Western Pennsylvania is a great place to ride and also has some good riders, but for some reason the area has very little racing, other than a Wednesday Night Training Race around a semi-banked track oval during the months of April through September. It is almost like the area is it's own isolated, hard-to-get-to island of cycling. What's worse, is that when someone does put in a good,hard effort to promote a race, few in the Pittsburgh Area actually do show up to do the race. For this reason, I have given Western PA the new name of Pennsyl-Tucky. It really is not part of the mid-west cycling scene, nor is it part of the mid-atlantic cycling scene. We in Western PA are our own isolated group of cycling species. So, with this in mind, I am un-officially calling next weekends Murraysville Cyclocross Race the Pennsyl-Tucky Cyclocross Championships. I posted it here before, but this link will give you all the information you need about the race: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=7174
I do hope if you race/ride in Western PA that you do make it a point to support our local and sparse racing scene. See you at the race! - Gerry
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With all the great riding around here, I'm not sure why WPA is an island of few races and fewer racers.
Good luck with the fight for the Pennsyl-Tucky CX Championship. I will be trying just to survive on my Mamasita with the "C"s! ;)
Here are some photos from Sundays state Champs. Congrats on the victory! Fun to watch you battle and attack in the elites too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22787467@N02/sets/72157609950103774/
Robert Sroka
http://cxmagazine.com/ohio-state-championships-2008
"Gerry Pflug won the elite masters race and then lined up for the Elite 1/2/3 race and got 4th, clearly the hard man of the day!"
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