Team Evergreen Racing Weekly News - Thursday March 13th, 2008

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

• Team Clothing - the TER kits are on the way. Expect them to be available before the end of the month. Distribution will be by one of 3 ways: 1) Pickup at Morrison on Saturday training ride - the specific date will be announced. 2) Shipped to you - If you paid the extra $10 for shipping, your clothing will be shipped to you. 3) Pickup at Green Mountain Sports - note, you must email Cory Kramer with your request that you want to pickup your clothing at GMS. No exceptions. If I don't know you want to pickup there, the clothing won't get there! Please let me know your name (not email address) and what you expect to receive.

  Team Store Clothing - unfortunately this is an entirely separate order as far as Pactimo is concerned, and I am advised that it will not be shipped until April 14. This will also be available at GMS or at the Training ride. We did not charge extra for shipping since there was no way that we could do this thru the Team Store process, so if you do want this shipped you will have to make arrangements with me on this.

• Extra 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, P.O. Box 3804, Evergreen, CO 80437).

 If you have any questions regarding clothing, please contact Cory Kramer.

• 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

• Ironhorse Race - get ready now! - TER is organizing team participation in the Ironhorse Classic Race. The HC race is Saturday, May 24, and this year there is also a crit on Sunday and a TT on Monday. But you need to sign up soon, as some categories are already filling up.

  Randie Polidori is organizing housing and carpooling, as well as a shared meal on Saturday night, so please also email Randie if you are interested in sharing a condo with team members, or having her help reserve a hotel room. Rooms in Durango also go fast for the weekend of the race. Additionally, Randie is also willing to help us organize carpooling to and from the event. Please contact Randie  if you would like her to find you a room or help arrange carpooling.

  TER participation in Team TT races.

  There are two races coming up that offer a Team TT event. This involves 4 team members riding together in a paceline, where at least 2 riders need to cross the finish line in order to qualify for a place.

  The two races are the Haystack TT on April 12, and the Rabbit Mt TT on Sunday May, 4.

  Please contact Michael Raber ASAP if you are interested in participating in either of these events as we need to register as a team.

Organized Training Rides and Target Road Races, 2008

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• New Sponsor - Velocomp, makers of the iBike Power MetersVelocomp, makers of the iBike Power Meter, has agreed to sponsor Team Evergreen Racing. Pricing is as follows:

  iBike Pro Wireless with Heart Rate: Retail (w/tax): $751 TER (w/tax): $550

  For 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 20th at 5:00pm

   4. Expected delivery is April 4th. 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.

   

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

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