Browsing Archive: May, 2010

May 23rd 2010

Posted by victoria on Thursday, May 27, 2010,
The Squealin' Pig Cross Scrambles (or something!)

Sunday morning was accompanied by sore muscles and muddy bikes from the previous night's race.  The weather decided to put a damper on the morning by raining down for the first few hours of race day, but like magic the skies parted and the sun came out to make for a beautiful race start.  I lined up in the Intermediate class and was treated to a "straddle the front fender" start.  Not as easy as you'd think after racing 70km's until close to mi...

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May 22nd 2010

Posted by victoria on Wednesday, May 26, 2010,

"The Night Pig"

Known for it's professionally cut trails and glow in the dark reflective arrows, "The Night Pig" race attracts all sorts of riders from near and far.  Looking around the riders' meeting is like looking around at a field full of aliens.  Cyclops lights, brightly colored gear, and bikes strewn with glow sticks makes for quite a sight!  At 8:00 pm sharp we all set out to try to familiarize ourselves with the 10km course before total darkenss set in.  I had an excellent start and t...


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May 16th 2010

Posted by victoria on Thursday, May 20, 2010,

Sunday May 16th we headed up to Salmon Arm for the Rock Hound Hare Scrambles, hosted by the Okangan Hare Scrables Series.  I raced this same race last year, and really enjoyed it.  This year however was destined to be different!  After seeing the dust storm that was kicked up by the "B" classes racing that morning, I was curious to see how the "A" class races would go that afternoon.  I entered the Intermediate class, and lined up on my starting line around 1:00 pm.  With the sounding of an a...


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May 2nd 2010

Posted by victoria on Wednesday, May 5, 2010,

MAY 2ND MAIN JET HARE SCRAMBLES


Race Checklist:

Fully prepped race bike: Check

Clean gear & goggles: Check

Bike Gas & food: Check

Token stuffed fluffy bunnay: Check

3 bar special: Check

Weasel like dirtbike dog: Check

Spenders (suspenders): Check


and I was ready to head out to the long awaited Main Jet Hare Scrambles kick off in Merritt BC, hosted by
Gnarly Parts & Accessories.   We didn’t know what to expect on the course after buckets full of rain, but overhearing hushed com...


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