Team Newsletter – May 5th

2011 Fitzgerald’s Bicycles Team Newsletter - May 5th, 2011

COLLEGIATE ROAD RACING
New Fitzy Team member Sinead O’Dwyer sent in an update from her road racing season so far.  Thanks for the update SInead and we look forward to seeing you at the end of May.

The collegiate season has been going pretty well. I rode two non-collegiate USCF races, one in NYC around Grant’s tomb, I rode the women’s open race in the morning and then the collegiate race in the afternoon. We stayed on 72nd street in Manhattan and rode our bikes through Central Park to get there in the morning! It was pretty fun. The other USCF race was in Philly on Temple’s campus, about an hour after my collegiate race I rode the USCF men’s Cat 5 race and hung in there for the first 25 minutes before I got pulled. On Easter weekend, we had our conference champs,  I got 5th in the East Coast Conference Road Race, but got taken out by my teammate in the crit and ended up with a badly swollen elbow that is still healing. Myself, and three of my teammates are headed to Nationals in Madison, WI on Thursday.

I’d like to especially to thank Fitzy for donating a trianing video and a nutrition video to the team. When he heard we were student run and didn’t have a coach, he gave my mom those videos to ship to the team! Goes to show his true enthusiasm for the sport and it’s growth.

See you guys at the end of May!

Sinead

SAURMAN HITS THE ROAD

 

Fitzy Crew in Fruita

Thursday Night Co-Ed Road Rides

Tony Labbe will again be spearheading the Thursday Night Co-Ed Road Rides.

* These are fun, no drop rides *

* They start at Fitzgerald’s Bicycles *

* Every Thursday at 5:30pm *

You can also follow the rides here.  Thanks Tony!

Team Newsletter – May 2nd

Has anyone been racing?  If so, we want to hear about it.  Please send me your race reports by the end of the day on Wednesday as our next Newsletter will go out Thursday morning.

Reminder: May kicks off our Carbo Rocket Rider Of The Month program.  Nominate a teammate for rider of the month and the winner will receive a bag of Carbo Rocket at the end of May.  The Carbo Rocket Rider of the Month will run through October 2011.

If you have’t done so already, please go to Fitzgerald’s Bicycles Facebook Page and “Like” it.  The shop often uses their FB page to make announcements.  If you’re not on Facebook, no worries.

Lastly, bundle up and get out on your bike!

Moab Gran Fondo - May 7th

Bear Lake Road Race – May 14th

Bear Lake Team Time Trial – May 15th

Boise 9 to 5 – June 11th

Boise 70.5 Ironman – June 11th

RAAM – Starts Jun 15th – Go JayP!

TEAM SHARED CALENDAR IS HERE (save it as an Internet Favorite)