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VBKSupportEast
VB Team Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 13th, 2007 10:26 am |
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USA Cycling has just released the 2007 mountain bike calendar. There's a number of good east coast races on it. Eight of the 27 events will be awarding UCI points: the six NMBS events, Greenbrier Challenge near Hagerstown, MD, and the Maplelag Spring Opener in Minnesota. Incidentally, Greenbrier is less than one hour away from our house. Schweeeeeeeeeeeeeet. 
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vbgirloffroad
VB Team Member
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Posted: Sun Feb 4th, 2007 03:07 am |
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Below is the info about the race. Let your Mid-Atlantic Bellas know if you are interested in racing this event so we can take care of all our Bellas with style. There will be a handfull of Mid-A bellas racing this event.
http://potomacvelo.com/GreenbrierChallenge.htm
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Olivia
VB Team Member
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Posted: Sat Feb 10th, 2007 01:52 pm |
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Is that course mainly the red trail...with the two steep rocky portions?
We went there over summer---it was about 90 degrees and 90% humidity and that trail just about did me in. April sounds like a much better time of year. Anyone else racing?
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VBKSupportEast
VB Team Member
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Posted: Sat Feb 10th, 2007 08:11 pm |
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They don't have the course map on the website anymore, but that sounds about right. Last year it started from near the boat launch and went counter-clockwise.
Morgan
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vbgirloffroad
VB Team Member
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Posted: Thu Apr 26th, 2007 11:46 pm |
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| Finally the race is just about here. It looks like a huge turnout of racers. Should be a great time spectating and racing.
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HSTYER
VB Team Member
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Posted: Fri Apr 27th, 2007 01:13 am |
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| Alicia and myself are doing a preride tommorow. I did about 1/3 of the race course in January when we had that strange warm weather. It was alot of fun. See you on Sunday Mel !
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velobella
Administrator
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Posted: Fri Apr 27th, 2007 08:13 pm |
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| Can't wait to hear about it all!
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vbgirloffroad
VB Team Member
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Posted: Fri May 4th, 2007 02:46 am |
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The race was a huge success. A great turnout and great weather. The course was in great shape too.
It was a real treat to see the pros out there, especially the locals - like the whole Trek East coast team. And ofcourse to see Katie C racing back in her hometown region again as well.
It was a tough course with some steep rocky hills that even the pros had to walk during the race, okay not all of them walked, but more than I expected.
It's funny, all the times we rode the course this winter, the trail seemed easy. The hills were rideable and the rock gardens were more tame than I remembered. I forgot about the affects of race-day adrenaline that makes any course seem 5x harder than it really is. Nonetheless everyone seemed to have had a good time.
I was content with my third place in my class and fourth overall in the expert combined field. Hoped for a little better, but it gives me that little extra motivation to train harder.
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