Julian Death March Final Results 2008

Click here for 08 Pictures

It was a challenging day with the Santa Ana winds bouncing the racers around like pin balls. On the uphill stretch of Boulder Creek Road the racers were stopped dead in their tracks and several were blown off their bikes! But they continued on and a record 14 riders finished all 3 loops!

The winner was Brent Prenzlow who repeats from last year. Despite turning in a slower time than last year due to the high winds, he said that it took a lot more effort this year. Once again he raced a cyclocross bike and despite running tire pressures in the mid 30's he did not have a flat the entire day. Brent is multi time California state cyclocross champion. Guy Sutton pushed the pace all day on his brand new Ibis Mojo and was 5 minutes behind Brent at the end of the first loop. At the bottom of Chariot Canyon on the second loop he was still only 5 minutes behind. Brent pushed the pace hard and opened up a lead of 16 minutes by the end of loop 2. Guy Sutton earned a well deserved second overall and was only a few minutes off his last year's time in spite of the wind. Todd Carpenter showed up for his first Julian Death March and even though he took a few wrong turns along the way he rode hard for 3rd place overall.

The men's single speed winner was Garrit Slingerland who finished 6th overall and at 50 years of age is such an athlete that he added an 6 extra miles at the end of the race just to show how tough he is! Eric Hagerty placed 2nd in the Single Speed Division and was first in his class plus he was the only repeat rider to improve his time from last year! Todd Nelson nabbed 1st in his single speed division.

Bruce Wilson took the 45 plus division, Tom Harvey the 50+ division, Rob Bernhard the 55+ division, and Richard Nelson the 60 plus division.

The Clydesdale division was won by Daniel Bergin.

In the women's division Jessica Cerra ran off from the pack for 1st overall. In the women's 40 plus division Katy Woessner took 1st place.

The most inspirational rider of the year was Pete Kirkham who was the oldest person to complete all 3 loops. He begged his way into starting the 3rd loop and was the true winner of the DEATH MARCH. He was out there for over 11 hours. Last year he crashed early in the first loop and had to give up at the end of  the first loop so he was determined to ride a more sensible race this year and finish.

We THANK all of our volunteers who made this race possible. Bob and Jean Niles, Lee and Angela LaRochelle, Shirley DuErmit, Deanna Wolf, and Sam Johnstone .