Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Penn Ice-Cycle Loppet 2009

These are the last set of images I'll be posting from the City of Lakes Loppet. The photos below are from the Penn Ice-Cycle Loppet (a series of bike races on ice with studded tires). I photographed the final heat which took place in the lagoon between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles. The race was a half hour long...

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After a while I started shooting into the sun which made exposure challenging but I was able to catch the flying snow this way...

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Same thing here but kind of blurry...

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This one is blurry too but check out the size of the lens in the background...

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A couple of the racers lost their position do to a flat tire. Poor guy...

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You wouldn't know it by looking at these photos but there were a lot of spectators around enjoying the race. It seemed like a good turnout this year. Lots of fun.

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