Camp Sumatanga Training Race Report

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by Mitch on March 1, 2010

Harpeth Racing team Category 4 racer Mitch Boult traveled down to Steele, Alabama for the B race of the Camp Sumatanga Simple Joe’s winter training race series.
The course was a 10 mile rolling loop, four laps. Road surface was good and traffic was controlled. All in all it was about the best organized race [...]

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2010 Snake Creek Gap TT #2 race report

February 12, 2010
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Harpeth Racing team members Jonathan Woody and Nathan Taylor tackled one of the toughest races in the Southeast last weekend in Dalton, GA. The trail was muddy and rocky, but both racers were motivated and ready. Cramps, muddy drivetrains, wet feet, and cold weren’t enough to stop them from crossing the finish line. The Snake Creek Gap Time Trial series is held annually in Georgia on three weekends in January, February, and March.

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When does a ride become epic?

January 29, 2010
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Some rides are ill-fated from the start. These are the ones where you left one shoe cover at home, or found a bulge in your tire from a torn casing, or your water bottles leak Perpetuem all over your frame as you drive to the shop. Sometimes you feel like hanging it up before you even turn a pedal. Other rides start out great and then surprise you with circumstances that challenge your willingness to suffer.

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Todd’s NGAR 2010 “Toughest Race in Georgia” Race Report

January 26, 2010
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Harpeth Racing’s own Todd Essig braved the cold and rain to race the 2010 edition of the North Georgia Adventure Race. Running for 30 continuous hours, race participants paddled, ran, and pedaled mountain bikes through the Chattahoochee National Forest in North Georgia. Todd submitted this race report after successfully completing the event on January 16-17th, 2010.

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Response to the last post

December 14, 2009
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I’d like to talk a bit about how we watch for each other at team rides. At one point Brad and John got separated by the group on Greenbrier headed toward N Lick Creek. Fortunately it was due to some miscommunication, and not a mechanical or anything like that. So, I’m asking everyone on the team to avoid passively going along for the ride, and maintaining awareness and practicing communication so that we either arrive together or if we arrive separately, it is planned that way.

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