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Congrats to Sarah Miller: 2nd at Three Legged Dawg

Huge congrats to Sarah Miller, who took 2nd place at the Arkansas Mountain Bike Championship Series race: Three Legged Dawg this past weekend.

High temps and a good crash couldn't stop her as she held strong and made podium yet again!!

Way to go Sarah!

Epic Peaks takes Win at Hardcore 24

After months of hard work and hard training it all came together the weekend of June 16th/17th. I turned in 19 laps for a distance of 154 miles and 27,000ft of climbing

I stayed consistent and strong the whole race and used my powertap as a guide for my pacing.

For a full article on my race report go to my blog.

Also: Big Congrats to Epic Peaks Friends!

Mark/Suzanne Hartman: 1st Overall Duo
Casey Conte/Matt Hangi: 2nd Overall Duo/1st Overall Male/Male Duo

Congrats to Peter Ryckaert!! 2nd Place at Park Ave Wed Night Series

Great Job Peter Ryckaert!! Making improvements on last week's finish on chilly and tough race course Peter slams it for a 2nd place.

Peter's Recap:

2nd place overall in sport. Wow. 1:06:change. First week was 1:11:49 same course direction. Last week 1:08:10 on backwards course. Hammer was down all night. Quads were screaming at lap two, so I tried to modulate that. The more aggressive meat on the front probably was a decent choice, but it wasn't that wet. I had 1st place in my sights but he pulled me in the last lap but I had him scared. He beat me by only about 10 sec or less. I was making time on the back of the expert pack. I had the lungs for more, but my quads may not have. Climbed the big hill twice without granny. Off the bike once on a banked turn, nothing bad, just a slip. Quads really sore afterwards, tried to do more stretching and I will today also. Good times! One more week to go there

We'll find out next week if Peter has enough to pull out one more and take the series!!

Wed Night Mtb Training Series!

Congrats to Peter Ryckaert on a great race this past wednesday night

Better night. Backwards course. Ran the Sultan. Bike was dialed in the dry. Too wet last night. I was railing it in the woods. My bud behind me was jaw dropped when he couldn't hang. Cleaned the nasty spot every time on the singletrack.

 

My bars came loose after 3 super decents. Had to stop and tighten. Ugh. Lost probably a minute and my tool trying to get in back in the jersey while climbing. Passed some people back with a hard surge in lap 4. I may have gotten 5th overall including all age groups.

 

Layed the wood to one guy 1/2 way through lap 5 and he got me back and I could hang. Dang!! I also did this scary big-block power move pass in the woods. Total mania jumping logs, dodging limbs, clearing a stump just barely. What fun!!

Nice job Peter!

Epic Week of Racing for Epic Peaks

Whole lot of news going on for the Epic Peaks Crew!

First, Congrats to Sarah Miller for Winning the Women's Arkansas Marathon Series (she claims she won by default, but she really kicked some butt!!)

Farmall Spring Series #1 was this past weekend and Peter Ryckaert tore it up for a 5th place in the men's Sport class, while your very own Epic Peaks coach fought a hard battle and took 2nd (1st age) in the Expert class.

This past weekend saw some more racing action. Sarah Miller was at it again, taking 2nd place Sport at the Old Post XC race, but don't let that fool you. She started with the expert women and led the majority of the 1st lap!!

The NYSERS racing kicked off this past weekend with the Highland Hex. Good competition and a fast course made for some great racing. Mark Hartman turned in 7 laps for a 1st place 30-39 Solo victory. Suzanne Hartman turned in an incredible 7 laps also for 1st place women's victory and she took down half the fellas. Your own Epic Peaks coach turned in 8 laps for 1st place 20-29 Solo and 3rd Overall.

Congrats to everyone for some stellar results!!!!!!

Epic Peaks Podiums at Prattsburg Rambler

Your very own Epic Peaks Coach takes an age group podium at the Prattsbugh Rambler, while Matt Hanggi takes 2nd in the 19-29 category. Congrats!