Patrick Garner, R.N.

Patrick Garner is an R.N. who has worked for NorthBay Healthcare for more than 20 years and has been an avid cyclist for more than 30 years. He is experienced in multiple aspects of cycling, such as bike commuting, road riding, touring and mountain biking. He has been involved in organizing events such as bicycle races, centuries and bike tours and is the Captain of Team NorthBay.

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Rockhopper A Success By Any Measure

November 16, 2015
 

Halloween morning was the first ever Rockhopper Enduro Mountain bike race held at Rockville Park. It was a great success in every respect. Most importantly from my perspective is that it was a safe event. There were no serious injuries. 

NorthBay provides First Aid support for many sporting  events including all of the bicycle races. Since this was the first time we had this type of downhill race and also the first time in this particular park, I was worried that there would be some serious crashes. There were some crashes but the riders were wearing knee and helmet protectors as well as good head protection and nobody was injured with the exception of one individual who went to be seen by his own doctor following the race. 

Other measures of success are that the Monticello Cycling club raised more than $3,000 for the Vacaville composite high school mountain bike team, (aka The Dirt Dogs). The team competes against other schools across Northern California and is just beginning practice for the 2016 season. 

Finally, the success was measured from all of the great comments we received from the participants. There were more than 100 riders and many of them told us how much they appreciated that we organized this race at this great mountain biking park.

This was the first race at Rockville but probably will not be the last. The people involved are fully committed to bringing it back again next year. In the meantime the club is putting plans together to have the Rockhopper cross country race return to Lagoon Valley in the spring. Lagoon Valley is an excellent venue for a cross country race. It has been selected by NorCal, the high school mountain biking league to be a venue for of its races in 2016. I am really excited about such a big race coming to Vacaville.

 

Tags: Rockhopper Mountain Bike Race, bike

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