David Berger

Florida Endurance series #7 – El Lagarto – Loyce Harpe park – Lakeland, Fl This race is normally held in January (when the alligators are kind of slow and lazy) but due to hurricane Ian the park where the trails are located (Loyce Harpe park) turned into a FEMA site for debris and all events were suspended. Long story short the annual El Lagarto was rescheduled for last race of the FLE series on June 4th but that’s not all, it was once more rescheduled to June 11th due to another change in the regional race calendar, so yes we […]

Georgia State Championship series #7 –Enterprise South trails – Chattanooga, Tn At the second to last round of the series, the racers crossed North nine miles into the state of Tennessee to do battle at one of the funnest courses on the circuit. The SORBA Chattanooga club does a great job stewarding the trail and the eight mile race loop features lot’s of ups and downs but for some reason seems to feel like there are more down hills than the climbing indicates. Racing was intense on the trails and had a little twist of drama in the men’s elite

Georgia State Championship series #6 – Georgia International Horse Park trails – Conyers, Ga Sweat shirt weather in the morning and t shirts in the afternoon, absolutely stellar conditions at the sixth round of the series at the famous Conyers course which was home to the first ever 1996 Olympic Games mountain bike event. The 7 mile course was in prime shape as well and features some smoking fast single track with a couple of tough climbs and rocking downhill’s. The competition was outstanding as well as Dustin White came away with the win in the men’s top class and

Georgia State Championship series #5 + Short Track – Allatoona Creek trails – Acworth, Ga Normally this round is met with heat and humidity but this year we had very mild conditions, overcast and perfect trail traction. The weekend started off with a bonus short track on Saturday ran on the same 1.5 mile loop as the kids would race the next day and was a mix of open fields and some tight single track, while Sunday’s XC race was a six mile lap that had some mild climbing and lot’s of turns, finishing with a sprint to the line.

Florida Endurance series #6 – Croom Crusher – Brooksville, Fl The inaugural Gone Riding race at Croom was a tough but fun one. In normal conditions the 28.8 mile course would have been a challenge but with the lack of rain recently the pain meter was turned up a few notches as some of the climbs were a bit sandier than normal which slowed the pace and amped up the effort needed to go fast. But fast they did go as Matt Dockins took a hard earned win over last year’s champ Bob McCarty with a blistering pace of 16mph

Georgia State Championship series #4 – Talking Rock trails – Talking Rock, Ga Absolutely beautiful weather for the first race ever at this awesome location, the trails brought out a lot of grins from the racers as the 7.5 mile loop had a little bit of everything needed for a great XC race, fast flowing trails, raging downhill’s, tempered climbs and a fast run to the finish. Joe Bethay and Loretta Simpson claimed the top spots for the male and female divisions respectively with closely fought races in each. Many thanks to the Cartecay mountain bike High School team for

Georgia State Championship series #3 – Ft Yargo trails – Winder, Ga Well the rain finally caught up with the series at Winder the morning of the race although it did stop raining shortly after the start. Some mod’s were made to the course (cutting out monster mile) and some laps were cut (cat 2 to one lap) but overall although it was wet, it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. The 12 mile course drains well and lap times were still just a few minutes longer than normal. Hitting the trails first were the 19-39 cat 1

Georgia State Championship series #2 – Yonah trails – Cleveland, Ga Fun, was the key word for new trail system located in the Northern Georgia. This would be the first ever race held on the property and the conditions could not have been better, a Friday night rain to insure the traction was just right, a mild and sunny weekend and lot’s of great racers to break it all in. The layout was set at a slightly long 7.8 miles and was filled with lot’s of ups and downs, a creek crossing, a fast flowing trail and then around the

Florida Endurance series #5 – Hammer Head – Landbridge Trailhead – Ocala, Fl Springtime in Central Florida can mean any kind of weather, we were threatened with wet weather during the week but it never happened, then we started the race day with overcast mild temperatures and it evolved into a pretty warm sunny day by the end, did I mention it was a wee bit sandy, yes it was. Many thanks as always to the Ocala Mountain Bike Association (OMBA) for all of their hard work in building and maintaining the trail system. The 25 mile loop was configured