Test Your GG5K Knowledge/Win Beer

Let’s play for keeps.

First person to correctly answer all 10 questions gets their choice of a 22-ounce Avery Hog Heaven Barleywine (9.25 percent/100 IBUs) or a Southern Tier Unearthly Imperial IPA (11.0 percent/100 IBUs). 

If no one gets all 10, the first responder with the most correct answers gets the brew. Deadline is 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday,

E-mail your responses to me at jim@writeteknorthwest.com:

1. Name the three riders who have won GG5K titles.
2. Four people have completed every 5K. Name them.
3. In 2009, Paul Norris nearly missed the 5K because of an alleged business trip to what country?
4. What rider stirred controversy at the ’09 5K when he refused to be tested for HGH?
5. Name the only four women to ever complete a GG5K.
6. At the 2008 5K, what rider – apparently equipped with a Mr. Rogers GPS – naively commented part way into the race that he had completed 3,250 feet of climbing, when in reality his total was closer to 1,750?
7. What rider held the early lead at the ’09 5K before falling victim to severe cramping?
8. After finishing 4th at the ’08 5K, this rider was accused of running illegal tires. When the Board of Directors asked to examine the questionable tires, he replied that they were locked in his car and that he was “unable to recall” what he had done with the key.
9. Known as Team _________, this three-man group of misfits established itself as legend at the ’06 GG5K, which was ridden in a monsoon. Team ________ locked up their wheels so many times on the Upper KMA that one rider commented, “It looked like someone was pulling a plow behind them.”
10. At the ’08 5K, this Three Rivers Cycling guru racked up big miles and a lot of climbing but was DQed for not following the ride route.

Cheaters – Some of the answers can be found in past stories in the Mountain Biking section of this website.