New BCC Racing Blog

Interested in racing? Then check out the new BCC Racing Blog that just got created a couple of weeks ago. There's a nice article over there about The Punisher. According to kratka:

In the last few weeks I have been acquainted with The Punisher. This person who calls himself Bill appears to be quite the training guru; he offered great advice during our Huntsville and Midway rides, and had a great plan on specifically what to work on during the rides.

If you want to get some good "schooling" - ok, training - check out their blog and get involved.

Dave Wiens at the 2008 Leadville Trail 100

There's a great video about Dave Wiens, the winner of the 2008 Leadville Trail 100 this summer on the New York Times - see The Man Who Took on Armstrong. According to VeloNews:

Dave Wiens pulled away from Lance Armstrong in the final ten miles of Saturday's Leadville Trail 100 in Colorado, winning the race for the sixth time, in record time.
"The guy that I raced today was not the guy who won the Tours," the modest Wiens said at the finish.
Armstrong accelerated on the Columbine climb — which tops out at over 12,000 feet elevation at the halfway point of the out-and-back race — and broke up a group of ten that had formed in the first half of the race. Wiens matched Armstrong's pace and in a few short miles the two had a five-minute gap over third place, which grew to more than 20 minutes at the 80-mile mark and more than a half hour at the finish.

Eventually, Wiens won the Leadville Trail 100 in 6:45:45, about 13 minutes faster than the record he set last year when he was being pushed by Floyd Landis. Armstrong finished second at 6:47:41.

Enjoying the ride at Tour de Tahoe

 

Back on September 5th, a group of seven of us departed Salt Lake and headed west to Lake Tahoe to experience one of the most scenic cycling events I have ever ridden. Together with RoquesAnn Fillerup, Bob Renwick, Dana Morgan, Ron Meier, Craig Jacobsen and Jerry Brown we arrived at the "Campground Beside the Lake" in South Lake Tahoe and set up camp. 

  We spent Saturday morning prepping our bikes for the Sunday ride and picking up our packets. Then it was off to ride the Flume trail for Roxy, Dana , Craig and myself.We had a great ride, although some found the climb in the beginning much more than they bargained for. After that this was a fantastic single track  about two thousand feet above Lake Tahoe with beautiful panoramas of the area. In the meantime Ron, Jerry and Bob took a spin on their road bikes to check out the area and encountered a once in a lifetime face to face with a bear (you will have to ask them about it the next time you meet them on a ride). We all met back up at camp and were treated to an awesome salmon and pasta dinner by Jerry, You have to share your recipe for the salmon Jerry, It was delicious .

 

 

Sunday was perfect weather for our outing around the lake. It started out pretty cold in the morning and then warmed up to a near perfect temperature with a cloudless sky and lots of smiles. 

 

 

 

 

 

sadly it was back on the road first thing Monday morning for the journey back to salt Lake but this will be a trip that will stay with me for quite a while. Next year I think we will need to gather a larger group to come on this awesome ride.

See you on the road (or dirt) and don't forget to "Pedal Fast and Laugh Often"

Rob Y.