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Grand Old Days
2006
By: Jay Jackson
Grand Old
Days
June 4th,
2006
St. Paul,
MN.
Team Aloe Up’s
Terwilliger sprints to 1st place Finish in Grand Old Days 2006
8K.
Jeff
Terwilliger of Team Aloe Up powered his way in the final meters
of the Grand Old Days 8K to edge out Tone Coughlin of Team
Sk8HARD.net in an explosive sprint to finish.
The weather
was nearly perfect with temperatures in the 70s and little wind
as the Grand Old Days course record was established on
Saturday morning.
Local teams
included Team Aloe Up, TC Speed, Flanders, Media Machine and
SK8HARD from Duluth.
As usual the
pace was fast right from the gun. Numerous skaters tried to
break from the pack on fast downhill but were constantly caught
by the main pack that at times numbered an estimated 30
skaters.
Team Aloe’s
Jay Jackson attempted a break away on the way out only to be
caught before the turnaround by Flander’s Mike Anderson.
After the
turnaround the intensity quickly picked up as the climb back up
the hill ensued. TC Speed’s Ricardo Amaya, Team SK8HARD’s Kurt
Halverson and Anderson kept the pace high after the
turnaround. Aloe Up’s Terwilliger and Coughlin covered every
break and pulled the pack back up the hill.
The slight
downhill finish made for fast sprint to the line with
Terwilliger edging out Coughlin for the win.
The women’s
race again was dominated by TC Speed’s Kara Peterson who out
paced 2nd place finisher Martha Flynn by over one
minute.
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