Wednesday, June 24/Kaiser

Riding from c/w @ 7am...easier week for most all - ride expected to be 3-3.5 hours...some may go longer...

Reminder - Climb to Kaiser is Saturday, June 27...
Updated info: the ride leaves promptly @ 5:30am from Alta Sierra Junior HS on Teague, between Peach and Minnewawa in Clovis...For those team members planning on riding all/or a portion of C2K, Brian has a few wristbands available for food/drink at the various rest stops...The plan is to meet as a group @ the start/finish line @ 5:15am

Saturday, June 20

Meeting @ c/w @ 7am to do 4-5 hrs...route tbd, but the suggestion has been made of either Alder or Tollhouse...

Also C2K is next Saturday, 6/27...as with last year, Sierra Pacific Racing has been asked to lead the ride out of town...I believe start time is 5:30 am from Clovis High School...Rumor has it that Brandon Franklin will be trying for a sub 8.5 hr time

Wednesday, 6/17

We will leave c/w @ 7am - plan is to do Alder Springs - down Tollhouse and home...

Saturday Ride, 6/13

Leaving c/w @ 7am - route tbd, but it won't be 136 miles in 8.5 hrs :)

Wednesday Ride, 6/10

Great job to Joel - one man wrecking crew this past weekend...cool pics...We are leaving c/w @ 7am tomorrow and doing powerhouse loop, or tollhouse down alder, whichever is most appealing...the ride is easy, but steady

BTW: congrats to Vince Owens - finishing 21st at Mt Hood stage race!!
(The bad news is they paid to 20th)

2 Wheel Crit

For the 35+ race it was me, Tim, and Stephen.  It was a small field, but the new course is great.  Hopefully we'll get a fuller field on that course next year.  

The course undulates, has some twists, wind.  The finish especially finishes with a tailwind and a chicane but its so fast it's safe.

I attacked a couple of times, but was covered then Tim went with four others, Brian Peterson, Bill from Lombardi.  They dropped the Zenn rider and the four man break stuck.  With five to go I got away and tried to bridge over or at least put some pressure on but didn't get close enough for them to see me.  Fonseca joined me with two or three to go.  Tim finished 4th, and I was 6th.  Stephen did some great covering work, but flatted near the finish.

In the p1/2 we had a bit more of a field.  For 15 minutes, there were a bunch of attacks, mostly involving Lombardi who had four or five riders, but they were all brought back.

Then, with an hour left I got away and was joined by Rand (Webcor) and a Clifbar rider.  Chris from Lombardi was with us, but got dropped drinking water!  For the next hour the three of us got a big gap.  It got very painful by the end, but we stayed away pretty comfortably.

Rand attacked last lap and I didn't have much left, coming in 2nd.  Rand did the bulk of the work, so....

Good race, hopefully better fields next year.

2 Wheel Criterium

Sunday, June 7, 2009