One of our favorite Ashland events of the year has come and gone, but luckily we have plenty of photos to reminisce about the 4th Annual Siskiyou Challenge. On a rare, non-rainy day Saturday we had 24 Standing Stone employees participate in the six-leg, multi-sport relay. We also manned the food and beverage station at the finish line, offering free lunch and beer to all the racers (and cherry lemonade for those not-quite-ready for an early afternoon brew).

Our house photographer, George Rubaloff, was on hand as usual capturing team group shots and some of our favorite moments of the day – and, believe us, there were lots. Here is a preliminary photo recap of the 2013 Siskiyou Challenge, and we’ll post even more pictures on our Facebook page in the coming week.

The 2013 Standing Stone Brewing Company teams were:

Sparkle Motion – 14th place Mixed Team

Lindsay

Roberto

Alex

Gina

Davey

Meg

The Bearded Ladies – The jury is still out on when they finished…

Trent

Michael

Chava

Maire

Chrystal

Carolyn

Steel-Cut Sheriffs – 16th place Mixed Team

Elliot

Josh

Sienna

Marina

Javier

Sarah

Sun’s Out, Guns Out – 12th place Mixed Team

Miguel

Nereida

Alecia

Nick

Mark

Anna Rose

A big CONGRATULATIONS to all the participants in Saturday’s event! It was a big group (300+ racers and fans) of enthusiastic and fun-loving athletes. We want to thank Rogue Valley Farm to School for putting on the relay and organizing the routes, volunteers, vendors, prizes and more. To learn more about this great Southern Oregon organization visit their website and see all they do in our community.

As promised, stay tuned for even more photos. And if you stop by the restaurant, ask your bartender or server if they ran, biked or kayaked in a leg of the race. You might hear a good story or two: Trent getting lost for a few miles, Carolyn passing bikers twice, Davey losing his breakfast, Josh and Elliot’s short shorts…