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FSC #3 Tallahassee 2008

Scroll WAAAAAY down past all this annoying text to view the maps, photos and videos! NOTE: I HAVE MOVED ALL THE VIDEOS to the END OF THIS GALLERY - after the ~1200 photos. Otherwise, an attempt to change the gallery "Style" from "SmugMug" to "Slideshow" (top right of this page) will cause the slideshow to stop when it encounters a video. Lots of poorly focused photos from the 11-12 October 2008 FSC #3 are posted. Apologies in advance for many of the photos. Hopefully, the videos will make up for it. Add your own music - I like the sound of tires on dirt. Perhaps one day I'll take time to mix in some tunes with the tires. No, I won't look for all the photos with your bib number and email them to you. Yes, I've been asked. I think the professional photogs do something like that. I'm the freebie "runner with a camera" dude. You get what you pay for. FSC #3 order of events. NOTE the 5pm SATURDAY "Bonus Team Time Trial Up to 5 points" - whatever that means. I'm a runner with a camera, not a biker racerboy. Round Sponsor for FSC #3 was (once again) Higher Ground Bikes, 850-942-2453. "Round Sponsor" means HG owner Todd May puts up bucks (many thousands) so that this event stays in Tallahassee. I'm not aware of any other Tallahassee bike shop that in recent years has donated a significant amount of money to local MTB events or trailbuilding. None. Please educate me if I am wrong, so I can give credit! View the full 2008 (and a 2009 preview) GONE RIDING event calendar here. Gone Riding is David and Terri Berger. You folks do realize it's simplicity itself to download any of the photos on this site full resolution, right? No, don't right-click and save. You're unlikely to get the preferred full resolution photo. Yes, hover your mouse pointer over a featured shot (larger than thumbnail), wait for the little menu to fly out, click "Save Photo." That will give you every pixel of the shot that I uploaded, in the case of this gallery, ~3MB each. Vids are similar. I think they save to iPod friendly MPEG-4/H.264 format. Def better than YouTube! Yes, this is all free. Print them till you run out of ink. Just email me for permission if you want to post my stuff elsewhere, please? Thanks, enjoy. Event results. OTHER FSC #3 PHOTOS: Photos credited by Gone Riding to Richard Lewis. Photo link I found in the Florida MTB'ers forum. Pro photos. Should that link not work, try here. Some older FSC Tallahassee photos: My 2007 FSC #1 photos. My 2006 FSC #3 photos. Greg Herold's and my 2004 FSC #1(?) photos. My FSC #3 2003 photos. I've posted the 2008 GPS course track below. The course was essentially the same as last year. Magnolia (Tom Brown) and Cadillac were each ridden counterclockwise. That's anticlockwise to any Brit-types out there. Or widdershins, if you're really old school. Yes, the racers got to go through the water on their way onto Cadillac just after the start! And in case you missed it up above, NOTE: I HAVE MOVED ALL THE VIDEOS to the END OF THIS GALLERY - after the ~1200 photos. With a gallery full of shots, you may find it easier to navigate if you change the gallery "style" (top right) from "smugmug" to "all thumbs." Or "slideshow" or "filmstrip" or . . . you get the idea, it's configurable by you. I usually like "journal." THIS SITE is private property, and doesn't necessarily represent any other individual or organization. You are welcome to download/use my photos for your private enjoyment, including printing them. Any other usage/linking must come from me in writing (email ok), with credit given. Questions, pre-scoldings, comments, ID, complaints? Thanks, John Kalin Email me "If I fall you're going down with me" - Trail running advice from my Dixie Chicks http://www.tallahasseetrails.com/
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  • Google Earth jpeg grab of the 2008 Tally course. From this GPS track: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6952119 The course is essentially unchanged from 2007. (Between the start and Conner Creek includes the major revision. Just follow the arrows, eh?) A simple pre-ride will clear up the very minor revisions. It includes Tom Brown Park's Magnolia Trail (minus the K-9 Loop's "highside") and BMX Track, most of West ("Lower") Cadillac Trail, and most of the west section of Lafayette Heritage multiuse trail. All of this is located on the east side of Tallahassee. We are east of US 319, south of US 90, and north of US 27. The bodies of water visible are Weems Pond (upper left corner) and Upper Lake Lafayette (across the top).

    Google Earth jpeg grab of the 2008 Tally course. From this GPS track: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6952119 The course is essentially unchanged from 2007. (Between the start and Conner Creek includes the major revision. Just follow the arrows, eh?) A simple pre-ride will clear up the very minor revisions. It includes Tom Brown Park's Magnolia Trail (minus the K-9 Loop's "highside") and BMX Track, most of West ("Lower") Cadillac Trail, and most of the west section of Lafayette Heritage multiuse trail. All of this is located on the east side of Tallahassee. We are east of US 319, south of US 90, and north of US 27. The bodies of water visible are Weems Pond (upper left corner) and Upper Lake Lafayette (across the top).

  • Race area and surrounding trails, left to right: FERN TRAIL, coming from 2008 FSC #3 Round Sponsor "Higher Ground" Bikes - far left, MAGNOLIA TRAIL (aka "Tom Brown"), CADILLAC TRAIL (Upper/West and Lower/East), ALFORD GREENWAY PARK - far right big loop.

    Race area and surrounding trails, left to right: FERN TRAIL, coming from 2008 FSC #3 Round Sponsor "Higher Ground" Bikes - far left, MAGNOLIA TRAIL (aka "Tom Brown"), CADILLAC TRAIL (Upper/West and Lower/East), ALFORD GREENWAY PARK - far right big loop.

  • Let's raise the balloon a bit higher for a wider look. Here's a quick locater map for what might be Tallahassee's most popular MTB trails. Note that we're looking at 4 red GPS tracks. Clockwise from the top: 1) Red Bug Trail (3.4M), Maclay Gardens State Park's Lake Overstreet Trail (5M) including Blair Witch Trail (2.7M) and the Secret Trail connector (1.5M). 2) Miccosukee Greenway Park (7M+ end-to-end). 3) Fern Trail, Magnolia Trail (4M), Cadillac Trail with Lafayette Heritage multiuse trail, Alford Greenway Park/Coupe de Ville Trail (~5.5M perimeter around the nearly 900 acre park). 4) Munson Hills Trail (8.8M including Tall Pine Shortcut) and Twilight Zone Trail (~10M) plus ~1.75M of legal connecting singletrack.

    Let's raise the balloon a bit higher for a wider look. Here's a quick locater map for what might be Tallahassee's most popular MTB trails. Note that we're looking at 4 red GPS tracks. Clockwise from the top: 1) Red Bug Trail (3.4M), Maclay Gardens State Park's Lake Overstreet Trail (5M) including Blair Witch Trail (2.7M) and the Secret Trail connector (1.5M). 2) Miccosukee Greenway Park (7M+ end-to-end). 3) Fern Trail, Magnolia Trail (4M), Cadillac Trail with Lafayette Heritage multiuse trail, Alford Greenway Park/Coupe de Ville Trail (~5.5M perimeter around the nearly 900 acre park). 4) Munson Hills Trail (8.8M including Tall Pine Shortcut) and Twilight Zone Trail (~10M) plus ~1.75M of legal connecting singletrack.

  • NOTE this isn't the course, it's where I ran while getting photos and video clips during the Saturday Team Time Trial. Sometimes I was in the tread, sometimes I was shortcutting through the briars for a better angle. Thanks to the EDGE 305 stapled to the top of my head, we have the map made from this track and Google Earth: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6952120 Note I did not go beyond the Ravine Loop to get shots on the Gun Range Loop (west, out of this shot). Sunday should be different.

    NOTE this isn't the course, it's where I ran while getting photos and video clips during the Saturday Team Time Trial. Sometimes I was in the tread, sometimes I was shortcutting through the briars for a better angle. Thanks to the EDGE 305 stapled to the top of my head, we have the map made from this track and Google Earth: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6952120 Note I did not go beyond the Ravine Loop to get shots on the Gun Range Loop (west, out of this shot). Sunday should be different.

  • Again, where I ran while getting the White Wave photos and videos. Note I did not go: 1) on most of the multiuse above Cadillac Trail, 2) lowside K-9 Loop, 3) lowside Ravine Loop aka Bomb Option/Dead Zone area, 4) west of the Ravine over to the Gun Range Loop. With no one doing more than 2 laps, there wasn't time. I think I still got shots of nearly everyone. From this GPS track, loaded into and jpeg grabbed from Google Earth: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6962178

    Again, where I ran while getting the White Wave photos and videos. Note I did not go: 1) on most of the multiuse above Cadillac Trail, 2) lowside K-9 Loop, 3) lowside Ravine Loop aka Bomb Option/Dead Zone area, 4) west of the Ravine over to the Gun Range Loop. With no one doing more than 2 laps, there wasn't time. I think I still got shots of nearly everyone. From this GPS track, loaded into and jpeg grabbed from Google Earth: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6962178

  • Lastly, my running track from the Yellow Wave. Here I did get the full Gun Range Loop minus the smaller interior climb from #31 - #33. No one was on that climb when I got down from atop the Gun Range, so I didn't need to head up. I also skipped the lower K-9 Loop, as all were clear from there, as best I could tell. From this: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6962179

    Lastly, my running track from the Yellow Wave. Here I did get the full Gun Range Loop minus the smaller interior climb from #31 - #33. No one was on that climb when I got down from atop the Gun Range, so I didn't need to head up. I also skipped the lower K-9 Loop, as all were clear from there, as best I could tell. From this: http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6962179

  • Dave's not starting out his weekend the right way. Truck lost a pulley as he pulled the trailer into the park. Hey, at least he got here, right?

    Dave's not starting out his weekend the right way. Truck lost a pulley as he pulled the trailer into the park. Hey, at least he got here, right?

  • Saturday afternoon before the Team TT: Jose Sanchez with Poopees the wonderdog and John and Kate Carter peruse the skills course layout.

    Saturday afternoon before the Team TT: Jose Sanchez with Poopees the wonderdog and John and Kate Carter peruse the skills course layout.

  • Hey Mr. Photo Dude! We got a PhD and a Skilled Saw! Thanks, girls. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

    Hey Mr. Photo Dude! We got a PhD and a Skilled Saw! Thanks, girls. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

  • Playtime's over. Jose, Judy, and JC get to work assembling the spring loaded slide box.

    Playtime's over. Jose, Judy, and JC get to work assembling the spring loaded slide box.

  • Tim Murphy assembles the wobble board. If someone could get him a ratchet wrench instead of a pair of pliers . . .

    Tim Murphy assembles the wobble board. If someone could get him a ratchet wrench instead of a pair of pliers . . .

  • Terri Berger (c) and crew at the registration area.

    Terri Berger (c) and crew at the registration area.

  • Kate Carter schools a grom.

    Kate Carter schools a grom.

  • Kate Carter schools yet another grom.

    Kate Carter schools yet another grom.

  • JC tries to keep up.

    JC tries to keep up.

  • KC checks out the single teeter totter.

    KC checks out the single teeter totter.

  • Judy and Jose

    Judy and Jose

  • JC steadies a joint between two sections.

    JC steadies a joint between two sections.

  • Jose's unaware that the bottle's about to be cracked over his dome. No worries - the bottle has a safety wrapper on it.

    Jose's unaware that the bottle's about to be cracked over his dome. No worries - the bottle has a safety wrapper on it.

  • Judy and Kate had Course Marshal duties down at Goose Pond Trail as the Team Time Trial was about to commence. The TT was limited to Magnolia Trail and the BMX Track. That's a bit over 4M. The Cadillac Trail section will be added to Sunday's XC.

    Judy and Kate had Course Marshal duties down at Goose Pond Trail as the Team Time Trial was about to commence. The TT was limited to Magnolia Trail and the BMX Track. That's a bit over 4M. The Cadillac Trail section will be added to Sunday's XC.

  • Dave prepares for the pre-race Team Time Trial instructions. That tricky back had him a bit hobbled up today.

    Dave prepares for the pre-race Team Time Trial instructions. That tricky back had him a bit hobbled up today.

  • It'll be 5 person teams, low 4 times score, low team score wins. Every two minutes another team goes.

    It'll be 5 person teams, low 4 times score, low team score wins. Every two minutes another team goes.

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