Marlies Mejia Garcia is part of the professional women’s cycling team that’s based in the Roanoke Valley. She competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and hopes to be back this year.
Chad Braby
Chad Braby is a freelance writer and endurance coach from Roanoke. He likes family, mountains, and trails, usually in that order. He is at www.wolfpack-endurance.com.
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Cycling is an increasingly popular sport at Southwest Virginia high schools and colleges
The Roanoke Valley, New River Valley and Lynchburg regions all have high school mountain biking teams, as do all three Albemarle County schools. Roanoke College hopes to add cycling as a varsity sport.
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Fresh off 91 hours biking through the Andes Mountains, a Lexington cyclist prepares for her next challenge
Last month, Cynthia Frazier completed the 600-mile Transcordilleras bike race across the Colombian Andes. Now she’s back home preparing for another ultra-endurance event: the 2,700-mile Tour Divide along the crest of the Rockies.
