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IN MOTION: Mountain bike/boarders competing this weekend
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Published: September 5, 2009
■ Beech Mountain Resort will hold a combined mountain bike/mountain board competition today and Sunday that makes up the final leg of the Triple Crown Downhill Bike Competition and the inaugural High Ground Mountain Board Competition. The mountain board contest has a $1,000 purse.
The entry fee for mountain bikers is $55, with helmets mandatory for all racers.
"The Triple Crown series has been successful. We're averaging about 100 competitors per event and expect to have that many or more for the finale," said Ryan Costin, the director of operations at Beech Mountain Resort.
For more information, call Talia Freeman at 828-387-2011 (ext. 204) or www.skibeech.com.
■ The field for the 5th Angels Triathlon at Tanglewood on Sept. 20 is full at 500 entrants, but race officials still need volunteers. More information is available through e-mail at race@angelsrace.com.
The idea of the race, which has had a full field each year, is to honor those who have inspired. Participants write the name of someone who inspires them during body-marking before the race, with the idea of carrying that spirit throughout the race.
■ Winston-Salem has three 5-K races coming up, and each has an accompanying 1-mile fun run.
The Wake the Library 5-K, to help support library programs, will be Oct. 10 in front of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest. The fun will be at 8 a.m., the 5-K at 8:30. Contacts: 758-5828, e-mail zsr@wfu.edu.
The Ardmore 5-K will be Oct. 17 in conjunction with a food drive for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina. Runners and spectators are asked to take food items to the race. The fun run will be at 8:30, the 5-K at 9 a.m. Contacts: 724-4421 (ext. 39), e-mail ardmore5k@aol.com.
The 26th Mercy 5-K, a benefit for Crisis Control Ministry, will be Nov. 7 at Salem Lake, with the fun run at 8:30 and the 5-K at 9 a.m. Contacts: Bruce McKenna 712-9599, e-mail tanya2bruce@yahoo.com.
■ Race directors and readers can submit suggestions for notes on running, triathlon, cycling and other endurance sports to sports@wsjournal.com or to jdell@ws
journal.com.
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