Winfield Criterium Weekend Wrap: Results and Photos Are Posted; Fall Fling and Sunrise Park Cross Dates!

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! This year's "King & Queen of the Hill" party was wild as ever and Winfield resident Tim Allen raised over $500 in cash plus prizes for the various categories. The Saturday Winners included:

- David Pratt, Bicycle Heaven [Beginner/Cat 5]
- Gareth Reeves, EMC2 [Men 4]
- Tim Speciale, Psimet [Men 3]
- Andy Kerr, Bicycle Heaven [Men 50/55]
- Jeannie Kuhajek, ABD [Women Open]
- Ryan Freund, ABD [M/I Homes "Move Up" Men 1/2 ]

On Sunday we had clear skies, fast fields and crowned the 2011 ABR National Crit Champs. All of the podium pics are up at the website and a congratulations to our winners:

- Thomas Lobdell, Scarletfire [Men 60+]
- Michael Ozment, Mack [Men 65+]
- Robert Burns, Mack [Men 70+]
- Gerald Beam, ABD [Men 75+]
- Cathy Edgar [Women 4]
- Sue Semaszczuk, Bellum Racing [Women 30]
- Amber Gideon, ABD [Women 40]
- Marilyn Powell, Project 5 [Women 50]
- Kathleen Corbett, Midwest Masters [Women 60]
- Patricia Beam, ABD [Women 70]
- Sean McCarthy, South Chicago Wheelmen [Men 10-12]
- Sam Beste, Nova Cycling/ISCorp [Men 13-14]
- Konrad Witt, ABD [Men 15-16]
- Nathan Labecki, IS Corp [Men 17-18]
- Emilia Field, IS Corp [Women 10-12]
- Gina Johnson, Village Verdigris [Women 13-14]
- Shelby Kron, Team Mack [Women 15-16]
- Kris Wiater, Plus Cycling [Athletes By Design Men 40+ 4]
- David Pratt, Bicycle Heaven [Beginner Men 5 <40]
- Greg Gale, ABD [Beginner Men 5 40+]
- Jessi Prinner, ABD [OAD Orthopaedics Women 1/2/3]
- John Fleckenstein, Mack [Men 50+]
- Fabio Orlandi, PYOC [Men 55+]
- Fernando Barraza, On The Route [Winfield Community Bank Men 4]
- Keith McMahon, VanWagner [Prairie Path Cycles Men 30+]
- Gene Tolli, Enzo-PZIMET [Men 40+]
- Nathan Labecki, IS Corp [Men 3]
- Bryan McVey, ABD [Central DuPage Hospital Men 1/2]

Thank you again riders! Our final road event of the year, the 2011 Fall Fling is scheduled for September 24-25 & October 1-2 (stay tuned for details), and the Sunrise Park Cross event will be held on October 23rd.

The Winfield Criterium Weekend: August 13 & 14

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 upon himself to bring the party to the top of the course and reward those riders who like the vertical gain. Saturday night also features:

• An increased Prize List for the 1/2/3 Women
• A FREE Kids’ Parade at 5:30 for all children who’d like to ride their bikes on the course.
• A Kids’ Zone with moonwalks.
• Food and refreshments served by the Winfield Knights of Columbus
• Live music in the park immediately following the M/I Homes Men’s 1/2 Pro event.

Sunday marks the return of the ABR National Championship to downtown Winfield and the feared Summit Hill. There will be racing for all ages and abilities, and we’ve combined the Men’s championship event to include the 1/2 & 3 men so that all categories are eligible for the jersey (PLUS 3 men get their own separate prize list that is equal to years’ past. Sunday features also include:

• An increased prize list for the Women’s 1/2/3 event.
• Kids’ races at 1:10 p.m.
• The Kids’ Zone courtesy of Winfield United
• Food and refreshments from the K of C.

We are pleased to announce that $2 of every entry fee will go towards the Special Olympics.

We want to give a big shout out to all of the ABD volunteers and sponsors and partners that help make this weekend happen:

Village of Winfield
Central DuPage Hospital
M/I Homes
Prairie Path Cycles
OAD Orthaepedics
Winfield Community Bank
Winfield United
Packey Webb Ford

ABR Upgrade Rules

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 race organizations from other countries such as Australia, Canada, Columbia, Danmark, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, UCI, Ukraine, and many others.

Rider submits race results to ABR by email or mail for review and determination.

Bob L.
ABR

Monday Night "Back to the Roots" Ride Rules

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, and remember that when you are wearing the ABD colors you are representing not only ABD but also Prairie Path Cycles. Let's show the rest of the world what cyclists are about and earn their respect!

One more thing, if when we are riding the pack gets wider than 2 riders the local police can hand out tickets, just ask a single cyclist from the Elmhurst Bike Club who was riding on Butterfield road in Oakbrook Terrace that received a $75.00 traffic ticket for "impeding traffic".

Now for the repost:

The following is to be observed on all Monday Night Rides and will be repeated in some form by the designated ride leader(s) before we roll out.

The Monday ride is held as a casual, social and safe ride for riders to fine tune their pack riding skills and/or recover from a tough weekend of racing.

If you are not comfortable riding side by side in approximately ONE-HALF LANE OF THE ROAD AT a 16 mph to 18 mph PACE (a little slower on the uphills/a little faster on the downhills), then please practice sitting on the back in a single file line until you are ready.

Any riders found drifting too far towards the yellow line or not respecting pace/speed restrictions will be asked to go to the back. Don't take it personally, it's just the rules.

Last but not least, competitiveness has no place on a "social spin" such as the Monday Night ride. If you are looking to get a workout or challenge other riders, please look elsewhere.

I hope to see you out there and welcoming any new road bike riders and helping them with becoming familiar with riding in a group and showing them what pack-style riding can be about.

Ken

Important Memorial Day Weekend Masters Race Update

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 the entire series we will issue an ABD race voucher for your Sunday entry that is good for one of the Winfield races, TWO nights of Wednesday Night racing a stage of the Fall Fling or the ABD round of the Chicago Cross Cup at Sunrise Park.
• If you registered for a second race of the day on Sunday (and didn't get to race it) we will issue a voucher good for a second race of day at the aforementioned events or a Wednesday Night race at the Pelladrome.
• If you aren't planning on doing any of those races we can issue a refund- but note that 1/3 of $65 is less than the value of an entry fee!

We're also adjusting the overall prizes for the Men 50/55, 40+ 1/2/3, 40+ Cat 4 and  30+. We are extremely disappointed to make this change, but the prize money for this series comes directly from entry fees and since we didn't have any entry fees from stage 2 we’ll be adjusting the overall for those categories to two-thirds of the posted list. The revised prize list is posted here.

Thanks to everyone for supporting our races as we do it for the love of the sport.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send us an email at abdcycling@gmail.com and we hope to see you all on Monday!

Memorial Day Weekend Masters Reg Deal Extended Through Tonight - Save $10!

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 Illinois State Championship) with Monday featuring the combined 1.6 mile circuit race course.

Pre-registration will close tonight but Day-of-race registration will be available and entry fees will be $25 per race.

Full details, a flyer and prize lists are available at www.ABDcycling.com

Sad News for the Local Cycling Scene

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 the door and he consistently went above and beyond the call of the duty- which just a couple weeks ago meant sticking around the store and eating Mexican take-out at 10pm while he stayed to help check in an order.

Larry was also a strong supporter of the local cycling scene and many of the products that local clubs rode or that were used for prizes at races came from Larry. The companies he rep’ed had supported the ABD Cycling Club since 2003.

For the past several years Larry was the rep for Serfas, Profile, Shimano, Bellwether, Yakima, and others. He had also been a rep for Voler clothing and Sinclair Imports during the years many local clubs started using Voler clothing and rode Carnac shoes. At Interbike last year Serfas even unveiled a model of sunglasses named the “Legend” in honor of Larry.

Larry, you will be missed.

The JFMTT is this Sunday: Pre-Registration Closes Tonight!

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 just shy of 10 miles and course maps and parking maps are also available at our website.

Results will be posted LIVE on Sunday and we will be handing out overall awards immediately after the race and then heading over to Bootleggers at 221 Main Street in Maple Park. Join us for very reasonably priced burgers, brats and post-race beverages!

11 Categories are also competing for the “Take Home the Trainer” prize- which is open to all categories with at least three riders competing for the overall. If you’re in the running for the win please stick around to pick up your Blackburn Techfluid trainer (valued at $250!)

Of course, the season is just warming up and ABD will again be hosting Wednesday night training races starting later this month and the Memorial Day Weekend Masters Races. Stay tuned to the website, Facebook.com/abdcycling or Twitter.com/abdcycling for all the latest updates.

ABD fielding Women's and Men's Elite Teams in 2011

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 travel to select NRC events as well as Nationals in Augusta, Georgia. The team is receiving support from Prairie Path Cycles, Serfas (tires and sunglasses), Voler clothing and PowerBar.

The 2011 rosters are:

Women
Stacy Appelwick - Naperville, IL Sarah Demerly - Ypsilanti, MI
Elena Dorr - Chicago, IL
Jeannie Kuhajek - New Zealand
Kristen Meshberg - Lyons, IL
Jessi Prinner - South Elgin, IL

Men
Ben Damhoff - Sterling, IL
Waylon Janowiak - Michigan City, IN
Ryan Freund - Lake in the Hills, IL
Bryan McVey - Naperville, IL
Bryce Mead - Rock Falls, IL
Danny Robertson - Rolling Meadows, IL
Hogan Sills - Champaign, IL

Stacy, Sarah, Elena and Kristen are kicking their season off locally over the next couple of weeks and will be joined by Jessi before she heads to Europe and China with the US National Team. Jess's schedule currently includes both the women's edition of Fleche Wallone and the Chongming World Cup. Jeannie is wrapping up a full season in New Zealand, where she recently wore the green jersey in the Tour of New Zealand, and will arrive stateside in the end of May to join the team at the Quad Cities weekend.

On the men's side, Waylon, Danny and Hogan are still in school so will join the team on a more permanent basis in the end of May. Meanwhile, Ben Damhoff is training this winter in New Mexico while he prepares for the Tour of Gila and will make his way home in May and will meet up with Bryan at the Joe Martin Stage Race along the way. Bryce is returning to ABD after three seasons with Jelly Belly and will share his experiences with the younger riders as they try to make the same jump he did. The team will also be joined on occasion by Dylan Lewis and Mike Ebert, who will also direct both teams.

All of the riders will be filing reports through the ABD Blog and below are their Twitter ID’s (for riders that have them) if anyone wants to keep up with them 140 characters at a time.

Bryan: @bryanmcvey
Danny: @bikerdanny
Elena: @elena_dorr
Hogan: @hogansills
Ryan: @ryanfreund
Sarah: @femdem
Waylon: @waylonjan

Name Dropping the Prez

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...

Research Study on Elite Athletes

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

Green Jeannie!

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!

Indoor TT Series - The race that the lights went out in Winfield

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, and we will celebrate it with 1 more indoor, and then we are going outside!

So, were you there when the power went out? If you were, I hope we didn't inconvenience you much. Final verdict was this. The local water reclamation plant overloaded the circuits and fried a fuse down the street. What I find interesting is that the plant and the school are on the same exact grid. Having written software for these types of plants in Gurnee and Highland Park, one thing I know is that a) you put them on their own grid and don't allow them to share power, and b) and the reason for "a" is because when you have a lot of rain like we did today, they have to fire up every pump in order to move it to a retention area. So when they fired up those pumps, they took us out. So the next time you flush the toilet, remember to send them even more junk, because they almost interrupted your racing today! :)

That's right, almost! Luckily, with some quick thinking, we were able to switch over the stations that were effected over to a line that was being fed power from the school's backup generator. Which I have to say worked like a champ, because when the power went out, the other stations didn't even have a hiccup, and if you are experienced with the CompuTrainer software, you know a sneeze is all that is needed in order to take it out.

Anyone try the oatmeal raisin PowerBar Bites? Oh my, love those things. Thanks to PowerBar for bringing goodies and thanks to the American Diabetes Association for coming out and bringing awareness.

Thank you all once again for making this an exciting and wonderful event. The competition was great and I didn't see anyone cutting piece of bar tape off in order to save weight before hitting the scale.

So, next month....SATURDAY! Yes, that's right, the next event is on a Saturday. Saturday, March 19th to be exact. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Location. So if you haven't registered yet, register now either online or by sending in the form. Pass it on to your friends and family who you think might enjoy this, and have them come out and race against you next month. Head on over to http://www.abdcycling.com/events/ttseries.html and either register online or download the form and mail it in.

See you all next month! -- Rich Johnson Event Director Athletes By Design

ABD'er Ken Fry Sets a New Cycling Center Distance Record

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 to be in pretty good shape for the upcoming ride.

Age Group Results for Indoor TT#1

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 or via our Twitter ID: @abdcycling

Indoor TT Series - #1 Done and Masters 55+ Updated

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 upload an updated version of the results, so just hang tight until the dust settles. Go figure, put me in charge of something and the results get a little out of whack. Luckily this time, they put me in charge of this entire series, and only the results got a little out of whack. It must be a curse!

Anyways, I would also like to take this time to thank each and every one of you who came out and raced hard today. Many came out early hoping to get finished, hang out and watch a little of the racing, then get home in time to watch the Bears (not) do their thing. Nothing major happened, there was no drama, and everything went insanely smooth all because of our wonderful volunteers and of course you, the riders.

And one more quick note. Many of you know an ABD cyclist who races in the 70+ category, Billy Wacholtz. Last week Billy went into Delnor Hospital in Geneva for surgery. After his surgery Billy was out of it a bit and seemed to be a bit down on his luck. Quite a few of us ABD'ers have gone over to the hospital in the past couple of days to hang out with Billy and hopefully cheer him up. Well, I guess it worked. Today while we were all taking part of the races, I received a phone call and a voice message. Our very own Billy had left me a message urging me to call him back. Now, the past couple of days Billy has been hooked up to oxygen and has been really tired, so much so that he would rarely speak. Well today he was up and around and well enough to talk to us on the phone during the races. He was excited and sounded like he was getting back into the form we all know and love. He was a bit saddened by the fact he couldn't be there today, but I can assure he did ask how many of you had done today and said he can't wait for the next one and he wanted to throw down a cold one in celebration. So for the next coming weeks, I ask that you keep Billy in your thoughts and prayers and lets all wish him a speedy recovery. Hopefully he will not only be back on his bike soon, but as many of you know, we hope he is on his roller skates again soon.

So with that, if you have any questions, issues, you name it, or to find out how Billy is doing, please send all responses to me (email address below). Thanks again everyone and we will see you in less than month for #2!!! Good luck and thanks for the hard racing today! --

Rich Johnson
Event Director
Athletes By Design

Nowak's Nordic News

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 getting better.

Arrowhead is still closed at this time.

For those of you willing to drive a bit and challenge yourself, the trails in the So. Kettle (Nordic and McMiller) are very good to excellent. You can rent skis at a few places, Bicycle Doctor and the Lagrange General Store to name a few.

Jim

Updated 2011 MATTS and ROTY Rules

American Bicycle Racing just sent over their 2011 Mid America Time Trial Series Rules. Here they are in their complete and unedited format.

 

 

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2011- WISCONSIN / ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION (WIIL)

RULES for MID AMERICA TIME TRIAL SERIES, TOUR of IL/WI & RIDER of the YEAR

Series held under American Bicycle Racing rules. Below are special rules for this WI-IL Series.

Blue Type are rule changes

A. GENERAL for all MID AMERICA TTs (MATTS), the TOUR (TOI/W) & RIDER of the YEAR (ROTY) events:

1. Uniform Classes:

• Junior Open (age 18 & under) (no Junior events at Masters Memorial Day Weekend & ROTY Fall Fling events)

• Junior Women (age 18 & under) (no Junior events at Masters Memorial Day Weekend & ROTY Fall Fling events)

• Open (Cat 1/2/3), Cat 3, Cat 4. (no Category events at ROTY Masters Memorial Day Weekend)

• Women Open (Cat 1/2/3), Women Cat 4 (no Category events at ROTY Masters Memorial Day Weekend)

• Masters age groups: 30-39, 40-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79 & 80+(no 30-39 at ROTY Fall Fling events)

• Women Master age groups: 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 & 70+.

• Recumbent/Tandem are a combined class (Time Trials only)

• Racers may enter & race for more than one (1) eligible category (example: enter twice, race twice, etc.)

• Women categories and age groups are open to women only. All other Classes are open to both genders.

2. Medals will be awarded 5 deep in all classes except 3-deep for recumbents,/tandems, junior open & junior women.

3. Series Points for each qualifying event will be awarded to each Class as follows:

• 5 deep for Masters 65 and above, Junior Women, Women 40, 50, 60, 70, Recumbents&/Tandems.

(example: 5 for 1st, 4 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 2 for 4th & 1 for 5th) (VQ Indoor 3 for 1st, 2 for 2nd & 1 for 3rd)

• 10 deep for Masters 60-64, Women Open, Women Cat 4 & Junior Open

(example: 10 for 1st, 9 for 2nd, 8 for 3rd, 7 for 4th, etc to 1 for 10th)

(VQ Indoor 5 for 1st, 4 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 2 for 4th & 1 for 5th)

• 20 deep for all other Classes

(example: 20 points for 1st, 19 for 2nd, 18 for 3rd, 17 for 4th, 16 for 5th, etc to 1 for 20th.)

(VQ Indoor 10 for 1st, 9 for 2nd, 8 for 3rd, 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th, etc to 1 for 10th)

Double points or other incentive points offered by a promoter for their series will not apply to the above scoring.

4. Series Overall requires minimumMINIMUM participation to qualify for end-of-season awards (cash, prizes, medals and/or plaques):

• MATTS - 59 qualifying events (the best combined time of the 3 ABD indoor TTs count as one event)

• TOI/W - 5 qualifying events (pending)(four new crits are in development for 2011)

• ROTY - 10 qualifying events (pending)

A Rider must compete in at least 2 MATTS and 2 Tour of IL/WI for a total of 10 events to qualify for ROTY. (pending)

Participation requires starting, racers who start but fail to finish (DNF) an event will qualify for that event.

5. Event Waivers: NONE.

• MATTS – 2 waivers (example: 16 events held and you race 16, then 14 best count. you race 9 then all 9 count).

• TOI/W – pending review

• ROTY –pending review

6. Tie Breakers for series overall standings:

• 1^st tie-breaker - the racer participating in the most events of the series.

• 2^nd tie-breaker - the racer who places highest in the final event of the series.

7. Promoters are responsible for having race results in the hands of the ABR by no later than the day following the date of their event. Give results to the ABR Official or Email results to: AmBikeRace@aol.com

8. Entry fees will be at the discretion of the race promoters.

B. SPECIAL RULES FOR MATTS

The ABD Indoor Time-Trial Series will count a racer’s best combined time of the 3 indoor TTs as one MATTS result.

(A rider who raced all three will place ahead of a rider who raced only two or one of the courses.)

2. Rules for the Two-Person Team Time Trial:

• Both riders in a Team must be eligible to race age group or ability category entered.

• Both riders in a Team must be the minimum age for age group entered, points will be awarded in the age group of the youngest teammate. Except for age groups Women 60-69 and 70+ who can team & race together and Master 65-69, 70-74, 75-79 & 80+who can team & race together. Points awarded in their respective age groups.

• Women only classes are for Women only Teams. Women and Men may team together to race in other classes they are otherwise eligible to enter.

• Each team, for each run may enter only one categoryrace Class. (enter twice, race twice)

3. Prize distribution for end-of-season racers who complete the minimum number of (9) nine qualifying events for awards is:

• Cash & Awards will be awarded 5-Deep in all classes, except 3-deep for Recumbent, Tandem & Juniors.

• Cash and/orPrizes will be divided among the categoriesClasses based upon the percentages of qualifying racers in each categoryClass.

(Example: 200 total qualifying racers & Masters 50-59 category has 20 qualifying racers, then 10% of the total cash award money will be distributed to the top-5 Masters 50-59 racers)

• The award distribution for each category will be: pending

5-Deep Classes – 33% to 1^st, 26% to 2^nd, 19% to 3^rd, 13% to 4^th, and 9% to 5^th3-Deep Classes – 50% to 1^st, 30% to 2^nd, and 20% to 3^rd

Are You Ready?!? ABD Indoor TT #1 is Jan 23rd! Series Pre-Reg Deal Ends Sunday Night!

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 registered and start times are assigned on a first come, first serve basis.Preliminary start times for all riders will beposted on Wednesday, January 19th.

Online registration is available at: http://www.active.com/triathlon/winfield-il/abd-cycle-club-indoor-tt-...
Full details and a video describing what exactly an Indoor Time Trial is are available at http://abdcycling.com/events/ttseries.html .
You can view past results at http://abdcycling.com/events/results.html

Any riders who aren't pre-registered can register on-site for any remaining time slots.

We are also proud to announce the return of the "take home the trainer prize"! This year we will have 16 Blackburn trainers available for warm-up at the three indoor events, and after the final event (the JFMTT), the overall winners of each category with at least 3 riders will take home one of these trainers! *PLUS*, the fastest three Men and Women at each event arereceive $50, $30 and $20, respectively.

The dates of this year's series are:
TT #1: SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 - FLAT 10K
TT #2: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20 - ROLLING 10K
TT #3: - SATURDAY, MARCH 19 - 9K HILL CLIMB
OUTDOOR FINALE: SUN, APRIL 10: JOHN FRASER MEMORIAL TT

Other 2011 ABD Events:
- May 28-30: Memorial Day Weekend Masters Races
- August 13 & 14: Winfield Criterium Weekend
- Late September: Fall Fling Stage Race

Hope to see you next Sunday!

Swim Clinic on Sunday, January 16

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. Cost is just $79, but there is a discount for ABD members that contact me directly. You can see the swim clinic flyer (pdf file is attached to this email or, if it doesn't come through, a link to it psted online is here below):

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Any questions, please contact me at the number below.

Thanks,

Greg Grunner
USAT-certified Triathlon Coach
Wheaton