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SYRACROSS!

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Syracuse Grand Prix Cyclocross – THIS SUNDAY!!!

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TIME

 FEE PRIZES FIELD LIMIT
Juniors 15-18
45
minutes
11:00 AM
$10
medals
100
Master Men 40+
45
minutes
11:00 AM
$20
merchandise
100
Master Men 55+
45
minutes
11:00 AM
$20
merchandise
100
Master Women 40+
45
minutes
11:00 AM
$20
merchandise
100
Open Women
45
minutes
11:00 AM
$20
merchandise
100
Kids 10-14
15
minutes
12:00 PM
$0
gifts
50
Open Men
60
minutes
12:30 PM
$20
merchandise
10

Also as a side note: Graeme Obree is my new favorite superhero.

I think he should be yours too.

He’s a crazy person. His bike shop was going broke so he’s says, “I’m going to break the 1 hour track record”. He rented a velodrome for 24 hours, came up short by 1km. Went to sleep after drinking “pint after pint of water”, causing his to wake frequently over the night to get to the pisser, stretching every time he had to go…
The next day he broke the world record by approx. 450 meters.

I think a team viewing of The Flying Scotsman may be in the near future.

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snowshoe weekend

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Snowshoe Relay

Highland Forest, Fabius, New York, was the scene of big time snow shoein’ this weekend. Saturday was the National Championships which were extremely awesome. A beautiful day, a tough course, big time athletes from all over the US. Made for a great event. Of special note was the last 300 yards of the 10k race was designed by the famous Marquis De Sade as it was a ridiculous up hill to the finish, with many casualties along the way.

Sunday was the team relay event 4 x 1 mile, entered by members of BTB Athletics; leading was Fitz, handing off to Luke, then to me and finally Randy, after a bit of back and forth we ended up mid pack out of 19 teams. We developed a great respect for those who choose to run and sprint in loose powder snow. Not to mention the scenery at Highland forest was exceptional this weekend.

Next year, members of the BTB Athletics will make a concerted effort toward qualifying for the championship event.

Also, here is an excellent write up on this weekends Snowshoe National 10k by Jim Johnson, check it out!

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What you are doing this weekend.

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This weekend beginning at 9:15 they will be serving up cyclocross at Ommegang. Bicycling and belgian beers, you know you don’t have anything to do, so come out and watch.

It’s like road racing… for the woods.

So anyway, come on out it’s Cooperstown, if you can’t find diversions at the brewery there are plenty of fun filled activities for the whole family in the quaint region of NY:
the farmers museum
the baseball hall of something
there’s a lake (you can swim in it)
there’s restaurants and stores (to buy your forgiveness from your significant other after you may have over indulged at the brewery)
fenimore art museum
glimmerglass state park

Ch-ch-check out the schedule. Both Randy and I will be in the Citizens/cat4 race, then I will be in the cat3/4 race, then Randy will potentially be racing in the single speed bonanza of speed.

Then stick around to watch the really fast guys and hell why not enjoy some adult beverages and post race festivities. Bring your bicycle and extra clothes so you can get dirty, play in the mud, and have fun.