Crew News

Hello Crew!~

It seems that we've survived the recent cold snap!  Tonight's ride at Barnsburg was fat and fast as usual!  Since I am nearly up to 5,000 miles in this training/racing year, I have been concentrating on raising the pace in our recent club rides. I thought it would have an effect, but it seems that EVERYBODY IS GETTING VERY STRONG!  The average pace of our team rides is going right on up our rides have gotten more like race-simulation training!  I really didn't think everybody would get so strong so fast!  The Crew has at last a dozen guys that can stay within a few seconds of our fastest pace.  Just at the point I thought I would raise the pace, everybody else matched it!  I am so pleased!

While the team rides at Barnsburg have been well populated, the moderate, Yellow Tail ride has had some nice rides as well, although not with the same numbers as the team rides. We'd like to get more folks out to ride with our 5:30 Crew.  Our moderate rides at Barnsburg are important to our club. First of all, It is a place for folks to learn about cycling. After that, it is a ride on which all of us could take the time to enjoy the scenery and nature and actually recovery our minds, spirits and bodies (which is exactly why most people ride bikes in the first place!) 

RECENT RACES
The Road Racers all went to Chattanooga last Sunday and participated in the largest race so far this year.  Raccoon Mountain Road Race.  JT, Brad Herman and Adam Bourne all went down to race in the brutal event!  It was very cold, raining and snowing, and windy.  Add to this the terrain, and you have a recipe for suffering!  JT did better than he thought he would in the race, and even though he was dropped on the mountain poprtion of the race, he was able to work with two Honda riders and chased down the pack. JT ended up not finishing due to getting too cold, but he was pleased with his effort. Brad used the event as training and was pleased with his participation and his effort as well. Adam obtained his highest finish to date this year with 4th place in the CAT V 30+ race!  Since this was a Division I points level race, we look forward to seeing Adams USA Cycling Ranking after the results are official.

Jeff Parmelee and David Zwick competed in the Team Magic PowerMan Duathlon last Sunday and both of them did well. Jeff placed 20th in his field and Dave placed 3rd!!  Our

UP AND COMING RACING

Versailles Triathlon - Saturday, April 21
All of our multi-sport athletes are going to be competing at the Falling Heart and Sole Triathlon this Saturday, April 21 in Versailles, Kentucky. We want to wish this great luck in this event and we look forward to awarding club points to all of those who participate!  If you are in the Versailles area, please consider going out to support our Multi-sport athletes. Here is the race info:  http://www.trifind.com/ky.html

Lexington Circuit Race, Saturday, April 21
The last race of the Kentucky/Indiana Spring Series is this Saturday in Lexington!  This will provide a great opportunity for our friends and family's to dive up and watch a bike race!  It is a circuit race and it will be held on a 1.9 mile circuit... So spectators will get the chance to actually watch each race as it unfolds. All of our road cyclists are planning to attend this event, and we genuinely hope that we can get some area supporters to come up and support us!  It will be an entire day of racing, as each category takes the course for a 45 minute slug fest!  The race information may be found here:  Lexington Spring Circuit Race

EDGAR SOTO MEMORIAL STAGE RACE
Our largest bicycle race of the year is approaching very soon. It will be held down in Nashville over Memorial Day Weekend. Four days of racing!  Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race   My Dad and stepmother (Wally and Marry) have offered to host our team at thier home over this weekend. This would include a couple of great evening meals and possible overnight acomadations for 2 or 3 riders. Wally and Marry have been long supports of cyclists and have provided food and shelter for starving cyclists for many years. Over the years, they have had many world class riders stay with them, including Lance (when he was a junior rider).

Start making plans now for Edgar Soto!


TOURS
We have several tours coming up soon, the largest of which is down in Chattanooga.  3-State 3-Mountain

BARNSBURG TIME TRAIL
May 13 @ 2 PM - more details later.

CUMBERLAND CYCLES
Loyalty to our club and our team and our shop comes in variety of ways.  First, we ride with our club and our team. We support each other emotionally and physically whenever we can. Beyond that, we purchase all of our cycling needs from oursponsoring shop.  In this case, Cumberland Cycles. When we buy our gear from our local shop, we are, in effect, supporting each other.  We cannot have a cycling club or team in Somerset without a strong cycling shop.