Welcome to the action sports team page of Amanda Cerqueira DDS PA

Health begins in the mouth.

And it transfers into every area of your life!

We believe your best health begins with a cavity free, clean mouth. Everything else flows from there.

Very often our patients come in to find us talking about the trails we rode or the waves we surfed over the weekend. It is part of our corporate culture to stay healthy and play a lot. Some offices sponsor soccer teams, some have a baseball league, ours has an action sports team.

We believe recreation is crucial to a good life. So is exercise. It's even better when the two come together. To us this happens on either a surfboard or a mountain bike. This blog highlights surf contests, surf sessions, mountain bike races and rides. Our team is always getting into something fun on a weekly basis. You will be able to keep up with the team's activities by checking out the blog periodically.

Thanks for checking us out! Hope to see you out there sometime!


Dr. Cerqueira, Daniel and staff.



Friday, November 18, 2011

The dental office goes Mountain Bike racing...

 So we decided to enter a 6 hour Mountain Bike race...
Our friend and patient Bucky was going to race with me. He ended up having work obligations/got sick right before, so Amanda decided to "replace" him.
This meant two things: We were changing class (from Duo to Co-ed duo) and half of the team's training was going to consist primarily of Zumba dance sessions :)
This was going to be an interesting fitness experiment. I mainly trained by surfing. My mountain bike sessions being limited to twice a week. Amanda trained by doing Zumba and only got to ride MTB once per week.
Our premise was that we wanted to do this race without having to ride on the road or get on a stationary trainer. We wanted the "training" portion to be fun.
Race day came and it was a perfect day! 60 degrees and sunny. The trail was a mix of flowy singletrack , rockgardens and some doubletrack, with some roots sprinkled throughout.
There were about 100 racers. Our class had 5 duos. We ended up in 2nd place and most importantly, had an amazing time! I don't think this will be our last endurance race... Official results, lap times and photos below.

http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?rsID=121095

DUO CO-ED RESULTS

Place Bib   Firstname         Lastname          Laps Time    
===== ===== ================= ================= ==== ======= 
    1    68 DENA              ALI                 10 5:53:01   1:   33:34   33:34
                                                               2:   38:18 1:11:52
                                                               3:   30:41 1:42:32
                                                               4:   36:33 2:19:05
                                                               5:   31:42 2:50:46
                                                               6:   36:57 3:27:43
                                                               7:   34:03 4:01:46
                                                               8:   37:41 4:39:26
                                                               9:   34:33 5:13:59
                                                              10:   39:03 5:53:01 
    2   134 AMANDA DAN        CERQUEIRA            8 5:59:16   1:   40:48   40:48
                                                               2:   35:36 1:16:23
                                                               3:   55:04 2:11:27
                                                               4:   57:47 3:09:13
                                                               5:   35:38 3:44:50
                                                               6:   41:26 4:26:15
                                                               7:   53:21 5:19:36
                                                               8:   39:41 5:59:16 
    3    47 DAN AND BETH      INGRAM/ BALL AND     7 5:28:08   1:   46:17   46:17
                                                               2:   57:53 1:44:09
                                                               3:   37:21 2:21:30
                                                               4:   56:22 3:17:52
                                                               5:   37:13 3:55:04
                                                               6:   57:24 4:52:27
                                                               7:   35:41 5:28:08 
    4    75 MATT              JENKINS/COOK         7 5:58:26   1:   58:28   58:28
                                                               2:   47:00 1:45:28
                                                               3:   49:22 2:34:49
                                                               4:   52:36 3:27:25
                                                               5:   51:38 4:19:02
                                                               6:   48:54 5:07:56
                                                               7:   50:30 5:58:26 
    5   145 SARWAT PARTNER    KHATTAX              4 3:19:02   1:   46:48   46:48
                                                               2:   49:57 1:36:45
                                                               3:   46:48 2:23:33
                                                               4:   55:30 3:19:02
The team
Our number
The race starts on pavement and funnels into singletrack
The pit area
Passing through a checkpoint, lap #6, or 7? Or 8? Not sure at this point...
Amanda, on the fire road about to enter the singletrack
Crossing the finish line right before the 6 hour mark
Cooling down

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