Reboot

Well, the Tron race is on the books. DP and I are relieved for it to be over, and it sounds like most people had a great time. I "recovered" over the long weekend with some 'cross riding and a few hours of feeling terrible on the SS at the Kettle. Hopefully I can have my life back now and get back on the bike to prepare for CX.

Here's my Tron writeup, go here to discuss.

A total of 50 freelance programs assembled at the home directory to take on the Master Control Program, over a third of them (19 total) transmitted from out-of-town systems for the occasion. Our sincere thanks go out to the awesome people who traveled from Milwaukee, Chicago, and the ever-unlucky crew from Janesville, on top of the always enthusiastic Madison riders.

True to form, the MCP put up a tough fight on both the physical and technological fronts, but in the end was brought to its knees. In the final nanoseconds it came down to a not-unexpected duel between Nine and Frank in which Nine charged into the Mainframe a few CPU cycles ahead for the overall victory, and will now be charged with putting on next year's edition. Sketchy, Jonny H, and Tom put in good rides to finish not far behind. Dactyl clocked a very fast time as well, enough to secure first female, and after her time bonus upgrades she rockets up to an amazing third place. Cale claimed the out of town victory for Milwaukee, and also vanquished all comers in the trackstand contest. Jason from Milwaukee came out on top of a savage game of lightcycle footdown.

Thanks to everyone including sponsors, checkpoint workers who braved the swarms of mosquitos, Jonny, Zack, Ahren, and Leah for hosting the afterparty at their shop, and everyone who raced.

Here are the recorded finishers, corrected for time bonuses:

Overall
1. Nine
2. Frank
3. Dactyl (*First Female)
4. Sketchy
5. Jonny H
6. Alex
7. Cale (*First Out Of Town)
8. Aaron
9. Jess
10. Kelly
11. Djonn
12. Matt
13. Ruckus
14. Nils
15. Coyote
16. Zack H
17. Earl
18. Jay
19. Patrice
20. Fire
21. Adam
22. Jamie
23. Dustin
24. David
25. Timmy
26. Jake
27. Dee
28. Jason
29. Shawn
30. Randall
31. Craig
32. Chris
33. Colin
34. Brandon
35. Tyler
36. Dan

Top 5 in subcategories:

Out of town
1. Cale (MKE)
2. Aaron (?)
3. Coyote (CHI)
4. Fire (MKE)
5. Adam (CHI)

Ladies
1. Dactyl
2. Jess
3. Kelly
4. Patrice
5. Dee