Weekend Plans

OK - Saturday & Monday - Meet at the Plaza @ 7:30.

4 man teams are training Sunday. Will post Alberto & Colavita ride options as forwarded.

Eat well.

B Rider - Starbuck's Shuttle

B Riders -

No need to collapse a lung trying to maintain the insane pace of our stronger team members. You can still enjoy the FFF, without risking cardiac arrest.

After Labor Day, I will begin daily SAG service providing clean, comfortable transportation to Starbuck's in HP. Pick up will be 6:25 @ the Braeside Metra Station , and 6:40 at the crest of the Russian.

Please stay tuned for further information.

I'm On!

Great ride today. I felt like a Cat 5 racer in a Cat 3 crit trying to hang on to the paceline north.

Are we recovering tomorrow?

Tuesday Ride

I'm back! Did you miss me?

6:03 sunrise. Make sure your lights work.

Sunday Options

For Steve G - BT, AB and Steve are riding Alberto's - 8:00 start from the shop - I have no idea where or how far they are going.

Pablo and ?'s are riding Colavita - 7:30 - Deerfield Train Station - 50+ Cuba Miller with Extension.

See everyone out there!

Weekend Options - Casey Almond on Saturday??

Saturday - Casey Almond ----Meet at the Plaza @ 7:30 - Who is In??

Olympics 2008

Somewhat in the shadow of Michael Phelps' astounding successes in the pool there have been cycling events. Yesterday Kristin Armstrong smoke the Women's TT and collected a Gold Medal

Tuesday Night - St Mary's Incident

Sucks - Hope it's accurate and everyone's recovering quickly.

www.chicagobikeracing.com/index.php/site/post/another-st-marys-road-attack/

Thoughts on the Ride this Morning

Since when does the warm-up split into an A, B and C ride?

I guess I warm up faster at 25 MPH. Like a candle being lit by a flame-thrower.

Thanks to my coach for yelling at me to keep going long after my tank had emptied. I was gassed, passed and trashed. Let's do that again tomorrow!

Nice to have a big turn out this morning. Thanks for buying coffee, Eric (Erick? Erich?)

GGP Craig in the Sprint

I just liked the expression on their faces so I cropped the shot tighter. Best in the larger sizes.

Glencoe Grand Prix

I have pictures up from today's race. A small sample follows.

Here's AC sprinting at the end of the race:



BT looking fast:



AC giving up the pull for Marc Z.



BT chasing:

GLENCOE & MORE !!!

Congrats to those racing this weekend-

Jazz and Ken won their 2-Man TT by 2+ minutes shaving over 6 minutes off their last years time

John Sanchez won the Masters 30+ 4/5 with a powerful finishing sprint

Wayne Simon was part of the 3 man break in the 45+ race and rode away from the break and won
Craig Scott rode strong to place 8th in that fast paced race

Others racing strong today at Glencoe were John Ellman, Terry Burke Steve Greenwald and me

I am proud to say that at The IL Masters Track ChampionshipsI was part of the team that won the State 50+ 3 man Sprint I also got silver in the 2K TT

BT

BT Racing at the Track

2:50 for 2K TT. A 26.3 MPH average.

Saturday Ride Options

Jazz and AC discuss weekend plans...



Post your Saturday suggestions in the comments section.

Thursday AM Ride Report

For those of you slugs that slept in this am you missed a beautiful morning. It was only Adam and me heading south - just as I said "let's take it easy this am" Craig Scott passes by ... oh well.
He flipped to do some intervals when the Ken L went screaming by on his TT bike practicing for this weekend 2 man race. We were then joined by newbies - Rob (ridley) and Erick {sp?}(Cervelo) and had a nice pace back up to HP ...

Had coffee with AC, Ken, and Big John who joined AC some time during their intervals.

Come out tonight to the Northbrook Velodrome and watch BT kick some butt.

If possible post the Sat/Sun ride options so others can view.

Pablo

Wednesday Ride

Another beautiful morning...

Wednesday

Today's wrap up:
It didn't rain.
We rode.

Are we riding tomorrow?
Is it a day?

Tuesday Ride

Sunrise is 5:49 am. If it ain't raining, we're riding.

Monday AM Spin - Regular Time

Anyone who is interested in a Monday AM spin? Same time, same place just at a bit slower pace. Let me know who I should look for from the North or South.

Hope everyone had a good ride/race on Sunday.

Paul aka Pablo

Sunday Rides - Aug 3

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend. Some options for the rest of us include:

Alberto's - Double Miller Route (Bull Valley) & a short option too. Ride leaves from the shop promptly @ 8.

Colavita - West Loop - Leaves from the Deerfield Trains Station (Deerfield w. of Waukeegan) @ 7:30. I think a few WGAS riders may be on board.

With any luck you might find the routes in the Route Section on the lower left.

A Weekend Option Out West

For those of you who are looking for something different, you are all invited to join me, AB, and Frank for a 70 Mile Route from my house in BG out to Bull Valley and back on Saturday morning. This is a good ride on good roads with some nice hills. It is adapted from VCR's Bull Valley ride. We will be rolling from my house at 6:30 am. Details of the route are here:

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/il/buffalo%20grove/456149336

No rider will be left behind. Text me at 8474779616 if you are interested and need directions to my house.

CSW