tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839720820889909242024-03-04T23:55:32.952-05:00BLACK FLY RACINGMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-35073749508187555582017-10-02T13:09:00.001-04:002018-05-11T23:03:12.447-04:00Fall 8hrsHardwood Hills.
Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-14149397361474003592017-07-16T23:06:00.001-04:002017-07-18T02:08:24.022-04:00Summer Epic 8 Hour Mountain Bike Relay, July 15 2017
Hardwood Hills Ski and Bike
Adam and I both rode as solo entrants repping the Black Fly colours, and I think we did the team well.
Conditions were sketchy at first, with moisture from the previous day's rain making the course quite slippery, but after a few hours of sunshine, it dried out to a more civilized level. With temperatures feeling to be around the high 20s, it was hot, but not Chris Baranyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129165664818631216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-59819160406213197242017-07-06T14:42:00.001-04:002017-07-06T14:42:13.305-04:0024hrs of Summer SolsticeAlbion Hills.Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-52725857418562146452017-05-16T17:32:00.000-04:002017-05-16T17:32:10.041-04:00Spring 8hrsMansfield. Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-26553393861451399042016-09-25T17:11:00.000-04:002017-01-22T11:00:04.998-05:00Fall 8hrsHardwood Hills.
The last MTB race of 2016 was a beauty! Great racing temps, sunny skies, and good company made the day aweome. Not to mention a fun course. We also welcomed a new Black Fly to the squad, Arjen who fit in perfectly with the team. Looking forward to more races next year! We had two 5-6 Person teams and both gave it their all and finished 4th and 7th outta 13Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-79145470216211824862016-09-12T15:39:00.001-04:002017-01-22T10:55:16.790-05:00Dairy Capital Stampede
Woodstock. Under cool yet sunny sky's, 4 BlackFly's entered what could be a new fixture on the race calender. Adam, Stephen, Cam and Marty twisted and turned through the mostly flat course at the Pines, near Woodstock. We came in a very respectable 6th out of 18 teams but most importantly had a great time doing it.
results: http://georesults.racemine.com/Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-31150515075423289352016-07-06T18:34:00.001-04:002017-01-22T10:54:08.995-05:002016 Summer Solstice
Gonna need that chip.
Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-17469336430215128242016-05-09T17:46:00.000-04:002016-05-09T17:46:12.347-04:00Spring 8 Hours
The team
Brenda
Cam coming down the final hill
Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-21824824286225717872016-04-27T16:28:00.001-04:002016-04-29T14:15:17.181-04:00Paris Ancaster 2016The beginning of spring comes with another P2A. This honest, brutal and utterly painful event seems to be in our blood. Someone associated with the different incarnations of our club has participated in Paris-Ancaster's every year since 2004. This year we had ChrissyB and Drew racing the full 70km distance while Adam, Cam, JonH and Marty raced the much more humane 40km. NoMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-13566999958716650202015-06-22T14:52:00.004-04:002015-06-22T14:53:17.591-04:0024hrs of Summer Solstice 2015
The Black Fly's participated in the 18th annual Summer Solstice this weekend along with nearly 2000 other racers. They were calling for rain at least on Sunday morning but that luckily didn't happen. A little sprinkle is all we got!
Cam, ChrissyB, Mitch and Marty stayed over Friday night to do some reconnaissance on the course and basically update everyone: "It's a good course, Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-85575413037499558702015-05-11T17:45:00.000-04:002015-05-11T17:45:16.920-04:00Spring 8hrs 2015Introducing the 2015 Intense Cycles Epic 8 Hour Relay 5-6 Person Champs:
Dean, ChrissyB, Cam, Adam and Mitch!
Way to go fellas, you crushed it!
Our other 6 person team of Pyzer, Lamey, Muller, Fox, Tony and Pete finished with a strong top 10 performance with 8th place out of 12 teams.
Our mixed team of new Black Fly's Stephen and Jenn and old Black Fly's Marty and Brenda pulled out a Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-461206747303197762015-04-28T11:32:00.004-04:002015-04-28T11:32:40.527-04:00ChrissyB killing the hill!Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-32139761637299270512015-04-27T11:29:00.001-04:002015-04-27T11:29:57.965-04:00Paris Ancaster 2015
The 40km St. George start was ridden by Marty, Adam, Stitt and Foxy (who was making his first appearance since 2007) under clear sky's and a solid racing temperature of 10 degrees.
At the 1st intersection in St. George, the marshal mistakenly directed the lead group, which contained Marty and Adam to go the wrong direction. 2km's and about 4 minutes later they were able Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-65839567323662641572015-04-23T18:20:00.000-04:002015-04-23T18:20:38.284-04:00Durham ForestOctober 2014. A little late season mid-week trip to the legendary trails of Durham Forest.
Ian & Marty
Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-58808891357105308132015-03-16T18:02:00.000-04:002015-03-16T18:11:34.344-04:00Winter riding... in the Don!
I took the plunge this winter and got myself a Fat Bike, the KHS 3000. I first took it out when the Don was frozen in mid January but before we got dumped with snow. It held up nicely over the frozen terrain and over the ice patches. However, ice is ice and it doesn't matter how wide your tires are, you still can slip and slide. Off-camber sections were a bit Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-83825791925227199222014-09-29T13:52:00.003-04:002014-09-30T10:16:18.344-04:00Fall 8hrs 2014Not a cloud in the sky! Beauty day for the Black Fly's on another great course up at Hardwood Hills. The race started out with a false flat of double track before dipping into a bit of singletrack. That was followed by a couple of k's of twisty turns on a packed down type field. Back into the singletrack with the only climb before the final 2km hammerfest back to the Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-10746385130089759932014-09-29T12:13:00.001-04:002014-09-30T10:17:14.973-04:00Crank the Shield 2014Apparently, Adam (and Tyson) enjoyed spending 14+hrs racing their bikes in the 3 stage Crank the Shield this year. Warriors.
Adam Hiking-A-Biking
Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-8747317099593473362014-09-29T12:08:00.002-04:002014-09-30T10:16:44.751-04:00Summer of Don RidingArguably one of the best trail systems out there right in our city: The Don Valley. Many of us have been riding these trails for over 10+ years and have seen them evolve over time. But what has happened in the last 2-3 years has been an explosion of new trails, many of them linked together, and with lots of different degrees of difficulty. And with some hilarious names:&Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-54675129110603507202014-09-29T10:36:00.003-04:002014-09-30T10:16:50.648-04:0024hrs of Summer Solstice
Camp life
Gonna have to think back as I'm posting this at the end of September as the race was in June.
What happened?
I remember doing the pre-ride on the Friday night, hanging out around the campfire with Cam, ChrissyB, Tyson, Drew and a pretty cool night of sleeping considering it was the start of summer and the longest day of the year.
In the morning, the rest of the crew joined us:&Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-23204792370426999642014-05-12T11:16:00.000-04:002014-09-30T10:17:01.084-04:00SPRING 8HRS 2014Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-33490794983006776592014-04-29T14:21:00.002-04:002014-04-29T14:22:28.478-04:00Marty and Adam pushing the pace!Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-47387121746835667352014-04-28T10:40:00.002-04:002014-04-30T17:20:43.479-04:00Paris - Ancaster 2014April 27, 2014
Brenda's back, ChrissyB, Drew and Adam rode new bikes and a few of us battled coughs and colds yesterday were the headlines of yet another edition of Ontario's Spring Classic.
Nice but cool temps and a steady headwind were the weather conditions yesterday for the BlackFlys. However not really that muddy considering the winter we had and the rain this spring has brought us.&Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-5899327984659440622013-10-02T10:17:00.002-04:002014-04-28T10:49:28.051-04:002013 Fall 8hrs
Dean chasing down his prey
More pics here.Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222715373625719886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-12966906195321054752013-09-29T01:03:00.000-04:002014-04-28T10:54:17.858-04:002013 Fall Epic 8hr Relay @Hardwood Hills Ski and Bike
Not pictured: Adam Herring.
L-R: Deaner, Cam, Marty, Lamey, ChrissyB
A quick, killer course of mostly single track action was just what the doctor ordered for probably the last Black Fly race of 2013.
Team Black Fly Racing–The Grey Fly Edition (avg. age 41)–had a fine showing at this year's Fall Epic 8hr Relay. Despite a cloudy and slightly chilly start to the day, we Chris Baranyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06129165664818631216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883972082088990924.post-18760883081600811432013-09-27T11:49:00.003-04:002014-04-28T10:55:02.106-04:00Night Riding in the DonWho needs 24 races?
Well, they are awesome but for anyone who has invested in lights and wants to use them more, just ride your favorite trail at night.
Last night, a bunch of us hit the Don at about 8pm. I've been on that trail hundred's of times but last night was the first at night. Fun. Will be doing it again.
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