Bloomer XC – Rochester, MI - May 24th, 2009

Bloomer XC – Rochester, Michigan

Robert Herriman - Place: 12th Elite Men - Time: 2:36:34 "It was a perfect day, with awesome weather and fast trail conditions. I was rolling in a solid 10th place for the first half of the race but a mechanical slowed me for the 2nd half. I heart mountain biking!!!


Mike Bliss - Place: 8th Expert Men 40-49 - Time: 2:12:20 "Good weather, good race. Typical fast start. Gained some places on the first sled hill climb but gave them back by the end. Classic Bloomer; good fun."

Amanda Ryan - Place: 1st Sport Women 24-Under - Time: 1:42:22 "My first mountain bike race, wow! Why didn't I do this before?!? My shoe came unclipped at the start, but I clipped back in and just kept going as fast as I could for as long as I could. My bike needed new cables and housing and I could definitely tell the difference in it's performance but my final result was still great, 1st place!"

Reported by: Robert Herriman