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01-25-10 The trail System has been closed because of record rainfall. Don Watts The Freaks helped support the Charleston Riverfront half-marathon this weekend and had a blast riding around the 1000s of runners challenging themselves….good fun times!
John Lackey and his merry pranksters just returned from Dupont…looks like fun was had by all: I found some pictures Luke had uploaded for our 2009 Tour de Cure…enjoy, and thanks Luke!
Off Road Assault on Mt Mitchell was a blast! Congratulations to: Adam Dewitt: Top 10 finish in SingleSpeed class with a time of 6:59:45!! Incredible! Andy Campbell: Shaved almost a full hour off of his last years effort! Ending time: 9:29:59 Joel Watson: Personal accomplishment of beating his last years time by 3.5 hours! Ending time of 7:49:33 Awesome results guys! Way to represent the LowCountry! All Results here: Joel’s Blog Recap: A few Fat Tire Freaks went up to Davidson to race in the Cowbell Challenge Marathon 2009. Conditions were HOT. All riders did well… Congratulations to Dave Hall on his third place finish in SingleSpeed! Yeah Dave! Joel got 8th in singlespeed… Good work guys! Recap at: Pictures!! 
The Freaks met up at the Ashborough Trail in Summerville today for some fun twisty singletrack riding. The Ashborough Trail is an excellent trail with great armouring in all the right spots. Fast with twists in the trail which really make you work to keep your speed. A definite challenge to your bike handling skills… Great work guys! 
Here is an embedded snapshot of the GPS capture data for this trail:
View MotionBased Web Data…The Fat Tire Freaks participated in the Tour de Cure fundraiser ride for Diabetes this weekend. Extreme temperatures and unexpected multiple hill climbs did not break their spirits. A great time was had by all. Waiting at the finish was a great lunch with lots of cold frosty refreshments! Congrats to Luke Farrow for riding and completing his first metric century! Way to go Luke! Riders present were: Not only did all riders have a great ride this year, we were also one of the top fundraiser teams this year! Cheers guys! Pictures: 
Joel’s Blog recap: More Picures!! Start: Luke Don Joel NickL. Finish: Link to all of the pictures: Singles Night #2 was a blast. Race was cancelled on account of rain, but you could not tell from the racers in attendance…. Bloglinks: Joel’s Recap: Pictures: 
The annual Catawba Riverfront Classic was held at the US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte on June 7th 2009. Riding up from Charleston to represent the Freaks were Brad Phillips and Joel Watson. Congratulations to Brad Phillips for a super-STRONG 2nd place finish with a tree bashing thrown in for an additional challenge. Here is a link to results: Joel’s blog recap at: Give these guys a free beer next time you see them.. |
