Team Evergreen Racing Weekly News - Thursday February 7th, 2008

• Welcome to the TER weekly news.  This email news goes out to all team members early Thursday mornings.

• Team Clothing – The Team Store will remain OPEN until midnight on Sunday, Feb. 10. So, you still have time to order items. We need more interest in ALL items (except cycling caps) to meet the Pactimo 5 item minimum required for production. Be advised that we probably will not have another Team Store open this year. This is your only chance to order long sleeve jerseys, jackets, vests, skinsuits, warmers and booties. Please get your order in ASAP. The Team Store will close on Sunday, and you will not be able to order items after that date.

  We have decided for various reasons to eliminate the 'Yellow Jerseys' from the Team Store. If you ordered one of these, you will receive a full refund from Pactimo. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns about this item.

  Ladies, as a result of members requests, we are offering the women's Ascent short. You can only get this from the Team Store right now. We have had an underwhelming response for this item, and may not make the 5 minimum in order to have it produced - in that case no one will get them - they will not be made. So please, if you were considering an upgrade to a better fitting short, please take a look at the Ascent short and order some.

  We have had some feedback that certain members have not been able to access the Team Store as a result of the 'confirm' email being blocked by spam or junk mail filters. Please email Cory Kramer if you have had this problem. We can get your account approved through the 'back door' by the Pactimo representative. Don't give up on the Team Store! We need you to complete your order!   Contact: Cory Kramer.

• Kit – If you wish to order additional items not offered through the Team Store, such as team kits, jerseys, socks, bib or non-bib shorts, please fill out the additional order form (Page 4 of the TER 2008 Application) and mail it along with a check to Team Evergreen Racing (C/O Team Evergreen Racing, P.O. Box 3804, Evergreen, CO 80437) Make checks payable to: Team Evergreen Bicycle Club. If you have any questions regarding clothing, please contact Cory Kramer.

• Saturday Training ride - START TIME 10:00 AM. Gather at C-470 and Rooney Rd. Please arrive early enough to be ready to ride at 10:00 sharp.

• New Mid Week Training Ride - Starting next Wednesday February 13th, TER will be offering a mid week training ride to focus on time trial preparation. From the regular Saturday meeting place at C-470 and Rooney Rd, the ride will begin at 3:30 PM and continue until it gets dark. We will be doing laps in Bear Creek Lake State Park between the dam and the campground at the South end of the park. Those who can't make the start time can easily find the group and join in at a later time. There are approximately 20 TER members signed up for the Cherry Creek Time Trial races so we will concentrate on training for this event series. Once the CCTT races start on April 2nd, this training ride will end and the TER Wednesday night hill climb ride will start.

  Contact Mike McKenna mikejavamck@yahoo.com home: 303 932-1958 cell: 303 847-6102 for more information.

  Check the TER website for last minute updates on any training rides.

• Early Season Intervals

Many of us are approaching the mid-way point in our base miles by now (no worries if you’re not there yet – you’ve got some time, but start now!). It’s a good time to incorporate some early season intervals and drills into our training now.

By ‘early season’ I mean that you’re going to keep things fairly controlled. The effort should not be punishing and you should be able to recover rapidly between. Set a limit (HR, speed, or power) that you will not exceed in the interval. Start the set slowly allowing an increase in intensity with each repetition. If you start to suffer during one of the intervals, make it your last and account for that during your next interval training session (i.e. start a bit slower). Keep it moderate for now. On a scale of 1 to 10, make it a 7.

It’s going to feel pretty good and the temptation will be to take on more. Don’t worry. You’ll get a chance to go hard soon enough.

Depending on your total training hours, you can take on one or two sessions each week.

In addition to fighting the doldrums of the trainer and long slow rides, some intervals and occasional speed work in the base-period can help considerably. Don’t get carried away, though. It’s easy to go too hard right now and burn out before the season gets going. Remember, the emphasis is still base miles.

Happy Training, David
 

• Sponsorship survey - please take this 30 second survey to let us know your interest in our sponsorship offerings.

• Accelerade - Take advantage of this TER deal on their products.

• Crank Bros - has signed on to continue sponsorship of Team Evergreen Racing for 2008.

• Polar - has signed on to sponsor Team Evergreen Racing for 2008.

• Cyfi - Wireless speaker and wireless iPod control for your bike. TER is proud to present another cool sponsor, Cyfi! Terms of the sponsorship are not finalized yet, but TER and Cyfi would like to get an approximate interest level. Please indicate in the survey above, whether you'd be interested in this product. Order date will be in April and products will ship in May.  For more information, see www.mycyfi.com

• Kenda Tires -  Kenda has agreed to sponsor our race team. The team as a whole can place one order this year, so we'll open the order in the May time frame. Prices are approximately 50% off of retail.

 If you have news to add for next weeks blast email send it to news@teamevergreenracing.com

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