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    <h2 class="date-author"><time datetime="2015-09-14">September 14, 2015</time><a href="../../news/author-54ef94a8e4b0819f8ee73326/" class="author">park chambers</a></h2>
    
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    <h2 class="date-author"><time datetime="2015-08-26">August 26, 2015</time><a href="../../news/author-54ef94a8e4b0819f8ee73326/" class="author">park chambers</a></h2>
    
      <div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1440523863045" id="item-55dca346e4b04de5349214fc"><div class="row sqs-row"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-9a81b4e13f11757b1426"><div class="sqs-block-content"><p>Hoo Boy! Only three weeks remain until our favorite Cyclocross series starts up again! The night time is the right time to knock off work early and roll out to Alpenrose Diary for some super-fun evening / nighttime CX racing.</p></div></div><div class="sqs-block gallery-block sqs-block-gallery" data-block-json="{&quot;design&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;aspectRatio&quot;:null,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;controls&quot;:false,&quot;auto-crop&quot;:true,&quot;thumbnails&quot;:false,&quot;show-meta&quot;:true,&quot;meta-position&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;show-meta-on-hover&quot;:false,&quot;collectionId&quot;:&quot;55dca5fce4b0e3d302c07110&quot;,&quot;vSize&quot;:null,&quot;transientGalleryId&quot;:&quot;55dca5fce4b0e3d302c07110&quot;,&quot;hSize&quot;:null,&quot;floatDir&quot;:null,&quot;methodOption&quot;:&quot;transient&quot;,&quot;existingGallery&quot;:null}" data-block-type="8" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1440523058767_31622"><div class="sqs-block-content">
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