Balzac 20km TT. 'The Refrigerator 20'

Well it was a super cold brutal day for the racers.

Competing for Speed Theory Cycling today were:
Alex Shaw 30:37
Rob Wooley 37:25
Mike Healy 35:46
and newcomers:
Kirk Draper 30:59
Carl Miiller 34:13

I volunteered as a starter, which was fun. I got to scream at everyone as they were beginning their 30mins of pain.

Hopefully we can have a bigger turn out at some of the later races.

Other notables in the race were:
Steve German (TRS) 29:08
James Tallian (Crankmasters) 30:14
Kyle Marcotte (TRS) 28:25
Kirk Loberg (Campione) 31:47
Frank Woolstencroft (TRS) 30:18
Jared Green (TRS) 28:29

Results found here

Notable absentee today was Paul Anderson, who is settling into married life perfectly.

Trev

Hot burger

While not cycling related, the editorial on eating this burger is quite entertaining. Read the bottom part after the pictures as well. Gave me the lift I needed to get out of my weather funk.

http://www.supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php?story=20070308-Cranky_Worlds_Hottest_Burger

Matt

Will likely be stuck in Lacombe for a few weeks

There's a great probability one of the unions from work will be going on strike. As far as I know, I can be send to Lacombe/Red Deer area as early as Sunday/Monday for strike duty.

Anyone know of any good 50Km/1.5 hr routes or 100+Km routes around Lacombe/Red Deer? I would be bored outta my skull if I just sit in the hotel.

Bonjour mes amie

Nice to meet everyone last Sunday, thanks for the ride to 22X. I was utterly lost within 5 minutes after leaving Talisman, but luckily made it home with James and his new horse-resistant van. I look forward to more rides together and a great season. Couple of things to mention:
1) I will be away for May (my wife and I are in France on holiday, woohoo)

2) and I work at foothills hospital and do a fair bit of on-call work which means the more notice for rides the better as I can sometimes swap call with my colleagues.

Thanks for making me feel welcome and see you in Balzac if its not snowing too hard.
http://weather.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-52_metric_e.html

Balzac 20km TT on April 22nd.

Our next race is this weekend at Balzac. For directions to the race start, please see the Cranky's website.

If you would like to ride out there with Alex and I, meet at my place at 9:45am. It is a fairly short ride, so that will give us plenty of time to get there and sign up and still take it easy on the way out.

I live at 124 Royal Oak Gardens NW. Here is a link to a map of the place. There is lots of visitor parking on the west side of the ghetto.

Please comment here if you are going to come, so we know to wait for you if you are a little delayed.

Trev

Indus TT today. RESULTS NOW UP

Well, there was a huge turn out for the first TT race of the year today. 56 riders took the 20km TT and wrestled it until the finish. The day was cross-windy with several gusts and temperatures around 7degrees.

Of the SpeedTheorists were:
Paul Anderson: 31:42
Alex Shaw: 30:17
Peter Lawson: 34:33
Rod McAllistor: 31:49
Matthew Fieldwalker: 30:53
Trev Williams: 27:54

Friends racing included,
Kyle Marcotte: 28:14
Frank Woolstencroft: 30:30
Steve German: 29:40
James Tallian: 30:15

Also, congradulations to James Tallian for not hitting a horse while competing today.

Full results found here.

Trev

April 15th, it's on ! Indus 20km ITT

The race is officially on on April 15th at 11am sharp. Please visit the Crankmaster's site for a map to the race start.

Like I wanted to last week, let's all try to meet at 10am sharp at the race start. That way we can all sign up and go for a warm up ride together.

IF YOU WANT TO RIDE OUT THERE WITH ALEX AND I, MEET AT TALISMAN READY TO GO AT 9AM !! Please comment here if you plan to meet us.


Greg said the jerseys are very close. Apparently he was able to secure one for his race in IM Arizona this weekend. So they should be sending out the batch very soon.

Trev

Congradulations!

Paul and Krista were married in Mexico on Wed.

Apparently everything went perfectly and they were spoiled rotten in the resort for their honeymoon.

Here is a picture of the groom with his lovely bride:

James....

...was in a pretty bad car/horse accident last night on his way to Cranbrook for a cycling weekend. Celine was not hurt, and James is mostly shaken up, but his hand is injured. While Celine was explaining it to me, it sounded like a horror story.

If you know him, maybe give him a call, see if he needs/wants anything.

Trev

Sat.'s Race IS OFF.. I REPEAT CANCELLED!!

Just heard from Jim Oldham (president of the Cranky's). He said the race is 'off'.

The race is set to go on April 15th if the weather cooperates.

Trev

Pre-Race meeting !!

Let's all meet on April 7th at 10am at the race start before you register.

I have yet to meet several of you and want to catch up with others. We'll also all tell our time goals for the race and plan our start list accordingly. It's fun with these races since we can all start in a group all 1 min apart so we all finish reasonably close and we can talk about it after!

Here is a link to info about the race and a map.
http://www.calgarycycling.com/racing/racing.html

SO.... 10am race start.

Getting pumped!

See you there!

Trev

NEW DATES

Check out the revised dates of the races below.

Hopefully this doesn't conflict with too many people's schedules.

Trev

First race fast approaching

April 7th will be the first race of the season for most of us. It is the 20km ITT in Indus.

Please leave a comment here if you plan on attending. People can either car pool, or ride out there.

I hope to do those clinics soon, and get our Cat5 pack ready for Bicisport Crit on April 28th. Are Sat. mornings good for everyone? If we do the clinic in the morning, people are still free to do their real workout the rest of the day. Sound good?

For the ITTs, you DO NOT need to wear SpeedTheory gear. I say this just in case our gear isn't in yet. I would prefer if everyone wore their kit, but if we don't have it, then that's pretty impossible.

Here are the dates of the first couple races:

Apr-07
ITT 20 km
Moment of Truth Hwy 22X East

Apr-22
ITT 20 km
Balzac Blaster Hwy 546 East

May-5 & 6
Velocity Stage Race
EDMONTON

May-12
Crit
Bicisport Race City Calgary SE

May-13
ITT 20 km
Bicisport Strathmore

Contact with the ABA

I contacted the ABA yesterday to see the state of our licenses. They have cashed the cheque for all the fees and are now processing them. People sould be getting them in the mail in the coming weeks. Our first race is the Crankmaster 20km TT on April 7th in Indus. So still lots of time.

Hope everyone is healthy and training well,

Trev