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SYRACROSS!
Syracuse Grand Prix Cyclocross – THIS SUNDAY!!!
| CATEGORY | DISTANCE | START
TIME |
FEE | PRIZES | FIELD LIMIT | ||
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Juniors 15-18
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45
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minutes
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11:00 AM
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$10
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medals
|
100
|
|
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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
|
|
- Check out the Onondaga Cycling Club for more information.
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.
Syracuse Bike Polo
Photos & summary by Marcus Lewis.
After the Tour de Syracuse, we invited people over and were introduced to Bike Polo. They meet at Berry Park (corner of Westcott and Broad Street) Syracuse, New York on the tennis courts every Sunday and Monday, 4:30, 5:30 respectively. There’s a great turn out of riders each week and they are always looking for new people to join in on the fun. Bring a beater bike and good attitude and great balance!
Each game is pretty intense when you first start, but after you get used to it, it’s incredible fun, so if you’re ever in the area stop by Sunday or Monday and have a good time. You can meet the Syracuse Bike Polo group on Facebook and don’t be shy to leave a little something if you’re interested.
Take a look at some photos of what you missed this past Monday.
LaFayette Apple Run
This past weekend was the applefest in LaFayette, where all of central new york converges on the small town of LaFayette, technically just west a bit nearing the town called Cardiff.. infamous for a hoax you can probably find in your history books if you care to look for it. That hoax would be known as the Cardiff Giant. Some crazy man who inhabited the valley years and years ago claimed to have found the skeletal remains of big foot… pretty cool actually…
Read more about the Cardiff Giant: applefest; wiki; hoax museum
Anyhow, there is a festival of apples, the lands were settled and planted with apple orchards due to the hillsides which were optimal for growing of apples. Some of the best orchards are out there and everyone from the area has a fond place in their hearts for the apple fruit. So naturally they should host a festival every year.
At this festival there is the apple run. A bunch of years ago, around ten or fifteen they used to hold the race but had since had stopped. Last year, 2008, they brought the race back and teamed up with the Syracuse Track Club and the Apple Fest, offering a 1mile fun run, a 5k (3.1miles) and a 15k (9.3miles).
I grew up in Syracuse and I can remember wayy back to the great fall days when we would travel south out of the city up and over the hills down through the colorful valleys through what seemed to be a bit of a trip back up on the hills to this area to pick apples at the Beak n’ Skiff orchard.
Then mid-way through highschool the Hadzor family moved out of Syracuse and down to LaFayette… where I ran XC and started the mini make shift track programs and stuff at LaFatte Jr. Sr. Highschool… so I call this my hometown race.
My dad and I did the 15k this year:
I ran last year and got second to some Navy SEAL guy who was rediculously fit, and was using the race as a tempo run… but this year I won with a time of 55:25.
It was exciting and I got one of the awesome hand carved apple trophies!
My dad also did well in the 15k, using the race as a decent uptempo run as part of his marathon training awarding him 33rd place with a time of 1:11:30.
Check out the Apple Fest& the Apple Run:15k Results,5k Results