Thursday, April 29, 2010

North Georgia Cycling and Athens Crit

There are not many hills in Florida let alone anything real to climb, so we have to travel north to Georgia or TN.

This time it was to Helen Georgia which is 6:30 from JAX.

This small town offers some GREAT climbs and smooth roads for the crew - Saswata Roy, Peter Litsky, Josh and me.



We got in town on Friday and hit the roads for a few hours late that afternoon.

The plan was for 2 hours Friday and 4 hours Saturday morning.

The climbs did NOT disappoint as the views were AWESOME!!!

Athens Crit

The 1st climb we did was Unicoi and then on to Brass Town Bald and 20+% grades.

Sassy and Peter at the top of the 4K'+ top.

Athens Crit

We were not too worried but hey this is Georgia :)

Athens Crit

Here is a little video recap of the day...




After we finished, we headed off to Athens to watch some friends race at Athen Twilight Crit.


Athens Crit

The course is 1K and the race for the amatuers is 25 laps and it is ALL OUT!!!

Athens Crit



Ralph and Skinny Pete made it through to the finish which is a REAL goal - it is that hard - congrats boys!!!


Athens Crit

The Pro's go off at night and it was CRAZY - pouring rain and MUCH MUCH faster.

Athens Crit

We went to turn 4 and cheered on Curtis and Karel.

Athens Crit

Athens Crit



This Pro race is the top Crit in the country and it brings out all the best.

Congrats to the shaved leg tough guys - VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!

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