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The Memorial Day event began a little later in the day, as the trails of Corner Canyon were filled with a train-running event during the morning. The weather was sunny and clear for the first race, with high clouds moving in by the second wave. The trails were in good shape, although there were a couple of tricky sand pits on two newly cut sections. Meghan Sheridan and Nate Drozd scored our only first-place wins of this race. Second places in their categories went to Bruce Argyle, Mitt Stewart, and Shane Horton.

Left:   John Young leads a charge of racers up the Corner Canyon trail in the first race of the day.

Bruce and Mike set up the UMB base camp while a jay looks on from a fir tree. There was a trail-running foot race in the morning
of Memorial Day, which took up a lot of the parking. It also meant racers couldn't pre-ride before the first race, and the race itself
started later in the day

Right:   Chris Cole turns from the bridge to hit the
Bonneville Shoreline climb on lap one. High oak pollen
apparently gets to Chris, as he's knocked out with
respiratory symptoms for a DNF.

Right:   The starting shakeout was downhill
on doubletrack, with a rain-rut waiting for
those who selected their line unwisely.
Keep left young Padiwan.

Right:    Corey Spencer rocks lower Creekview as he heads
toward the lap/finish split above the tunnel, taking
the 7th place spot in the category.

Right:  Brian Vanderwel zooms along a high-speed
section of the new Creekview connector on his way
to the 11th place position.

 Setting up for a turn on the downhill,
 Ben Buhler rides to 14th place.

Spencer Neeley cranks up Corner
Canyon on the way to 15th place.

Right:  The Tunnel.  Stay towards the
wall, away from the boulders and the
creek. 

Left:   Harrison Christensen nears
the end of his first lap as he takes
the 6th place finish in Junior Men
16-18.

Right:   Sally heads uphill as the 40-plus
women mix into pre-riders from the
second race. The first race bypassed
the upper mountain, with two loops
on the lower mountain instead.

Right:   Passing a fresh "cut here" ribbon,
 John Twitchell zooms down the new Creekview
connector on his way to the 5th place finish.

Right:  After climbing Corner Canyon, the
race veered over the bridge and onto the
northbound Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
Chris hits the bridge.

Right:  Rocking a turn on lower Creekview,
 Geno Smith takes the 5th place finish in
the category.

Paul Zimmerman turns onto the BST trail
on lap one, finishing with 14th place.

Rocking a turn near the finish, Adam
Reynders takes the 18th place spot.

After a pit-stop for a broken chain,
Joel Quinn fights back to nail the
 3rd place position.

Gene Poncelet heads down the lower
canyon to grab the 4th place finish in
the category.

Right:   Flying around the berm of the Creekview
trail, Dallin Hatch races to the 8th place spot.

Darren Stirland fires up to the final
sprint to the finish line, taking 19th 
place in the category.

Michael Dodge cranks the initial uphill
of the new Creekview Connector, nailing
the 21st place spot.

Greg Sironen flies through the deep
maples of the downhill on the way to
10th place in the category.

New to the team with the Draper race,
Sean Lindel makes gets our attention
with an 11th-place finish.

Tim Wagstaff cranks into the last bit
of shade before the hot open BST. Tim
finishes with 17th place.

Popping up onto the BST bridge, Mike
McLaughlin finishes his 16-plus miles
with the 28th place finish.

Right:   If you can't bike it, walk it. Just get
to the finish line. For the older riders,
the mean spot was the nasty rooty little
uphill just above the silica pit.

Right:   David Ressa powers past oak brush in the youth
race.

Right:   Sir 429 Lee stands up to crank out more power.

Joshua Nielsen hits an open area on the
Junior loop in his speedy shark helmet.

Taylor Engberson blasts his bike uphill
on the Billy Goat loop.

Right:   After the doubletrack climb from
the Corner Canyon trail, the route turns
to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, then
via the new Quail Trail to the Corner
Canyon Road before descending the
uphill BST to the Gasline Trail. Tim makes
the turn onto the BST near the 4-way.

Right:   A new connector lets riders use
singletrack from Clark's trailhead to the
upper Creekview Trail. One spot was a
bit loose, but most of the trail was very
buff. Joel watches for the sandy spot.

Right:  A group of rec riders occupy
the berm, forcing the racer to slow
and go inside. Obviously they don't
know there are multiple access points
to Corner Canyon, so there's no need
to get in the way of the race.

Right:   Heading out to the Bonneville Shoreline on his
first lap, Stephan Bergen takes the 7th place
finish in the category.

Right:   Dave Benson cranks around a turn near the
lap-finish area as he nails the 4th place position in
this tough category.

The Corner Canyon trails were in great condition, and the weather cooperated nicely. The big lap hit the BST, Quail, Corner Canyon Road, BST again, Gasline, Canyon Hollow, Brocks, Rush, Silica Pit, and Creekview. Many first-race riders wished their race allowed them a full upper lap (rather than two lower laps). But it was good riding anyway, with many strong performances by the UMB team members.

More pictures:
     Kay Hutchings photos (We owe you big-time, Kay! It was a long day on the mountain.)
     Sorry, no podium or BBQ photos this time. Kick Bruce, because he forgot his camera.
Resources:
     GPX track of Draper 2013 course
     High-res satellite view Draper 2013 Race Loop

Left:  A mini version of the satellite view (link above). The lower lap missed the primo trail of Canyon Hollow and Rush. Many first-race UMB riders are lobbying for the big lap next year.

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