RedEye Velo: April 2014

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.