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Hey there team, Here's a final update to our para track nationals adventure:  The rest of the trip to LA continued to go great.  On our day off, after we went to the track for a little spin, we headed up to Beverly Hills to look for movie stars--we didn't find any but we did get carsick driving around in the hills. On Sunday we were so much more pro with our warm up and it felt just right.  We

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Last weekend was the second stop on the ChiCrossCup series in DeKalb @ Hopkins Park.  This is the 4th year that we have visited this stop with each year being a very different course.  This year was no different; back was the fly-over (a first in the CCC series last year) but also some new sections thru the woods.  As many of you may not know, last Thursday I was hit by a car on my bike while on

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We apologize for the delay. As you know we do our best to put on a great race but just like any organization we try to save money where we can and when we found these great tabulation machines on Ebay so we thought results would be easy-peasy. Well as it turns out, they were from Florida and sure enough, we found some hanging chads!! A huge CONGRATULATIONS goes out to Tower Racing for pulling off

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Thanks everyone that volunteered to hold a mock race at Pella on Wednesday morning, but Channel 7 has cancelled the shooting.Bummer. Maybe next time! Thanks again. Mary Leep.s. Official Fling results are coming soon!

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Hey team, Hope all is going well at the fall fling and ABD is continuing to dominate the team points. Hanging out at Track Nats is an absolute blast. Kim and I flew in on Thursday and went straight to the track, arriving exactly in time for a break in the racing where we were able to get onto the track test it out and get some openers in. This place is really cool. The track is wood, 250

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ABDers- This is a chronicle or more a smattering of my USGP Cyclocross weekend. I haven't raced any Cross outside Chicago and really wanted to tackle some tough national caliber races this year, especially with Nationals and Master's Worlds being well within a drive this year. I loaded up the car last week and headed North to Madison for the USGP Cyclocross races. My goal was to race a tough

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The 2011 Chicagoland road season wraps up this weekend with a pair of circuit races at the Fall Fling! Saturday's race features the longest races of the series and at Sunday's finalé in Wood Dale we'll be serving up brats and mostaciolli for all the riders in celebration of a season well-raced! You can still register online at Active.com or just show up and register on-site. Full details and

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Sunday's Jackson Park race was the first time for me to get a full (non-tag team cross effort) under my belt for the year.  It was a little nerve racking as this year I have put almost all my racing eggs in the `Cross basket and without any cross races in the middle of training to check form, I didn't really know what would be there for the first race.  With the help this year of an ABD Coach,

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Well, they say a picture is worth 1,000 words, so here are a couple of Konrad from yesterday. (You will notice that he's still smiling in the second picture....)

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- The Fall Fling Kicks Off This Weekend: Pre-Registration Deal Ends Tonight- save $25!- One Team will take the $2,000 Overall Fling Prize!- The Chicago Cross Cup is here! Registration for ABD's Sunrise Park race is open- ABD Boot Camps at PPC Batavia kick off November 8th-------------------------------------------------------------------Close Out Your Road Season with a 4-Stage Race in the

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And so it begins...Yesterday was the first race in the ChiCrossCup series with a total of 12 races this year.This was actually my 3rd 'cross race of the year as Ben Demong and I teamed up for the 2-Person Relay race and then I went down to Rantoul to do the Patriot CX last weekend.  Still working on my fitness level but its getting better each week.  For me personally it will be a long season of

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Jeannie's Cookies: 21 Aug Tour de Gaslight While this race report is well overdue, accounts of our US visit just wouldn’t be complete without a report on our last race, Tour de Gaslight. We’re back in New Zealand now, back to work—the main reason for the long delay in writing this report!—and nearly adjusted to the chilly spring temps (in contrast to the sultry heat of a Midwest summer). The

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Kristin Meshberg has poster her report from the Gateway Cup series over Labor Day…missing teeth and all.

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Thought I'd share my Ride/Race report Sub 5 Century (for Parkinson Disease Research) Sunday Sept 11th. Fellow ABDer's you missed a great event, and what a great idea to race a 100 miles with a team. Thanks to our own Jerry (team leader) Meister for putting together this team of 17 riders, which included myself and ABD's own Chris (no ABD man left behind) Tepas volunteer Steve (great job) Greene.

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And that's a wrap! A huge thank you to the 400+ riders that joined us this past weekend for the 12th Annual Weekend, and to the sponsors, volunteers, officials and Winfield residents that made it happen. Results and photos are posted at www.ABDcycling.com Props to the riders that braved the threat of weather on Saturday and major props to the Category 2/3 riders that finished in a hailstorm!

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The 2011 Winfield Criterium Weekend returns for its 12th run this Saturday and Sunday- featuring over $8500 in cash prizes plus merchandise prizes and primes. Find out the full details and registration link at www.ABDcycling.comWe have racing for all ages and abilities and both courses feature their own unique, challenging climbs. Saturday is a long drag to the top of the course with a fast,

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My Super Week report, now up on my blog. Check it out before it becomes old news. Oh, wait… OK, check it out before I post my next report--coming soon! Many thanks from the whole team to ABD members for all the cheers, time checks, and awesome support. http://jeanniescookies.blogspot.com/2011/07/9-17-jul-super-week.html

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Jeannie, Sarah and Jessi tackled some racing across the pond, the Lake Michigan pond, that is. Read Jeannie's Report Here

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The 12th Annual Winfield Criterium Weekend- featuring two days of racing on some of Chicagoland’s hilliest courses and over $8500 in cash and prizes- is coming up on August 13th and 14th! Registration is open and full details are posted at www.ABDcycling.com. Saturday is the Winfield Twilight Criterium and the “King of the Hill” Party and Prizes are back! Winfield resident Tim Allen has taken it

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Just a quick note to pass along from ABR. This seemed relevant ahead of the ABR National Championship Criterium on August 13-14 ABR upgrading/downgrading of race ability category ABR will accept for review race results from any of these organizations: 1. Within USA - ABR, ACA, CBR, OBRA, FIAC, HPRA, IHPVA, NATrials, RAAM, Racers & Chasers, UMCA, UCI, USACycling, WIsport & WORS. 2. Bicycle

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Since recovering from her illness through the Nature Valley Grand Prix and ToAD Elite Women's Team member Jeannie Kuhajek has been racing almost every weekend. She's catching up reports and has posted her story from the West Michigan Stage Race July 2nd and 3rd at http://jeanniescookies.blogspot.com/

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If you are planning on riding with us on the Monday Night Ride please read below. The Monday night ride is what is informally known as a "Gentlemen's 2x2 Ride" and these rules will be strictly enforced, if you do not think you can follow these rules then please choose another ride. This is a repost of some of the rules for the Monday Night Recovery Ride. These rules are for all of our safety,

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Sorry for the silence on this end, I've been in a bit of a rut lately with bike racing and took some time off, but I think I finally crawled my way out! Yesterday all I can think was "Wow, racing bikes is fun!" I suppose it helps having amazing teammates and a incredible team!!! It was a hot one, 95 degrees! And with 5 of the 6 of us there we were excited! Jeannie, Jessie, Kristen, Sarah

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I think I would like to keep my five sentence writing limit to emails. And so, I'm currently in the middle of Superweek, sitting at my gracious host's house in Mequon, WI, just north of Milwaukee. The season has been going fairly well and I am happy with some of my performances. Here are some quick notes about the major races I have been doing. Joe Martin stage race at the beginning of May was

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Originally I wasn’t planning on racing any of Superweek, especially after returning from Altoona with my legs in tatters, but coach Ebert had his say and Saturday I once again found myself on the streets of Milwalkee. His most convincing argument was that Jeannie was in need of assistance as she was currently tied for 3rd overall and in 2nd for the sprint competition. Not only that but it sounded

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While her teammates battle it out at Superweek, Jessi Prinner had the opportunity to guest ride for Team Danbury Audi at the Tour de Toona. Following is Jessi's report from The Prinner Posts Sometimes the most entertaining part of bike racing is not even the racing itself, but the other trials one must endure in the sport. One such trial for me was trying to get to Pennsylvania, which I ended up

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Hi team! So sorry for the delay of this report, I know you've been sitting on pins and needles awaiting it. So without further delay, here it is...... After Nature Valley, we had planned to do a couple ToAD races, and then do Glencoe on Saturday. The promoter, Jon Knouse, has always done right by the women by giving us decent prize money and race lengths, so we wanted to support the race.

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After a third place overall finish in the Men’s 4/5 series of the Tour of America’s Dairyland 16-year old ABD rider Konrad Witt is ready to officially jump up to the Men’s Category 3! Konrad raced all 10 days of ToAD and finished in the top 10 six times including second place finishes at both the Sheboygan stage and the Downer Avenue stage. Here’s a quick summary of each stage from “Team Witt”:

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This report originally appeared at "The Prinner Posts" Here is a perfect example of the messed up schedule of a competitive cyclist; Wed-Sun race Nature Valley Grand Prix, Sun drive 6 hours home after an agonizing 8 laps of Stillwater crit, Mon get everything done you’ve put off during NVGP and pack for Nationals, Mon night drive to Champaign, Tues morning (uncomfortably early) meet Hogan Sills

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Ed. Note: Here's a great report that Stacy Appelwick filed a couple of weeks ago. Whoo hoo! What fun I've been missing! The ABD women's team showed up en masse (except Jeannie-she's in IA) last night for the Wednesday training crit in West Chicago at the Pelladrome! Fabulous time and great training. It's so darn hard racing with the boys. Thanks to everyone for volunteering your time and

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Jeannie Kuhajek took the overall win at the Tour of Galena and has a great write-up over at her blog.

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In case you haven't been checking the Tour of America's Dairyland results you might not have noticed that ABD's own Konrad Witt sat in third overall in the Men's 4/5 after Tuesday's stage!!! So, Category 4/5 ABD'ers, if you need any extra motivation now is the time to head north and give the kid a hand!Keep up the good work, Konrad.

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Hello all, happy hump day. Unfortunately this wacky weather is just too threatening tonight and we're calling off this week's round of Wednesday Night Training Races at the Pelladrome.Best of luck to everyone racing at Nationals, Glencoe, ToAD and/or Northbrook this week!

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Jun O’Fallon Grand Prix Road Race With no team race on the schedule, Brian and I decided to head down to O’Fallon, Illinois, for two days of racing aimed at boosting our fitness for the harder racing ahead. About five-hour’s drive south of Chicago and just east of the Mighty Mississippi River, O’Fallon is a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. The course was a 40 km loop through mostly narrow

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This past weekend the women's team filed a flood of reports from both the Quad Cities Weekend as well as Kristen's experiences at the ABD Memorial Day Masters Weekend. Click through to the reports below. Jessi's humorous tale of going from her high school graduation to Snake Alley! Kristen Meshberg's Memorial Day Weekend Report including tales from the ABD Master's Races and the Quad Cities

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Ed. note: A special thanks to Chris Mosora for filing this report. Hi all! Last night was another great night of racing for the ABD women's team at the Ed Rudolph velodrome up in Northbrook, featuring the Madison as the main event in session 2 of the evening. The 1st session was a point-a-lap (1 point only for first place), and the 3rd and final session was a scratch race --descriptions of

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Thank you again to all of the riders that joined us for this past weekend's Masters races. Summer came in with a BANG on Monday and we saw great fields and fast races. Thanks as well to the huge field that came out for this week's Wednesday night training race. It was a blast and hilarious to see just how hard some of you will sprint for just one BEvERage.  Daily and overall results are posted

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Whew what a weekend. 3 days off from work and I'm beat!;)--I actually couldn't wait to sit behind my desk and rest! It all started on Friday late afternoon when Chris and I loaded up the van with all the bike stuff, loaded up Elena and her gear, dropped off Jazzy with Donna Maday (thank you again Donna!) and hit the road for Burlington, IA. We checked into the luxurious (by circa ~1964

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Attention riders, as most of you have heard, we had to cancel the second half of our Sunday stage of the Memorial Day Weekend Masters race.  However, the Monday weather looks hot and dry and we'll be out there at 7:45 ready to rock! Due to the cancellation we will be rolling any Sunday pre-registrations for the Men 50/55, 40+ 1/2/3, 40+ Cat 4 and Men 30+ into Monday. If you pre-registered for

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Hi ABD! Kristen and I had a ton of fun last week at the track in Northbrook. My fiancé Chris was nice enough to write up a report for us. Yep, I messed up the win-and-out (read below). More learning is done with every race! Stacy **************************************************************************** Last Thursday was the first night of racing of the 2011 season at the Ed Rudolph

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We’ve extended the Memorial Day Weekend Masters Races Pre-Registration Deal through tonight at Midnight- race all three events for just $65! The 7th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Masters events are this Saturday, Sunday and Monday and feature over $4,000 in daily and overall prizes. The races are all held at the fun and fast Wood Dale criterium courses (also the site of Redline Racing’s

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Reposted from Hogan's Heroes I didn't think the day would ever come, but it did. School actually ended! My sacrificing of my social life and training paid off, and I'm now officially a junior. What a relief! Now training to become the next Cancellara commences (yeah right Hogan, in your dreams). I've got a big year of racing ahead of me and I'm going to need all the training I can get. On the

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I am still laughing at this! This guy comes dressed up as a hedgehog and steals the show last night. I don't think anyone there laughed so darn hard. At first we thought maybe the guy in the costume had one to many DUI's and was just walking home from work. Then he started running along the riders as they came down the home stretch. Then he went around the other side of the course and sat in

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On Saturday, May 14th, Konrad took first in the 15-18 juniors’ race at Monsters of the Midway! On Sunday, May 15th, Konrad headed north to Wheels on Willy in Madison, Wisconsin. There were about 24 riders in the junior field, including 10 ISCorp contenders and 5 Brazen Dropouts. As usual, ISCorp launched numerous riders off the front, keeping the pace fast until they established a two-man break

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Tough weekend for the women's team in St. Louis.  We had 3 crits, only Saturday's was NRC, but most of the people stuck around for Friday and Sunday as well.  Sarah starred in her own version of planes trains and automobiles.  She hoped to save time by flying to St. Louis but got stranded in Chicago all day on Friday missing the Friday night race.  Elena and I drove down on Friday and Stacy was

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It was the second time I’d seen a kid on a leash in one day. Restrictive harnesses are no longer reserved solely for pets. I had just survived a 13 hour flight armed only with a biology textbook that, as we all know, provides hours upon hours of entertainment. Never mind a measly novel that surely won’t last a flight from Chicago to Japan; try instead 3000 pages of pure, info-packed fun of

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MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MASTERS RACESMAY 28, 29 & 30 - OVER $4,000 IN OVERALL & DAILY PRIZES!Details are posted and registration is now open for the 7th annual Memorial Day Weekend Masters Races— racing for men and women over 30 of all ability levels!Come enjoy some fun and challenging races in the heart of the Chicago suburbs on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day Weekend. The first two

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Late Tuesday night dealers around Chicagoland received the sad news that local sales rep Larry Lorenz passed away on Monday. Larry had been an independent rep in the area for over 20 years and had earned the nickname “the Legend” because of the relationships he’d established both with his dealers and his product companies. At Prairie Path Cycles they were always happy to see Larry walk through

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Hey ABD! Has everyone seen "the Matrix" with Keanu Reeves? As Chris often reminds me, I could have taken the blue pill two years ago when he asked me if I'd like to do a bike race. I was blissfully ignorant going along in my "normal" life of working, hanging out with friends and family, going to church, you know, just regular life stuff. There was absolutely nothing wrong with that life. I

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Stage 2 of Gracia Orlova was an epic 123 km that featured the same brutal 8km climb that we finished on in stage 1, except it was now in the first 20km of this day’s race. Knowing I probably wouldn’t make the front group over the top of the climb, my job was to stamp out aggressive moves at the beginning of the race and protect our GC rider, Lindsay Myers, who was 7th overall. As soon as we hit

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Hey guys,Today begins Stage 2 of Gracia Orlova in the Czech Republic.  Two days ago the stage race was commenced by a 2.2 km prologue that was half on a bike path and half on an actual road, with finishing times just seconds apart from each other.  I finished only about 10 seconds down from the leader with a time of 3:03 min.Yesterday was Stage 1 of the tour, which was a 104km stage with a few

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What a day!  It was harder than yesterday! I got dropped exactly where Chris says he gets dropped every year.  Right at the first big climb at about mile 10 as the group goes over the Continental Divide.  These girls can climb!  Thankfully I wasn't alone and I worked with 5 other girls to chase back on.  All was well until I tried to put my 3rd bottle into my back pocket at mile 60ish, rather

Ebertnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679206865078883060.post-33077464452153733682011-04-28T07:38:00.001-06:002011-04-28T07:38:33.078-06:00

Hey ABD'ers, Just a super quick note before I crash for the night. 66 women were registered and it looks like 59 finished the 73.1 miles and I don't know how may vertical feet of climbing. If anyone's interested, here's the link to the course profile: http://www.tourofthegila.com/racecourses.html The highest grade was 19% today. Just a little bigger than Fox River Grove! :) Our group

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This report originally posted at DamhoffRacing.com I hoped after last week’s race being partially cancelled due to hurricane force winds, my next race in Fort Davis, TX would go off according to plan. Little did I know that high winds would be the least of our worries when a much more threatening natural disaster blew into town resulting in a race (or lack

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Reposted from The Prinner Posts You never really realize how important your passport is until you don’t have it and the visa customer service rep is telling you it won’t arrive at your house until the day after you’re supposed to be on a plane to Brussels. And I knew that it didn’t matter how verbally abusive I got with the rep because they were not in the authority to walk 50 feet to sort

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YES! Racing season is here in the Midwest, and with it one of the best parts about racing. Re-living the experience later. Chris and I loaded our black lab, Jazzy, the Trek Madone (thank you ABD, it's fantastic!) and Chris's stuff into our big "new" minivan and headed south for Hillsboro Friday after work. We rolled into Pheasant Valley Farms about 10pm. Kristen lined up this fabulous

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This Sunday is the 9th Annual John Fraser Memorial Time Trial and the final round of the 2011 ABD Indoor Time Trial Series. Pre-registration closes tonight (Monday) at midnight and Preliminary Start Times for all pre-registered riders will be posted by Wednesday morning at www.ABDcycling.com . Day of race registration will also be available. This round we’re using the 2-turnaround course that is

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This report originally posted at DamhoffRacing.com Ben warms up for the road race Texas style Time for my first bigger race of the year, and only the second race total. After months of training, countless 6 hr days in the saddle, and nearly 5,000 miles of riding since the first of January it is finally time to start racing. It has been quite the journey from back home riding in the snow and

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The cat has been creeping out of the bag for a while, but it's time to make it official. In 2011 ABD will field both Elite Women and Men's teams. In continuing ABD's pro development tradition (15 pro alumni to date), this year’s teams are made up of riders that are eager to work together to earn results and help each other take the next step. Both teams will race the bigger Midwest races and

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Hey ABD'ers! Mission accomplished!! I've just spent the last three days getting my teeth kicked in down here in AZ racing the 3 day Tucson Bicycle Classic. It consists of a TT, a road race and a circuit race. Chris Mosora, my fiance, has made an annual trip down here for the past 6 years now to Tucson to get some early season racing under his belt. I joined him last year and raced with the

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Editor's Note: This report is reposted from The Prinner Posts It still hasn't quite occurred to me that I'm not actually in Tucson anymore; I continue to wear shorts and run outside on random occasions only to realize it's not 70 degrees. Though I'm in serious withdrawal from Tucson paradise it had become obvious in my last week there that it was time to go home:for one, most of my waterbottles

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Chris Mosora just passed on a link to Steve Tilford's latest blog post discussing "deals" in cycling and talks about the Chicago Crit Series when he was racing for ABD President Mike Farrell. http://stevetilford.com/?p=10428 We've asked the boss what he remembers about that race...

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Well, my ski season has officially come to a close with the 2011 American Birkebeiner (aka The Birkie).  Some of you may know about this, but my guess is that most of you have no idea what The Birkie is all about.The Birkie is the LARGEST cross-country ski race in North America.  This year there were over 8000 participants in the three different races: Prince Hakkon which is 12K, Korteloppet

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Originally posted at The Prinner Posts A bunch of random events + an account of my second real race of the year After a week of bad luck I felt it was about time I got a stroke of good fortune. As if my randomly broken spoke in the middle of a ride wasn’t frustrating enough some greater being decided it would be amusing if I got stung in the neck by a bee as soon as I pulled over to analyze my

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The folks at Provident Clinical Research have asked us to pass along information on a study they are doing on Elite male athletes between the ages of 18 and 40 that train at least 100 miles a week. It's a two hour research study and participants receive $100 for the study visit plus a VO2MAX exercise test. Download the flyer

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Jeannie Kuhajek, who will be racing with the ABD Women's Team when she heads stateside this summer, has taken over the green points jersey after the second stage of the Women's Tour of New Zealand. Way to go, Jeannie! Your teammates can't wait for our summer season to start!

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Well, the weather outside was frightful, but inside the Winfield Middle School, it was so [de] lightful. Yes, in spite of a power outtage, the resourceful ABD club forged ahead with the 2nd indoor TT of the season. Thanks to all the volunteers who got the generators cranking to keep the computrainers going so we racers could continue to "race" nowhere fast in the dark! Since we all choose to

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First off a big thank you to all of those who came out and raced today! We have now completed 2 events out of the 4-part series, and have one final indoor time-trial before we take it outside for the John Fraser. We are one step closer to answering the oh so famous question of life. And no, the answer is not 42! Our next event will answer that age old question: "Is it March yet?" It will be soon,

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This report reprinted from the The Prinner Posts As if my first Shootout experience weren’t enough to scare me away, I was back for more 2 weeks later in the cold desert hours of the morning. For a teenager, this was like having to wake up at 3:00 a.m., which was the equivalent of 6:00 a.m. in regular people hours. There was one key difference to this Shootout, though. As you’ll recall in my

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I've been a bit busy lately, but after the big dump, it has taken some time for the skiing areas to become ski-able. I know Todd Busteed and his wife finally got out and are now hooked on x-country skiing. For those of you interested, here is a quick update on skiing conditions locally. Arrowhead GC (Wheaton): The GC has been groomed, but there are shallow if any tracks for classical skiing.

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Ken Fry goes big or goes home! In preparation for a double century in California next month, Ken jumped on the Computrainer at 8 a.m. with the Endurance class and rode through two Boot Camp classes yesterday to rack up 6+ hours and 133 miles! We're honestly so blown away we can't even remember what the previous record might have been. A huge congrats to Ken and something tells us he's going

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Since we have a lot of multisport athletes that participate in our Indoor Time Trial Series, we thought it would be fun to post age group results so that everyone could see how they did overall. You can check them out here, and please note that if you raced twice only your fastest ride is included. Like the age-group results? Hate 'em? Let us know in the comments, at www.facebook.com/ABDcycling

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[Ed. note: this post is republished from The Prinner Posts.] Like all places, Tucson has its downsides. This city happens to be one of the retirement meccas of the nation, filled with people that are coming to the age where they should have their license taken away, and people that are far past the point where their license should have been taken away. As I was out on a brisk morning ride on

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Hey everyone! How we let this one slip by we will never know. However we did, and it was the fact there was no way to register for the men's 55+ category through active.com. I have since fixed active.com, however you might want to check results that are posted on www.abdcycling.com to make sure we got it right. Once I have sorted through all emails in the next day or so with fixes, we will

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A quick update on the skiing conditions nearby: For those of you who have their own skiing equipment, most of the DuPage FP locations (Herrick Lake, Blackwell, Mallard Lake) are fair to good. There is no track set, and you may have to deal with walkers/dogs/etc. I would suggest Mallard Lake as it is one of the locations that has low foot traffic. Also Deer Grove FP is in good condition and

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American Bicycle Racing just sent over their 2011 Mid America Time Trial Series Rules. Here they are in their complete and unedited format.  OldTexttoremoveisstrikethrough - Newtextinboldbluetype, view over 100% to see clearly.2011- WISCONSIN / ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION (WIIL)RULES for MID AMERICA TIME TRIAL SERIES, TOUR of IL/WI & RIDER of the YEARSeries held under American Bicycle Racing rules.

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Ready to get out of the basement and test that winter fitness? The 12th Annual ABD Indoor Time Trial Series* kicks off next Sunday, January 23rd!The Pre-registration deal for the first event and the series closes this Sunday at midnight- plus Sunday also marks the close of the "Series Pre-Reg Deal" - all 4 races for just $80- save yourself $20 if you sign up now! We already have 125 riders

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For ABD members that sometimes (or frequently) race triathlons and who are interested to improve their swim efficiency and speed, Petersen Performance Lab, a Chicago area triathlon coaching group, is putting on a Swim Technique Clinic in Chicago on Sunday, Jan. 16 at 9:30am at the UIC Sport and Fitness center pool.Each athlete will get individualized stroke instruction, evaluation, and feedback.

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Hello all, Hope everyone got a chance to get out to ski in the great conditions that we had the last two weeks. Nothing really to report other than most everything around here is going buh-bye. For the die-hards, there may be a good chance to do some crust skiing on golf courses on Sat/Sun depending upon how much rain we don't get and then how cold it gets Fri night. I have a few spots that are

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I know that there are a few of you who like to x-country ski, and there are many more who are interested in starting.  I've had a few people ask me about it and where they can ski, and where you can rent ski's from.  Here is a quick breakdown on that info with some links to websites where you can get more info.Local places:Most of the municipal golf courses will allow you to ski on them.  A few

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This past Saturday ABD held our annual EOY Party. The host was gracious (thanks Farrell!), the food was delicious (thanks Vicki and Mary Lee!), and as Lisa Pena pointed out- true to ABD EOY party history- the weather was horrendous! At the party we took a look back at 2010 and another successful season. Some acheivements we recognized were: - Tom Weil's second consecutive National Championship!

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Ed. Note: This report originally appeared at CriteriumCoaching.com as part of a race report contest.When it was over I threw up. I was exhausted, exhilarated, and ecstatic. I have been racing bikes since I was about ten years old. My racing age this year is 15. I have won (and lost) many junior races over the last six years. However, this is the first full year that I have also raced in the

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What Does ABD Cyclocross look like:I've been slacking on race reporting during this cross season but wanted get something out there for the group before we hold our Cyclocross race on Sunday in Bartlett.  Your ABD Cross unit consists of mostly Masters Men and Woman.  Currently a strong portion of our Woman's Team is on the disabled list with some injuries, heal up ladies.  Our team would easily

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After battling a soleus injury pretty much all season, and even though I had been doing only one treadmill run per week over the last 10 weeks, I thought I would try an end-of-season Duathlon.ABD newby, Mark Lemke, close friend of Andy Kerr, had mentioned a few weeks back that he had entered the Crystal Lake Duathlon. So, after testing my soleues (lower calf) with my first outdoor run last week,

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The 2010 Athletes By Design Cycling Club Fall Fling kicks off next weekend and the four pack pre-registration deal- all 4 races for $95- ends this Sunday night! Register online at Active.com.This year's Fling introduces some new changes and a revamped schedule. The series kicks off with a criterium at the "Pelladrome" in West Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, September 25 and then travels West to

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Everyone is invited out for a fun and festive evening on what might be our final Wednesday Night Training Criterium of the year! We're going to have our usual slate of races, barriers set up for anyone wanting to mix in a little cross practice beforehand (or instead of one of our three races), and we'll be grilling up brats and offering beverages plus a few other goodies for all riders and

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Thank you riders for a fantastic weekend of racing and a huge congratulations to all of our winners. Saturday night's race was non-stop action with the "King of the Hill" party giving away prizes ranging from a can of Red Bull to Weber grills to bottles of wine to cold hard cash. Sunday's "Summit Hill" proved challenging as always and we saw breakaways succeed in most races. For the first time

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The 11th Annual Winfield Criterium Weekend, featuring over $8500 in Cash & Prizes and the ABR National Championship, is this Saturday and Sunday, August 21st & 22nd! Full details are posted at www.ABDcycling.com/ Pre-registration is open through Thursday at Midnight at www.Active.com. Both courses feature a challenging hill and the "King of the Hill" party & prizes are back for Saturday night!

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A HUGE congratulations to ABD'er Jessi Prinner on her 13th place at Junior Worlds! You can read the full story at http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=5264

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Originally published at www.VerizonCyclingTeam.comRyan Freund won the first stage of the Tour of America's Dairyland, winning out of a breakaway that was all but absorbed by the field in the final sprint. Freund jumped around Team Kenda powered by Geargrinder rider Chad Hartley for the win and former Pro criterium champion Raashan Bahati won the field sprint for third place.Freund almost didn't

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Overall & Daily results for the ABD Memorial Day Weekend Masters Races are posted at www.ABDcycling.com! Congratulations to our overall winners:Beginner Men: Carlos MezaBeginner Women: Jeanette FortmannMen 60/65: Longin KusalMen 70+: Bob Burns, Midwest MastersMen 75+: Gerald Beam, TurinWomen 60+: Nancy Iglinski, IS CorpWomen 70+: Patricia Beam, ABDMen 50/55: Wayne Simon, VerdigrisMen 40+ 1/2/3:

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We've just received clearance from the good folks at Pella Windows for another night of training criteriums so we hope to see you all out there! The Cat 5 & warm-up race starts at 6:15. The 1/2/3 vs. 4/5 pursuit will start around 6:35. Sue Witt has whipped up a batch of brownie cupcake primes for this round too!We had a few technical glitches with our online registration so we've extended the

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Will throws his bike to the line in a bid for the win in Urbana.Republished from www.verizoncyclingteam.comTour de ChampaignThis race started off quick, but we Verizon guys were chilling mostly in the pack just letting everyone chase each other down. I bridged to one threatening move that had all the big teams (Panther, RGF, Texas Roadhouse, Nuvo) but we came back. Soon thereafter, Chris Uberti (

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRAINING CRIT: THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Tomorrow night (May 19) is our last scheduled Wednesday Night training criterium, but if we have enough of a turnout then we'll happily work with the good folks at Pella Windows to continue the races through the summer (except of course for the nights that the good folks at Spanglish are holding their Soldier Field races). The weather is

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Jessi Prinner wrapped up her successful European campaign with a 2nd place in the road race stage of the Costa Brava Tour. At one point her and two other USA riders had a 6 minute gap on the field! Here's a few pics of her with her teammates and USA Cycling posted a great photo of the entire team. We're looking forward to Prinner's full report.

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Huge news from across the pond- on Saturday Jessi Prinner won the Time Trial stage of the Costa Brava Tour that she's racing at in Spain! You can see a YouTube video of some of the action and the podium at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DghSeIaCMMg

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The ABD Cycle Club kicks off a series of Training Criteriums at the "Pelladrome" in West Chicago, Illinois tonight. The course is a .8 mile loop on smooth pavement just off of Fabyan Parkway and was used for a stage of the 2009 Fall Fling. Full details at www.ABDcycling.com These are strictly training races in that we want everyone to focus on getting a great workout and being safe- results are

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The ABD Monday Night Recovery Rides from Prairie Path Cycles-Winfield will officially be starting on 5/3/2010 @ 6:15 pm. After Memorial Day the rides will start @ 6:30 pm.If it’s raining or there is a chance of rain the ride will be cancelled and a notice will be broadcast immediately at http://twitter.com/ABDCycling and http://www.facebook.com/abdcyclingBelow are some of the guide lines that we

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While some ABD'ers were working on their base miles in Bloomington, others were turning pedals in anger over the gravel roads of the Leland Kermesse, a quickly growing classic. Here's the link to the officials results  and a big congrats to the ABD'ers out there - http://www.usacycling.org/results/?permit=2010-516Gary Anderson and Steve Lockwood mixed it up and finished(!) in the Men's 5 and

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The John Fraser Memorial Time Trial, a 10 mile outdoor Time Trial and the final round of the 2010 ABD Cycle Club Indoor Time Trial Series, is next Sunday, April 11th in Maple Park, IL! Pre-registration for the event closes this Sunday night (April 4) at midnight! So far over 240 riders have registered and start times for pre-registered riders will be posted at www.ABDcycling.com no later than

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