MCA Tentative Mountain Bike Schedule

New marathon events, the possibility of an extra cup race, new venues and old ones revisited, this season is shaping up to be one of the best on record.

Jan 25 Rollers Race

Feb 1 Ice Bike

Snow Donkey March 7, 2009

April 26 - Cup 1 Grand Beach

May 6 - Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Race 1

May 24 - Cup 2 - Brandon *New Race - Please be sure to support this!

May 30 - Falcon Lake

May 31 - Cup 3 Falcon Lake

June 3 - Wed 2 - Olympia

June 7 - Back 40 - Morden (Marathon) * Voted as one of the Best Races of 2008 it is back for its 2nd year with a longer format. Please be sure to support their efforts.

June 14 - Cup 4 - Swan River

June 24 - Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Race 3

June 28 - Cup 5 - Birch Bring A Friend

July 8 - Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Race 4

July 5 or 12 Reach the Beach

July 29 - Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Race 5

Aug 8 - Provincials - BIRCH

Aug 9 - Muddy Waters *A staple of the Manitoba cycling seen, MH20 will have a new format for 2009.

Aug 12 - Wednesday Night Mountain Bike Race 6

Aug 30 - Marathon Race - location TBD

Swamp Donkey Fall 2009.

Sept 5 XC8 Tentative Date Buffalo Pound Provincial Park

Sept 13 - Sandilands ( Distance?) * Like the Phoenix destroyed by fire , and reincarnated from its ashes into a superior race course.

Sept 27 - Fall Classic (Marathon?)

Other Local Races To Consider:
Manitoba Ultra-Endurance Racing and Talking Organization (MUERT). At this point all it is talking.

Western Canada Endurance Series

*Do not go and book you holidays based on this schedule. It is very tentative at this point.

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Wednesday workout: The forecast is for great-fantastically-warm weather on Sunday which is encouraging. Anticipating racing on Sunday I moved the Saturday workout to Wednesday. 3-hours 14-minutes fartleck (out of the saddle), low cadence.