Upgrade for Marie... and successful surgery for Emily.

Congrats to Marie for upgrading to Women's Cat 3 over the weekend. She got 2nd in the ITT, 4th in the Crit, and 2nd in the Road Race. Her consistent performances lead her to the Omnium win in the Women 3/4/5 Category.

Unfortunately Emily suffered a crash in the Ride to Conquer Cancer charity event on Sat and broke her elbow. So make sure to be sending healing vibes her way. She has reported she has had surgery and it went well, so she is now in the healing phase. Take it easy Emily, our thoughts are with you.

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Race season still going strong!

Before you think of partying too much, there is still lots of racing with WNS. Three more races including an awesome 40 k TT this coming Wednesday. Have you ever wanted to establish your best time in a 40 k TT? Looking to go under 60 minutes?

Maybe draw some inspiration from the Jay Lap Cat 1/2 Road Race with our man Trev on a solo breakaway for over one lap before being joined by 2 other riders. This is the view from the commie car.

I have to go out of town next week so we need someone to organize and run the race on Aug 20. It would be nice to have one race up in the NW, if anyone can do it please let me know.

The link to WNS is above and here.

A big thank you to the whole STC Club and the Crankys! Now let's party!

This year, as usual, the outpouring of support and help from the STC community was fantastic. Together with our like-minded club, the Crankmasters, we offered Alberta racing cyclists an opportunity to compete in 3 events.

From Randy, Rob, Darcy, Marie, Joelle, Dennis, Tom and I, thank you to all our club mates for helping host a memorable weekend....

... and what is a hard weekend without the opportunity to have a party after?

Mark your calendars, let's all cheer on the Tour of Alberta pros on the COP hill on Sept 2nd, then walk over to Mark and Marie's for a BBQ and party!

Sept. 2nd. is the date. I will post more info on the time when we should all meet and walk to the COP course together. For now, block that evening off (like is wasn't blocked off already, Sagan may be back!). The Prologue would typically run from like 5pm-ish to 7pm-ish, so we'll watch that, then head over to Mark and Marie's which is like 400m away.

STC Girls, TdB 2014.  Courtesy: Cochrane Eagle

To All The Jay Lap Volunteers...

A huge, huge, thank you. Words can't express how grateful I am to each and every one of you for all the help you provided this weekend. I won't even begin to try to name everyone, but rest assured that if you helped out with the Bouncy Castle, stood on a corner with a sign, drove a car behind a pack, brought food, or did any one of the other tasks to numerous to mention, you are now in the Speed Theory Book of Awesome. Without you, this race weekend could not have happened.

Road Race Results. Omnium to follow.

Here are the results to today's Bergen Boiler Road Race.

Perfect weather, great scenery, and super racing (except the Cat 4's :) who got passed by the Cat 5's)

Results here.

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Omnium Results after Crit.

Here is the latest Omnium update. This does not include the Road Race.

Results here.

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Crit Results!

What a great night! We started with a super turn out for the Kids Crit and then enjoyed some great racing.

Thank you to Kris Dahl for helping inspire the little budding cyclings by leading out all the little kids in each wave.

Results are here.

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Here is the Criterium start list...

...but you don't really need this since you will be down on the course by 4pm to cheer on the little cyclists!

Crit start list.

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Results to Friday night's ITT.

Here are the results posted to Zone4.

See everyone tonight at the Crit!!

Crit and RR Volunteer Needs - Don't Make Us Beg

Hey folks,

It's crit and road race time, and we could still use some volunteer course marshalls for tonight and tomorrow. I know two or three more for the road race would be really helpful, and we could use everyone possible for the crit. The registration link is closed up now, so if you're able to volunteer for tonight or tomorrow or both, just comment below.

I'm begging you: please don't make us beg. =) =)

Start list for tonight's Pedalhead 20km ITT.

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Friday night PedalHead ITT START LIST HERE !!

Thank you everyone for the great turnout this weekend. All three events are very well attended, making all the effort from the race organizers worth it!

Jay Lap Weekend - Volunteer Needs

STC folks,

The big Jay Lap weekend is coming, and it's our time to shine as a club. Many, many thanks to all those who have volunteered for both the crit and the road race, but we could always use more. In particular, we really need:

- Course marshalls for both the crit and the road race. Bring a friend, bring a lawn chair, bring a book. Heck, bring a portable bbq and tailgate. The weather looks promising.

- A couple of volunteer "floaters" for the road race. I'll probably designate you as the ABA technical delegate's helper for the day, and you'll be probably running results from the finish to the community hall, helping hand out numbers at registration, and whatever else Gillian needs you to do.

- Another person or two to help Tom with hall clean-up would be awesome.

Head to http://speedtheoryteam.ivolunteer.com/event_002 to volunteer. You'll be in our good books forever (or, at least until next year, when we'll ask again...)

A safety moment I would like to share with you...

Lord knows I have had my fair share of crashes.  2 of them in criteriums and yes, one crash at the top of a hill climb - all in the same week.  Thus I share this, not to poke fun at the gentlemen in the video but, for everyone's learning...

The lesson:  Ensure you remain focused during each lap of a criterium race... including the victory lap"

http://gfycat.com/QuaintAmusedAmmonite

A special thanks to Emily for sharing this...

OK everyone !! Time to register for the Jason Lapierre Weekend!

Please don't give all the race organizers added stress, please register now!

REGISTER HERE!

and bring your kids down to the Kid's Event on Sat !!

All three races contribute to your ABA upgrade points.

Unless you are traveling up to Fort McMurray, this is your LAST road event of the season. Don't miss out.