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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

Florida Endurance series #4 – Hialeah Hustle – Amelia Earhart Trails – Hialeah, Fl A nice breeze, sunshine and warm weather, sounds like a vacation right that is unless you were hammering out fast hard laps at Amelia. The Amelia Trail Builders club had a punchy 6.1 miles of course set up for the race with the sprint classes scheduled for 5 laps and the marathon’s taking on 10 laps. Fast lap on the day was set by Bob McCarty at 23:09. Many thanks to the club for all of their hard work! Winning the overall marathon classes were Patricia

Coconut Cup #8 –Quiet Waters Park – Deerfield Beach, Fl A fine way to wrap up the 22-23 Coconut Cup series, the weather was awesome the trail was challenging and the racing was close. The Quiet Waters trail has been through a lot, including a hurricane that leveled all or most of the trees, and then a pipeline construction project that ripped up the newly rebuilt trail system and now it is under threat again with a highway project but each time it seems to come back.  I cannot thank the Quiet Waters Trail Builders enough for their efforts, they

Coconut Cup #7– Oleta River State Park – North Miami, Fl Awesome spring day in South Florida as round number seven held court in Oleta River park for the second to last race in the series. The 7 mile Oleta course is uniquely challenging with all of it’s roots, rocks and tight turns and was a test of a racers skill set for sure. The Oleta Trail Blazers club helped out immensely with prepping the trail and working the marshaling duties, many thanks! Race action saw current state Champion Victor Alber claim the win in the men’s elite class while

Florida Endurance series #3 + TT#2 – San Felasco Trails –Alachua, Fl A wee bit chilly but great race conditions for the third round of the series at San Felasco trails, a cold front blew in on Friday night but thankfully it only rained the perfect amount and left the Time Trial racers with a fast tacky 10.5 mile course. Saturday’s top TT racers were Gilberto Araujo and Adriana Leon. Sunday the sun came out but brisk temperatures kept the rider cooled down for the three sprint laps of 10.5 miles each and the marathon six lap affair. Top sprint