The first weekend of April brings the Tour of the Battenkill. Called “Americas Toughest Race” it is the largest one-day Pro/Am cycling race in the U.S. Racers compete over 65 miles of dirt and paved roads, speeding through covered bridges, family farms, and rural villages in Southern Washington County, New York. Its April date makes Battenkill a tough early test of fitness…hope you’ve been training on those snow days! And, with the rainy few days preceding the race, hopefully you’ve mastered wet, muddy roads. Undaunted, the WW team of Jeff Burress, Alex Frigon, Federico Pozzi and Jason Temple headed north to take on the Cat 5 field. As always, Battenkill didn’t disappoint – it was a race of fitness, finesse and mettle. Jason was indeed ready, finishing on the TOP of the podium!! Close behind were his teammates, Alex in 8th, Jeff in 22nd and Fed finishing 40th.
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| Jason on the top! |
That same weekend, several WW racers grabbed their mountain bikes and headed up to race in The International Intergalactic Global Open Mountain Bike Team Relay Championship of the Multi-Friggin-Verse in Marysville, PA. Like Battenkill, this race is a great kick-off to the race season…if you prefer a more laid-back kick-off with costumed racers, hecklers, LaMans start and plenty of heckling and beer. Phil Aiken, PJ Anderson, Dennis Dischler and Colin Hoon teamed up as Weekend Pass and finished 31st which was great considering a wreck took Phil out of the race. Heather Heinrich opted to go solo and completed 9 laps. Way to go all!
The last Saturday of the month, Jeff Burress headed east to race in the Wernersville-South Heidelberg 100th Anniversary Road Race in Wernersville, PA. Jeff’s Cat 5 race was 4 laps of a 4 mile circuit on the rolling hills of Berks County. Jeff’s disciplined, rigorous training over the winter paid off…2nd place! Awesome race Jeff!
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| Jeff with his 2nd place medal! |
That next day, Bike Line hosted the Spring Fair Hill XC race in Fair Hill, MD. This is one of the most popular races of the entire Mid-Atlantic Super Series. The less-technical course brings out racers of all skill levels…its one crowded course! Team WW didn’t disappoint, with thirteen racers and a tent full of fans, Dogfish and PowerBar. And PJ Andersen served as an awesome grill master after racing his first race. The highlights of the day were podiums by Uriel Bohorquez – 2nd in Cat 3 30-39 – and Heather Heinrich – 3rd in Cat 1 40+ and Matera Nefferdorf with her first cross-country race – 8th in Under 17. WW racers competed in ten different fields with great results: Cat 3 30-39, Brian McCoy 16th; Cat 2 19-29 Jeff Meyer 11th; Cat 2 30-39 Ricardo Gomez 36th; Cat 2 40-49 Collin Hoon 35th and PJ Andersen 43rd; Cat 2 50-59 Dave Jordan 39th; Cat 2 U40 Liz Jones 6th; Cat 1 19-39 Jason Temple 12th and Andrew Webster 15th; and Cat 1 40-49 Dennis Dischler 31st.
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| Liz bringing in 6th |
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| Uri on his way to 2nd in his first mtnb race! |
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| Go Big Redz! |
Craig Willows-Keetley shares the story of his journey to compete in the half Ironman length Challenge event in Phuket. Craig shares his training program, details of the race and lessons he learnt from the event. Hear his story about the Challenge event that’s a Challenge and a half!.
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