FLCC> Cascadilla News Flash

[Dave Heck]

    Maybe Ernie (reigning pink slipper champ) can hand out trophies to all competitors.... so "everyone's a winner".
 
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:01:25 -0400> To: flcc at icycle.org> From: mr89 at cornell.edu> Subject: FLCC> Cascadilla News Flash> > Ithaca Journal, Tueday Sept 25.> > Cascadilla Hill Climb course revised> by Steve Lawrence> > Ithaca is home to a great cycling community. Events such as the > Hollenbeck Spring Classic at one end of the season, and the Pink > Slipper at the other, make for a competitive and enthusiastic bunch > of lycra-wearing cycling enthusiasts. One of the premier events on > the Ithaca cycling calendar is the Cascadilla Hill Climb. This > gruelling, gut-wrenching, vomit-inducing head-to-head 1/4 mile sprint > up Ithaca's own little imitation of a Swiss mountain village road, > from Court Street/University Avenue to Stewart Avenue, pairs cyclists > in a double-elimination contest every year in late > September. Winning riders end up racing at least 5 times, and often > 6 or 7 times over the course of the morning, generating veritable > pints of lactic acid.> > The Cascadilla Hill Climb is scheduled to take place again this > Saturday morning. However, unlike previous years, the Hillclimb will > not take place on Cascadilla Ave, but has been moved to the > Waterfront Trails in Kass Park, along the Cayuga Lake Inlet, as part > of a promotion of Waterfront Trail use by the Ithaca Common > Council. Competitors will race each other along the Waterfront trail > from the base of the bridge on Rte 89 to the Hangar Theater, while > dodging pedestrians. Riders will stop at each exercise station along > the trail and perform the exercises or activities described at each > station before remounting and proceeding to the next station.> > This interesting twist to the Cascadilla Hill Climb appears to > strongly favor those competitors who are gravitationally encumbered, > and find riding the actual Cascadilla Hill too difficult. Come and > support your favorite rider at Kass Park this Saturday morning.> > > > _______________________________________________> FLCC mailing list> FLCC at icycle.org> http://icycle.org/mailman/listinfo/flcc_icycle.org
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