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  Team Evergreen Racing Weekly News - Thursday March 6th, 2008

 
   Team News      (email contact Kevin Skruch)  
 

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

 
   Membership Info      (email contact René Pirolt)  
 

  • Team Store - the Team Store is closed.

  • Team Kits – The Team has a limited size inventory of these items. If you wish to order additional Team kits: race jerseys, bib or non-bib shorts and socks, 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.

  
   Off-season Training       ( email contact Mike McKenna)  
 

  • Mid Week Interval Training Ride - Wednesday training rides - We now have 2 rides to choose from. Daylight savings time begins this weekend so the time trial training ride will now start at 5pm instead of 3:30. We meet at 5pm at Rooney and Morrison and loop back and forth in Bear Creek park so you can show up late and still meet up with the group.  Contact Mike McKenna mikejavamck@yahoo.com home: 303 932-1958 cell: 303 847-6102 for more information.

  • Mid Week Hill Climb Training Rides - For those interested in hill climb training, we now offer a 5pm Wednesday afternoon ride at lookout mountain. This will be an informal spring start to the HC rides. We will be on the hill, so if you can not come until later, you will find us. These rides will be weather permitting and start Wednesday 3/12. If you have questions feel free to contact Brian France cbfrance1@yahoo.com. Check the TER website for last minute updates on any training rides.

  • 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.

  • Road Training Camp in San Diego – Bob Campbell has signed up for a training camp the week of Mar 31 - Apr 4th.  He would welcome some TER company. 
    Contact     Bob   Camp Details

  
   Road Racing / Training       ( email contact Robin Waterman)  
 

 

Organized Training Rides and Target Road Races, 2008

Mid-week training, every Wed evening

New time beginning Wed March 12, 5pm-6:30pm:
Interval training in Bear Creek Lake Park.
Meet at Morrison and Rooney Rd., ready to ride by 5:00pm.

April 2- July 23* (5:00- 6:30pm):
Hill Climb training on Lookout
*Note: Some riders will start riding lookout on Wed after daylight saving begins, watch the team email for updates. It is likely we will continue with these training rides into the Fall, if there is sufficient interest
 

Mid-week Races:

Wed April 2- May 14: Team members participate in Cherry Creek TT Series

Tues and/or Thursday, May/June/July: CSP Table Mountain Race Series
This is a points style crit series, a great races for people learning to race or getting in shape. See www.amerciancycling.org for flyer or contact Brian France.
 

Weekend training rides:

Now- March 29. Off-season route. Ride leader: Mike McKenna.
Meet at Morrison and Rooney Rd, ready to ride by 10:00 sharp.

April 5- July 12:
Hill Climbing training rides. Ride Leaders: Robin Waterman and Chris Porter
Unless otherwise noted, meet at Morrison and Rooney Roads. Start time and route will vary depending on the month and the weather conditions. (See weekly e-letter for info.)

Special TER training rides and routes:
*NOTE: See weekly TER e-letter for more details re: each of these events

Sunday, April 6: TER members will join the TE ride in order to encourage more TE members to join our team. Route will be announced through the weekly e-letter.

Sat., April 12: Century ride, starting at Morrison and Rooney Rd. Route: The usual Sat. route, adding in 25 miles toward Sedalia, and back then into and through Chatfield.

Sunday, May 4: TER members will join the TE ride in order to encourage more TE members to join the race team. Route will be announced through the weekly e-letter.

Sat., May 10: Carpool to Ft. Collins and ride the Ft. Collins Cycling Festival route. See weekly e-letter for more details.

June 28: Training ride on Mt. Evans race course.

Weekend training,: Non-TER organized events:

April 19. ACA Skills Clinic

May 17. The Annual Buena Vista Bike fest.

May 18. Santa Fe Century

July 12. Triple Bypass
 

Target Road races:

NOTE: We will actively promote participation in races with a star (*). There will be a designated person organizing participation and potentially a race-specific training ride. Other races listed are FYI as they may also be of interest to some.

April 12. Haystack Mountain Time trials. (www.gsboulder.com)

*April 26 Deer Trail Road Race. Point person: Mike McKenna

*May 3 Lookout Mountain Hill Climb. Point Person: Robin Waterman

May 17 Wheels of Thunder Classic. Point Person: Brian France

*May 24 Iron Horse Road Race. Point person: Randie Polodori

*June 8 Teva Games Vail Hill Climb. Point person: Will Allen

June 14: Winter Park Mt. Series, Up-hill TT: Point person: Will Allen

June 15. Mike Horgan Hill Climb. Point Person: Heath Baxa (www.boulderracing.com)

June 21. Ft. Collins Cycling Festival.

*July 19. Mt. Evans. No point person needed for this epic race!

*July 25-27. Salida Omnium TT, road race and crit. Point person: Chris Porter

 

 
   Physical Conditioning and Coaching       ( email contact David Newcomer)  
 

  • Wednesday Workout – Pyramid Intervals

This week’s interval workout is going to be a burner! This is one from Friel’s Training Bible.

You’ll need a watch or cyclometer with seconds on it as we’ll be building and then decreasing by 1 minute increments. A heart-rate monitor is helpful for this workout as well.

After a good 10 minute warm up with a couple short and intense efforts, we’ll start our first interval heading east on the ‘flat’ road going toward the dam within the park.

Intervals of 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 minutes long with recovery equal to the current interval duration. Cadence is very high (105+) and with a HR Zone 5 (90 – 100% of your max) as our target.

NOTE: If you want to use the hill for the shorter intervals, that’s fine. But the longer intervals will be best performed on flatter terrain to ensure that you can maintain a steady hard effort for the full duration.

Recover at lowest possible effort!!! You can circle back and ride slowly with the team here. Put zero effort into the riding during recovery. Make the intervals count.

Cool down for 10 minutes after the ride and take some time to stretch.

Happy Training, David

 

 
   Mountain Bike Racing      (email contact Ted Benning) 
 

  • ALL MOUNTAIN BIKE RACERS - I know there are still powder days ahead for you skiers, but we need to start thinking about summer race plans and schedules so we can begin soliciting commitments for MTB race teams for the 2008 Series at Winter Park and Mountain States Cup. Here are the schedules: (These are good to bookmark) Winter Park Series    Mountain States Cup.   Let's maintain our dominance at Winter Park and move up even higher at MSC! If you have any questions, please contact Ted Benning.

 
   Sponsorship      ( email contact Cynthia Ferrer)  
 

  • TT clip on bars and aero helmets - Easton, Giro, in conjunction with Green Mountain Sports can get our team a sweet deal on TT clip on bars and aero helmets.  All prices are out the door w/ sales tax.

    Easton AeroForce Mod TT clip on bars:

    Choice of 3 extensions:
    AeroForce Mod w/ AL S Bend Extension: Retail:$125 TER: $75
    AeroForce Mod w/ AL 55 degree extension: Retail $125 TER $75
    AeroForce Mod w/ CNT Carbon S Bend Extension: Retail: $250 TER $150
    More information

    Giro Advantage 2:
    All sizes and colors available: Retail: $161 TER: $120
    More information

    To take advantage of this offer, do the following:
    1. Email Rolo (rluarca@gmail.com) with the products you wish to purchase
    2. Mail a check for the total amount (note prices already include tax) to:
           Team Evergreen Racing
           13357 W Alameda Pkwy
           Lakewood, CO 80228
    3. Deadline is Thursday, March 13th at 5:00pm
    4. Expected delivery is March 31. Products when ready, will be at Green Mountain Sports for pickup    .

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

  
   Volunteer      ( email contact Chris Brockmeier)  
 
 

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