First up are a series of trails runs in Marysville, State College and Lykens in conjunction with our established mountain bike events.  We have all these fantastic trails and courses sorted out and it only makes sense to bring in some more folks to enjoy them!  We’re considering adding a few other types of endurance sport events and have actively coached runners and multi-sport competitors for a long time.

While we’re continuing to expand our camp opportunities and will never give up our first love – the sport of cycling – much like the mtb events expanding to include trail running the organization needs to reflect the goal including a variety of pursuits. So we decided it is time for a little change.  We’re going to transition from High Speed Cycling to Bringing Endurance Goodness over the course of the year.

The new name is not just what we’re calling ourselves but also the goal of everything we put together.

Here’s what we have on tap for 2012:

February
Feb 22-26 – South Carolina Base Training Camp, Travelers Rest/Greenville, SC.  (it was killer, join us in 2013!)

March
16-18 – Mid-Atlantic Mountain Bike Development Camp (Guest Coach)

April
7 – NoTubes The Open MTB Relay, Marysville, PA – Register on BikeReg
7 – Down on the Farm 10k Trail Run, Marysville, PA – Register on Active

May
27 – Trans-Sylvania Epic’s Save the Trails 20k Trail Run, State College, PA
28 – Trans-Sylvania Epic’s Save the Trails 80k Trail Ride, State College, PA
28-June 2 – NoTubes Trans-Sylvania Epic Mountain Bike Stage Race and Adventure presented by DirtRag!, State College, PA

June
Possible Road Camp – Stay Tuned!

July
20-22 Bear Creek National Championship Mountain Bike Camp, Macungie, PA – Registration Link Coming Soon!

August
11 – NoTubes Rattling Off-Road Weekend MTB Events, Lykens, PA – 50, 25 and 12 mile options! – Register on BikeReg
12 – Rattling Off-Road Weekend 30k Trail Run and Hike, Lykens, PA – Register on Active.com

September
8 or 9 – North American Open ‘Cross Relay, location TBD – Reg Link Coming Soon start forming your teams!!!

October
7 – NoTubes Iron Cross X – North America’s Original Ultra Cross Event, Carlisle, PA – 100k and 50k options! – Register on BikeReg

November
3-4 – Something Fun Coming Soon, Central PA

December
I might actually take a break this month and not put on a damn thing.

The goals of the OEO are creating and enhancing multi-use trail network and opportunities throughout the state of PA and further leveraging these trails and networks in ways that will contribute to local community wellness and economic development.

We founded the OEO in conjunction with the launch of the Trans-Sylvania Epic.  TSE currently forms the backbone of our fund raising efforts until we expand with new endeavors currently in planning.

Our goal is that OEO will play a formative role in creating more and better trails through both “boots on the ground” efforts and by contributing financial and in-kind support to clubs throughout the state who are engaged in creating well built multi-use trails.

We were able to contribute a bit to some folks in 2010 and as we grow we’re looking forward to being able to have a greater and greater impact in coming years.

Of course it looks good to do something like this, but from the very beginning TSE has been about the trails in PA.  We love these trails and no matter where in the world we go riding we can’t wait to get back home.  We want to show a little bit of the good stuff we have in PA through TSE and contribute to expanding and enhancing our incredible trails through OEO.

This is a little different group than what we’ve done before though.  While there are some guys on this team who can and will get up and go (present company excluded) the real point is to be out at races and other fun events like the Dirt Rag DirtFest on the Allegrippis trails to chat up folks and answer questions about TSE.  We know anyone who loves mountain biking will have the time of their life at TSE.  We also know that there are a lot of questions about the event, a few misconceptions about it and so much to tell that it is really tough to do so succinctly.  Sometimes it is just easier to ask someone in person than to check out a website or facebook.  I know, live interaction with a person might be scary…

Besides Ray and I the rest of the crew all have differing levels of experience with TSE.  Some of these guys did TSE in year 1 and others have been on board from the get-go as part of the organizational crew.  Some have come on board to help pull this year’s edition together and some are combining working on the event with taking part this year.  I’m even trying to convince Ray that we need our own little Epic Team amongst the staff.  He’s pretty sure I’m out of my mind.