{"id":24070,"date":"2014-05-04T22:21:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T03:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=24070"},"modified":"2014-05-04T22:21:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T03:21:34","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-digest-may-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/05\/04\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-digest-may-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Digest May 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"

La Quinta Inns proves that outreach to veterans is smart business<\/a><\/h2>\n

By TOM BENNING, Staff Writer\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.dallasnews.com<\/h4>\n

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\n CRAWFORD \u00e2\u20ac\u201d As 16 wounded veterans wheeled to the finish Friday at the George W. Bush Institute\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Warrior 100K mountain bike ride, one of those cheering in the crowd was Derek Blake.
\n Blake, a vice president at Irving-based La Quinta Inns & Suites, has become a fixture at the institute\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s military service events.
\n That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because the annual bike ride and, in the fall, the Warrior Open golf tournament \u00e2\u20ac\u201d celebrations of perseverance that honor post-9\/11 veterans \u00e2\u20ac\u201d are starting to produce change well…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Circle Trail tour opens bike month<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Orlando Flores Jr.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.timesrecordnews.com<\/h4>\n

\n Event also unveils city’s interactive app
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\n Orlando Flores Jr.\/Times Record News Nicole Hatch (left) and her daughter Claire walk to the passport station at Lucy Park\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Circle Trail Tour cheer stop Saturday following their ride along part of the 14-mile Circle Trail that stretches from Lucy Park to Lake Wichita Park. Nicole, Claire, Nicole\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s son Max (not pictured) and her husband Butch (right) are regular riders on the Wichita Falls Trail System. …\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bikes and Planes<\/a><\/h2>\n

Bike Noob<\/h4>\n

\n One of my biking goals this year is to get out and ride in areas where I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ridden before. A friend shared some ride ideas with me, and mentioned that he and his son would not be able to attend the Kingsbury air show. They were planning on riding from San Marcos down to Kingsbury, about 20 miles away, but the boy had some scouting obligations.
\n It sounded like a great idea to me though, so I decided I would make the trip. I tossed the bike in the back of the SUV and drove from Austin down to San Marcos, about 30 miles south. San Marcos has the best outlet mall I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever seen (Tanger on one side, Prime on the other \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s…
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Driveway Series 5-1-2014<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.voodooracing.net<\/h4>\n

\n More footage from the drone! Filmed on 5-1-2014 at the Driveway Series in Austin.
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