M & M World Cup Update!

Olympian Mary Mac and Mike Broderick on the beach in Nor Cal.



**This letter came in today from honorary Backboners Mary McConneloug and Mike Broderick, on the World's MTB circuit....


grees got! (the traditional bavarian greeting we say
passing on the bike path or in the grocery store)

Since South Africa (our diary entry and pics are up on
cyclingnews.com) Mike and I have been roaming in Germany for the past
10 days in the (new, stylin' and much larger) RV... did a German
National race last weekend, then went up to the SRAM headquarters in
Schweinfurt to speak with the engineers about
the new XX components we are testing, and now are down in Offenburg,
getting ready for the 2nd wc on sunday. its been busy, but we are
digging rv life and the freedom that comes with it.



Mary rocking the '05 Mammoth Super-D Nationals. Photo by Greg Pleiss.

updating USADA (our antidoping agency)daily for our required 1 hour
slot is a bit humorous,
but we always find a way to describe exactly where the rv is
parked... :-) near the RR tracks in munsingen... or some random
campingplatz with zip code...



Mary and I at the '06 Scottsdale NORBA race..

the world cups are being broadcasted live on freecaster.com... so if
you want to watch us, you would have to get up at an ungodly hour to
watch. the women's race this sunday in Offenburg... is at 10.45 am,
mike at 2:30) figuring we are in germany (i think)8 hours ahead of
CA, so that would make the broad cast somewhere like 3 am saturday
night (even though we race sunday).... i dont expect you to really
watch! but you can if you are up for some reason!

Here is our race schedule for the next month:

Apr 26 wc Offenburg, Germany
May 2-3 wc Houffalize, Belgium
May 9 Poland XC race
drive to italy, drop off rv, fly to madrid may 20-25
may 24 wc madrid
may25 fly back to italy for media launch may 25-27 (major photo,
filming, interview session for srams xx line)
jun 2 back to chilmark, MA


Mike Broderick waiting for his race in Scottsdale.

and this is just the first half of the season!

so life is full to say the least! but we are well and I am feeling
more relaxed about living this way... and happy to be doing it!

sending U all much love,
Mary
and Mike

ps, we are updating on twitter.com (under marynmikebike@twitter.com)
almost everyday... if you are interested to follow closer... and we
can follow you too! it is actually really easy and free.