LOTS of Scarey Fast Lap Splits at the OTT's!

You can spend your time, waste your time, or invest your time. It's your choice.

How hungry will you be this July? ~ If Burritos are your “thing” then check out Chipotle Restaurants limited edition "Le Burrito"
Team “Slipstream Chipotle - H30” has added backing going into the Tour de France, July 5 to 27, as its sponsor has introduced a new burrito in honor of the USA team. Chipotle Mexican Grill in New York City unveiled "Le Burrito" in anticipation of the team's debut in the Tour de France, following on its first – and successful – Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia. The limited edition burrito is aimed at athletes and will be featured in all Chipotle restaurants across the US throughout the French race.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/jun08/jun10news2

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June 15-16 ~ The Olympic Track Trials. This past weekend, the LA Velodrome hosted the Olympic Track Trials. While the only 2 US women’s Olympic Track slots have already been secured by Jennie Reed (sprints) and Sarah Hammer (endurance) most of the men’s slots (sprint & endurance) are/were up for grabs.

I know most of you think that watching 2-3 hrs of non-stop Time Trials must be boring with a capital “B”…but I can assure you these TT’s were anything but boring! I was not the only spectator to lose my voice cheering for the Home Team! (Oh…BTW…Thank you Dr. Kay for the whistles!!) The real problem this weekend was that ALL the athletes were the Home Team and no one wanted anyone to not qualify making it impossible to cheer hard enough for everyone of the athlete. All of these guys have worked very hard for many years for the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Trials and to go on to win Olympic Glory.

But it does seem that the eye of the needle that must be threaded just to make the Olympic Team is smaller than the eye of the needle that must be threaded to win an Olympic Medal. Everyone’s journey to the Olympics is uniquely paved with determination, victories, trials, obstacles, heartaches, sacrifices and joys. Each of these athletes has cried a near equal amount of tears of sorrow as tears of joy in their journey.

I think most of us think we know about what it takes and how much it must hurt to compete at this Elite Olympic level and then you see pros like these who make going scarey fast look almost natural. This weekend provided an up close look into what it looks like when the cream to rise to the top. While numbers don’t tell the whole story, they can hint at its ending.

With no commentary included, here are the (unofficial) results of the various timed events as I noted them as they happened at the 2008 Olympic Track Trials held this weekend:

Day 1

1 Lap (250m) Standing Start Results in the order the athletes competed Time to qualify 18:010:

Michael Blatchford ~ 17.973
Adam Duvendeck ~ 18.297
Gideon Massie ~ 18.279

Men's 3k Mass Start Test in the order the athletes competed: Time to Qualify 30.6 first 500, 3.22 Total Time

Brad Huff ~ 3.23.600
Bobby Lea ~ 3.17
Michael Friedman ~ 3.24
Colby Pearce ~ 3.23.65

Taylor raced a 3k (12 lap) Pursuit Sunday in a WR time of 3:16.25. It was a new unofficial World Record. Phinney's official World Record attempt on Monday will be attended by UCI Commisaires and drug testers who will be able to ratify the results. Jennie Reed is scheduled to attempt to set a New Kilo (4 lap) World Record.

Day 2

Flying 200 (in the order the athletes competed) Time to Qualify 10.38:
Name ~ ride 1 / ride 2
Adam Duvendeck ~ 10.656 / 10.698
Bobby Lea ~ 11.106 / 11.122
Michael Blatchford ~ 10.520 / 10.544
Gideon Massie ~ 10.573 / 10.574
Jennie Reed ~ 11.497

3k Mass Start Test (in the order the athletes competed) Time to Qualify 3:22
Name ~ ride 1 / ride 2
Michael Friedman ~ 3:20.192 / 3:24.05
Colby Pearce ~ 3:24.860
Brad Huff ~ 3:21.74

Talyor's 3k WR attempt Day 2, Ride #1 ~ 3:16.589
Taylor's 3k WR attempt Day 2, Ride #2 ~ 3:16.932

Flying 500 WR 29.655 / US record 30.67
Jennie's Flying 500 WR attempt #1 ~ 29.824
Jennie's Flying 500 WR attempt #2 ~ 29.662
Jennie did not attempt the Kilo.

For additional information and some commentary please visit the Track Page at Velonews.

I can hardly wait until July 1st when the official/final/certified Olympic Track Team will be announced.

Stay Tuned….and keep your spokes crossed for your favorite athletes!!

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Saturday June 21st ~ SCNCA Junior Track State Championships will be held at the LA Velodrome. You can expect to see some fantastic racing as these kids race for the State Championship Title and prepare for Junior Natz. Please see the race flyer for registration and schedule information. Let's fill support these kids by filling the stands!

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Saturday June 21st ~ Jax presents the La Mirada Grand Prix. WCat 3-4 race at 9:05 while the WCat 1-3 race at 11:50AM.

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Sunday June 22nd ~ SCNCA Elite Crit State Championships will be held in San Pedro. WCat 3-4’s will race at 10:50AM and the WCat 1-3’s will race at 2:35PM. For registration info and to pre-register, Please see the event website.

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Sunday June 29th ~ The 47th Annual Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix. Presented by Rock Racing. If you have not previously raced this historic event, then why not come out and give it a try this year? WCat 3-4’s race at8:45AM. WCat 1-3’s will race at 11:15AM. Be sure to check the race flyer to see if/when your category will be racing. Ladies ~ lots of planning went into setting the race schedule to make sure there was room enough for 2 women’s races!! Let’s thank the organizers by filling the women’s fields!!

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August 14-17th ~ Junior Track National Championships
Sponsorship ~ This year the LA Velodrome and Momentum Cycling will be hosting the 2008 USAC Junior Track National Championships. While plenty of work has been going on behind the scenes these past months, the race organizers are still in need of both private and corporate sponsorship. As with almost any sporting event, sponsorship money is essential!
Junior Track Nationals is a well attended event that brings together hundreds of kids (and their parents) from all across the United States. Any company that appreciates a junior aged target market will definitely want to be involved!
Please feel free to contact the race organizers for more sponsorship information.

Junior Track Natz Training Camps ~ ADT is pleased to announce that it will be hosting summer Junior Race Training Camps this June, July & August. These camps are designed to give juniors from around the country the opportunity to ride and train on the LA Velodrome before Jr Natz. For more info, please visit the LA Velodrome’s Jr Camp info page on the website.

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Friday Nights at ADT ~ Attn Ladies the State and National track Championship races are coming up too quickly! There are plenty of opportunities for you to race individual time trials, team pursuits, team sprints and many other events. If you are interested in training for these events and more, please plan to join me at ADT each Friday evening for open (ie co-ed) training from 6-9PM.

If you are planning to attend, please send me an RSVP email so I know who to expect this week. Normal track fees apply.

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Attn Ladies: The next 2 Ladies Only Track Sessions are going on a road trip!! We will be packing up and heading up to the Encino Velodrome for the Saturday July 19th & Sunday Aug 10th LOTS sessions.

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Have you seen USA Cycling's Web article featuring the LOTS program? If you, your employer or anyone you know, is interested in sponsoring the LOTS program, please contact me. The LOTS program is dedicated to introducing women to the exciting sport of track cycling and we intend to grow this program as far into the future as we can see!


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2008 Championship Track Events ~ As we move closer to the end of the road season we also move closer to the beginning of the Championship Track Racing Season.

1) June 21 ~ SCNCA Jr Track States at ADT
2) July 26-27 ~ Masters Track States SD.
3) Aug 2-3 ~ Elite Qualifier SD.
4) Aug 16-17 Elite Qualifier Encino.
5) Aug 23-24 ~ Elite Qualifier ADT
6) Sept 2-7 ~ Masters Track Natz San Jose
7) Sept 13-14 Elite Track States. Encino.

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The 2008 USAC Athlete Waiver is available on-line.

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The 2008 SCNCA Racing Calendar is available on line.

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The 2008 USAC Rule book is available on-line.

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One of our Cycling Moms, Donna Stern, is a licensed CPA. She will be conducting several classes on Bookkeeping throughout the Summer. These classes are geared toward High School Students, New business owners and especially Women who may be returning to the work force or running a family or home based business. Donna’s classes are located in The OC near John Wayne Airport. Please see the attached flyer for additional information.


Have a super week Ladies!!

Julia Cross