Ohio Mountain Bike Championship

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This obviously is not Texas bicycle related other than the fact that I am from the town where the championships were held, Zanesville. The terrain around this part of Ohio reminds me of the eastern US MTB race locale. I have been to the Dillon State Park many times but there wasn’t any place even thought of hosting this type of an event. The MTB had not been invented yet when I lived there. This part of Ohio is very rural. Several counties have a population of a few thousand. This is the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Coal, cows and corn reign here.

Jordan Morozowsky of Roseville

Jordan Morozowsky of Roseville

So if you are interested in how a small town in Ohio can host the MTB championship take a look at this link and the one below. The stories are carried by the local TV station (WHIZ) and the newspaper, The Zanesville Times Recorder. There are some good pictures.

Excerpt from the WHIZ website:

Dillon State Park Hosts Cycling Race
By: Katie Jeffries
It was off to the races this morning in Dillon State Park. Professional and novice cyclists alike gathered to compete in the Ohio Mountain Bike Championship. The professional cyclists practice almost everyday and were ready for the race to begin.

And from the Times Recorder:

Mountain bikers flock to Dillon State Park
BY JIM BARSTOW • Staff Writer
NASHPORT — Things got a little rocky for Jordan Morozowsky and about 100 of his friends. A resident of Roseville, Morozowsky navigated over and around hundreds of boulders strewn along the wooded hillsides of northern Muskingum County Sunday and captured first place in his class during the Ohio Mountain Bike Championship Series at Dillon State Park.

August 31st Daily Blog and News Roundup

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Ride safe out there – drivers cause of more than 90% of bike …
by Ben
It’s been especially frustrating here in Texas because our Governor, Rick Perry, recently vetoed a safe passing bill that would have made the roads a little safer for cyclists (as well as runners, walkers, construction workers, etc.). …

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by elliott
I spoke last week with Ryan Albert with Central Texas Grassroots Cycling, the new organizers of the Derby who take over from the series founder Andrew Stackhouse, about its return and changes for the new year. First, what remains the same. The Dirty Derby will be held every Tuesday evening at the Austin/Del Valle Motorcross Park (ADVMX) from September 1 through December 15. In addition to cyclocross, ….

Daily Blog and News Roundup for August 30th

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HARDER’N HELL 100
by System6
BEST ULTRA RACE IN THE COUNTRY?

Parts of me just returned from the best day of road racing ever.  Arguably not my best day, but more about that later.  However, for several hundred USACycling licensed athletes, it was a day that almost defies description.  So let me describe it for you as best I can.

Every year in late August, the wonderful folks of Wichita Falls, Texas, put on a weekend of cycling…

Team Type 1 / Team Type 2 Blog: Elite Team Trio Part Of Hotter’N …
by noreply@blogger.com (Pro Cycling News Service)
… in the criterium portion of the Hotter’N Hell Hundred Saturday in Wichita Falls, Texas. With more than 14200 participants, the century ride of the Hotter’N Hell Hundred is the largest single-day 100-mile bicycle ride in the nation. …

A heavenly experience
by Times Record News
“And then we literally went out and bought a bicycle for me,” Shiels said. Mehan said he started riding with Shiels in Kaufman and when he moved to Garland, …

Keith Burgess-Jackson: Wichita Falls
by Keith Burgess-Jackson
Many of the riders wore the same jersey (Texas Irish). I’m no parasite, so, after enjoying the bus ride for a while, I rolled to the front to do some work. The two men at the front didn’t seem to want me there. This made me mad, …

Love To Run Love To Pedal: I Ride Again
by Joanne
Midnight, yet only 7 hours away from the big ride. Today Philip is riding the “Hotter n Hell” in Wichita Falls Texas. A 100 mile endurance ride braving the hot Texas sun. Survival is definitely a badge of cycling honour. …

Team Type 1 / Team Type 2 Blog: Elite Team Trio Part Of Hotter’N …
by noreply@blogger.com (Pro Cycling News Service)
… in the criterium portion of the Hotter’N Hell Hundred Saturday in Wichita Falls, Texas. With more than 14200 participants, the century ride of the Hotter’N Hell Hundred is the largest single-day 100-mile bicycle ride in the nation. …

My Day at the 2009 Hotter’n Hell Hundred

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The weather was abnormally cool. The riders were large in number. I saw ride # 13899 at one point. I was thinking this would be the year to maybe ride the 100 mile route even though I would miss the ride through Sheppard Air Force Base and the cheering air force personnel.

Well my plans changed at about mile 40 when I was involved in a crash. You can see some of it in part 2 of the videos. I was not injured to the point that I could not ride but I was feeling some pain. The nurses/doctors at the ABB rest stop cleaned up my road rash and put some the mesh bandage on my arm and left knee. I start to look like one of the riders in the Tour de France now.

With my change in plans I turned off at Hell’s Gate and took the 75 mile route. The rest of the ride was fine since the wind was out of the ENE which meant a tailwind most of the time to the finish. The temperature at the end was 85 deg. according the to sign atop a building downtown. This indeed was a mild one. Last year was mild as well, not over 100. Is this a trend?

I decided to divide the video into three sections. This year I think I captured the flyover of the jets from Sheppard AFB as the Star Spangled Banner was ending.