Europe's Hardest Mtb Race

It's been some time since I last updated this blog.

Events that have passed since then:

1. Penang "Campaign for a lane" round island 80 km ride - took part and completed the ride. It was my longest distance ride...for now. Might be looking at another ride year end Malakoff Interstate Fellowship Ride. It is a 2 day event where the 1st day ride distance is 67km and 2nd day ride will be a whopping 171km.

2. ECC's Burung Hantu night mountain bike jamboree - part of the committee and Check Point 3 leader.

Today's entry is about an article which I came across when we were on a Sunday family day out at Mahkota Parade. Popped into MPH with my youngest daughter, Sam, to visit her "library" and browsed the magazine section while she read her kiddy books.

Usually it is always the car magazine that is good for short thrill and to add to the wish list. The wish list is not necessary for the wish to own the car but also to wish that one day car prices in Malaysia will come down to a realistic price where most citizens will have the opportunity to have wider choices of car ownership. (..Sigh..) Unfortunately, we may never see that day unless something drastic changes the political scenario.

Anyway, I picked up a different magazine this time out of curiousity and looked what it had to offer in the Men's Fitness.
First few pages, boring, when you only have 6 in 1 muscle pack stomach.
Then came something interesting - Europe's Hardest Mountain Bike Race.
Wow! This is interesting. The photos make you feel like taking part especially on the long single track going down. The race is some 80+ km but they also cater for recreational riders which is 58km of pure XC trail route. Visit their website and I hope you get the same excitement when you see the trail in 3D. Even Sam who is only 8 years old wants to ride with me when we watched it together.

http://www.sellarondahero.com/

24/11/10 - Updated news
Thanks to LeeCS for the link to some nice mtb photos.

If you are curious where Sella Ronda Dolomites is located, just go to Google Maps and copy the name, paste and search. It's somewhere in the upper region of Italy. For more photos of this beautiful place, please go to this link http://www.roberts-1.com/t/b05/it/k/a/index.htm