Next month we will be changing up the game plan to encourage even more competitive racing at the Wed night crit. Each week we will have multiple races of varying lengths, miss and outs, $5 a lpap, etc. We will be doing a series leader championship race each month, but it will be separate of the weekly races.

This way, each week is it’s own race and the championship will be decided in one race on the last Saturday per month. The courses that we do these races on will also change each month to keep things interesting. This should kep things interesting and fun and the racing positively competitive.

For more info, please visit the Wed Night Crit page at http://www.endurofit.com/Events/Wed%20Night%20Crit.html

See you all on Saturday for our first finale event. It’s gonna be a ton of fun.

~JDS

Check out the video and flyer posted on Florida Racing Magazine.

 http://www.floridaracingmagazine.com/?p=752

~JDS

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~JDS

Check out the newly uploaded race video complete with music at…

http://www.endurofit.com/Events/Wed%20Night%20Crit%20Video.html

~JDS

Another great weekend was had in Ocala Saturday and Sunday. Turn out was great in spite of the sweltering heat. The courses were excellent, with lots of hills and corners to help make it more selective.

Breaks were the the word of the day and some stayed and others got caught, leaving the day to the sprinters in many of the field. Long downhill sprint with a long climb that lead up to it foiled a lot of people’s plans and the heat ended a lot of racer’s days early.

Saturday I got in an 18 mile break with Kent Wheeler from Ball Watch and a rider from GS Palm Beach only to get caught by the charging peloton 300m from the line in the 35+. Last place has never tasted so bitter. However, Sunday I was much luckier and was fortunate to succeed in my break attempt and enjoy a much better tasting result. Congrats to Ball Watch and Kent Wheeler for their overall victory!

A crash occured in the pro race on Sunday prving that you’ve got to be on your toes no matter what category you race. The heat takes it’s toll on everybody. Glad he was ok. Check out the video here.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=125204044186253

Good races were had by many teams including Gearlink, Florida Velo and Ball Watch as well as locals such a Trish Cohen, Tony Timonere, Ken Vida, Adam Baskin, Mark Stein and Pablo Santa Cruz among many others. It was great to see so many locals from our weekly crits up there having a go at things. This community has really grown since I lived here in 2002 and it’s just awesome to be a part of it again.

Check out the results and reports at Florida Racing Magazine and Florida Cycling. More detailed reports here as they materialize.

Ocala SR Race Photos by Christianne Hansley

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30844480&op=1&view=all&subj=590354106&id=1272308572#!/photo.php?pid=30844395&id=1272308572

Looking forward to this weekend in Clermont.

~JDS

Tampa Training Crit Week 2 Report as published on FRM…

http://www.floridaracingmagazine.com/?p=664

~JDS

This fall Endurofit will be teaming up with coach Reece haettich and avid cyclist Bill Bravato to offer a deluxe and challenging camp in the mountains of Dahlonega, GA. This complete camp with deluxe accomodations, great training rides, expert coaching and support will help riders inprove their climbing and get ready for an awesome 6 Gap century.

Find out more…

http://www.endurofit.com/Events/Six%20Gap%20Climbing%20Camp.html

~JDS

My trip has been a very enjoyable success so far; connecting with friends, dealing with storage and doing 3+ hour training rides with lots of climbing daily. Staying with good friend, head coach and owner of Aeolus Endurance Sports, Adnan Kadir and his wife Stacy. They also run the Oregon branch of Life Cycle Adventures. Got to ride with coached athlete, randoneur Rick Blacker and showed him some of the great climbs around the area (Greenleaf, Thompson, 53rd, etc.). I miss being able to climb right out the front door so I am getting my fill while I can.

Raced PIR (Portland International Raceway) last night for the first time in a year or more here during my week long trip to Portland. It never ceases to amaze me how prolific bike racing and cycling are here in Portland. Once again we had over 100 riders in the masters 1/2/3 field last night. Made for some fast, and at times, sketchy racing.

PIR is a closed. 2.2 mile car racing track that has an infield that allows for warming up off the course. It’s huge, smooth and wide open and able to accomodate several races at a time and huge fields. Masters racing goes on Monday nights and there is such a huge populous of riders in PDX that they have equally large fields on Tue nights for categorized races. Women’s fields, inline races and even MTB and cross races on the infield as the season progresses into fall, make this a one of a kind venue.

http://www.racemondaynight.com/blog/

http://www.obra.org/flyers/2010/tues_pir.html

http://www.facebook.com/MondayPIR?ref=ts

It was great to see some familiar faces and get to race with good friends, Hugh Givens (BicycleAttorney.com), Brad Ross (River City Racing) and Richard Lorenz (Beaverton Bicycle Club). Got into another one of those damn and doomed two man breaks with probably the strongest rider in the field and local ‘cross legend, Shannon Skerrit (Vanilla Bicycles). he proceeded to absolutely break my legs with pulls at least several miles an hour faster than mine. Our get away was short lived although probably one of the more successfull attempts of the night.

Tried to mix it up in the sprint but blew it in the last corner. Not surprising as it usually takes me a few tries to begin to figure that one out. It’s a hairy one to say the least. Great times and a great close to a nice 3 day block of training. Time to enjoy a rest day, catching up with friends and dealing with the rest of my belongings. Hoping for decent weather tomorrow so I can enjoy doing the infamous Lawyer Ride before I head home. Looking forward to doing Lake Luisa on Tue and the Tampa Wed Night Crit next week. See you there!

~JDS

In June we will be having an omnium for the Wed Night Crit series. Each week we will have a payout for the race and those placings will count toward the overall for the month. The last weekend of the month we will host a finale race where double points and separate payout will be awarded. There will be separate prize money paid out to the following categories at that race.

June Series

• Top 5 overall in A’s
• Top 5 overall in B’s
• Most improved rider
• Best female rider

Should make things even more fun and interesting. Find out more about these upcoming events and the watch the video form the races at the links below.

June Omnium Finale Race
Weekly Racing Clinic Series
Week 1 Crit Video

~JDS

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~JDS