Sunday's Race to the Hills at Lake Hope State Park hosted more racers than ever, with 215 cyclists participating in a dual-points race that combined the Ohio Mountain Bike Championship series and the West Virginia Mountain Bike Association series. It was Pennsylvania fast guy TJ Platt who came out on top, picking Ohioan Dave Walker's pocket on the last leg of trail. Fast old man Gunnar Shogren was fourth overall on a singlespeed, and his fast old lady smoked the course, placing first in the expert women's category just a week after cleaning up at the Wilderness 101. There were lots of Athens Bicycle team members out on the course, including Mac Stricklen, who placed fourth in the clydesdale category!

UPDATE: Official results are in. To see how things shook out, visit the OMBC Web site to see the results sorted by Ohio classes, and visit iplayoutside.com to see the results sorted by W.V. classes. Photos should be posted on iplay soon as well.

Thanks go out to the racers who drove from all over the place to get here, and thanks especially to the volunteers who helped welcome them.

— Meredith, August 9, 2006

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