Crew News December 27, 2007

 

Hello Crew!!

I left Denver yesterday and I arrived back in Indianapolis last night. I will remain here in Indy visiting my Son until the 7th of January. I will also get to ride and train with our team and club friend, Bob Brooks.

My trip to Colorado was simply magnificent. It was one of the best Holiday Seasons I've ever had. Deb and her family opened their home to me for Christmas and it was a wonderful time. The weather while I was in Colorado Springs did not co-operate very well and it was icy and snowy much of the time. Deb and I did get to ride nearly one hundred miles though.  And that was good as usual. Besides riding a little bit, we did some hiking in the Rockies. Wow. We drove over to Cripple Creek one day to visit an old gold mining town. We cooked a Christmas turkey and spent a lot of time with Deb's wonderful kids.

Even though I did not train as much as I had hoped, I spent three weeks above 6,500 feet elevation and ventured as high as 10,500. Back here in Indiana at an elevation of 700 feet, my body feels strong!

NEW BUSINESS

RACES
Several 2008 bike races have been published!  There will be many more, but here are some of the early listings to get you motivated to train!!!

http://indianabikeracing.homestead.com/index.html
http://www.bengasports.com/
http://www.tbra.org/raceschedule.php

The series that contains our March Race (The Somerset Short Creek Challenge) has not yet been published, but when it does, I assume thatit will be published here:

http://www.kyanaseries.com/

There will be many many more races added to the public domain as the year progresses.

BIKE RACING LICSENSE
It is now time for everybody to purchase a 2008 USA Cycling Racing License. You my take care of this at USA Cycling's web page.

http://www.usacycling.org/

This is and has been for many years, the USA Cycling Olympic Sanctioning body. It is important for anybody who is going to race with us next year to purchase a license.

WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR LICSENSE, please attach yourself to Cumberland Cycles Bike Club as affiliation.