VSEA Member Completes Grueling Point-To-Point Cycling & Running Race
With the VSEA Central Vermont Chapter’s support, VSEA Member Jonathan Goddard participated in and completed the grueling Harpoon Point-to-Point Race on August 6! The race raises money for the Vermont Foodbank.
Congratulations to Jonathan (especially given the heat!), who was surprisingly re-energized enough by week’s end to pen an excellent, first-person account of the race.
Goddard begins:
Arriving at Bragg Farm early last Saturday morning to begin the 100-mile route of the Point to Point ride to benefit the VT Foodbank, I was filled with excitement and anticipation having ridden a century a few years prior, yet fully aware of the challenge ahead. As the other thirty or so riders made their final preparations; pumping tires, grabbing one last cup of coffee and looking over the assortment of energy bars, carbohydrate goos, gels, and breakfast sandwiches spread out on a long table and trying to decide which to stuff in the back pockets of their jerseys, Kip from Onion River Outdoors, made some last-minute shifting adjustments to my bike. As is often the case at local cycling events and races, he and his staff provide technical support both at the start and at various rest stops located along the route to riders that experience a “mechanical” issue or other equipment mishaps that inevitably occur as riders test their mettle and bikes.