TUESDAY NIGHT POINTS RACES - WIN!

Womens 36 lap points race- 15 starters

1. Hanan Alves-Hyde (Proman) – 18 points
2. Beth Welliver (Velo Bella) – 10 points
3. Starla Teddergreen (Dolce Vita) – 9 points
4. Ileana Garcia- Parker (Alto Velo) – 8 points
5. Julie Nevitt (San Jose) – 7 points
6. Ali Krasnow (Metromint) – 3 points

We had enough women for our own race! This was rare so I did the first women's points race and was sprinting well since I had ridden earlier in the day and was all warmed up already. I won a few sprints and the race. Then I sat out the second points race so I could do the unisex A/B/C race. Everybody did this one. The field was huge and I just sat on the back since I was pretty pooped from all that sprinting already. I just wanted to feel what it was like to finish an 80-something laps points race. I sat up like three laps but actually finished, getting in some great multi-lap efforts and hard sprints. I also got some much-needed pack maneuvering practice since the field was so big. Fun stuff..

SUISUN CRIT - PODIUM

3rd kristin Drumm
7th Hanan Alves - Hyde

WINTERS ROAD RACE - WIN!

1st Virginia Perkins
Melodie Metzger

GB FIRST TRACK GOLD

Most of you know by now I am British and a Chris Hoy fan! So congrats to Team GB for Team Sprint GOLD Jason Kenny, Chris Hoy and Jamie Staff, and to Team GB for 1st and 2nd in the Womens IP Quals Wendy Houvenaghel and Rebecca Romero.
Congrats to Bradley Wiggins for 1st in Mens IP quals with an Olympic record! US Taylor for 7th in Mens IP quals

KIND WORDS

Mark Deterline our new PR whizz from www.2thefront.com received this very touching e-mail from a reader of his recently published article on PROMAN and Women's Racing at the Carrera. thank you Mr. Gerlach, word such as these make this all worth while!

Mark,

Just wanted to extend my compliments on your article covering the
Marin based women cycling team PROMAN. I have recently had the pleasure of meeting Nicola through my new neighbor here in San Anselmo and I can't explain to you how proud I am of the progression of this team. I'm a pretty basic cyclist, mtn and road and attempting to start commuting via bike, but in all of this I see her riders all through Marin. I saw one today on a road bike ride I took out in West Marin. Wanted to give you a bit more info. She and another acquaintance are heading a mtn biking clinic/summer program for boys and girls in which not only is she developing young women athletes on her team (and fabulously I might add as a result of the Carrera which I attended) but she is giving even younger kids another option to spark more interest in cycling. Great article as I felt it described the team very well and thanks for bringing forth some local flavor!

Regards,

J. Gerlach

SANTA CRUZ HELLRIDE

8 athletes from around the US and Canada
8 new Santa Cruz Nomads
66 miles
14,500 feet of climbing
Shake vigorously for 8 to 12 hours
Serve hot over rocks... lots and lots of rocks.

Hellride 5 is in the books, and we were proud to give away two new Nomads and relieved that nobody died. In fact, nobody even got hurt - much. Four of our eight contestants finished, With Kurt Adams and Erin Moeschler being the lucky two who managed to throw down harder than the rest. Their pursuing demons, Mark Weir and Rachel Lloyd, gave them plenty to hurt about, and we then tried to poison everyone with karaoke afterward. There are photos, videos and individual ride reports that will be trickling in here over the next several days. Keep checking back as it takes shape, and thanks for reading.

kurt - finish time - 5:45pm. ride time - 10 hours, 45 minutes.
matt - finish time - 6:15pm. ride time - 11 hours, 15 minutes.
erin - finish time - 7:52pm. ride time - 12 hours, 52 minutes.
aaron - finish time - 7:56pm. ride time - 12 hours, 56 minutes.

weir - finish time - 4:24pm. ride time - 8 hours, 24 minutes.
rachel - finish time - 6:52pm. ride time - 10 hours, 52 minutes.



















FULL STORY HERE

CARRERA DE SAN RAFAEL - WIN!

1st Helene Drumm
2nd Shelley Olds
6th Kristin Drumm
Hanan - Alves Hyde

Helen Drumm made sure the Carrera de San Rafael criterium had some local cycling flavor to it.

Drumm, a San Anselmo resident who races for the Marin-based Proman team, won the women's professional race at the 10th edition of the event that loops around three blocks of downtown San Rafael on Saturday.

Local riders also turned in solid performances in the men's pro race that kicked off under the lights for the second year in a row as Sausalito's Scott Zwizanski and Novato's Jared Barrilleaux both posted top-five finishes in a relatively star-studded field that included well-known names on the cycling circuit like Eric Wohlberg and Freddy Rodriguez.

Bernard Van Ulden of San Francisco placed first for the men, creating 30 yards of separation from Zwizanski by the finish line. A few hours earlier in the women's race, Drumm was also able to pull away at the end.

"It's the best," said Drumm, a local firefighter who has spent more time these summer months battling fires than pedaling away on her bike. "You definitely get some momentum from the crowd and it's a bonus to win it here in Marin. ... It means a lot."

For Full Story continue here

MARIN IJ REPORT

Photo: Garret Lau (above)
Paul Doran (below)
















Carrera De San Rafael Criterium By Shelley Olds
Teammates: Helene, Kristin, Hanan, Shelley

Life's been pretty chaotic lately with the new house, sick kitties, a totaled car still in Seattle and lots of work to do. I showed up late to the race with just enough time to get a 20 minute warm-up and my number pinned. I caught a glimpse of my teammates before the race, but didn't have much time to strategize with them about race tactics and a game plan. Hanan mentioned that she had ridden earlier in the day and offered to help the team in any way she could. I told her my intention was to race hard and aggressively. I didn't see Helene and Kristin until we took the start line, but I knew they would have the same ideas as me and that we would all play off each other as we always do and try and control the race.

It was a hometown race for the Drumm sisters and Helene is a local hero as a firefighter in the area, so the obvious game plan was to do whatever we can to ensure that Helene wins the race.

FULL STORY HERE

ELITE ROAD NATIONALS

Megan Guarnier
Virginia Perkins
Melodie Metzger
Kristina Seley

I had just a three hour drive to Nationals, I couldn't NOT go. I drove
down to the O.C. on Thursday night to meet Megan and settle in.   On the
other hand, Mel and Virginia started the weekend off a little stickier,
driving 8 hours from the Bay in a car that would spontaneously overheat.
So they got in their pre-race warm up by enjoying the heater in 90
degree LA traffic.   We all met up at Kate Mill's place in Irvine,
within riding distance to the race! Thank you Kate........

KRISTINA'S REPORT HERE

Elite National Qualifiers - Track

500m
GOLD Lorraine Jarvis (PR)