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Part 2: The Epic Of Keystone |
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So in our continuing adventure, one hour from crossing the line at mountainbike nationals, Melanie is in a Ford Tahoe cruising at max speed toward Quebec regional airport on her next installment of the weekend's itinerary ? the US Central Xterra Championships in Keystone, Colorado.
My coach, Houshang, deposited me at Departures with plenty of time to get a boarding pass, be frisked for a fork at Security, and hop on my turboprop jalopy headed for Montreal. Then I would pass Customs and jump on another turboprop jalopy headed for Chicago, this time two hours of legs by my ears. After about an hour layover, I was finally seated on a packed 737 on my way to Denver, my final stop... |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 April 2006 )
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Part 1: Mel Muddles Through Mountain Bike Nationals |
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Written by Administrator
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I flew into Mont Saint Anne, Quebec for the 2004 Canadian mountain bike nationals and was greeted by pouring rain. Ontario and Quebec had been pummeled by rain and certain areas even needed to declare a state of emergency because of such heavy rain and flooding. This meant we were looking at a wet race, on slick, slippery and technical trails..... |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 April 2006 )
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July 3, 2004 - McQuaid's Yard Sale in Calgary Olympic Park |
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OH NO Canada!
Canada's 137th birthday and the 2004 Calgary World Cup are now said and done, and I was somewhat a part of both. I was flying to Calgary on the 1st of July, happy to be seeing my Ford Cycling teammate Dara Marks-Marino for the first time in a LONG time (both of us have been racing crazy, but in different countries!), and actually, it has been a while since I have been to Calgary. The race was held at the Calgary Olympic Park, so cross country and downhill mountainbiking in the shadow of the huge ski jumps from the Olympics. Kinda cool, I have only raced in Canmore in the past so this was all good for me. I like the course too, a good combination of power climbing and riding with some fun twisty singletrack. The down side is there is, like, NO passing, for a long ways. Start was critical... |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 April 2006 )
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June 13, 2004 - McQuick Continues Winning Way |
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Melanie's Personal Score: 1 triathlon - 1 Victory!
Always nice to kick off the season with a win, and although I was concerned that this one was going to be hard going, the legs came around in the crunch and carried me in for a solid winning race!
This race is cool because it is right in the middle of a metropolitan area, Richmond, Virginia, so lots of spectators and lots and lots of participants... like 2000 for all the events on the weekend. It is really quite cool....... |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 April 2006 )
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June 7, 2004 - Reflective On European Campaign |
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Ah, back to the land of paranoid customs officers and the joy of starbucks, my first trip to Washington and the weather is thus far cooperating, even if my customs guy really was not... I did get into the country but not without a lot of exhausting interrogation and form filling. I holed up in a coma for 10 hours to recover, and now sit in the coffee shop planning my next steps. With the flag flying half mast as a reminder of the loss of one of America's presidents, my heart was still happy to be back in North America, even if it is only my part time home I was returning to...... |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 April 2006 )
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