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Friends,

So many of you could have been anywhere in the world today, but instead, you choose to hang out with me and my friends. For this I am very grateful.

Thanks to all of you thank came up to me, a thanked me for the event, or complimented the course, or the prizes, it really means a lot. Frankly promoting a race is a labor of love, and much harder than racing a race, to have folks come up to me and shake my hand, or hug me, meant a lot.

I want to share all of that love with the cast of 50 or so that worked their asses off to help make this event happen, this includes team deep blue, Spot Brand-Twin Six, Wooden Wheels, the secret Henry’s team, Fort Frames, the Delaware Cyclocross coalition of Delaware, members of Bike line, FSVS, Visit Pa, and a dude named Levi who 3 weeks ago, I didn’t really know, but really busted his ass today.

That being said, there were three major errors that I will personally take responsibility for and I want to apologize to anyone impacted by them for.

Sport Registration was not smooth or timely. Very frankly with the new scorers, and some new registration requirements, I was not familiar enough with the process, and had a sick feeling in my stomach the entire time. As a result I wasn’t able to train my team, and we were slower, and had some confusion regarding registration. Pre-reg for our race and Pre-Reg for the series was not clear. I expect there will be some incorrect team names, and a couple of numbers without rider names. If you are impacted please email me directly and I will contact Rick for correction. (fatmarc@bikecentric.com)
I did not communicate clearly to my staff that only the youngest of the beginner juniors were only doing one lap. As a result as many as 5-7 riders who should have directed to do a second lap were told they were finished. I feel really awful about this one. As a result at the award ceremony I offered prizes to any rider affected, and I will go further here to say I will refund your entry fee if that is your wish. If you were impacted please email me: fatmarc@bikecentric.com and we can work this out. Additionally, I will contact the series directors and see if there isn’t a points remedy for those chasing points, my guess is there isn’t an easy fix, I apologize for that.
Finally, in the Marathon race, which we scored, not pro timing, we missed the actual 3rd placed rider, and cost him a podium trip. I feel most awful about this as trips to the podium are few and really far between. Chris Fallon from Bike Line, or Ninja Chris as I like to call him, finished 3rd in the Marathon single speed class. We prized him, and plaqued him, but didn’t get him to the podium. Thankfully the error has been fixed. We hope to have all the Marathon results, complete with lap times in an excel sheet on the mass site, or at least to Rick in the next day or two.


Again, thank you all for a really wonderful day. Thank you for your support. I am completely exhausted, completely worn out, but really excited for what a great day today was, I am also excited as we are going to be able to make a nice donation to the Hera Women’s cancer group as well. Thanks again, for coming to honor and celebrate the life of our good friend Andrew Mein, thanks for your support of the Granogue race, and our community.

I’d also like to point out what a huge asset our current series promoters: Rick, John and Mike truly are. Thank you all for your support as well.

Respect.
Fatmarc
Your Spot Brand Whore
www.fatmarc.com
fatmarc@bikecentric.com