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| 258.1 | THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE MOOSE BIATHLON | NAC::CAMPBELL | | Wed Apr 08 1987 21:16 | 12 |
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There is a biathlon on the cape on may 17. It's a 10K run and a
40K bike. Its in Yarmouth.
mail me your mailstop and I'll send you an application.
There are also plenty of triathlons coming up..... See the notesfile
at GLIVET::TRIATHLON.
Stew
NAC::CAMPBELL
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| 258.2 | Mt. Wachusetts? | RAINBO::BROWN | | Thu Apr 09 1987 20:04 | 14 |
| Westminster always has Mt. Wachusetts to train on. Right now you
have to pick up the bike to traverse a couple of ski trails, but
on the other hand you'll be the only one on top of the mountain!
The Park Service (or whatever they're called there) doesn't seem
to mind bikers going around the gates. There is also currently
a lot of gravel on the access road to the top. When the snow has
melted and the roads are clean it takes about 45 minutes to get
to the top and about 45 seconds to come down.
I don't know of any long, flat, wide stretches in the Westminster
area to train on, however.
_Kratz
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| 258.3 | Quicker up, but slower down; for me anyway.... | MENTOR::REG | Who is Sylvester McCoy | Thu Apr 09 1987 20:59 | 9 |
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re .2 Huh ?
From the gate it takes more like 15 minutes to the top and 3
minutes back down. From the bottom parking lot, where the chinzy
ski haus and fake gift shoppes are its about 20 minutes.
Reg
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| 258.4 | Dangerous to assume you have that hill to yourself... | MENTOR::REG | Who is Sylvester McCoy | Thu Apr 09 1987 21:26 | 16 |
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re .2 and .3 I forgot to mention that this hill can be very
dangerous. Until they open the gates to motorized traffic it is
unsafe to assume that down riders will be taking any notice of the
one way system or the keep to the right rule. *EVERYONE* thinks
they have the mountain to themselves after the last week-end in
October; it just ain't so. There are some BONZAI riders who seem
to have bets on with their buddies that they can make it down without
touching their brakes (they don't know that I'm the only one who
can actually do that and live through it). Select a low enough
gear that you can ride a very straight line, don't zig-zag on
the way up unless you are prepared to absorb several hundred RUKEs
from another cyclist by being centre punched with a front wheel.
Reg
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| 258.5 | Joe Isuzu times | MOSAIC::BROWN | | Fri Apr 10 1987 14:49 | 9 |
| Yeah, I was sort of exagerating both times; it SEEMS that much!
I usually approach from the Southeast and go up the "back" way and come
down the skihaus way. I consider the bottom of the mountain at about
400 feet above sea level, whereas the gate is at 1050 and the top is at
exactly 2000. I went up there last week (and was the only one at
the top) and had to stay on the brakes the *whole* way down due to
water and gravel. If you don't, coming down there is a long stretch
and then a slight left turn; just around that turn is a ski trail
across the road!
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| 258.6 | 2 route suggestions | NEPTUN::WORRELL | | Mon May 11 1987 19:41 | 8 |
| When you get to Wachusett, stop at the visitor center (where the gate
is) and pick up a map of 3 area routes, at least one of which goes
through Westminster.
Also, rt. 68 has some wide and flat sections on which I have seen
cyclists (including myself).
Glen
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| 258.7 | Sunday, may 31 9:30 | AITG::HUBERMAN | | Fri May 29 1987 12:39 | 3 |
| There is a biathalon in Wellesley on Sunday, May 31 at 9:30. I
think it is being put on by the Wellesley raquette club? $20.
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