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Fat Tire (pre)Ride

I went to Helen today and rode the course for this weekend's Fat Tire Festival.

The course this year will be similar to the 1996 World Cup race in Helen. Do you remember Thomas Frischknecht, John Tomac, Ned Overend, Don Myrah, Dave Weins and Juli Furtado?

This is not your typical Georgia MTB course which usually has lots of tight technical twisty turns. This is MOUNTAIN bike racing and features Long grinding climbs (some granny-gear, for me) and Long sphincter-tightening, white-knuckle descents. The Polar HRM estimated about 950 feet of climbing per 8.7 mile lap. I estimate about 45-50 minutes of intense (for a geezer) effort per lap.

Posted by dancoy at June 12, 2006 02:43 PM