WHAT: In an effort to protect children from head injuries, TMA’s Hard Hats for Little Heads program will give away more than 3,200 bicycle helmets during Brain Injury Awareness Month in October.
WHEN: Oct. 1-31, 2007
WHERE: Across the state (see schedule at the TMA website)
WHO: TMA physicians, medical students, TMA Alliance members (civic-minded spouses of member physicians), and county medical societies
Weather cancels two of the three Conquer the Coast events
from the Corpus Christi Caller-times (full article link)
Despite thunderstorms they came, and about 750 cyclists took only the short ride in the rain.
In the Saturday morning darkness a parade of vehicles arrived, parking beneath Harbor Bridge. By 6:45 a.m. hundreds of riders pressed through puddles to gather beneath the open pavilion beside the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center. Some of the Conquer the Coast cyclists were draped in plastic, others toted towels. Most were ready to ride if given the go.
Racers pedal 500 miles through hills
from The Cleburne Times Review (full article link)
By Monica Green/features@trcle.com
Athletes from 21 states are in Cleburne to compete in the fifth annual Texas Time Trials, a three-day bicycle competition in which participants take laps in the hills southwest of Cleburne. One hundred thirty participants are registered, and more are expected to register on the day of the race they want to compete in.
“There’s nothing like it going on in Texas currently,” event director Dan Driscoll said. “Years and years ago there was a race like this down in McGregor. I had competed in that race years ago, and I wanted to keep something like that alive in Texas.”
The event, begun in 2003, has been successful, drawing cyclists from all over the world.
Pineywoods Purgatory bicycle ride scheduled for Oct. 6
from The Lufkin Daily News (full article link)
The Lufkin Host Lions Club is inviting cyclists to participate in "the fall’s most unforgettable ride." Saturday, Oct. 6, will be the 16th Annual Garland Parise Pineywoods Purgatory. The event, which consists of four different rides to choose from, has been described as a "top tier ride" by some veterans of the sport.
The event started in 1992 when Garland "Bubba" Parise, an avid cyclist, dreamed up the route because he wanted Lufkin to have a ride that rivaled the larger events in Texas. One year later, Parise died suddenly at the age of 40. The Purgatory is a living memorial to Parise’s commitment to creat the ultimate cycling experience in the woods and hills of East Texas, said a press release by the Lions Club.