Team Evergreen Racing Weekly News - Thursday September 18th, 2008

• Welcome to the TER weekly news.  This email went out to all race team members (and friends) Thursday morning.  TER Photo Gallery

• It takes everyone - A team has to come together for success, and TER has done that by growing to a diverse group of 120 very successful racers. These include women, men, mountain bikers, ultra-distance marathoners, triathaletes, and cyclocross racers. Putting together an effective race team includes targeted races, expert coaching, racing strategy, ‘domestiques’, and leadership. Races don’t just succeed on their own and require volunteers, cheerleaders, creative input, and overall sponsorship before you can walk away with the trophy in your back pocket.

  TER wins WP again in 2008 - For the second year in a row, our TER-Black team won the Winter Park mountain bike series. The team points race was close up to the end with Team Chipotle and TER finally wining by just 16 points. The TER-Purple and TER-White teams also finished in the top 20, capturing 13th and 18th respectively. Thanks to every one of our sponsors, we couldn’t do it without you! Results at www.epicsingletrack.com

  For the WP series, we had many individual podium successes:
  Ted Benning - 3rd Expert Men 45-49
  Coreen Wright - 1st Expert Women 40-49
  Bob Campbell - 1st Sport Men 50-59
  Makey Towne - 3rd Sport Men 50-59
  Peter Rockwood - 2nd Sport Men 60+
  Cory Kramer - 2nd Beginner Men 50+
  Nigel Thompson - 1st Clydesdale Men

  Previous cross-country 24-hour racer Makey Towne, lead the WP Downhill on July 20th for TER-Purple in just over 22 minutes securing him podium win for the 50-55 age group. No white knuckles here, what’s the difference between disc or rim brakes anyway?

  Coreen Wright found her way into VeloNews with a photo caption. She then came back after the points race post-series for the 9/14 WP Super Downhill taking a personal 2nd for the team. Particular thanks to Frankie Benning for covering the WP series photography and posting all her photos to the TER team site at terracing.smugmug.com.

  The Leadman commeth - It seems our originating TER leader Chris Harry and high altitude Ben Sokolski have added distance running to their repertoire. Chris and Ben got the Silver Rush "Silver King" award for a new classification given to those who completed both the Silver Rush 50 mile MTB race and then 50 mile run…the next day!

  Chris also has the distinction of officially finishing the 2008 Leadville Leadman Series. The series consists of a 26.2 mile trail run, the 50 mile Silver Rush MTB race, the 100 mile MTB race, a 10K run, and finally the 100 mile trail run just a week after the 100 mile MTB race. On an interesting note, he is the first person in the series history to complete all the Leadman races, and the new 50 mile Silver Rush Trail run which was held the day after the 50 mile MTB race. ...And who said cyclists can't run!

  InterBike - Team Evergreen Racing is attending www.InterBike.com in Las Vegas in September so we will have updates from our sponsors, photos, and stories about the event. The outdoor demo-day kicks off with a gentle road ride to Lake Meade. Last year it was lead by Stuart O’Grady so fortunately there were no finish sprint challenges despite Mario Cipolini being in town. Special thanks to Corky at Green Mountain Sports for his team sponsorship and support through Giant.

  We will be there first hand to review new products, cover the event, and spend some much appreciated time with our very generous sponsors:

  Canyon Cycles, Crank Bros, Defeet, Ergon Components, Green Mountain Sports, Kenda USA, Maxxis, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Rudy Project, Tommy Knocker, ROL Wheels, Koobi Saddles, DT Swiss, Giant and Cyclo-Core

  Thank you to fellow Team Evergreen members Rolo, Ted, and Chris that submitted updates. Photo downloads from Frankie and Jon are available for free at TERracing.smugmug.com and please continue to forward any news snippets or photos to JonFarinholt@Yahoo.com.

• Free 2009 WP series entry winner - Congrats to Ben Sokolski.

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

• Team Evergreen Racing clothing -  Team Store items arrived and were shipped to members on August 27, 2008. If you have any questions regarding kits or team clothing, please contact Cory Kramer.

• Races: The goal is to do well as a team at the best cyclocross rider/ team (BCR/BCT) events. These races are listed on the ACA website. The BCR/BCT races in September and October are:

  9/21 Green Mountain Sports Cross #1 Denver (sponsor race!) New Location!

  9/27 Boulder CX Series at Interlocken, east of the Flatirons Mall

  9/29 Schawb Boss of Cross Series #1

  10/4 and 10/5 Frisco CX

• Clinic: I have received a couple of requests for another clinic because people missed that last one. If I get 5 people to RSVP with interest for another clinic, we will meet on a Weekday evening (likely beginning of the week, Monday or Tuesday). Contact Brian France if interested.

• Training:

  Fine-tuning: After each race, sit back and go over the race in your head. Where did you have problems? Where were you strong? Did you miss a turn? Bobble a dismount? These are areas to practice and improve for the next race.

  Contact: Contact  Brian France with any questions or suggestions.

• Weekend training:

  Saturday: rides will be "show and go". This means that everyone should feel free to show up at Morrison and Rooney Rds, ready to ride by 9 am. Whoever is there can choose the route.

  Sundays: There is a ride organized by the Team Evergreen Club. All TER racers should consider joining in on these rides, as their training and racing schedule permits. Route and start times are listed on the TE website.

• Boulder training ride - "Sunday Morning Fruit Loops" - Leaving from Downtown Boulder at the corner of 18th and Pearl Street in front of Full Cycle Bikes, we will head North on HWY 36 to Lyons, do a little scenic loop in Lyons, then head East for another loop of some farmland, and head back into boulder on N 75th Street. Total Distance is about 50 miles. Information?  Contact Jimmy Walter

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

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