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| Welcome sign |
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| Jess riding the motocross tire |
Weekend Prep for Trans-sylvania Epic (aka TSE)
Seven Mountains, near State College, PA
Today, Sunday, is the start of the Trans-sylvania Epic for us. What is this crazy race? It is a seven day mountain bike stage race; thus we race for seven days in a row covering approximately 30 to 40 miles a day.
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| Photo op during pre-ride |
Base camp for this event is Seven Mountains Boy Scout Camp in Seven Mountains PA, right around the corner from State College. Our lodging is one of the camp cabins. We are lucky enough to have procured a private room, where as all our other cabin mates are in the main bunk room. Around 20 people sharing two showers and two toilets for the week...humm..that could get interesting.
The courses consist of trails from places such as Rothrock State Forest, RB Winter State Park, and the areas surrounding the boy
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| Not Joël's preferred method of cleaning |
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| Our bunk room |
Food is supplied by the camp cooks. We get breakfast and dinner daily. And what the spread of food it is. Every meal is buffet style, which is great for hungry racers who need to take in a lot of calories. Breakfast includes things such as oatmeal, pancakes, sausage, and eggs. Dinner is meals such as pulled pork, BBQ chicken, lasagna, beef roast; along with an array of side dishes, veggies and salads.
Along with dinner every night there is a recap of the day. Awesome photographer Abe Landis shows a photo recap and a video of that days stage. Then comes awards and a preview of the race the course the next day.
A week of fun with friends riding bikes, what a great way to spend our vacation. The only thing that is missing is Cliff. He is having tons of fun with his grandma at her farm; I am sure we miss him more than he misses us.
Sorry no video for this week as we need to time to prep rather than make videos. Next week will be a race report including info on each stage along with a video of the week. So check back next week for more TSE adventures.
You can follow the race at http://outdoorexperience.org/tse/