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  Team Evergreen Racing Weekly News - Thursday March 27th, 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.

  • TER is Open for new members - This email was sent to all current team members, as well as all active members of the Team Evergreen Bicycle Club email list that have selected "NewsRace" in their preferences.  If you want to change your preferences so that you don't receive this email each week, please click the link at the bottom of this email that says "preferences" and make the appropriate adjustments.

 
   Membership Info      (email contact René Pirolt)  
 

  • Membership - If you are interested in learning more about the race team, please contact René.

  • Team Clothing - the team kits were distributed at the Morrison Saturday training ride location this past weekend. All remaining kits were bagged, labeled and boxed and taken to Green Mountain Sports. If you did not pay for shipping or pickup your kit by other means, it is waiting for you there!
    Please try it on as soon as you get it to check the fit. If it is just not going to work for you, please do not ride in it to 'check it out'...contact me via email and let me know what you need and I will try to see if we can get you the correct fit - and we can swap the items. We are low on some items, and have NO womens shorts - (unless I get some trade ins) - we do have 2 Large womens bib shorts. We are currently working on a reorder of womens shorts and other items we are somewhat low on. If you want to order additional items, please contact me first, so I can let you know if I have it in stock, before sending the order to Rene. We have plenty of Mens medium jerseys!

    It appears that our Team Store items might arrive early. I have just received notice that a ship date has been set, but they didn't say what the date is. Hopefully, it might ship this week.

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

  
   Mid-Week Training       ( email contact Mike McKenna)  
 

  • Mid-week Interval Training Ride - Wednesday interval training, 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 - Wednesday hill climb training, 5pm 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 are be weather permitting. 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.

 
   Off-season Training       ( email contact Mike McKenna)  
 

  • Saturday Training ride - START TIME 10:00 AM. Gather at C-470 and Rooney Rd. (across from the Conoco). Please arrive early enough to be ready to ride at 10:00 sharp, ~50 miles, a little over 3 hours.

 
   Road Racing / Training       ( email contact Robin Waterman)  
 

  • Cherry Creek Time Trial Packet Pickup - at Green Mountain Sports (w/ Aerodynamic Seminar).
    Cherry Creek TT racers, you can pick up your rack packet at GMS on April 3 5-7pm.  Additionally, Robbie Ketchell from Colorado Premier Training Wind Tunnel will be giving a aerodynamics seminar from 6:00-6:30p.
    Robby is a Senior coach, biomechanist, and aerodynamics performance analyst with CPT, and manages the Biomechanics and Aerodynamics lab at the CPT Wind Tunnel in Fort Collins, CO USA.
    Years of racing, training, and traveling with some of the world's most successful cyclists gives Robby the experience and character to lead motivated athletes to athletic achievement. Just some of the athletes Robby has worked with include Dave Zabriskie, David Millar, Tom Danielson, Chris Baldwin, Christian VandeVelde, Magnus Backstedt, Nathan O'Neill, Marisa Asplund-Owens, Dotsie Bausch, Katie Mactier, Tom Peterson and Maartjin Maaskant.  More information
     

  • 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   Click Here

 

 
   Physical Conditioning and Coaching       ( email contact David Newcomer)  
 

  • Wednesday Workout – CTS Zone of Discomfort

Here's the workout we did yesterday. The idea is to get right to the
LT for the intervals and recover just long enough to do it again.
The pace you're aiming for is just about TT pace. By the time you get
to the series of 4 minute intervals, the recovery passes surprisingly
fast. By the time you hit the last one though, it feels pretty good.

10m warm-up
 1m fast pedal (med/high ~ 115 rpms)
 1m recovery
 1m fast pedal (med/high ~ 115 rpms)
 1m recovery

10m temp (med/high intensity at 70 rpms) 2m recovery

 4m steady state (med/high ~ 85-90 rpms) 2m recovery 4m steady state
 (med/high ~ 85-90 rpms) 1m recovery 4m steady state (med/high ~ 85-90
 rpms) 1m recovery 4m steady state (med/high ~ 85-90 rpms)

10m cool down.

 

Happy Training, David

 

 
   Mountain Bike Racing      (email contact Ted Benning) 
 

  • THE BURN - Mother Nature got the best of the Burn Last year, but it's back in 08. It's schedule for May 31st. Registration is limited to the first 250 racers and there are no DAY of REGISTRATIONS this year. So, lock down your spot, load up the carbs, and unleash the speed in the Burn!   CLICK HERE 

  • ALL MOUNTAIN BIKE RACERS - I know there is still some spring riding 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)  
 

  • DT Swiss pro deal - is now open, and pretty much all their products are available to TER. The order deadline is Thursday, April 17th at 5pm. Contact Rolo for pricing, availability, and more information.

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

 
   Training Opps for New Racers      ( email contact Cynthia Ferrer)  
 

  • Cynthia Ferrer, Team Evergreen Racing member, is coordinating (in conjunction with the BMA - Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance) Tuesday night girls only rides in the Boulder area. These rides are open to all levels and are "no drop" rides that incorporate ride leaders and sweepers.

    We have everyone from first time beginners to expert racers that come to our rides. If you are interested in riding with and meeting women that ride - come on out.  http://www.boa-mtb.org     http://tuesdayrides.blogspot.com .

 
   Volunteer      ( email contact Chris Brockmeier)  
 
 

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

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