Archive for the 'Racing' Category (Page 5)


  • Follow Along With The Tour of Missouri

    Follow Along With The Tour of Missouri

    The best way to follow the Tour of Missouri, of course, is live and in person, but not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to do so. For those unable to attend all or part of the race, there are a number of ways to keep up with …

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  • Gearing Up For Kansas Cyclocross

    Gearing Up For Kansas Cyclocross

    With summer starting to fade, thoughts are beginning to turn to cyclocross across the midwest. In the Kansas City area, the De Stad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series will offer a series of events including: Diamond Blackfan Cyclocross Challenge, September 28th at So-Kar-Par Trails Park in Lenexa, KS Criss Cross, October 12th at …

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  • Tour of Missouri Gets Longer, Tougher in ‘08

    Tour of Missouri Gets Longer, Tougher in ‘08

    The 2008 Tour of Missouri will feature an extra day, more hills and new cities when it launches September 8th in St. Joseph. Again, the great state of Missouri will play host to these worldclass athletes from more than 20 countries this September. This year, we’ve worked to make the course …

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  • 2008 Ironman 70.3 Kansas

    2008 Ironman 70.3 Kansas

    The inaugural running of the Ironman 70.3 Kansas took place on June 14th at Clinton Lake near Lawrence, Kansas. The event featured 1100 athletes taking on a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride, and a 13.1-mile run. The racers started on Bloomington Beach and swam a rectangular lap before returning to …

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  • Dirty Kanza 2008 Wrap-Up

    Dirty Kanza 2008 Wrap-Up

    The Dirty Kanza, which is a challenging ultra-distance bicycling marathon event covering 200 miles of blacktop, gravel, and dirt roads through the scenic Flint Hills of eastern Kansas, ran on May 31st, with a field of 66 riders. When the race finally ended, over 20 hours later, 42 riders had crossed …

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  • The Stars Come Out at Dirty Kanza

    The Stars Come Out at Dirty Kanza

    The Dirty Kanza is an ultra-distance bike race that takes place May 31st in the rugged Flint Hills. Billed as the “Ultimate Gravel Grinder,” the event starts and finishes in Emporia, and offers 200 miles of racing on blacktop, gravel, and dirt roads through remote and scenic east-central Kansas. The event …

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  • Topeka’s National Champion Cyclists

    Topeka’s National Champion Cyclists

    The March/April 2008 edition of Masters Athlete magazine features an article on last December’s Kansas City Cyclocross National Championships (Cold, dirty victory), focusing on two local cyclists: Catherine Walberg and Steve Tilford both hail from Topeka, Kan. The two defending cyclocross national champions train together, and they both race in the …

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  • Tour of Missouri 2008 Route Announced

    Tour of Missouri 2008 Route Announced

    The route for the second running of the Tour of Missouri, September 8th through the 14th, has been announced: St. Joseph to Kansas City: 90 miles Clinton to Springfield: 125 miles Branson: 18 miles (individual time trials) Lebanon to Rolla: 105 miles St. James to Jefferson City: 100 miles Hermann to St. Charles: 110 miles St. …

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