ABD Cycling Reports

Rich Johnson's Tour De Villas ABD Wrap Up

2011-07-03T09:38:00.001-07:00

I think the appropriate name for today's race in Des Plaines should have been the Tour de Hell. I tried to ride up front, no good, in the back, no good, in the peloton, no good, on the sidewalk through sprinklers, very good! Even with all of that heat, I still finished. I wasn't last and I wasn't first, but I was freakin' hot! I think the performance of the day goes to 3 people. The first is Adam

Nowak Report: CCC #6 - mud, Mud, MUD!!!

2009-11-07T09:44:00.000-08:00

This past weekend was the 6th of 10 races in the ChiCrossCup series. The best part was that the ABD race was behind me now, and all the stress and effort to put on another successful ABD race had left. I could now focus on my race and put forth 100% effort in the week leading up to the Sunday effort.The week leading up to St. Charles was rainy and cold. Normally I would be disappointed because

Nowak Report: Chicago Cross Cup Rounds #4 and #5

2009-10-30T08:25:00.000-07:00

Adversity.  We all deal with it at sometime in your life. Those of you who race, you know what I'm talking about.  Well stops 4 and 5 on the CCC series were all about adversity for me and dealing with it.  Stop #4 was the Carpentersville Oktobercross race. First of all I would like to give HUGE props to Jeff Provisor (owner of Main St. Bikes as well as the promoter for this race). Every year

Curtis Bice Report: Trek Employee TT

2009-10-23T15:28:00.000-07:00

Not Your Usual Race Report – Trek Employee Time Trials Two weeks ago, I had the honor of winning the Trek Employee Road Time Trial, which took an all out effort to cover the 5.8 mile out and back course in 12:47 at 27.2 mph. The competition was tough, with Jason Svaldi, a strong Cat 2 road racer (who can kick my butt in a sprint any day) was just 5 seconds back, and our strongest Masters rider,

Nowak Report: Chicago Cross Cup Round 3

2009-10-12T15:55:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Here is the continuing saga of the ABD 'crossers.Sunday was the 3rd stop in the CCC series. Beverly Vee-Pac was the sponser and they laid out a challenging yet fun course at the Dan Ryan Woods on 95th and Western. There was a a LOT of flat, but what was not flat was either straight up or straight down. With the overnight freeze, the ground slowly became slick and turns became

Nowak Report: Chicago Cross Cup Round 2

2009-10-06T13:54:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the 2nd installment of the Chicago Cross Cup Series. Last Sun (10/4) brought over 350 racers to DeKalb for the Hopkins Park Cross sponsered by North Central Cyclery/Half Acre Cyclery. This was the second year that this race has been hosted here, and the sponsers only made it better.Hopkins Park is a perfect venue for 'cross in that there is very little flat, lots of area, some nice

Nowak Report: Cross is On!

2009-09-21T09:32:00.001-07:00

Hey all,Welcome to another wonderful year of cyclocross!!!Yesterday was the first race in the Chicago Cross Cup Series. Every new ‘cross season brings apprehension (did I do enough high end training?), concern (are the new tubies glued on properly?), and excitement (Yea BABY CROSS!!!).xXx is the promoter of this particular race and as always Greg Heck does a great job changing up the course and

Bertucco Report: Green Mountain Stage Race Wrap-Up

2009-09-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

ABD and racing fans,It's been a few weeks since the final stage of the Green Mountain Stage Race. For those of you following my Twitter updates, you know that it was a pretty rough 4 days of racing for me. Racing up Vermont's highest paved road on stage 3 nearly killed me. But I finished to fight another day which is more than I can say for a few riders who called it quits.The final day was a

Amy Halsall's Ironman Wisconsin Report

2009-09-17T21:28:00.000-07:00

All - this is my race report from my first Ironman in Wisconsin on Sunday. I finished in 14 hours and 15 minutes!!!! If you are interested (or just want to view the pics), read on.....So, it is official….I am an Ironman! It has been a long and fun journey. I loved the training even when it was tough. My amazing triathlon coach, Jenny Garrison, kicked my butt literally this summer and I

Prinner Report Posted from Gateway Cup

2009-09-08T11:48:00.001-07:00

Jessi Prinner has a great report from her 8th place finish at the first day of the Gateway Cup in her first NRC race!

Prinner Report from World

2009-08-27T08:38:00.000-07:00

Jessi Prinner has posted a report from her experience at the Junior World Championships in Russia!

Dunne Report: Downers Grove

2009-08-19T08:21:00.000-07:00

Downers Grove report, Sat Masters 4-5, Sunday Cat 5 #2Where do I get my “I survived Downers Grove” T-shirt?Saturday was a beautiful day, a bit windy and I was hoping for a top 20 placement in the Full field Masters 4-5 in Downtown Downers Grove.By the time fellow ABD riders Gary Rulo and the Sarge and I entered the course; we were already lined up at the back of the starting field. Gary’s comment

Prinner Report: San Jose Training Camp

2009-07-14T09:30:00.000-07:00

Jessi Prinner has an update at her blog about heading to the US National Team Training Camp in San Jose:San Jose, CA

Prinner Report: Junior World Championship Trial

2009-06-19T11:07:00.001-07:00

Hey guys!This is the rider report you’ve all been waiting for…drum roll…Junior World Championship Trials!!! This was perhaps one of the most important races of my career as a junior racer, and I had my sights trained on it all winter. I think this event is what kept me half-sane during all those lonely, gut-wrenching computrainer workouts at the bike shop. As long as I knew there was a light

Prinner Report: Quad Cities (and Not So Radio-Ready)

2009-06-14T10:26:00.001-07:00

Hello ABD, Even though school has gotten pretty crazy in the past two weeks, I still managed to find time to travel to the Quad cities, and then Nashville Tennessee for some major hard-core racing. I’d like nothing more right now than to just sit and vegg out since I only have two days of school left, but I figure these reports are too important to hold out on any longer. Two weeks

Watson Report from Colorado

2009-05-20T10:40:00.000-07:00

[Zach Watson is an ABD Club member and Elite Team rider living in Boulder, Colorado. Zach has been an ABD member since the team’s original inception as a Junior program in the mid 90’s and we are proud to still have him on board]Hello, ABD Club. Here’s a quick report on some races this past weekend. Next up: the Quad Cities races.Saturday: Sunshine Canyon Hillclimb. Basically a mass start 9

Prinner Report: Hillsboro Roubaix

2009-04-14T07:31:00.000-07:00

Hey Team, I’m sure most of you tuned in yesterday to watch a very eventful Paris-Roubaix unfold, even though I’m still a little bummed they never show a women’s Paris-Roubaix. I’m sure women racers have just as much, if not more, enthusiasm about racing those cobbles as the men. I know I was envious. I just hope that one day maybe I’ll get the chance to race on one of those

Prinner Report: Kenosha & Beloit

2009-04-10T09:58:00.001-07:00

Hey Team,It’s definitely about time I started with the rider reports again since I’ve finally got something to talk about (let’s face it, nobody really wants to hear a report on the indoor TTs. This is about the time of year that we all just prefer to forget about them). My first race of the year brought me out to Kenosha to race on one of the widest, flattest courses I’ve ever

Freund San Dimas Race Report

2009-03-24T08:39:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,So here is how the San Dimas Stage Race which included an uphill 3.8 mile TT on Friday, a road race Saturday and a Crit on sunday went from my prospective.Well the TT wasn't great. I had a good warm up, I felt pretty good, and unlike Carter I don't mind TT's usually. However, I've never done an uphill TT and to make things worse I went out a little too hard. This is my biggest

Carter Report: Pace bend RR and Walburg RR

2009-02-24T08:24:00.001-08:00

Hi ABD'ers Thought I would drop a short recap of the races down here. I will start with Valley of the Sun in Phoenix, AZ. It was a 3 day stage race with a TT, RR, and Crit based on time. Now, it is no seceret that I hate TT's, but I actually was ready to really try and do well at this one, full on areo set up. 5k into the 22k TT I managed to find the biggest nail on the rode that went clean

The Nowak Ski Trail Report

2009-01-13T16:58:00.000-08:00

Hey all ABD'ers, there are some AWESOME x-country skiing conditions in the area. Here is my first hand update on the local and some not so local trails.The DuPage Forest preserves are in pretty good shape. I classic skied Herrick Lake on Monday and the tracks were very good (other than one area where an old lady was walking in them). The skate area had a lot of walking traffic, but looked to

Paul Z's Prairie Path Update- 9/16/08

2008-09-17T09:25:00.001-07:00

Thanks to all who replied about conditions on the paths and roads. I went out this evening from Mile Marker Zero in Wheaton to Powis and Army Trail. Despite Saturday's deluge and the remnants of Hurricane Ike, the path is in pretty decent shape. However, there are a few sections that were under water and will put you on your butt if you aren't careful. The washouts left washboard sections that

Allison Moe Report: Wisconsin Triathlon

2008-09-12T12:27:00.001-07:00

Race Report- Ironman Wisconsin 2008 What a journey!!! As I reflect on my first Ironman, there are so many thoughts that are going through my head. I am so fortunate to have the opportunity to do these types of things. Every starting line is a gift and every finish line is a reward. Doing the Ironman is simply amazing. The Swim 1:20 Heading out to the swim was one of the coolest things that I

Prinner's Junior Nationals report (finally!)

2008-09-09T08:37:00.001-07:00

Hello ABD,There is no doubt that this year's Junior National Championships hosted some of the most exciting and challenging races, not to mention being located in sunny California, which tied together a fun vacation and a memorable experience. Nomatter how many pages I cover this story in, it will still never include the entirely of the trip, so I figure I'll just pick out the highlights and not

Prinner Report: Superweek

2008-08-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

After obtaining 4 state championship jerseys in just two weeks (two USCF at Proctor and two ABR at Wooddale) I looked on to Junior Nationals as being my last opportunity at donning a championship jersey for this year. But before I knew it, I had my eye fixed unwaveringly on another jersey, one that would take a weeks worth of strategical brains and a heck of a lot of pain to achieve. Superweek,

Superweek Days 7 & 8: Rain, Pain & Return to the top 10

2008-07-20T12:19:00.000-07:00

The last two days the tired legs and minds have started to show at Superweek with eight of racing remaining! Fortunately, the forced off-days due to school and work has helped the ABD/GEARGRINDER riders and in Saturday’s eighth stage in Waukesha Rob White made the break of 13 riders to ultimately finish 8th and return the team to a top ten in the results. Jeff Schroetlin’s strong riding

Prinner Report: Cobb Park & Fox River Grove

2008-07-11T21:41:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,So now that Ive completely blown off writing my rider reports for three weeks, I have about 8 races I need to recap. Not to worry, though, Im sure nobody in their right mind would actually want to read a report on 8 races all at once (much less write them), so Ill just start with the first three and save your time and sanity.Cobb Park crit: Saturday June 21It had been three years

ABD Multisport - Podium Finishes!

2008-06-23T07:25:00.001-07:00

ABD Multisport had a couple impressive performances at this weekends8th Annual Tinley Park Duathlon.In the individual Age Group competion, Scott Pahl took 1st place inthe 50-54 Age Group competion. He seems to be in pretty good earlyseason running shape, comming off a recent good Half-Marathon. Scottalso placed 15th overall....in a field of over 500 competitors.Good Job Scott!In the Male Team

Prinner Report: Wisconsin RR and Carrol County

2008-06-19T07:33:00.001-07:00

Hello ABD,The race options for the weekend of the 7^th were indeed quite sparse, so I settled on the Wisconsin State Championship RR seeing as though it was the only race that was remotely close. If I could have foreseen the tragic outcome of this race, though, I would have definitely not gone at all.The entirety of the women's cat. 1,2,3 race was 39 miles; six laps, each totaling 6.5 miles each,

LaRue Report: Carrol County

2008-06-16T09:12:00.001-07:00

Hello, I was in the race with Steve and Theo far a few climbs. I got dropped on the last big climb. Sorry Steve and Theo I wanted to be there to help one of you win. After being dropped I waited for Mike Redlich and we started riding together. Some how we missed a turn. As did several other people. We found our way back on the course just in time for Mikes frame to snap in half. We stopped and

Parrish Report: Carrol County Cat 3's

2008-06-16T07:59:00.001-07:00

The past three years, Theo and I have finished 2nd twice, 3rd and 4th but never first. With 10 miles or so to go, this looked to be our year. The 3's were whittled down to four with Theo and myself in the group with some remnants of the Masters 30 and Masters 40 field. The other two 3's were on different teams, so Theo and I should have managed at least a first right? There was some confusion as

Spencer Report: Tour de Winghaven

2008-06-11T15:13:00.001-07:00

Winghaven Race Report:The team headed down to just west of St. Louis to do the Tour of Winghaven this past weekend. This is a large payout and the team was keen to do well. Rob White and I drove down on Sunday morning as the challenges of balancing family, work and racing can prove tough at times. We decided to compromise by being gone all day on Sunday. I think it is fair to say that both of

ABD Shines at the Batavia Triathlon & Duathlon

2008-06-10T07:38:00.000-07:00

ABD Multisport shined in Batavia despite overcast skies, oppressive humidity, wind, and wet roads.*Kim Malmquist* was the first female duathlete across the line, triathlete *Rob Fortelka* flew on the bike at 23 mph, the second fastest ride of the day, and triathlete *Gretchen DeMong* smoked the run at a blistering pace of 6:22 per mile!ABD put 3 in the top 12 overall in the Duathlon with Kim in

Prinner Report: Joe Martin Stage Race

2008-06-08T17:07:00.003-07:00

Hi y'all,Yeah, I know the Joe Martin was, like, so four weeks ago, but due to excessive homework and bicycle riding I was unable to write it earlier. I definitely feel, though, that I absolutely must write this report because I need to pay Sue S. some tribute for driving me down. By the way, Sue is not a Susan, she is a Suzanna.After 10ish hours of driving on the interstate, Sue and I were

Prinner Report: Joe Martin Stage Race

2008-06-08T17:07:00.001-07:00

Prinner Report: the snake and the melon--a fable

2008-06-05T20:53:00.001-07:00

Hello Team,Finally, for the first time ever I was granted permission to compete in the Snake Alley Criterium by my coach. Every year before that I was told no because "it was an extremely hard race and definitely NOT a race one does for pleasure". From all the stories I heard of Snake Alley through the years I pieced together a picture in my mind of a cobbled hill with a turn or two. Nothing

LaRue Reports in from the Giro D'Italia

2008-05-28T00:24:00.000-07:00

Hello,Looks like everyone had a good weekend of racing. Meanwhile Nancy and I went to Italy for a days in Venice and 2 days at the Giro. We Spent the first day roaming around Venice. Catching all famous sites and the tourist traps(souvenir shops). The city was really nice. There were lots of sites and the famous canal with the boats for the romantic types (not Nancy and I). We had some great

Irene Pang Reports in from AZ: March to May Races

2008-05-21T10:16:00.001-07:00

Hi Everyone!Greetings again from the now-sweltering state of Arizona! I was in the mountainous northern portion of the state last week where it actually snowed 3-5 inches, yet 6 days later, temperatures reached 110 degrees in Phoenix just 2 hours to the south! The northerly portions of the state are where most races here go in the summertime, where the 7000 ft altitude cools things off

ABD Women shine at the Monsters

2008-05-20T15:27:00.001-07:00

Several ABD Women were also out in force at the Monsters at the Midway this weekend and turned in some mighty impressive results.Jessi Prinner took 4th in the Womens 1/2 and Sue Semaszczuk took 4th in the inagural Cat 3 womans race. Sue was lead out by her teammate Marilyn Powell, who was doing her second race of the day after taking 3rd in the Masters 40+!

Keeley Report: Monsters of the Midway & Wheels on Willy

2008-05-20T08:16:00.001-07:00

Monsters cat 3Lined up with 60 riders, 6 of which were ABD, so it was nice to ride with a crew today. Our plan was to stay out of the wind and move up at the end for the inevitable field sprint. We did a good job of being aggressive a few times early in the race. David Reyes and his father Al jumping off the front on several occasions. I found myself way back with one to go, found Jay

Prinner Report: Vernon Hills Grand Prix

2008-05-10T11:35:00.000-07:00

Hello Everybody,I was a little crestfallen to not be able to make it to the Baraboo Sharks RR on Saturday, so I instead turned my sights to the Vernon Hills Grand Prix on Sunday.Indeed, it was a grand race. 40 percent of the field consisted of just Alberto riders. Now, I know what you’re all thinking. “Gosh, that sure is an unfair advantage!”, you might say. Well then, let’s rephrase the

Keeley Report: Whitnall Park

2008-04-30T11:35:00.000-07:00

Jay Corgiat and I headed up to Milwaukee Saturday for the Whitnall Park for the hilly crit. It is a never-flat course that has you either going up or down with generally wide turns and a slight downhill finish that comes about 50 meters after the crest of a slight kicker of a hill. It is quite a nice little course. Jay raced the masters 4/5 race with about 10 mins of warm up (we left later than

Keeley Reports: Hillsboro, SuperCrit & Great Dane #2

2008-04-24T11:32:00.001-07:00

Hillsboro Report:Sorry for the delay, I have been struggling with whether to report on races where I do not perform as well as I should so as to avoid the incessant “woulda, shoulda, coulda,” “this chump blocked my wheel” and other negative things that race through your mind as you look to pin your poor performance or lack of fitness on anyone on two wheels that was within a mile said race. So,

Jim Lund Report: Sugar Grove TT

2008-04-24T11:32:00.000-07:00

Yesiree. After getting only about 4 hours of sleep and waking late, I left my house and hooked up with Rob Kosman. Together we rode over to registration. I was hoping to do the loop once for additional warm up, but by the time I finished buying a USCF license, and crossed route 47 over to the start/finish line in the industrial park where the start/ finish was, it was just about time for me to go

Alumni Report: Sarah Tillotson from China

2008-04-24T11:31:00.000-07:00

Ni Hao! (What’s up in Chinese)Alright, so as many of you know I am visiting China right now with a bike team doing the Tour of Chongming Island. We have been in over here since Sunday staying in Hong Kong before flying into Shanghai. As with any new travel experience the first few days are such a sensory overload. From sun up to bedtime every minute of the day is full of new sights, sounds and

LaRue Report: Paris Roubaix Tour

2008-04-16T11:27:00.000-07:00

Hello,Nancy and I got back from Roubaix. Man what an experience. We rode the last 115k of the course. We left from the hotel in Valenciennes and rode 5 miles to the famous pavê section Arenberg forest. This is rated as a 5 star (the highest rating). It felt more like a 9.9 on the Richter scale. We then rode several other sections of Pavê until we reached section 5 which was about 8k of cobbles

Gina Kenny Report: Hillsboro Roubaix

2008-04-02T11:25:00.000-07:00

Wow. Not only has Jessi’s riding improved, bringining her to “prominent name” status, her race reports have improved as well. Thanks for the entertaining read! = )As for the Women’s 4’s race– We actually had nearly 50 starters. Pretty unbelievable. Pretty soon into the race, there was a crash — I heard some loose gravel but didn’t see it. I just all of a sudden saw girls going down everywhere. I

Jessi's Hillsboro Report

2008-04-01T20:14:00.000-07:00

My trip down to Hillsboro indeed brought back many interesting memories. I could again envision myself age thirteen laying by the side of the road getting a back rub from my mother just 10 miles from the finish line, crying tears of pain as all the cat 4 women I had worked so hard to drop slowly passed me again. Another image, a year later, of a dark, dreary, freezing wet day shivering at the

Irene Pang Reports In from the Desert

2008-03-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Greetings from Arizona! Since you now have more outdoor racing coming up, I’ve decided to issue a summary race report, which includes a total of 4 mountain bike races and 3 criteriums. Would you believe that the State Championship Criterium is in a mere 2 weeks??I’ve been participating in the 7-race state mountain bike Championship Series in both the Marathonand the

ABD/Gear Grinder Report: Carter Gets Rolling in Texas

2008-01-31T08:26:00.000-08:00

Last week I was working in Corpus Christi, TX so last weekend I put my feet in the water and did my first race of the season in Copperas Cove, Texas near Austin on the way home. I'm still weightlifting and have done very little outdoor riding ... basically I'm still in winter training mode. The race was just a local, barely a prize-list race so I was surprised to encounter a

[UPDATE] Nowak Report: State CX Championships

2007-12-09T20:17:00.000-08:00

You did what?Yes I did!!! I made it over to Montrose Harbor today for the IL State Cyclocross Champs! I was quite a bit apprehensive about going as I was not feeling all too well when I woke up on Sun. morning; headache, scratchy throat, tired, but my goal of staying in the top 10 of the 40+ was in jeopardy if I didn't go, so what the heck.Let me first say that Chris Dimmick and the Turin crew

Kenny & Bartley Report: Wisconsin CX Championship

2007-12-02T21:10:00.000-08:00

This was the first true cross race of the year. I actually drove up on Saturday and rode the course. It started snowing while I was there making my preride nothing like the actual race.The course had probably about an inch of snow and was a mushy, and in places, muddy mess. Turning became sketchy with me having to place a foot down from time to time and going down in the small sand pit. Between

Nowak Report: Chicago Cross Cup #5- Lansing/SCW

2007-11-19T14:11:00.001-08:00

It's been awhile since I put in a report, and for some reason I can't sleep so what better time...I'm sure most of you saw Gina's report for the Women's race. Sue was on fire today! Great Job. Also congrats to Gina on her upgrade. Careful what you ask for.Lately I have been racing two races and today was not different. In the 40+, Ed Bartley, Ken Krebs, and I lined up with 36 of our best '

Gina Kenny Report: 3 is the Magic Number for the Day

2007-11-19T14:09:00.000-08:00

Lansing Cyclocross race reportABD had a pretty good showing today. Jim Nowak raced both the 40+ and the Cat. 3. Eddie Bartley and Ken Krebs also did the 40+ race. Sue Semaszczuk and I did the Women's Cat. 4. I believe Jim did well. I, unfortunately, am not sure how anyone else did besides Sue and I.The course was extremely flat. There was one barrier and one set of three barriers. There were

Nowak Report: Busted At The Bandit Cross

2007-11-14T09:09:00.000-08:00

Busted by the Police is a bit of an overstatement, more like a security guard. The "course" that was laid out was actually pretty nice, but not feeling my best that day I knew it would be a long day at the "Boundy and Lombardo House of Pain". I rode to Schaumburg/Hoffman Estates (who can tell these days were these town start and end) from home which took about 40 minutes. The last week was a

Gina Kenny Report: Flying Viking Cross

2007-11-14T09:04:00.001-08:00

I did the Women's 3/4 Flying Viking Cross Race in Stoughton, WI on Sunday. I was very excited about this race as I want to upgrade to Cat. 3. This race had a Women's Cat. 4 race and a Women's 3/4 race. So, I had decided to skip the Cat. 4 and race the Cat. 3. Then, last Monday evening I felt a cold coming on. It hit me full force Friday and is easing up but, unfortunately, I still wasn't

Keith B's Marathon Report

2007-11-05T16:36:00.000-08:00

I know it's a bit late, but last Sunday 10/28, I ran the Grand Rapids Marathon to try and redeem myself from what happened at the Chicago Marathon a few weeks prior. I have spoke with some of you about my results, but others I mentioned that I would post something. So here I go...It was a clear cold 32 degree morning the day of race. Frost on the grass, but the daytime high was in the upper 50's,

Gina Kenny Cross Report: Campton Park & Estabrook

2007-11-05T10:22:00.000-08:00

Saturday Sue Semaszczuk, Jim Nowak, Brad Dash and myself raced at the cross race in St. Charles. Sue & I scored free socks, as did all the women racers, which was a nice perk. The course was similar to previous years although the start was a short straight area to some tight turns, to a set of barriers, a ditch-like drop and another set of barriers. I started out fifth and stayed there the

Marshall Report: 20076 Union Colorfest Biathlon

2007-10-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

Fellow ABD'rs;Here is my final race report for the 2007 season. Two weeks ago, my old EIU college roomate, Joe Sheeran and I competed in the 2007 13th annual Union County Colorfest Biathlon.Joe Sheeran, now 49 (50 in November), resides in Ellynsburg, Washington. He was a 3-time DivIII All-American in Cross-Country and Track, following college, he posted some impressive road races, such as a 2:15:

Gina Kenny Report: Carpentersville Cross

2007-10-23T10:39:00.001-07:00

Sue and I raced in the Women's 4's at the cyclocross race on Sunday. The course was more technical than Jackson Park -- which means it was more to my liking. There were two barriers before a run up, two places where there was a barrier and then a ditch type thing that you had to jump over, a kind of ditch/very small ravine thing with a rutted line and a big sand pit that if you tried to

Women's 4's from Carpentersville

2007-10-21T17:43:00.000-07:00

Sue and I raced in the Women's 4's at the cyclocross race on Sunday.The course was more technical than Jackson Park -- which means it wasmore to my liking. There were two barriers before a run up, twoplaces where there was a barrier and then a ditch type thing that youhad to jump over, a kind of ditch/very small ravine thing with arutted line and a big sand pit that if you tried to just roll

Cooper Report: Fall Fling

2007-10-08T22:49:00.001-07:00

Hello,I tell you the Fall Fling was great. Putting points into a series of races gives it a whole different perspective. I wanted to give a brief recap of the races for my final race report. In retrospect the TT was a TT and knowing what I know now (only a week or so later) it was just a TT because even though I had a plan which I thought was decent there is a whole other level to get to, to

Keith B: Marathon Report

2007-10-08T21:19:00.001-07:00

Hello Everyone,Well let me just say that I have never written any type of report before. I had a very disappointing run yesterday. Yesterday was the hottest Chicago Marathon ever reaching 88 degrees. They actually cancelled the race later in the day because of the heat. I heard that about 35,000 started the race and about 24,000 finished. One person died, and about 300 were taked to the

Glinka Report: Apple Cider Century

2007-10-04T15:27:00.000-07:00

Wind !What wind !!!!So Big Tom, James, Sandy, Dave and Graham Clark, Rosemary Blau and I did the ACC for 2007.The hardest part of the whole ride was the 10 mile road that headed straight south against the wind (average wind was 15 to 20 mph, Gusting to 35 mph), of course this was after doing 70+ miles already ! Did I forget we climbed just over 2500 ft. for the whole ride :-)GREAT TIMES !!!Ken,

Gina Kenny's Cross Report: Delafield

2007-10-01T10:20:00.000-07:00

Being bit by the 'cross bug, I decided to head up to Wisconsin on Sunday for a cyclocross race (Sat. was a two-part time trial but I skipped that). The weather was gorgeous -- not what one typically gets for cyclocross races so it was even nicer. The course was an approximate two mile loop--mountain bike double track with some deep ruts in some areas, a few sharp turns and one steep climb with a

Nowak Report: Cross Cup Round #1 @ Jackson Park

2007-09-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, back for another exciting season of 'cross!Yesterday was the first race in the Chicagoland Cyclocross Cup series at Jackson Park on Lake Michigan. Now for most people, it was a perfect day for riding your bike, but for most cyclocrossers, it was anything but perfect. The sun was shinning, the temp. was above 60, and not a cloud in the sky...Ken Krebs and I drove down to Jackson

Marshall Report: Kenosha Crit

2007-09-24T09:06:00.000-07:00

Hi;I competed in last weekends crit race in Kenosha. It was my second crit race ever, having done my first in Lombard earlier this summer.Anyhow, after cycling 66 miles the day before, I wasn't sure just how I would do, but after a fairly good warmup, I went to the start line for the Masters 50+ race.Being behind schedule they decided to shorten race from 45 min. + 2 laps, to 30 min. + 2

Keeley Report: Priority Health Grand Cycling Classic

2007-09-11T10:40:00.000-07:00

I travelled to Grand Rapids last weekend to race in the priority Health Grand Cycling Classic crit on Saturday. My bro-in-law (that got me into cycling) lives up there and it is always nice to see different riders and courses. It was the innaugural event and was held in downtown. The course was 1.2k and consisted of a few block- long rough cobble sections that were quite bumpy and was mostly flat

Bertucco Report: Blueberries and Red Lions

2007-09-11T09:52:00.001-07:00

Hello Racing Fans,Did you know that Hammonton, New Jersey is "The Blueberry Capital of the World?"Yeah...me neither. But there it was...a very official looking road sign in big letters along today's flat, fast and windy road race course. It would have been nice to see some actual cartons of blueberries at a roadside fruit stand, or at least some picked over blueberry bushes, but no such luck. I

Oehmen Report: Tuesday Night Crits

2007-08-30T06:26:00.000-07:00

ast night i did the tues night criterium in Matteson. It takes place every tuesday and there are 3 races every time usually a 10 lap, 30 lap then another 10 lap at 1 K per lap. There are two group that race.. group a which are cat 1,2,3 and group B cat 4, 5 (boys & girls together) . They are on the course at the same time split up. The group a does the full amount of laps and we do less

Keeley Report: Glencoe Criterium

2007-08-28T12:10:00.000-07:00

It was nice to finally race on dry roads....on Sunday at least. I believe that Mr. Cogiat pretty well covered the report on Sherman Park. It was a nice trip, save the desperate search for an ATM in what was apparently the only 1 square mile of chicagoland without an atm. Oh well, the course was nice, XXX did an amazing job of keeping the course clear of water and the rain stopped right before our

[UPDATED] Corgiat Report: Sherman Park's Mayor Speedy

2007-08-26T07:36:00.000-07:00

While Keeley continues to amaze me with his ability to propel himself forward quickly on a bike, his prose need work. So I thought I would beat him to the punch on the race report for Sherman Park.In typical Keeley/Corgiat fashion, we planned an early departure – 5:45 AM – to make the 8:00 AM Masters 30+ 4,5 (Turns out the race didn’t start till 8:45 AM - My bad – Tim tried to call me off the

Cooper Report: Downers Grove

2007-08-20T15:09:00.000-07:00

Last year was my first time at Downers and I was really looking foward to racing this fun course again. I got there early and set up and watched the rain clouds roll in. Ending my warm up while watching the womens race I decided (due to the rain) to not race my good wheels incase I get caught up in some carnage. I slapped my back ups on and rolled out to get a good position. We soon were off

Keeley Report: Downer's Grove

2007-08-20T12:15:00.000-07:00

So I have not written a race report since I was asked at the Winfieldregistration "Hey, aren't you the guy that writes all of the longreports?"But, I realize that it is just as easy to delete this muck if you donot want to read it. Plus, I have always been interested in other'srace stories, so here goes:DG Race Highlights:First of all, ABD tent and ABD group: Way cool, good to see so manyclubbers

Keeley Report: Elk Grove Village

2007-08-13T07:43:00.000-07:00

I have not posted a race report in a while, so I may lack the style and grace which the likes of a Jessi may write, but here goes:OUCH!(no, i did not improperly cut and paste this report, that is all I can say about the race).Oh, and kudos to Joel Crouch, 10th place in a field of 130+ mostly frothing at the mouth 3/4's, are you kidding me!?!!?? The dude has a nose for the front of the pack. Tim K.

Prinner Report: Superweek

2007-08-05T08:38:00.001-07:00

Hey all,There is nothing that fulfills a bike racer’s dream more than two weeks of nonstop racing on the most flat, hilly, dangerous, fast, tricky and exciting courses you might ever find in the U.S. against fiercest competitors and most torrential weather to contend with. One can just simply wake up in the morning and have the strongest urge to hurt themselves and decide to head on down the

Oehmen Report: Paceline Approved by Dogs

2007-07-26T08:25:00.001-07:00

OK so last year was a bad year for me and dogs. Which some of you may remember from my emails for help and Farrell may remember me giving him a call on the verge of tears ready to quit cycling.... stupid dogs. One thing i read or maybe i was told was that some dogs like the German Shepard that chased are herding dogs which is why he wasn't behind me but next to me on the other side of the rode.

Ryan Baumann Checks in From Europe

2007-07-23T10:59:00.000-07:00

ABD rider Ryan Baumann is currently racing with the US National Team in Europe and just finished a stage race in Liege. Read his latest Blog entry, "Liege'n" at http://racewithryanbaumann.blogspot.com/

Sarah Tillotson's Giro Femminile Report

2007-07-23T09:42:00.000-07:00

The rain is falling with a soaking determination up here in the Adirondacks today. I'm sitting in my friends' living room a block away from the Ironman Lake Placid registration tent watching through the front window as Sunday's competitors park and walk to pick up their race packets. I have also just finished watching today's Tour de France stage with all of the glorified Versus commercials for

Oehmen's Superweek Soigneur Report

2007-07-23T09:39:00.000-07:00

If you are hoping that this email will spill all the deep dark secrets shared on the table by the elite team. Don't bother reading any further. i will never share any stories... through email :)But i have gone with the team to racers for three events now. Quad city, nature valley and a couple days in superweek. I have learned a few things but i know i still have a long way to go.Notes from the

Cooper Report: Dice 40k TT

2007-07-19T10:05:00.000-07:00

While a lot of my friends were out racing at superweek venues I chose to hone my skills at time trialing. I met up with Rob, on time, and we headed out to what Nebraska or something, no Cordova. We got there at a decent time and had breakfast at a farmers diner. Rob is the sausage, eggs, hash brown kind of guy and I was the pancake with blueberry sauce dude. You know it was nice not to rush. I

Jr Track Nationals

2007-07-11T19:25:00.001-07:00

As soon as we pulled up to Colorado Springs’ 7-Eleven velodrome with all five bikes, seven extra wheels, and about 3 tons of equipment and clothes piled in the back of our van, I knew I was in for quite a ride (literally and figuratively). After having settled into the atmosphere of the Northbrook and Kenosha velodromes, this track nearly scared the living daylights out of me. The

The Cooper Report: Wolfgang Freitag TTT

2007-07-11T14:47:00.000-07:00

Last weekend' s two man time trial was an enjoyable experience for me and I am sure for my partner, Rob, too. It is a good feeling to walk away from a race and feel pretty satisfied with your, or in this case our efforts, despite all the little mishaps. Really, though, what would a race seriously be like with out something to blame the little shortcomings on. From the gate Rob and I worked

Marshall Report: Wolgang Freitag TTT

2007-07-11T14:45:00.000-07:00

I thought I would share this race report...it's exactly what not to do for a 2-man TTT!It all starts with the Pre-Race prep a couple days before, or Friday, July 6th. Got up at 5:15am, and ran an 11 miler at about 7:20 per mile pace, with my running group.Big mistake number one, DO NOT PUT IN A LONG TEMPO RUN TWO DAYS BEFORE COMPETITION...especially on sore legs (left hip flexor/ham problem).

Oehmen Report: Riding With Cicadas & Character Building

2007-07-11T14:22:00.000-07:00

Riding with CicadasSo last month my riding partner says to me on Saturday lets go to the Orland park forest preserve tomorrow. (Which is a lovely ten mile loop in the south suburbs) Then i ask have you been there in the last couple weeks because the cicadas are really bad by my house right now. She assured me she only saw a handful and they were fine. So I set out at 7am to go biking in circles

Bob Marshall: Paw Paw TT

2007-06-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

Hi guys;If anyone read some of the race reports for Paw Paw 40k TT, the day was nasty, not to mention the course.Rolling course...take a look at course profile at www.teamapache.orgNot to mention, that it was actaully closer to 25.0 miles.Anyhow, got there late, Steve Gage, myself and Paul Z. each probably had about 18-20 minute warmup, never getting HR into AT Zone. I was actually chivering

A Sopping Wet MATTS Paw Paw TT

2007-06-25T09:33:00.000-07:00

A quick tip of the rain soaked cap to all who took on the mind of a mallard and TTed in Paw Paw this morning. Of special note are the gentlemen who did a land grab on the Cat 4 category. Five of the top nine spots went to ABD. Seventh, 8th, and 9th were the esteemed firm of Rulo, Flechsig, and Zelewsky who presented the courts with finishes all within 6 seconds of one another. Ryan Cooper

Allison Moe: Horribly Hilly Hundred

2007-06-19T11:22:00.001-07:00

This is my first attempt at a ride report, so bear with me as I can only hope that this report is half as exciting as one that Jessi would write. This past Saturday, I completed my 2nd Horribly Hilly ride up in Mt. Horeb, WI. There’s nothing like riding the mountains of Wisconsin that make Campton Hills Rd. seem like a bump in the road. Anyway, I did the 200K option which meant 124 miles and

Steve Parrish: Carrol County Road Race Cat 3

2007-06-19T11:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Theo Quednau and I represented ABD in the Cat 3 field at the Great Carroll Countyy Cycling Event. We were not very excited to learn that we would be riding in 'wave 1' with the 1/2 field as well as the Masters 30 and Masters 40 fields. It was a large group that set out from Chadwick. Theo and I sat in quite comfortably until the road went up in Savannah, when Tom Doughty decided to blow

Marshall's Multisport Report: Batavia Tri & Du

2007-06-15T10:31:00.001-07:00

ABD Multisport had a fairly good showing at yesterday's Batavia Triathlon & Duathlon.In the Triathlon Allison Moe came in in 7th place in her Age Group, and is going to be doing Bigfoot Tri in a few weeks.ABD veteran, all-around athlete had an impressive early season showing. He came in 8th place overall in a huge field, with fairly good swim, bike and final run splits!Good job Jeff!!!In the

Josh Carter Race Report via Julie

2007-06-15T09:19:00.001-07:00

Greetings ABDers!This is Julie Carter, more commonly known in the cycling world as "Josh Carter's wife" ... although over a decade ago people in the cycling world new me as Julie Thomas and knew Josh as "Julie's boyfriend". Anyway, Josh has been telling me for over a month that he wants to type up an update for everyone but he's just been too busy. Between his travels for racing and work and

Prinner Report: Track & Wheaton Crit

2007-06-14T08:50:00.001-07:00

Hello all,Saturday I woke up extra early (on my summer break!!!!) to drive up to the Northbrook velodrome for jr. state track championships. Besides me, there was one other girl racing—and she was 11, so the officials decided (unenthusiastically) to allow Jessi Prinner to race with the big boys during the group events. The first event was the 500m TT (more like sprint), which I had never

Winfield Weekend Volunteer Feedback

2007-06-04T11:59:00.000-07:00

If you volunteered at this year's Winfield Criterium, we would love to have your feedback on what worked, what didn't and what could be done to make your race job go more smoothly.Please send an e-mail to abdcyclinggmail<.>com or post them here. (which you can do anonymously).

In Memorium of the Crashers

2007-06-03T09:51:00.001-07:00

Hello ABDers,There has not been one memorial weekend that I have finished in boththe Melon city and Quad city races. Until last weekend, that is.I started my long weekend by racing in the Masters day crit,against a ginormous field of about one other junior girl. I'm notsure if she was in my age group. About two laps into the race mysuper threatening competition was dropped. I win. The end. No,but

Marc in Syracuse, NY

2007-06-03T09:48:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I'm always a little sad when I can't make it out to the "Quad City" races in Iowa...some of the best around on this holiday weekend. This year, I traveled to Syracuse, NY for a stage race where I was looking to jump-start my racing season with a low-key event. Unfortunately for me, there would be no hiding from the Canadian riders that flew south

Wapello-Burlington Cat. 5 Report

2007-06-03T09:47:00.001-07:00

Well, Tim Keeley inspired me to post my first report. Hope I don'tramble too much. Here it goes...Oz Ozguc and I carpooled to lovely Wapello, Iowa for the race. Wequickly found out that the grill at the Honey Hole Bait Shop & Dinercloses at 1:30 (keep that in mind, any of you who plan to go nextyear). We questioned the wisdom of a bait shop and diner in the samelocation, but hey, this was Iowa.

The Cat. 4's at Monsters of the Midway

2007-05-17T16:57:00.000-07:00

I guess the cliche you always hear is that there are good days and bad days on the bike. Boy is that true. The difference between last week's USCF Cat 5 race in Vernon Hills and yesterday's Cat 4 Monsters was night and day for me. Summary last week... rode in front during the first lap, blew up, and rode off the back for 5 laps. Bad day of epic proportions. The bright side of course was the

Jackie Reports from Sugarloaf Raod Races

2007-05-17T16:53:00.000-07:00

Saturday I traveled to Clermont, Florida to compete in my longanticipated and hard trained for event the Sugarloaf Road Race. Thisis one of the most difficult road race courses in Florida. Itcontains 900 feet of climbing per lap and the finish is on theinfamous Sugarloaf "mountain" which has an average grade of 12%. Allthe women were combined and we were doing 42 miles around thedifficult 11 mile

Vernon Hills Grand Prix

2007-05-17T16:52:00.000-07:00

My buddy and I were talking last week and we came to the conclusion,well he told me, in order to get better at racing you need to testyour self and see what you can do in and outside of races. With thisin mind I went in to this races with a some objectives. The first wasnot to worry about winning because what is important to me is to teststrengths and weaknesses during the race. 2. Attempt break

Welcome to the Jungle

2007-05-17T16:49:00.000-07:00

And another weekend full of fun and bikes has just whizzed by me yetagain. Saturday I woke up bright and early to ride (in the car) many hoursto the faraway land of Baraboo, which is located deep within theAmazon Jungle of course. There were many obstacles that sought outto deter me, but to no avail, for I was bright eyed and motivatedthat day because I had had my caffeine fix. There were