pre-ride 1

We rode Maarat again today, presumable to pre-ride the Men's Health All Terrain Race course - organized by All Terra. It was also the inaugural ride of Jay's bright orange Santa Cruz Heckler, his new do-it-all, ride-anything machine. Manitou also has one on order, but due to some complications, it wasn't ready for the ride. So he was on his trusty, vintage Cannondale. Polly took along his Turner 5-spot. Neil and Alvin also joined us, and Neil rode Mickey's tricked-out Voodoo Sobo.

The group got split up, with King (the race director) going off to check out the RUN part of the course. We hung around waiting for the rest of the group to catch up, and decided to bike down to Ka Vergel's instead, since we weren't familiar with the course - the route was all in King's head! We had a great time, regardless. Lots of descents and short climbs, as well as ruts and tech sections. A nice, muddy ride it was, and Neil, who was on his second time on a mountain bike, went the distance.

Sorry, no photos this time!