ADK 80Kers go the distance
Jessica Nankman is all smiles during the first lap of Sunday’s ADK 80K mountain bike race at Mount Van Hoevenberg. She was the first solo woman finisher at the 80-kilometer distance. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)
LAKE PLACID — There was a late fall glimmer to the grass early Sunday morning as about 50 mountain bikers pedaled around warming up at the biathlon course at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
The racers lined up in a field with bikes spread out before them on the ground, seemingly haphazard but all pointing toward the start line.
The racers took off, racing mostly themselves. Over the course of 20, 40 or 80 kilometers, the bike riders would be spreading out and spending more time alone than in a pack.
“Every year we come up for a week, and it just happened to be that we were lucky enough that this race was going to be when we were here,” Baltimore resident Alexis Rhode said. “We’re pretty avid cyclists back home. Our kids both race cyclocross, so we started racing the races with them.
“I called the race director and he said it would be fine to ride a cyclocross bike, and now I might be second-guessing that decision,” she said before the race. “But it’s the bike I brought so I’m riding it.”
Dave Smith, of Lake Placid, rides a fat tire bike as part of a two-person relay team in the ADK 80K race Sunday at Mount Van Hoevenberg. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)
The ADK 80K mountain bike race was the second event of the weekend, with a trail run taking place on Saturday at the same venue. Local trail runner Sarah Keyes won the women’s 50K with a time of 4 hours, 24 minutes and 17 seconds.
“I have been trying to do the race for a few years now and always something else was going on, so I was psyched to have the opportunity,” Keyes said. “I didn’t decide I was going to do it until like the day before, (but) I needed to get in a long training run anyway.”
Keyes is training for a 125-kilometer race in Canada in September, and spent a large portion of her summer out west, which culminated in her completing the 100-mile Western States Endurance Run in California.
“It’s more motivating to get up and do it as a race scenario,” she said. “It’s kind of like a catered long run with aid stations.”
Keyes bested the entire field of runners in the 50K, coming across the line more than a half hour before the men’s top finisher Eugene Klitenik (5:01:18).
Matt Delaney takes on the ADK 80K course at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Sunday, Aug. 27. He teamed up with Emily Delaney, Steve Firkser and June Firkser for a mixed relay team in the 80-kilometer race. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)
Jared Lynch-Gilbert won the men’s 80K run on Saturday with a time of 6:54:13, while the lone runner in the women’s longer run, Luana Pesco Koplowitz, finished in 11:38:40.
Douglas Girling completed the ADK 80K ultra duathlon, the 40K bike and 40K run in a combined time of 6:24:50.
On the bike side, Andy Laird (2:15:12) had the fastest overall time in the 40K, while Jennifer Harvey (2:42:02) was the fastest woman. Jessica Nankman (5:05:10) was the fastest woman in the 80K and Patrick Carey (4:29:18) was first across the line for the men.
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ADK 80K
Douglas Girling races in the bike portion of his 80-kilometer duathlon Sunday at Mount Van Hoevenberg. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)
At Mount Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid
Saturday
Run
80K
Female
Patrick Carey nears the midway point of his first lap in the ADK 80K mountain bike race Sunday at Mount Van Hoevenberg. Carey went on to win the 80-kilometer race. (Enterprise photo — Justin A. Levine)
1. Luana Pesco Koplowitz (Plainville) 11:38:40
Male
1. Jared Lynch-Gilbert (Petersham, MA) 6:54:13
2. Jonathan Mulholland (Plattsburgh) 8:54:06
3. Geno Donnelly (Yonkers) 9:12:22
4. James Lynch (Brewster) 9:12:28
5. Jacob Hadden (Lake Placid) 9:36:43
6. Michael Skutt (Lake Placid) 9:36:44
7. Daniel Termine (Pittsford) 9:39:21
8. Maxime Lavalle (LaSalle, QC) 9:43:58
9. Jean-Christophe De Muszka (Verchares, QC) 9:44:01
10. Iain Nelson (Jamesville) 11:44:55
Two-person Relay
1. Tom Ford 7:59:00
Richard Hall (Schenectady)
Four-person Relay
1. Steve Firkser (Cherry Hill, NJ) 7:41:20
June Firkser (Cherry Hill, NJ)
Matt Delaney (Chesterbrook, PA)
Emily Delaney (Chesterbrook, PA)
2. David Hochschartner (Lake Placid) 9:16:44
Brian Delaney (Lake Placid)
Colin Delaney (Lake Placid)
Karen Delaney (Lake Placid)
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50K
Female
1. Sarah Keyes (Lake Placid) 4:24:17
2. Jenn Donohue (Saranac) 5:15:23
3. Savannah Woods (Westport) 6:24:01
4. Amanda Carter (Lakewood, CO) 7:49:22
5. Heather Rizzi (Schenectady) 8:26:57
6. Teresa Cheetham-Palen (Keene) 8:34:16
6. Samantha Stytzer (Keene) 8:34:16
6. Jen Kazmicrczak (Keene Valley) 8:34:16
9. Helen Ward (Lee, MA) 8:45:07
10. MaryAnn Piamonte (Woodstock) 8:50:03
Male
1. Eugene Klitenik (Cambridge, MA) 5:01:18
2. Dean Deloe (Stamford, CT) 5:07:53
3. Patrick Zelko (Buffalo) 5:38:45
4. Alexander Terry (Watervliet) 5:40:15
5. Alan Carter (Lakewood, CO) 5:58:33
6. Christopher Alex (Grafton, MA) 5:58:43
7. Timothy Shively (Sacketts Harbor) 6:02:47
8. Kyle Smith (New Russia) 6:15:03
9. Frank Killian (West Seneca) 6:50:23
10. Casey Callahan (Brookline, NH) 7:08:39
11. Ben Frantz (Lake Placid) 8:34:16
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Sunday
ADK 80K Duathlon
1. Douglas Girling 2:38:06
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Bike
40K
Female
1. Jennifer Harvey 2:42:02
2. Carrie Callahan 3:31:20
Cyclocross
1. Alexis Rohde 3:36:02
Fat Bike
1. Annette Fentress 3:48:58
Male
1. Andy Laird 2:15:12
2. Devin Leary 2:41:39
3. David Basile 2:53:14
4. Randy Kieffer 2:53:14
5. Yaroslav Filipov 3:08:47
6. John Ormsby 3:13:27
Cyclocross
1. Donald Massonne 2:46:01
Fat Bike
1. Andrew Gracey 2:25:21
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80K
Female
Four-person Relay
1. Kaileigh Moore, Ann Flower-Stitt, Julie Falletta, Jen Ketchell 5:56:56
Solo
1. Jessica Nankman 5:05:10
2. Melissa Nash Mertz 5:19:37
3. Jocelyn Linscott 5:32:20
4. LiLynn Graves 5:35:59
5. Wei-Fang Lin 5:39:20
6. Margaret Thompson 6:28:43
Male
Two-person Relay
1. Distinct Dwellings (Dave Smith, Nick Selini) 5:02:18
2. HRRT (David Dessis-Dineen, Hector Dessis) 6:58:21
Solo
1. Patrick Carey 4:29:18
2. Joel Nankman 4:33:47
3. Jason Remington 4:46:08
4. Bob Gramling 5:18:25
5. Eric Caravella 5:27:03
6. Stephen Listzwan 5:42:20
7. Bill Tyler 5:47:10
8. Dominic Ambrosi 5:52:27
9. Dan Casey 6:37:05
9. Dan Simonds 6:37:05
Four-person Relay
1. Balls and Boardshorts (James Falletta, Joel Neshett, Brian Stitt, Chris Mulford) 4:57:36
MIXED
Four-person Relay
1. High Peaks (Matt Delaney, Emily Delaney, Steve Firkser, June Firkser) 6:17:12
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