you would probably have to go through a whole insane legal/corporate sponsor/bullshit rules nightmare that it might not be worth it.
Whatever is coming up next, just keep the world posted and we’ll show up.
I think you are right… the beauty of it is… If we get too legit, someone else will crash our race and the cycle will continue.
I hope it happens next year. I want to experience it.
The race was amazing and I was pissed after that false start but, hey, sometimes stuff happens. You get over it and roll on! It’s just one more story you can talk about.
It’s an amazing event, period!!
The police escort flying through hollywood was crazy fun.
Don’t go corporate!!! Seems so anti-Wolfpack Hustle…It’s a street race and it’s all for fun. There are a million sanctioned races out there, this one is special because anyone and everyone shows to race. Tall bikes, unicycles!, all kinds of cool people.
I think it’s even cool that fixed can race with geared, when does that ever happen? USCF would spasm and foam at the mouth at the idea!
Hope you do it again, it was well-organized and you guys put on a great race.
This ride was the most fun that I have ever had on any group ride. It is not every day that you could fly down Rodeo Dr. with no cars around. Your event has shown riders of all ages and abilities how much fun riding a bike can be. If you guys organize another ride next year, I will definitely join the fun. I would even be willing to pay a registration fee or a donation to help pay for any expenses or donate to a charity of Wolfpack Hustle’s choice.
Ill crash the race of who ever crashes your race
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Picked up Chris Green from the airport, he was super super stoked on the whole event, loved the hospitality and had nothing but great things to say.
Glitches happen, the race went on and it seems like everyone had a good time.
Now get to STL for our Crash Race. April 15th.
NICE!!!!
It was fine! There were so many people there that you made the best decision you could have made. I have done every legit pre-marathon race for the LA marathon and this race by far was the best in the 20 or so I have done. It was no kick back and enjoy the scenery ride either. I kick myself in the ass that I didn’t do this ride last year (had my bike in my car ready to go but it was fucking dumping here in the Palisades) and look forward to an even better ride next year! Thank you so much for all your hard work in making this event happen!
My 14 year old son had a blast. He enjoyed the ride and had a great time. I am willing to pay a registration fee to help with cost. My son finished in 1hour 20Mins. I, on the other hand finished at 7:30am
Me, on the other hand, 39 years old and out of shape, on a Mountain Bike, Died!!! Your website says ” whatever you ride come out” well…. On a Mountain bike it was tough. Still had tons of fun and that is what the end goal is….. FUN, FUN FUN.
Thanks for putting it together.
This race rocked so much. I had a great time ridding it. First race back after not ridding for almost 5 years. It was a baptism by fire and I loved it. Went to the actual marathon afterward to cheer on some runner friends and got tons of comments on my Crash race shirt. People were so surprised the Crash Race was real. I said yes it was and it was tons of fun. Hell my wife has decided to race with me next year…
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