Thursday, March 29, 2007

March 29

Hello Crew!~

Well our club's multisport athletes are really pouring it on strong!!!!!!!  Jeff Parmelee and Dave Zwick participated in the Hammer Duathalon on March 24 in Lenoir City Tennessee and they did VERY WELL!  Jeff placed 3rd in his division and Dave won first place in his!  Here is a link to the results of this race: http://www.racedayevents.net/hammer   CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVE AND JEFF! 

Dave and Jeff both received many Cumberland Cycles Club points for their finishes:  Dave is now tied with JT for first place and Jeff is tied with Adam Bourne for Second Place - Remember - the winner of the club points at the end of the racing year receives a $300 gift certificate at Cumberland Cycles! 

CLUB STANDINGS

Speaking of our multisport altheletes - Dave Stwart and DR Swanner have been coming out to the team rides at Barnsburg the last couple weeks and man these guys are getting tough!  Remember - not only can they ride with our core bicycle road racing crew - they also run and swimm!

Cumberland Cycles is proud of our multisport altheletes!~  Maybe Marc down at Cumberland Cycles can order some Cumberland Cycles multisport clothing?

RECENT RIDES AND RACES
The road crew did not race last weekend but we had some nice rides!  Sunday saw Jack - Adam - Harvey and Brad ride 60 miles to London.  This was a fast and hot ride!  Tuesdays and Thursdays Yellow Tail ride has had some set backs with injuries and illness but it has still been leaving Barnsburg every Tuesday and Thursday.  Jamie Brum seems to be organizing that ride.  Please come on out and join our Yellow Tail group ride every Tuesday and Thursday at 530 weather permitting -

The team ride on tuesdays and thursdays has been fast! We have generally had 8 to 12 riders show up and participate in our team rides and let me tell you folks - EVERYBODY IS GETTING FIT!  Wow!!!!!  I am so encouraged for our team!

ROAD RACING will resume for our road crew on April 7 in one of two races:  Ether the Fallen Heroes Circuit Race in Louisville or the McCormics Creek Road Race near Bloomington Indiana.

The road crew will be going to Chattanooga on April 15 for the Raccoon Mountain Road Race. This is a Division I TBRA Points Race! 

See our Team Blog for race flyers and future events!:  http://journals.aol.com/moonsovrbend/cumberland-cycles-crew-racing-te/

CLUB TIME TRIAL
I think everybody knows that we are having our 2nd TT of the year at Barnsburg on Sunday at 2 PM.  Please come out to participate - watch or even help!  The first four people who show up at Barnsburg Church to help out will receive a free movie pass at Somerset Cinemas!  REMEMBER:  You don't have to be a competitor to post a time in this event!  You may use the information for your own benefit and upon request - we will not post your result online.  We plan to hold this event about once a month from now until October so you can use it to monitor your fitness!

This is an 8 mile event - four miles out four miles back and it is timed - one rider leaves the start/finish every minute.  If you plan to participate - please report to the start/finish line at the junction of Barnsburg Road and KYHW 80 one mile west of Barnsburg Church sometime before 2 PM.  The first rider will leave the line very near 2 PM so everybody needs to be checked in by that time.

CUMBERLAND CYCLES TIME TRIAL TEAM
The Monrovia Time Trial Series (Indiana) allows four-person time trial teams to post 40K times!  We are planing to post a four-man 40K time sometime during this series (This summer).  If you are interested - please let us know.  We have enough strong riders to compose two seperate teams!  But since this series is a mid-week event and not many of our club riders can simply take a day off from work to drive up to Indiana - we will compose a main team with 4 alternates.  But we need to drill drill and drill!  So we need to get started right away.  There are 15 events from now until September 8 and we may post our time at any one (or more) of these events.  Our team goal for this year will not be to compete with other teams but to complete the course (25 miles) in under one hour

CUMBERLAND CYCLES News from the Shop
Remember- Marc is taking orders for 2007 CCC Jerseys for use NOW. Let Marc know if you need a new Cumberland Cycles Jersey! 

Winter clothing down at the shop is on sale for about another week so get on down there and stock up for the 07/08 cold weather training season!  (We are planning on starting on 2008 club base training November 1 - 2007)  It is not too early to begin thinking about next winter and spring!

Our club will be updating our uniforms for the 2008 racing season.  This may include multisport clothing i think.  We are planing to have a uniform meeting some time this summer or early fall - Stay tuned and plan to come out and offer up your ideas!

Also - we are looking for sponsors for the 2008 racing season - Keep this in mind! A general sponsorship will be $500 and at this level - our 2008 uniforms will include the sponsors logo.There will be other levels of sponsership - less than and greater than $500.  Please contact Marc Travis for more information -

Finally - in terms of riders - remember now is the time to start recruiting for 2008!  We need riders of any level and any age to begin laying down foundations now!  Please spread the word that plan to have a very active and powerful team next year!!!!  Who knows - the next Lance Armstrong may be right here in our community!  Why not?  It's a matter of "kid meets bike" - Always -
 
The goal of our club and team and shop is to foster and focus current and future cycling talent!   (Philosophically speaking - would you have ever heard of Lance Armstrong if he'd never gotten on a bike as a kid?)  - Our shop and our club could be (could be) far more important than anyone currently realizes!  Who knows what could happen! 

LOOSE ENDS
We have so many new riders - I have been asked to pass along something I did not actually know.  Our club is welcome to park at the Barnsburg Church for our rides but the church requests that we park in the lower parking lot. 

ALWAYS
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