Cycling Weekend Volunteer Document.

OK guys, it is time to ramp up and start filling out some duties for the JayLap. We NEED to make a good impression on the City for the Crit. So we need to overkill the volunteers on the safety side to ensure a smooth event.

This is an online document that you can edit. Please open this and put in your name where we need people. A lot of these positions can be done as well as racing.

Positions of note:

- The vehicles for the RR. Getting this sorted out would be great.

- Anyone who can help out Lorie and Carl with trucks or labour for Crit course prep and take down will be greatly appreciated.

- We expect most of the club to show up on the Crit course at around 3:30pm to help set up the course. We will only have about 45min to get the course sorted. Only if you are a Cat5 racer warming up would you not be expected to help.

Good luck, David!

While many of us are getting in some last-minute training this weekend, for Road Provincials in a week's time, Mr Morgantini is off to Edmonton to contest the Track Provincial Championships.

After a solid performance to take 2nd overall at the recent Power To The Pedals track race here in Calgary, David now faces the big dogs, as track provincials is based on age category, and lucky David will therefore be in Elite. Regardless of results, I'm sure it'll be it'll be a good, learning, suffer-fest of a time...even if most of the races are only a couple of minutes long, if that!

Good luck, David. Ride fast, turn left!

It is 'Go Time'! JayLap Cycling Weekend registration and tech guide live.

Above and to the right all the information you need is available on the courses, time frames, and how to register.

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Jason Lapierre: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! Especially for Road Race

This is going to be a weekend of racing to remember! And of course we need many volunteers to make it happen. You guys were awesome for the ACME ITT, let's see that happen again!

** As Speed Theory members you MUST be or PROVIDE a volunteer.

We need volunteers for all three events:

1- ITT in ACME, morning Aug 21st

2- Downtown SpeedFest Crit, evening Aug 21st

3- Road Race, morning Aug 22nd (**Really need more people for the RR)

Please contact Emilie : elangevin(at)gmail.com and specify which days you are available to volunteer!

Bowness Crit: Cat 1/2 race photos

Sorry, I got there late but here are some photos of the Cat 1/2 race.

Tour de Bowness race stories and photos??

Let's here some stories and see some pictures from Niklas Group TdB!

If you aren't sure how to post photos, email them to me and I will post them for you.

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SpeedTheory at 70.3

Spotted on Lower Springbank this morning, Scott, Jon, Kyle, Trev and Grant:

Niklas Group - 2010 Tour de Bowness

As I'm sure most are aware, the Niklas Group Tour de Bowness is happening this weekend. Road race in bearspaw, Hill Climb TT at COP, and the infamous Bowness Criterium in all it's Bownesian glory. This is always a great event and the Niklas group and others are offering up some amazing prizes. Plus we have the ever talented Michael Godfrey and Dallas Morris on the mic for the Crit.

Register here

Registration closes on Friday at 6:00pm.

All technical information is available here: http://www.tourdebowness.com/

Who's gonna throw down?:

Cat 1/2: Dennis B (All), Lockie (All), Jared (Crit)

Cat 3: Thomas (RR), Harley (All), Clarke (RR, HC)

Women: Natalie (All), Tanya S (RR)

Cat 4: Jason B (All)

Cat 5: Steve P (HC, Crit), David M (RR, Crit), Jevon A (All), Reinier P (All)

Volunteers Wanted

We're hosting one of the most amazing races Calgary has ever seen. A downtown Crit, an exceptional TT and a wicked Road Race. We're inviting riders from across the country and elsewhere to come to this event so we want it to go smoothly and need lots-o-volunteers. (I sent a note to Oxford and Harvard cycling teams...you never know... they might come....unless they're chicken).

Right now we need a few people to distribute posters at bike shops or anywhere where cyclists hang out. Plus we want to get the public out to watch so we need to promote it to potential "Spectators".

Send me a note tom(at)mapitfirst(dot)ca if you can spare an hour or two.

We'll start collecting volunteers for race day soon so start brown nosing to your spouse, significant other, in-laws or neighbors.

Quick update on Trev

I've heard through the rumour mill that I was in a bad cycling crash. Here is where I have really been..

A few of us went out to Sundre on the weekend (Sat.) to take part in the 5 Peaks Trail Race and then go film the Bergen Road Race course. We stayed up in Sundre that night since the plan was to ride long on Sunday since the roads around there are challenging, beautiful, in good shape, and not too busy (the road race is going to be AWESOME).

Throughout the night I was feeling pretty weird and broke out in a fever. Once the morning hit, I am glad I have some good friends to tell me to give my head a shake when I still insisted I was good to ride. Leaving Sundre I deteriorated and decided to hit up the hospital there. They said I was having a reaction to a swollen lymph node in my throat that I guess I didn't take seriously. They gave me oral antibiotics and told me if it gets worse to hit up another hospital. On the way home and back at the house I was a mess. We decided to go to Foothills where they put me on IV antibiotics and said some bug must have really hit me hard. Throughout the night in the hospital the doctor picked up a heart murmur. No doctor had ever told me that previously, therefore he was going to have to check it out. This could be an accumulation of bacteria on a valve, a serious condition. In the morning (Mon.) I went for an Echocardiagram and had blood taken. The echo showed something suspicious on one valve and some back flow. Then the health care wheels started turning in full force. I was admitted, lots more blood taken, and given a sexy gown. An internal heart ultrasound was scheduled for Tues afternoon and it was a waiting game of nerves. The doctors said it could be bacteria on my valve, but it could also be a lucky pick up if it was actually something wrong with my heart. Tues arrived and they collected more blood by adding a second IV line for more tests. The internal ultrasound was weird since they don't put you under physically, but mainly mentally. I 'woke up' talking cheerfully to the nurses and Marilyn. That was a strange sensation. I then had to wait until Tues evening to hear the news that the internal ultrasound ruled out bacteria on my valves or significant leakage, which was a big relief. The blood cultures came back and there was no bacteria in my blood either. A set of chest Xrays on Wed morning were also clear. So it all boiled down to a diagnosis of a psycho pharyngitis that didn't rear its head until it gave me a crazy fever and cramps. I just got out of the hospital this late afternoon and am happy to be outside and about again! Thanks to all those that found out and contacted me in the hospital, I really appreciated it .... oh... and the doctors said I can race this weekend.

Word from Champion Systems Clothing.

Just got confirmation that our clothes should ship on Aug. 9th. This typically means we'll get them about 4 business days after that. So those worried about not having them by the JayLap can rest at ease.

Announcing this year's Jason Lapierre Memorial!

Check out the Criterium. We got permission to hold a crit in DOWNTOWN Calgary! This is exciting for our club to be able to offer this and hopefully this will be embraced by Albertan, Sask, and BC riders. Please put this event on your calendar and we'll have details streaming in as we write up the tech guides.

Trev

Bike Escorts for Ironman 70.3 Calgary

We are looking for a few riders to escort the lead runners on August 1st. We would like to have 6 riders (lead, second, third place male and lead, second and third place female) riding on the closed roads of North Glenmore Park and pathways of Weaslehead. It would be cool to have everyone in SpeedTheory Kit as the race will be televised on TSN.

When: August 1 ~9:00 - 11:30
Where: North Glenmore Park
What: 6 riders (mountain or cruiser bikes) to escort lead runners

Contact: Paul Anderson - ironmancalgary@gmail.com

Canmore Mountain Bike Championships

This past July 17-18th weekend, Canmore and the Rundle Mountain Cycling Club hosted the 2010 Mountain Bike championships at the Canmore Nordic Center. What an awesome venue to hold such an event. Saturday the Elite riders raced under sunny skies. It was pretty cool watching Canada’s top dogs and Olympians give their all on a course that we would be racing the next day.

Thomas Y and I (Shawna) raced under sunny skies yesterday, in the XC National Championships for Master Experts, as well as the categories that fall beneath. Thomas decided to enter in a category above the one he is (Master Expert), and good on him, as he was racing against a very strong field. It was a very tough course with lots of climbing, and not much reward in the descents, at 7km and about 225m of elevation gain per lap with most of the climbing in rooty tight singletrack. Luckily, after you got the brutal climbing out of the way, there was a little recovery through the flat rooty sections, short descents, and false flats (yes they do exist in mtn biking!) Thomas had 5 laps, and these are not go at your own pace laps, these were going as fast as the next guy goes laps, and they were fast. Watching these guys start at the pace they did, and all uphill, made me so glad I finished my race earlier on. As Thomas came through each lap, he would be working with another guy. Something I noticed the guys tend to do that the women do not, because of the number of racers.

My race was earlier, at around 10am. Out of 3 categories, there were only 11 women in total racing, so they had us all start at the same time. I have not done enough XC races which is the only wayto get points for upgrading categories, (the endurance race series does not count) so I was only racing so I could hopefully move up to Sport. With only 3 of us in my category, I wasn’t going to bother racing, since my entry fee was basically buying a podium spot. I was told I would be considered an upgrade after results of this race. Since we were all starting together, and Novice and Sport had the same number of laps to complete (2) I decided to pretend I was racing with the Sport category, which had 7 women, to prove I should be racing in that category. At the advice of others not racing, I decided to give it my all right from the start to get the holeshot, to the point of vomiting and seeing spots. Less than 5 minutes in, I was tasting blood, and seeing spots. Goal # 1 reached. I got behind the girl who was in 1st place of the 2 combined categories, and she became my carrot. I felt like I had a decent lead on the girls behind me until I started climbing the 2nd lap and saw them coming. I realized I was slacking a little, and turned on the hurt. Hurting I did, but I came in 2nd behind the girl who came in 1st in the category above mine so this put me 2nd out of 9 women. Goal #2 reached. This also put me in 1st place in my category, giving me a sweet Gold medal, and some prizes that far exceeded my entry fee. Not only did I get to stand on a cool Nationals podium with a cool medal around my neck, I also got some Sugoi bike shorts, and a Giant bike computer. I think I have also earned my upgrade to Sport, but I will leave that to the judges to decide. The last place finishes in all the road races and WNS is paying off :)

Awesome race, thanks Canmore and RMCC!!