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Masters Racing- I remember racing category 3-4 races dangling off the back of the group looking forward to racing 35+ Masters thinking that it would level the playing field. As I was moving up through the categories I was racing against younger riders with little responsibility other than focusing on training and having time to recover properly. I simply wanted to race against other riders who

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Winding Trails is one of least technically demanding races but one of the most difficult in terms of aerobic effort. Imagine a 1.5hr cross race and you have Winding Trails. You need huge top end to stay glued to the front of the race in expert 40-49. This crew is know for having depth and being highly competitive; consistently posting some of the fastest expert times. The course was changed

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The Sturbridge RR (which started in Warren, MA) proved to be another good day for the team. Mike Norton put together one of the best road courses we have used in years, one that reminded me of the District Road Race when I was a junior back in 1987. From the start Frankie was very active and was off the front with a few riders for nearly the entire first 15 mile lap. Coming into the major climb

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The perfect combination – Our 2008 FUJI SL-1 team bikes came equipped with the new Mavic R-SYS wheel sets. Challenge Tires is sponsoring Team FUJI fueled by Clif Bar supplying the team with training and race tires. I removed the OEM tires and mounted a pair of new Challenge Criterium open tubulars onto the carbon spoke wheels. The combination is perfect. Some detail on the tires: 1. History

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Marblehead is a New England tradition that officially starts each new racing season. The 2008 edition featured perfect weather with cool temps, minimal wind, and bright sunshine. Even the race course, which is on the island, had freshly paved surfaces for fast smooth racing. Geoff Hamilton does a great job organizing and holding the race each year with a solid group of CCB volunteers to help

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Charge Pond 'A' Race - Saturday, March 22, 2008 Last weeks Charge Pond 'A' race was cancelled due to weather. The weather this week was dry, sunny and a little brisk with temps in the 30's. Mark, Frankie and I were on the line for "Team FUJI Fueled by Clif Bar". The race started right off with action and the field was super fast filled with fit racers. During the early laps I bridged to a Corner

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Mark Gunsalus, our resident MTB superstar submitted this photo of his new carbon hardtail. Mark retired his Ti hardtail for this carbon bike and is enjoying the lighter, more agile machine. I am pretty sure he is planning on winning the Masters 45-49 short track nationals on this bike this summer. Feel free to click on the photo to "supersize" it.

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Team FUJI fueled by Clif Bar has started the season. Tobi Schultze and I decided to get out for the first Wells Ave criterium in Newton this past weekend. It was a nice ride into a strong headwind for most of the ride north. The race was fairly fast from the beginning with a few slow laps scattered throughout. I was impressed with the general condition of most of the guys in the A-Race. Tobi and

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