Death Valley Century and Double Century - Fall
October 24, 2009 Results, Report, Links, and More

Slideshows

	Show 1: Furnace Creek Start Line by Wayne Kostman and Chris Kostman
	Show 2: Approaching Scotty's Castle, Part 1 of 3, by Chris Kostman
	Show 3: Approaching Scotty's Castle, Part 1 of 3, by Chris Kostman
	Show 4: Approaching Scotty's Castle, Part 1 of 3, by Chris Kostman
	Show 5: Scotty's Castle by Wayne Kostman
	Show 6: Scotty's Castle by Brandy DeLuca
	Show 7: Ubehebe Crater by Brandy DeLuca
	Show 8: Side of the Road, Ubehbe Crater, Nevada and Final Finishers, by Chris Kostman
	Photos by Badwater Mayor Ben Jones near Stovepipe Wells during the ride
	Video slideshow by rider Chuck Bramwell

Awesome, Unsolicited, Totally Appreciated Feedback!

I want to say thanks to all of you who supported the riders on the Death Valley Century/Double. This was the first cycling event I have ever been a part of. I have done a couple marathons and some halfs. This event was great. What made it so enjoyable and something I would like to do again is the STAFF. I felt cherished and protected. The way you all drove the route over and over again, the fully stocked rest stops and the welcome on the return to Furnace Creek made it feel like I had joined a family of sorts. Thank You ALL from the bottom of my heart. - Chris Gennaro 4all 8G's

Thanks for a superbly organized and supported ride. The focused efficiency and upbeat attitude of all the staff created a positive and memorable ambiance from start to finish, and allowed slower riders like us to finish within time limits. The staff showed a practiced professionalism and a sensitivity to the needs of the riders. A particular high point was the unexpected but very welcome encouragement voiced by the crew parked along North Road as we rode through the indeteriminent darkness to Mud Canyon. We also appreciated the mileage status reports given by the rove crews as we climbed up Hells Gate at 10 PM. Special thanks to Susan von Sosten for staying at the Scotty's Junction CP to sign our bib after we fought the head winds into Nevada.

It was a great experience and we are hoping to do the spring double to sample the southern route, and have recruited our college student sons to join us for a four person relay team for the 2010 Furnace Creek 508. - Howard and Nancy Mason

The ride was absolutely gorgeous and well run. I am still running on adrenaline from having such a great time! We will definitely be back next year. - Sherie Schmidt

I wanted to thank you and the rest of the team for a great DV Fall DC this past weekend. This was my fourth Death Valley Double Century and I hope not my last. You and the crew do a great job at organization and support. Please extend my thanks and appreciation to all of the volunteers. The folks at all of the rest stops were great and the roving SAG wagons and ambulance were a ressurance. - All the best, Robert Morris

Thanks for a lovely third-time around for us DV Century! We've done the spring version twice (2004 and 2005) and this was our first autumn trip. Great time, great support, met some nice people. - Nancy Cohn and George Cassiday

I finally figured out how to make a fairly decent slideshow along with my Hi-Def movies. Like most Doubles, you don’t realize how awesome of a day it was until it's long since gone. Thank you and your team for a great weekend out there. - Chuck Bramwell

Just wanted to say thanks for everything. The ride was epic, the people were great, and I'm very appreciative that I was able to do the ride. You guys are 1st classs. Thankyou for everything, and I'm definitely in next year, and maybe the 508 with some guys from eastside velo. Thanks again, Chris. - Jim Kelly

Just wanted to give a big thanks to Adventure Corps and all the volunteers for putting on a great event with outstanding support. Really impressed with how often I saw the SAG vehicles up and down the roads. - Steve Smart

Totally fun, great food, fun people. Couldn't have been better. Thanks for a great experience! - Wendy Barth, first-time century rider

Well, finally did the whole course. Plenty of "challenging" opporunities: dropped tail light, good thing I had two, new cleats not aligned correctly, fixed, fell on the climb of Daylight Pass (in the dark, strangely). Headlight, all I can say is it is a $25 headlight, I have a few new ideas on some improvement in that aspect. Interesting descent, thanks for the waxing gibbons phase of the moon, so I had some idea of where the road was. Tried HEED for the first time, that was OK. The word for the ride was resilience. Not mine, but the volunteers who simply refused to let me give up. It's so easy when things are going well, when they are not, it's a different story. Got some first class first aide at the finish, and no worse for the wear. Only complaint: How about a new road surface to the crater? Thanks for another great ride. - Scott Palka

Thanks for the opportunity, it was a great experience and well organized! Thanks to All of you! - Wilfried Braun

Thanks for another great ride! The support and weather was perfect!! Makes me want to come back for more! Hope to see you in the spring!!! - Dave Clemes

Thanks for a great ride. I was a little hesitant, since it was my first century, but it went flawlessly. Thanks to the great volunteers, everything ran smoothly and I couldn’t have asked for a more organized event. The wave starts are perfect for those of us with less experience. I finally get it. Now, I can see why my brother, Ron, has been doing endurance riding for so many years. We’re already planning on doing the March and April rides. - Mike Shepston

Please let me join the well deserved accolades for such a fine Fall century - we are already making plans to return in the spring, for at least the southern century if not the hells gate hundred as well! - Pete (the Grateful Dead jersey) and Pat Baum

Thanks for this weekend. It was a good day. Thanks again for a wonderful event. Death Valley is such a great place to ride a bike. Thanks for ordering good weather and saving the wind for Sunday. Have a great day. - Esther Merki

Thanks for putting on such a unique ride. I had a great time thanks in no small part to the excellent support crews you had out there helping. Remarkably neat people. Looking forward to more rides with you soon. - Cheers, Robert Fry

I know that it may seem weird for a volunteer to say thank you but I feel compelled to do it. The Scotty's Castle location was perfect! In seven years of Ultras this is the first time I volunteered. It was eye-opening and gave me a greater appreciation for what goes into putting an event together. - George Vargas

Official Results

Elasped	First	Middle	Last	M/F	Category	City	State
6:07	Hartmut		Frenzel	M	Century	Santa Monica	CA
6:35	Brian		MacDonald	M	Century	San Diego	CA
6:40	Clarence		King	M	Century	Solana Beach	CA
6:41	Michael		Gilb	M	Century	Albuquerque	NM
6:43	Chris		Wirtsmith	M	Century	Glenwood Springs	CO
6:43	Mark	Richard	Langenbach	M	Century	Phoenix	AZ
6:53	Troy		Grande	M	Century	Balos Verdes	CA
7:01	Michael	James	Shepston	M	Century	Cave Creek	AZ
7:01	Ronald	Wayne	Shepston	M	Century	Silverdao	CA
7:06	Emmy		Klassen	F	Century	Bakersfield	CA
7:06	Mike		Moseley	M	Century	Bakersfield	CA
7:09	Rene	Robert	Benitez	M	Century	Nuevo	CA
7:16	Simon		Kann	M	Century	Rancho Palos Verdes	CA
7:22	Philip	A	Board	M	Century	Upland	CA
7:26	Eugene		Pori	M	Century	Boise	ID
7:28	Jorge		Alvarez	M	Century	Upland	CA
7:35	Mark	A.	Smith	M	Century	Yucaipa	CA
7:35	Andy		Smith	M	Century	Yucaipa	CA
7:37	Brad	S	Bunker	M	Century	Salt Lake City	UT
7:41	David	R	Banks	M	Century	Athens	IL
7:41	Jeannie		Ennis	F	Century	Loomis	CA
7:43	Joe	H	Ballard	M	Century	Redding	CA
7:43	James	L	Rusconi	M	Century	McKinleyville	CA
7:44	Joanne		Heilinger	F	Century	Keizer	OR
7:58	George		Cassiday	M	Century	Salt Lake City	UT
7:58	Nancy	Beth	Cohn	F	Century	Salt Lake City	UT
8:00	Lazaro		Cuevas	M	Century	Los Angeles	CA
8:01	Tony		Romo	M	Century	Crowley Lake	CA
8:02	Steve		Tiede	F	Century	Bishop	CA
8:09	Alex		Trejo	M	Century	Los Angeles	CA
8:10	Erik	Gregory	Morgansen	M	Century	San Francisco	CA
8:10	Mark		Nielsen	M	Century	Oakland	CA
8:10	Shiori		Sasaki	M	Century	San Francisco	CA
8:10	Sean		Smith	M	Century	Lafayette	CA
8:11	Ian		Malec	M	Century	Oakland	CA
8:12	Anthony (Tony)	Andrew	Mills	M	Century	Mount Shasta	CA
8:13	Mark		Newsome	M	Century	Corvallis	OR
8:13	Julie	Marie	Tiede	F	Century	Bishop	CA
8:14	Mark		Tobin	M	Century	Venice	CA
8:15	Scott		Birch	M	Century	Santa Barbara	CA
8:15	Karl	W	Doron	M	Century	Santa Barbara	CA
8:15	Dustin	Leigh	Kor	M	Century	Santa Barbara	CA
8:15	Daniel		Ochoa	M	Century	Santa Barbara	CA
8:18	Roberto		Bessin	M	Century	West Lake Hills	TX
8:20	Chris		Askin	M	Century	Truckee	CA
8:24	Anthony		Humpage	M	Century	Scottsdale	AZ
8:24	David		Yoshihara	M	Century	MTB	CA
8:25	Patrick	Joseph	Xavier	M	Century	Los Angeles	CA
8:28	John		Kirk	M	Century	San Diego	CA
8:32	Erick	Anthony	Sturm	M	Century	Watsonville	CA
8:34	Calvin		Mulder	M	Century	Tustin	CA
8:40	Rodney	Francis	Lowell	M	Century	Coronado	CA
8:43	Kate		Thornburg	F	Century	Thousand Oaks	CA
8:50	Wendy		Barth	F	Century	Glendora	CA
8:51	Garett		Carlson	M	Century	Beverly Hills	CA
8:52	Mike		Maher	M	Century	Belmont	CA
8:52	Tom		Neary	M	Century	San Carlos	CA
8:53	Cheryl		Zwarkowski	F	Century	Spring Valley Lake	CA
9:07	Esteban		del Rio	M	Century	San Diego	CA
9:08	Tom		Dougan	M	Century	Long Beach	CA
9:10	Patrick		Baum	M	Century	Tucson	AZ
9:12	Gaurang		Mehta	M	Century	Culver City	CA
9:12	Jim		Keltner	M	Century	Castro Valley	CA
9:12	Michael		Nelson	M	Century	Walnut Creek	CA
9:14	Wilfried		Braun	M	Century	Abbotsford	BC
9:16	Marco	R	Apostol	M	Century	Catheral City	CA
9:16	Adam		Frazier	M	Century	Norwalk	CA
9:16	Amador		Trinidad	M	Century	Palm Springs	CA
9:17	Bill		Holder	M	Century	Tustin	CA
9:19	E		Bernal	F	Century	29 Palms	CA
9:23	Diana	Louise	Livingston	F	Century	Eureka	CA
9:23	Merry	Martha	Maloney	F	Century	Eureka	CA
9:26	Dan		Bowen	M	Century	New Castle	CO
9:27	Phyllis	Tandem	Longbons	F	Century	Morgan Hill	CA
9:27	Robert	Tandem	Longbons	M	Century	Morgan Hill	CA
9:30	Bruce		Berman	M	Century	Encino	CA
9:30	Danny		Howard	M	Century	Encino	CA
9:30	Gary		Meisels	M	Century	Encino	CA
9:30	Bryan		Mountain	M	Century	Calabasas	CA
9:30	John		Saunders	M	Century	Encino	CA
9:30	Regina		Chow	F	Century	Montebello	CA
9:30	Gerald		Gabrang	M	Century	Palmdale	CA
9:30	Riccardo		Herrera	M	Century	Monterey Park	CA
9:33	Jim		Queen	M	Century	Calabasas	CA
9:38	Lori	Hall	Crouch	F	Century	Arroyo Seco	NM
9:40	MJ		Moran	F	Century	Spring Valley	CA
9:40	Martha	Welker	Randi	F	Century	Spring Valley	CA
9:40	Stanley		Sugimoto	M	Century	Pacific Palisades	CA
9:46	Kirk		Miller	M	Century	Salt Lake City	UT
9:47	David		Peashock	M	Century	Tucson	AZ
9:49	Bill		Becker	M	Century	Campbell	CA
9:49	Rick		Jacobson	M	Century	Reseda	CA
9:49	Saralie		Liner	F	Century	Santa Monica	CA
9:53	Nancy		Andrew	F	Century	Cathedral City	CA
9:56	David	L	Wade	M	Century	Los Angeles	CA
9:57	John		Corkill	M	Century	National City	CA
9:58	Bill		Weech	M	Century	Mira Loma	CA
10:02	Victor		Campued	M	Century	Walnut	CA
10:05	Darcee		Lee	F	Century	Reno	NV
10:05	Mark		Wessinger	M	Century	Reno	NV
10:08	Jesse		Hammond	M	Century	San Diego	CA
10:08	Emily		Hammond	F	Century	San Diego	CA
10:08	Michelle		Valenti	F	Century	Moss Beach	CA
10:17	Cindy		Begbie	F	Century	Half Moon Bay	CA
10:22	Michael	John	Strauch	M	Century	San Diego	CA
10:23	Chris		Gennaro	M	Century	San Diego	CA
10:23	Man-Fai		Tam	M	Century	Santa Clara	CA
10:28	Paul	C	Woods	M	Century	Colorado Springs	CO
10:30	Tim		Shanta	M	Century	Henderson	NV
10:32	Mike		Bardos	M	Century	Campbell	CA
10:32	John		Barkman	M	Century	Ridgecrest	CA
10:32	Jana		Barkman	F	Century	Campbell	CA
10:33	Jeff		Starr	M	Century	Ventura	CA
10:34	John		Damiano	M	Century	San Ramon	CA
10:36	Bodee	Tandem	Maxwell	F	Century	Sunland	CA
10:36	Veronica	Tandem	Szikszoy	F	Century	Sunland	CA
10:42	Joshua		Stubblefield	M	Century	Apple Valley	CA
10:44	Ellen		Jackson	F	Century	Santa Cruz	CA
10:46	Paul	Fredrick	Klagstad	M	Century	Ventura	CA
10:47	Jim	Charles	Leeming	M	Century	Las Vegas	NV
10:48	Margaret		Baldwin	F	Century	Penn Valley	CA
10:48	Susan		Kendall	F	Century	Monterey	CA
10:49	Kathy		Brewington	F	Century	Santa Cruz	CA
10:49	Lou		Durano	M	Century	Reno	NV
10:58	Carol		Rutter	F	Century	So. Lake Tahoe	CA
11:27	Esther		Merki	F	Century	San Diego	CA
11:30	Kiyohito		Arai	M	Century	La Jolla	CA
DNF	Pete		Baum	M	Century	Tucsn	AZ
DNF	Alfredo	L	Bessin	M	Century	West Lake Hills	TX
DNF	Patricia		Hathor	F	Century	Colton	CA
DNF	Barbara		Hunter	F	Century
DNF	Ronald	T	Iseri	M	Century	Camarillo	CA
DNF	Steve		Lacher	M	Century	Encino	CA
DNF	Cyleste		McKeon	F	Century	Aptos	CA
DNF	Terry		Seeman	M	Century	Encino	CA
DNF	Cynthia		Spencer	F	Century	Pescadero	CA
DNF	Kurt	Richard	Staib	M	Century	Yuba City	CA
DNF	Frederick	J	Swift	M	Century	Tacoma	WA
DNF	Andrea	Lee	Thornton Arsene	F	Century	Hesperia	CA
DNF	Imre		Udvardy	M	Century	Saugus	CA
11:04	Michael		Gaiman	M	Double Century	San Francisco	CA
11:06	David		Goggins	M	Double Century	San Diego	CA
11:11	Reve		Ramos	M	Double Century	So. Lake Tahoe	CA
11:49	A.	Gordon	Smith	M	Double Century	Brighton	UT
11:54	Joshua	Ray	Talley	M	Double Century	Santa Monica	CA
12:03	Ric		Schrank	M	Double Century	Virginia City	NV
12:04	Marlies	Tandem	Radtke	F	Double Century	Reno	NV
12:04	Patrick	Tandem	Seely	M	Double Century	Reno	NV
12:10	Robert	B	Morris III	M	Double Century	San Francisco	CA
12:13	McKay		Florence	M	Double Century	Loomis	CA
12:42	Daniel		Eitman	M	Double Century	Irvine	CA
12:43	Bradley		Zlotnick	M	Double Century	San Diego	CA
12:45	James		Kelly	M	Double Century	Mammoth Lakes	CA
12:47	Jen		Scharf	F	Double Century	Henderson	NV
12:50	Ryan		Gibson	M	Double Century	Mountain View	CA
13:00	Robert	S	Crouch	M	Double Century	Arroyo Seco	NM
13:11	Nicholas		Rice-McDonald	M	Double Century	Santa Clara	CA
13:11	Doug		Wiederholt	M	Double Century	San Diego	CA
13:11	Mike		Wilson	M	Double Century	San Diego	CA
13:13	John	T	Clare	M	Double Century	Long Beach	CA
13:13	Edward		Zeilman	M	Double Century	St. Augustine	FL
13:13	Bob		Snyder	M	Double Century	Westlake Village	CA
13:14	Jeffrey		Rogers	M	Double Century	Bishop	CA
13:16	Bryan		Kilgore	M	Double Century	Oakland	CA
13:16	John		Langdon	M	Double Century	Glendale	AZ
13:20	Collin		Johnson	M	Double Century	Monrovia	CA
13:24	David	Michael	Pagel	M	Double Century	Los Angeles	CA
13:29	Al		Ceron	M	Double Century	Henderson	NV
13:31	Chuck	Mt. Triple Crown	Bramwell	M	Double Century	Irvine	CA
13:32	Alan		Ptak	M	Double Century	Irvine	CA
13:37	Logan		Stonebraker	M	Double Century	Grass Valley	CA
13:38	Pat		O'Connor	M	Double Century	Chilton	WI
13:40	David		Collum	M	Double Century	Stockton	CA
13:42	Michael	Gerald	Turek	M	Double Century	Reno	NV
13:45	Ruben		Flores	M	Double Century	Oak Park	CA
13:49	John	Edward	Leeming	M	Double Century	Reno	NV
13:52	Kurt		Neuman	M	Double Century	South Prairie	WA
13:52	Brian		Schaeffer	M	Double Century	Aptos	CA
14:00	Jacek		Nowakowski	M	Double Century	San Diego	CA
14:00	Dustin	Nachise	Sharp	M	Double Century	La Mesa	CA
14:00	Ryan		Wilcoxson	M	Double Century	San Francisco	CA
14:04	Jim		Mandelli	M	Double Century	North Vancouver	BC
14:15	Kristina		Reid	F	Double Century	San Francisco	CA
14:17	Susan		Snow	F	Double Century	Phoenix	AZ
14:18	Doug		Dexter	M	Double Century	Los Altos	CA
14:35	Sherie	Jo	Schmidt	F	Double Century	Tahoma	CA
14:35	Max	Stuart	Sobol	M	Double Century	Crystal Bay	NV
14:35	Joe		Williams	M	Double Century	Santa cruz	CA
14:44	Todd		Tracy	M	Double Century	Fremont	CA
14:45	Kitty		Goursolle	F	Double Century	San Ramon	CA
14:45	Steven		Hudnut	M	Double Century	Beaverton	OR
14:47	David	Lorne	Clemes	M	Double Century	Oakland	CA
14:47	Dan		Hertlein	M	Double Century	Dublin	CA
14:50	William	A	Hunt	M	Double Century	Fountain Valley	CA
14:54	Philip		Auriemma	M	Double Century	Fremont	CA
14:59	Nabil		Abu-Ghazaleh	M	Double Century	Glendale	CA
15:00	Scott		Palka	M	Double Century	Carlsbad	CA
15:04	Charles		Griffice	M	Double Century	Orange	CA
15:04	Keith	Robert	Jensen	M	Double Century	Ramona	CA
15:04	Steve		Smart	M	Double Century	San Diego	CA
15:09	John Henry		Maurice	M	Double Century	Keizer	OR
15:14	James		Cook	M	Double Century	San Clemente	CA
15:17	Ken	Fixed Gear	Emerson	M	Double Century	San Jose	CA
15:17	Alex		Roberson	M	Double Century	Paradise	CA
15:20	Joseph		Maurer	M	Double Century	Mountain View	CA
15:23	Craig	Russell	Wilson	M	Double Century	Eureka	CA
15:26	John		Josephs	M	Double Century	Jacksonville	FL
15:30	Fred		Klinzmann	M	Double Century	San Clemente	CA
15:33	Robert	W	Fry	M	Double Century	Rancho Palos Verdes	CA
15:43	Ken		Shoemaker	M	Double Century	Los Altos	CA
15:45	Kevin	Joseph	Fitzpatrick	M	Double Century	Alameda	CA
15:51	Mark	Allen	Kaufman	M	Double Century	Fullerton	CA
15:52	Kyly		McMurray	F	Double Century	Vancouver	WA
15:52	Bart	C	Signor	M	Double Century	Alta Loma	CA
15:52	Jack		Twitchell	M	Double Century	Pomona	CA
15:53	Doug		Goodwin	M	Double Century	Pahrump	NV
15:53	Nicole		Honda	F	Double Century	Ventura	CA
15:57	Michael		Potts	M	Double Century	Clovis	CA
16:03	Thomas		Russell	M	Double Century	Alamo	CA
16:05	Tom		Parkes	M	Double Century	Costa Mesa	CA
16:06	Steve		Sorensen	M	Double Century	Santa Clarita	CA
16:13	Lisa-Susan		McPhate	F	Double Century	Oakland	CA
16:18	David		Listenberger	M	Double Century	Culver City	CA
16:18	Jim		Pettett	M	Double Century	Cave Creek	AZ
16:20	David	Evan	Kestenbaum	M	Double Century	Burlington	VT
16:26	Robert		May	M	Double Century	Studio City	CA
16:49	Howard		Mason	M	Double Century	Los Altos	CA
16:49	Nancy		Mason	F	Double Century	Los Altos	CA
16:50	Nicole		Churchill	F	Double Century	Berkeley	CA
16:53	Jason	Fixed Gear	Pierce	M	Double Century	Oakland	CA
16:53	Francis	Marlon	Ignacio	M	Double Century	Duarte	CA
16:53	Pete		Primavera	M	Double Century	Duarte	CA
16:56	Emmanuel		Amit	M	Double Century	Montrose	CA
16:56	Rosalie		Kneebone	F	Double Century	Moorpark	CA
16:56	Francisco	Benson	Navalta jr	M	Double Century	No Hollywood	CA
17:03	Norman		Genato	M	Double Century	San Gabriel	CA
17:06	John		Russell	M	Double Century	Santa Rosa	CA
DNF	Becky		Berka	F	Double Century	Dublin	CA
DNF	Jonathan	David	Buckley	M	Double Century	San Ramon	CA
DNF	Gloria		Castro	F	Double Century	Los Angeles	CA
DNF	Raymond	Peter	Crough	M	Double Century	Frederick	MD
DNF	Hal		Danielsen	M	Double Century	Berkeley	CA
DNF	Alan	David	Hall	M	Double Century	Long Beach	CA
DNF	Karl		Kuhn	M	Double Century	Windsor	CA
DNF	Mariana		Lara Albert	F	Double Century	Colchester	VT
DNF	William	Benjamin	Moore	M	Double Century	Jacksonville	FL
DNF	Meredith		Nielsen	F	Double Century	Berkeley	CA
DNF	Debbie		Protho	F	Double Century	Los Angeles	CA
DNF	Troy		Raffelson	M	Double Century	El Cajon	CA
DNF	Sam		Taub	M	Double Century	San Francisco	CA
DNF	Andrew		Thomas	M	Double Century	Las  Vegas	NV
DNF	Milagros	M	Valdes	F	Double Century	Los Angeles	CA
DNF	Frederick	Michael	Zankowsky	M	Double Century	Castro Valley	CA