Greetings Fellow M.A.S.S. Competitors!

On Saturday, a $5.00 donation to the HERA Women's Cancer Foundation  will provide you the opportunity to preview the course for Sunday's Escape from Granouge race, will will feature NEW sections of singletrack.  The pre-ride will begin promptly at 11:30 AM and no additional riders will be permitted on the course after the start time.  100% of the proceeds from the pre-ride will be donated to the HERA Foundation.

Even if you can't make it to Saturday's pre-ride, you can support HERA by purchasing tickets for the 3rd annual Big Bike Gear Raffle!  The grand prize is a custom Independent Fabrication MTB for.  We are also offering a lots of other cool swag, including an entry to the Stoopid 50, race # in the M.A.S.S. Endurance Series.  Tickets are $5.00 each and can be purchased via BikeReg or at the Granouge events this weekend.  The drawing will be held at Sunday's race and you do not need to be present to win.  Go here to purchase on-line tickets.

Finally, you can also support the HERA Foundation by simply registering for Sunday's race, as the Velo Amis crew (the promoters of the Granouge event) will be making a per rider donation to HERA.  So c'mon out to Granouge on Sunday and get in on the racing action!  Just a reminder that pre-reg closes TODAY at 5:00 PM.  Go here to register on-line. Do it NOW to avoid the day-of-race late fee.

I'd like to extend my gratitude to Velo Amis  for their role in organizing these events.  This is the third year my wife Samantha and I have partnered with the Escape from Granouge race in fundraising for the HERA Foundation and we are looking forward to another successful year.  Samantha is a two time ovarian cancer survivor, so this is a cause that is near and dear to us.

Hope to see everyone this weekend!

Cheers,

Mark Elsasser