On any given Tuesday, Thursday, or Sunday you may see the large group of mountain bikers standing eagerly, roughly in a circle. This group is the Cloquet-

Esko-Carlton mountain biking team, and they are itching to get riding on the trails to continue their training for the upcoming races scattered across Minnesota and Wisconsin.

There is a significant age range, with the youngest riders in sixth grade and the oldest preparing to start their senior year of high school.

The CEC mountain biking team has been riding local trails three days a week since early July in preparation for the upcomin...