Bohart Bash Mountain Bike Race
The 2007 Race - 3rd Place (Masters State Champion)
This year I went to the event with friends and we stayed at a host in Bozeman. Compared to last year this year was the best. This year it was also the state championships. This year I worked hard to be fit for the race and did some specific hill training to be strong on the climbs.
From the beginning I played catch up and my usual strong start was not as strong as I felt I was capable of. After the run to the bikes I was in 3rd but lost a couple places by the time we reached the singletrack.
I felt I could climb up to the leader so I did not get to concerned. As John Curry powered away I could tell that today would be very hard if I were to hang at his pace. I passed everyone as they started to show signs of slowing down and tried to bridge to John.
I was strong on the climbs but did not feel the usual power that I normally had. I would experience a "flat" day. I lost sight of the two leaders as we started down the technical backside of the course. By now I was fearing that I would lose third place.
I kept up the pace as well as I could and in the end was only able to hang on to third. At one point was close to catching 2nd but just ran out of time. I posted my best time at 2:01:02 . My pace was around 24.206 minute laps.
| Place | Name | Time | License | Bib | Team |
| 1 (1 - SM) | John Curry | 1:57:03 | 230410 | 3 | GAS/Intrinsik Architecture |
| 2 (1 - EX) | Matt Butterfield | 1:59:53 | 225869 | 39 | Sportsman Ski Haus-Cannondale |
| 3 (2 - EX) | William Martin | 2:01:02 | 22734 | 6 | R.O.A.R. |
| 4 (3 - EX) | Phil Hess | 2:03:08 | 191762 | 13 | Great Divide |
| 5 (4 - EX) | Daniel Jenkins | 2:08:16 | 206626 | 12 | Team Gart |
| 6 | Alex Hassman | 2:14:11 | 164445 | 5 | GAS/Cloudveil |
| 7 (5 - EX) | Alan Adams | 2:17:03 | 198136 | 11 | Hagens Berman |
| 8 (6 - EX) | John Coulthard | 2:32:10 | 7926 | 19 | Rimrock United Racing |
| 9 (7 - EX) | William Grey | 2:36:39 | 14135 | 38 | Bozeman Master Velo |
| 10 (8 - EX) | Jim Simons | 3:10:16 | 174588 | 40 | Turner Bikes |
| DNF | Rafael Ruiz Lopez | 42 | |||
| DNF | Sten Hertsens | 147118 | 41 | ||
| Note: ()'s denote the rider's place in their license category | |||||
The 2006 Race - 11th Place
I drove to the race this year and almost missed the start. This course featured hard little climbs and technical singletrack which is virtually unknown in most Montana mountain bike races. [click here for photos]
I had a bad start due to the lemans start but soon started to get used to the course and the speed needed to complete this course. The laps wore on and my back really started to ache. This was the last race I would use my camelback. Near the end the climbs became unbearable and the descents fast and bumpy. I felt I had a great race but was shocked to find myself with 11th place. My time was 2:17:25 which had me at a pace of 27.482 per lap.
| Place* | Name | City | Age | Age Group | Time |
| 1 | Alex Hessmer | 32 | 1 M 30-39 | 1:58:17.4 | |
| 2 | Shane Mundt | Helena MT | 25 | 1 M 19-29 | 2:00:37.1 |
| 3 | Rusty Squire | Bozeman MT | 48 | 1 M 40-99 | 2:05:02.5 |
| 4 | Aaron Johnson | Bozeman MT | 31 | 2 M 30-39 | 2:06:13.1 |
| 5 | John Lackey | Bozeman MT | 20 | 2 M 19-29 | 2:08:45.6 |
| 6 | Ryan Hamilton | Bozeman MT | 34 | 3 M 30-39 | 2:08:53.0 |
| 7 | Frank Gonzalez | Helena MT | 43 | 2 M 40-99 | 2:10:21.5 |
| 8 | Jeff Lefebvre | Bozeman MT | 25 | 3 M 19-29 | 2:10:59.3 |
| 9 | Randy Beckner | Helena MT | 53 | 3 M 40-99 | 2:11:45.5 |
| 10 | Alexandre Lussier | Bozeman MT | 35 | 4 M 30-39 | 2:13:15.1 |
| 11 | William Martin | 40 | 4 M 40-99 | 2:17:25.0 | |
| 12 | Shawn Barry | Bozeman MT | 31 | 5 M 30-39 | 2:26:37.0 |
| 13 | Mike Grant | Bozeman MT | 35 | 6 M 30-39 | 2:31:59.2 |
| 14 | David Peck | Bozeman MT | 50 | 5 M 40-99 | 2:33:53.5 |
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