SORBA Chattanooga race directory Michael Long has been named director of mountain bike racing for the Tennessee Bicycle Racing Association, where he will help coordinate mountain bike competitions statewide.
After successfully setting up the Chattanooga area’s first mountain bike race series, Michael Long is taking his skills statewide.
Long, who helped develop and run the four-race series for the Chattanooga chapter of the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association, has been named the new mountain bike race director for the Tennessee Bicycle Racing Association, where he will work with race organizers statewide and USA Cycling officials to promote mountain bike racing throughout the state.
Long said that his friend Michael Edens from Nashville, who had previously held this role at TBRA, asked Long to consider bringing his experience to the statewide organization.
“After a couple of days of deliberation and looking at my schedule, I decided to give it a go,” Long said. “It’s basically another way to further my personal goal of improving mountain bike racing in Tennessee, and eventually in the Southeast.
“I don’t see this as just a state-only thing; I see this as a way to improve mountain bike racing in the Southeast.”