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

Weekend Options

It is almost upon us. Rides ----------Saturday, Sunday----who's in??

The Wobbly Wocket rides again
He pedals his bike with a smooth spin

As the 'ton rolls on mightily North
He calls out a hole and rocks back and forth

The rider behind him yells for calm to all
'Cause the Wobbly Wocket does not fall

Ride on ride on Wobbly Wocket man
We'll ride with you as long as we can

Thanks for Waiting

New Rule: If the group slows for you once for a mechanical (say a dropped light, for example), don't expect us to wait for you to catch up if you later, say, go fully anaerobic in sprint to the top of the Russian hill (missed it by that much). Not that this actually happened to me this morning. This is purely a hypothetical to illustrate a larger point.

Right.

Work Friendly

I recommend we keep the site work friendly. Having said that, who's weekend plans include the posted picture?

AB

Sunday Ride Photo

A beautiful day for a ride...