As part of his preparation for the World Mountain Bike Championships, Neal Kindree participated in a Swiss Power Cup race two days after he arrived in Europe.
The course featured a significant amount of climbing. Neal described it as 13 minutes of climbing followed by no more than two minutes of downhill riding.
He placed third and reported that he won 100 Swiss francs and a pie.
He also reported he contracted food poisoning on Monday (Aug. 22). It didn't set him back, he said.
Downhill rider Kyle Ritchie left this week to join Neal in Europe for the world championships in Livigno, Italy from Aug. 28 to Sept. 4.
Go dog go
Close to 150 whippets will descend on Centennial Fields this weekend.
Squamish is hosting the North American Whippet Championship Races and whippet owners from all over the continent are coming here to partake.
Things get underway on Friday (Aug. 26) at 1 p.m. with conformation fun match. Straight racing is set for Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. with oval racing following on Sunday over the same time period.
Spectators are welcome as long as they have only two legs. Event organizers want spectators to leave their any pets at home.The whippets will race in whatever weather conditions the weekend brings.
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