RedEye Velo: 2014

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Hello RedEye Velo,

Well it was a great 2014 season and I am looking forward to 2015. The following is the
tentative 2015 schedule:

All events are on our team Google Calendar

January 5th, 2015 4:30PM
Team Pictures
SOS

2015 Junior Season Training

Science of Speed Trainer Classes
$100 for the whole 8 weeks
Mondays and Wednesdays (January 5th - Feb 25th)
4:45-5:45PM @Science of Speed

March – May
Mondays: Heritage Ridge 5-6PM
Tuesdays: Sleepy Hollow 5-6PM
Wednesday: Food Lion 6:30PM
Thursday: Joe’s Loop 6PM
Friday: Killearn Plaza 5-6PM
Saturday: Chairs 8AM

June 8-12 RedEye Velo Camp

June 15-July 5 RedEye Velo Summer Break

July 6-October 16th

Year End Party
Saturday, October 31st 3-6PM

End of 2015 Season

2015 Tentative Race Schedule
(Races in red are important races)
(Race schedule still tentative)

January 24-25
Race for Humanity January 31-February 1
Spring Fling of Cycling

February 21-22
Swamp Classic

February 28-March 1
Chain of Lakes Cycling

March 7-8
RedEye Velo Stage Race

March 21-22
Tampa Gasperiall Crit
Pinellas Park

April 11-12
SRS Panama City

May 9-10
Velofest

May 16-17
SRS Albany

June 6-7
Junior Regional Championships
July 22-26

Georgia Grand Prix
September 12-13

Pensacola Cycling Classic
September 25-27

Six Gap
October 17-18

Clermont Road Race

End of 2015 Season

Monday, August 18, 2014

REV Training for 8.18-8.24

Monday: Happy Hour: Two for One Hill Repeats and the 5th one is free. (Heritage Ridge Hill Repeats)
Team: (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI, and C))
Where: Heritage Ridge
Time: 5PM
Workout: Aluminum Five hill repeats full tilt - Titanium ten hill repeats

Tuesday: Sleepy Hollow
Team Juniors (FE, AL, TI, and C) REVAS, REVC
Where: Sleepy Hollow
Time: 5-6PM (REVJ and REVC) 6-7:30 (REVAS)
Workout: Circuit

Wednesday: Food Lion Counter-Clockwise with Baum loop
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (TI and C)
Where: Four Oaks Plaza
Time: 6PM-7:30
Workout: Tempo with some sprints

Thursday: Joe's Loop
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn
Time: 6:30PM
Workout: Friendly with one big sprint at the end. AL juniors, this would be a great ride for you to get started with group rides.
Friday: Skills and Drills
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (FE, AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn Lakes Plaza
Time: 5PM - 6PM
Workout: Cornering, bike handling, and other things that will make you a better cyclist.

Saturday: Chairs
Team (Open Training: REVAS, REVC, Junior (TI and C)
Where: 7:25AM at Kerry Forest and Thomasville or 8AM at the Chairs Community Center
Time: 7:25AM or 8AM

Workout: Easy ride out from Kerry Forest, a challenging ride on the Chairs loop, with a easy ride back home. The full ride is about 80 miles. The Chairs portion is 33 miles.

Monday, July 7, 2014

REV Training 7.7-7.12

Workout: Easy ride out from Kerry Forest, a challenging ride on the Chairs loop, with a easy ride back home. The full ride is about 80 miles. The Chairs portion is 33 miles.

Friday, July 4, 2014

TALLY WORLD CRIT CHAMPIONSHIP

Register at: https://www.usacycling.org/register/2014-2445

RedEye Velo is having a fun crit and dinner with Gord Fraser fundraiser for the Tallahassee Junior Cyclist Development Program at the fairground on Thursday, July 17.

Yes, that Gord Fraser - the Tour de France competitor. Yeah, one of the best sprinters in the World. He's seen it all - the good, the bad and the ugly. This will be fun! It all takes place on Thursday, July 17th. The event will be held at the North Florida Fair Grounds and the winner will get a Championship jersey. Here are some things we want you to know:

We want you to be there! We need you there!
This event will help defray the cost of the Junior Camp.
The cost is $50. That puts you in the race for the Tally Worlds Championship jersey, and it gets you dinner with Gord afterward.
Bring friends and family for the dinner, just $20.
The dinner will be awesome. Gord will tell stories from the peloton and he will entertain you with his wit and wisdom.
Gord is really funny and insightful.
Seriously, we want you to join us for this.

Y'all, Gord is a Canadian cycling legend, a three-time Olympian and four-time Commonwealth Games participant. He was the 2004 Canadian national road race champion. In 2006, Gord retired from professional cycling after racing four seasons for the Health Net Pro Cycling Team. He then went on to be a directeur sportif with Team Type 1 in 2009, and in 2010 he joined UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis as a directeur sportif. In 2011 he became Director Sportif for the team. He has raced alongside every cycling star in the books. Oh yeah, and he raced in the Tour de France.

Please register here: https://www.usacycling.org/register/2014-2445

Monday, June 30, 2014

REV Training: 6/30 - 7/5

Monday: Happy Hour: Two for One Hill Repeats and the 5th one is free. (Heritage Ridge Hill Repeats)
Team: (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI, and C))
Where: Heritage Ridge
Time: 5PM
Workout: Aluminum Five hill repeats full tilt - Titanium ten hill repeats - Carbon 15 hill repeats

Tuesday: Sleepy Hollow
Team Juniors (FE, AL, TI, and C) REVAS, REVC
Where: Sleepy Hollow
Time: 5-6PM (REVJ and REVC) 6-7:30 (REVAS)
Workout: Circuit

Wednesday: Food Lion Counter-Clockwise
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (TI and C)
Where: Four Oaks Plaza
Time: 6PM-7:30
Workout: Tempo with some sprints

Thursday: Joe's Loop
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn
Time: 6:30PM
Workout: Friendly with one big sprint at the end. AL juniors, this would be a great ride for you to get started with group rides.
Friday: Off for July 4th

Saturday: Chairs
Team (Open Training: REVAS, REVC, Junior (TI and C)
Where: 7:25AM at Kerry Forest and Thomasville or 8AM at the Chairs Community Center
Time: 7:25AM or 8AM

Workout: Easy ride out from Kerry Forest, a challenging ride on the Chairs loop, with a easy ride back home. The full ride is about 80 miles. The Chairs portion is 33 miles.

New Sponsor Introduction: Jennifer Bendewish and Herbalife24

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Monday, June 23, 2014

REV Training 6.23-6.28

Monday: Happy Hour: Two for One Hill Repeats and the 5th one is free. (Heritage Ridge Hill Repeats)
Team: (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI, and C))
Where: Heritage Ridge
Time: 5PM
Workout: Aluminum Five hill repeats full tilt - Titanium ten hill repeats - Carbon 15 hill repeats

Tuesday: Sleepy Hollow
Team Juniors (FE, AL, TI, and C) REVAS, REVC
Where: Sleepy Hollow
Time: 5-6PM (REVJ and REVC) 6-7:30 (REVAS)
Workout: Circuit

Wednesday: Food Lion Counter-Clockwise
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (TI and C)
Where: Four Oaks Plaza
Time: 6PM-7:30
Workout: Tempo with some sprints

Thursday: Joe's Loop
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn
Time: 6:30PM
Workout: Friendly with one big sprint at the end. AL juniors, this would be a great ride for you to get started with group rides.
Friday: Skills and Drills
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (FE, AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn Lakes Plaza
Time: 5PM - 6PM
Workout: Cornering, bike handling, and other things that will make you a better cyclist.

Saturday: Chairs
Team (Open Training: REVAS, REVC, Junior (TI and C)
Where: 7:25AM at Kerry Forest and Thomasville or 8AM at the Chairs Community Center
Time: 7:25AM or 8AM

Workout: Easy ride out from Kerry Forest, a challenging ride on the Chairs loop, with a easy ride back home. The full ride is about 80 miles. The Chairs portion is 33 miles.

Thursday, June 19, 2014

RedEye Velo Summer Camp

RedEye Velo is pleased to announce its second annual summer cycling camp, July 14-18, 2014.

Five Day Camp: (July 14 & 18) This Elite camp is designed to take a competitive Cat 4 or Cat 3 junior to the next level. (Registration before July 1st $500)

Three Day Camp: (July 16 & 18) This camp will equip junior cyclists ages 10 and up with the tools needed to take their cycling to the next level. Participants will sharpen race fitness and learn essential skills such as strategy, team tactics, nutrition and hydration, and bike maintenance. (Registration before July 1st $300)

Lunches and ride nutrition/hydration are provided.

Get the Flyer

Schedule (Subject to Change)

Five Day Elite Camp:

Monday:

8:00am: Meet ready to ride

8:15am: Discuss ride goal and route

8:30am: Depart for ride

1:00pm: Return from ride

1:15pm: Lunch

3:00pm: Ride:

4:45pm: Return

5:00pm: Pickup

Tuesday:

8:00am: Meet ready to ride

8:15am: Discuss ride goal and route

8:30am: Depart for ride

1:00pm: Return from ride

1:15pm: Lunch

3:00pm: Racing Tactics - Gord Fraser

4:45pm: Return

5:00pm: Pickup

Three Day Camp:

Wednesday -

8:00am: Meet ready to ride

8:15am: Discuss ride goal and route

8:30am: Depart for ride

1:00pm: Return from ride

1:15pm: Lunch

2:30pm: Discussion on ride nutrition

4:15pm: Recovery Ride

5:30pm: Pickup

Thursday -

8:00am: Meet ready to ride

8:15am: Discuss ride goal and route

8:30am: Depart for ride

12:00pm: Return from ride

12:15pm: Lunch

1:30-4:00: Movie

5:00-7:00pm: Criterium practice race

Friday -

8:00am: Meet ready to ride

8:15am: Discuss ride goal and route

8:30am: Depart for ride

11:30pm: Return from ride

11:45am: Lunch

1:00pm: Bike Maintenance

4:00pm Pickup

Monday, June 16, 2014

REV Training 6.16-6.21

Monday: Happy Hour: Two for One Hill Repeats and the 5th one is free. (Heritage Ridge Hill Repeats)
Team: (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI, and C))
Where: Heritage Ridge
Time: 5PM
Workout: Aluminum Five hill repeats full tilt - Titanium ten hill repeats - Carbon 15 hill repeats

Tuesday: Sleepy Hollow
Team Juniors (FE, AL, TI, and C) REVAS, REVC
Where: Sleepy Hollow
Time: 5-6PM (REVJ and REVC) 6-7:30 (REVAS)
Workout: Circuit

Wednesday: Food Lion Counter-Clockwise
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (TI and C)
Where: Four Oaks Plaza
Time: 6PM-7:30
Workout: Tempo with some sprints

Thursday: Joe's Loop
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn
Time: 6:30PM
Workout: Friendly with one big sprint at the end. AL juniors, this would be a great ride for you to get started with group rides.
Friday: Skills and Drills
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (FE, AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn Lakes Plaza
Time: 5PM - 6PM
Workout: Cornering, bike handling, and other things that will make you a better cyclist.

Saturday: TBD: Chairs OR REV/Jackie
Team (Open Training: REVAS, REVC, Junior (TI and C)
Where: 7:25AM at Kerry Forest and Thomasville or 8AM at the Chairs Community Center
Time: 7:25AM or 8AM

Workout: Easy ride out from Kerry Forest, a challenging ride on the Chairs loop, with a easy ride back home. The full ride is about 80 miles. The Chairs portion is 33 miles.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Welcome Brett Thompson, WMS, RedEye Velo Junior's Newest Sponsor

Brett A. Thompson, WMS

First Vice President, Investments
Investment Management Consultant
Brett.Thompson@RaymondJames.com

Brett began his career in the financial service industry as a futures trader in Australia at the young age of 17. Today, he manages the wealth of successful individuals and families throughout Tallahassee and beyond – as he has done since 1996.

Earlier in his life, he graduated from Florida State University with a bachelor’s degree in business, and has served as vice president of investments at Wachovia Securities and head of professional development at Merrill Lynch. He has been a member of the Merrill Lynch Executive’s Club, as well as the Raymond James President’s Club.

Brett believes that people who work hard to achieve success truly deserve to enjoy the fruits of their labors and the fulfillment of their goals – and he finds great satisfaction in helping his clients do so.

Originally from London, Brett moved to America in 1985. Today, he lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Brady, and two children. Brett realizes the importance of the people in his life, including his family, friends and clients. His passions outside of work include cycling, kids soccer and fishing.

Find out more at http://www.raymondjames.com/Branches/c2c/32R/BrettThompsonFinancial/index.htm

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Florida State Crit Championship Race Report: Blood, Guts, and Glory

Camp RedEye

It was a smokin' hot weekend out in Jacksonville for the Florida State Crit Championships. We had another good presence representing RedEye Velo and Tallahassee with seven juniors and four adults racers and most importantly our RedEye Velo friends and family.

Cheryl, Kevin, Annette, Kelly, and Kelly

Brian and Connor

Juniors:

Price Edewaard
Cody Elliott
Madison McNees
Brain Sciba
Connor Everett
Jackson Griffin
Tyler Griffin

Jason and Brian

Cat4

Davis "Centaur" Bell
Dan Korecky
Mark McNees

Cat3

Jason Davis
Connor Everett
Brian Sciba

Florida State Crit Championships - Sunday: Age Groups (Submitted by Mark McNees)

Dan Korecky after his crash

Cat4 was an ugly race with racers riding above their ability resulting in many crashes. The race went out at a fast pace with corner 1 proving to be a Red Cross donor station. It was on corner 1 on the second lap where Dan Korecky and Davis Bell went down hard with several other racers; I was very fortunate to make it through.

Davis Bell (104) showing amazing toughness getting back in the race after his crash

Mark McNees on his ill-fated breakaway

The race never settled down, so with 4 to go I decided to attack after everyone sat up after sprinting for the premium. I decided I would rather be off the front or off the back, but I didn't want to ride in the peloton any more.

Corner 1 strikes again

After I got caught about a lap later, I came around corner 1 and saw the aftermath of yet another crash, which unfortunately had our friend "birthday boy" Michael Mace and Steve Mace on the asphalt.

306.96

Davis Bell

Quincy, FL

43:35.0

408410

104

RedEye Velo

412.09

Mark McNees

Tallahassee, FL

45:55.6

389356

422

RedEye Velo

490.94

Daniel Korecky

Tallahassee, FL

02:02.5

302094

411

RedEye Velo

Brian Sciba

Cat3 lined up with Jason Davis, Connor Everett, and Brian Sciba. I was preoccupied with taking patching up Davis and Dan, but what I did catch was a pretty fast race out of the gate. It looked pretty steady, with Brian Sciba hanging tough in the front of the peloton.

Jason Davis

From my perspective, it looked like Jason Davis settled in mid-pack, perhaps looking to make his move in the sprint finish, since it did not look like anything was going to get away.

171.91

Jason Davis

Tallahassee, FL

58:37.9

346032

102

RedEye Velo

188.39

Brian Sciba

Tallahassee

58:38.6

392529

602

RedEye Velo

292.73

Connor Everett

Tallahassee

02:32.5

381767

604

RedEye Velo

Florida State Crit Championships - Sunday: Age Groups (Submitted by Jason Davis)

Davis "Centaur" Bell with 2nd

Davis sat in the field while small attacks went up the road and came back. He was sore from his crash the day before so he didn't want to mix it with the breakaways. Came down to a field sprint with some of the 40+ guys really flying and Davis was able to pull out 2nd in his age group, 35+. Solid day of racing for the middle aged crew

Masters A was very fast as expected. 30 min in a break got away. I tried over the course of 2 laps to bridge across solo. I was close when Grant Potter bridged to me. I thought we could work together to get there but he attacked me and I couldn't hang after my big effort. Went back to the main field and battled for position until the sprint. Still had good legs and pulled out 5th in 35+.

Florida State Crit Championships - Sunday: Age Groups (Submitted by Brian Sciba)

Price Edewaard

Cody Elliott 3rd

After temperatures well over the century mark on Saturday afternoon, it was nice to race early morning under a bit of cloud cover. While still hot, the conditions for Sunday's races were much better than for the CAT races. Juniors 9-14 raced first and team RedEye was represented by Cody Elliott, Price Edewaard, Tyler Griffin, and Jackson Griffin. The race was 25 minutes and the field spread out quickly, but all of the juniors raced hard. Cody earned a podium spot, finishing 3rd in the 9 -10 year old group. Price and Tyler worked together throughout the race and finished 5th and 6th in the 11 - 12 year old field. Jackson gave a valiant effort, pulling in numerous breaks and acting as the field work-horse among the 13 - 14 year olds, coming a crossed the line in 5th.

Madison McNees 2nd

The 15 - 18 year olds saw a field heavily dominated by the very strong Interactive Metronome team from Miami. Representing team RedEye was Connor Everett, Madison McNees and Brian Sciba. While the older group was started 10 seconds ahead of the 15 - 16 year olds, the gap was short lived as Metronome controlled the field to allow the groups to merge. The remainder of the race consisted of the men's field held mostly together with two older Metronome riders well off the front and eventually lapping the field. Connor and Brian stayed in the field and put in many efforts to keep additional breaks from success and finishing 4th and 5th in their age group in the field sprint. Madison McNees held strong in the women's field finishing atop the podium in second.

Congratulations to all of the racers who represented team RedEye well!

Parting Shots

David and Goliath

Connor at Camp RedEye

Kelly, Kelly, and Cheryl

Friday, May 23, 2014

Florida State Crit Championship Logistics

It looks like we are going to have another great RedEye weekend of racing. Representing RedEye Velo as the Florida State Critierum Championships are:

Price Edewaard
Cody Elliot
Tyler Griffin
Jackson Griffin
Eric McNees
Madison McNees
Brian Sciba
Connor Everett
Jason Davis
Dan Korecky
Davis Bell
Mark McNees

I have hotel rooms reserved at the Hampton Inn, 1331 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville, FL (Phone 1-904-396-7770) for Saturday night only for the following people:
Sciba
McNees
Everett
Shrum/Griffin
Davis/Korecky

I have added your names to the rooms so you should not have any trouble checking in - just present your credit card when you get there.

We will be taking the team trailer to the race. Lew Elliot has agreed to pull the trailer for us. He will have the trailer at the Killearn Lakes Crit Practice Parking Lot this afternoon at 5:30 PM so that we can load bikes and other equipment after practice.

Anyone who would like to caravan over to Jacksonville can meet at the parking lot of Four Oaks Community Church in Killearn at 7:45 AM so we can leave by 8:00 AM. We should arrive in Jacksonville by 10:30 AM and have plenty of time to set up and warm up before the first races. If you are not driving with the group, just look for the RedEye trailer, hopefully on the race course.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need anything further.

Thanks,
Kelly

Monday, May 5, 2014

Base Physical Therapy Clinic

Please take advantage of the offer below from our sponsor at Base Physical Therapy. This session will take place on Thursday at the Base Physical Therapy clinic from 6:30 - 8. Tom, who joined us at Momo's for our team meeting, will lead the session and will go into mechanics and on how soft tissue restriction negatively affects performance. He will also discuss the effects of limited range of motion and how to manage pain areas. If you want to go fast like Jamey, this is the kind of information that will help you.

To assist with setup, can you please send an RSVP to Jamey.

Directions to Base Physical Therapy

Monday, April 28, 2014

Reminder: RedEye Velo team meeting tonight 6:30PM at Momo's.

All team meeting tonight at Momo's

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

1st Official REV Team Race: Albany, GA, Sat May 17 - Sun May 18, 2014

1st REV Team Race: Albany, GA, Sat May 17 - Sun May 18, 2014

We would like to make SRS Albany our first official RedEye Velo Team race (http://srs-racing.com/albany-ga/). The race director for Albany has offered us a team discount code for registrations if we gather enough interested racers. Please let Kelly know if you plan to participate and which races so she can get a headcount. For example, Brian will be racing 15 - 18 Crit, Cat 4 Crit, and Cat 4 Road Race.

Please pass this along to the REVAS team.

Team Meeting: Event Page

There will be a REV team meeting to discuss the Albany race on April, 28th at Momo's Pizza at 6:30PM.

Agenda:

Team trailer will be there for a tour.
Talk Albany race strategy.
For this race we would like to put together "Category Leaders" for each category and race as a team to bring home as many top podium spots as we can.
Finalize who is racing and what they are racing.
Give marriage advice to Donny.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

REV Race Schedule Through June

I know many of you are looking forward to our next race of the year. The next team race will be on May 17 in Albany, Ga. It is about 1 hr 45 minutes away. It was a great race weekend last year. This year, there WILL be junior crit races on Saturday morning only. 10 - 14's race at 8:20 AM and 15 - 18's at 8:40 AM. These races were just recently added and are not listed on the race flyer, but they are confirmed. You can see them on the registration page here:

https://www.bikereg.com/22019

Unfortunately, there are no junior road races on Saturday, just category races. You can speak with coach Mark about those races and your junior's potential participation. I do have hotel rooms reserved at the Wingate, the race hotel, for $89. We will send out more details as it gets closer. I just wanted to give everyone notice to mark their calendars.

In addition, there are numerous other races upcoming that some of you may be interested in, and I have attached the race flyers for your information. If you are interested in attending any of these, let me know and we can try to coordinate travel. I have hotels reserved for some of these. Briefly, they are:

April 26 - Athens Twilight Criterium, Athens, GA

April 27 - Rosewell, Historic Roswell Criterium, Roswell, GA

May 10 & 11 - Velofest, St. Augustine, GA

May 24 & 25, Florida State Criterium Championships, Jacksonville, FL

May 31 - June 1, Florida State Road Championships (Ages 15+), Martin County, FL

June 14 & 15, Ocala Stage Race or Ride for Hope (more information coming soon.)

Monday, April 14, 2014

REV Training 4.14-4.19

Monday: Happy Hour: Two for One Hill Repeats and the 5th one is free. (Heritage Ridge Hill Repeats)
Team: (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI, and C))
Where: Heritage Ridge
Time: 5PM
Workout: Five hill repeats full tilt

Tuesday: Sleepy Hollow
Team Juniors (FE, AL, TI, and C) REVAS, REVC
Where: Sleepy Hollow
Time: 4:30-6PM (REVJ and REVC) 6-7:30 (REVAS)
Workout: Circuit

Wednesday: Food Lion Counter-Clockwise
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (TI and C)
Where: Four Oaks Plaza
Time: 6PM-7:30
Workout: Tempo with some sprints

Thursday: Joe's Loop
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn
Time: 6:30PM
Workout: Friendly with one big sprint at the end. AL juniors, this would be a great ride for you to get started with group rides.
Friday: Skills and Drills
Team (Open Training: REV: Sponsored, Club, Junior (FE, AL, TI and C))
Where: Killearn Lakes Plaza
Time: 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Workout: Cornering, bike handling, and other things that will make you a better cyclist.

Saturday: TBD: Chairs OR REV/Jackie
Team (Open Training: REVAS, REVC, Junior (TI and C)
Where: 7:25AM at Kerry Forest and Thomasville or 8AM at the Chairs Community Center
Time: 7:25AM or 8AM

Workout: Easy ride out from Kerry Forest, a challenging ride on the Chairs loop, with a easy ride back home. The full ride is about 70 miles. The Chairs portion is 33 miles.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Race Report: Georgia Crit Championships Macon GA

Truly a beautiful day for racing. Velo Mom extraordinaire, Kelly Sciba, Brian Sciba, Price Edewaard, Eric "Boo" McNees, and Coach Mark McNees left Tallahassee at 5AM to race up in Macon GA. Jason Davis and Graham Gillis drove up on their own a little latter.

Brian raced a very competitive Juniors 15-18 field with several 1/2s in the peloton and the Cat 4 crit. He did extremely well in both races, if I remember correctly he was 4th in the junior race and 8th in Cat 4. Brian continues to show tremendous gains and race presence, it is only a matter of time before we start seeing him on the top podium spot.

Coach Mark raced the 45+ Masters 1-4 after sitting in for the first third of the race he found a short lived break, a few laps later he found himself in a four person break that was pulled back in a lap or so later. His best chance came when he attacked with 3 laps to go and kept away for two laps with another racers until the bell lap when they got caught and spit out the back.

Price rode like a seasoned pro hitting the corners with precision angles and form. The race start practices paid off with a near perfect start to get him in the front group with the big boys. Price continues to get better each race and we are very proud of him and his 3rd place finish.

Jason Davis also raced twice Masters 35+ 1-4 and Cat 3. Jason said, both races averaged around 27mph, but were for the most part pretty safe. Obviously disappointed with two mid-pack finishes on the day, but he kept the rubber side down and lived to race another day.

Graham Gillis and Jason raced Cat 3 together, the plan was to work together to set up a break and take the win. There were several GA teams up there looking to claim the State Championship jersey and obviously did not want some Floridians coming in and spoiling the party. After a hard fought race Graham and Jason had to settle for a mid-pack finish.