Friday, November 27, 2009

"King" of the team rides

Team Rides are a great way to engage and learn about your race buddies.

Jaycee Cary has taken the mantle of team ride leader but that doesn't mean your opinion, or your ride, is not welcomed. It is. Jaycee needs/want to get us out to new areas, and we all want to learn great new routes.

Suggest your route to Jaycee, to get it on the calendar for an up coming team event date. Let's agree to make it a "Map my ride" or "Google Map" attachment and your commentary for when it's appropriate.

My Favourite off season route was the 5 counties ride hosted by LA Wheelmen.  super nice near zero traffic and just as many services (bring food water and electrolytes) if you do it unsupported. http://lawheelmen.org/schedule.htm

Early season RR builder  - lots of climbing - 
Saturday, November 14 - 8:00 a.m. FIVE COUNTY CENTURY This is our annual century in the wilds of Los Angeles, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties. Registration is required and there is a small fee involved to cover the cost of support. Chairpersons are Renee Smith and Clem Bartolai. Below are all the pertinent details. We hope to see you there.

WHERE: Start Location: The century will start at the Latter Day Saints Church parking lot in Lake of the Woods, California, which is north of Los Angeles near Gorman. Take the Golden State Freeway (I-5) north to the Frazier Park Exit (1st exit after passing Gorman). At the bottom of the ramp, turn left and go 6.4 miles and turn right into the church parking lot. Park at the far (west) end of the lot. We would like to thank Bishop Jeff Neeley for allowing us to use the church parking lot.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Team Camp was awesome

Thanks to all the guys that made it up to Solvang for our 4/5 Team Camp this past weekend. It was an amazing weekend of riding, hanging, soaking, eating, and Jenga. For those who missed it don't worry, we'll do something like this again for sure.

Pics are posted and can be viewed here:

See you guys on the Simi Ride in December!

JP


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Solvang Team Mini-Camp ride routes/start times




These are the rides we have planned for the weekend. Remember, don’t be put off by distances or elevation, we will be taking these rides nice and slowly. No KOMs, no sprints, no TTs. Just a bunch of us out there on beautiful roads riding as a team. If the group splinters because of climbing pace, we will regroup regularly. Scenic overlooks will be stopped at. Pictures will be taken. Fun will be had.


Friday afternoon fun ride/warmup/scenic stroll

Happy Cyn/Ballard 1-2 hours, 1PM Start
30 Miles/900 Ft. climbing
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ca/solvang/372124573576070080


Saturday epic team ride!

Jalama Beach – 5+ hours, 9AM Start (to accommodate those driving up Sat)
Alisal Canyon start, Hwy 1 to Jalama road, Beach and back through Santa Rosa. Beautiful stuff!
78 miles/4000 Ft. climbing
http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/CA/Solvang%2C%20CA/847125796772033597


Sunday Classic Team Camp Ride- tougher but we will take it nice and tempo!

Mt Figueroa Loop – 4 hours, 8AM start
45 Miles/4200 Ft. climbing
http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/ca/solvang/13151696

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Team LaGrange Winter Mini-Camp! UPDATE w/LODGING DETAILS








What: Team La Grange 4/5 (3’s welcome too!) 2010 Racer Mini Camp
Where: Solvang, CA
When: November 13/14/15 (Arrivals anytime Friday, rides Saturday and Sunday)
Cost: Two nights in spectacular vacation ranch house with pool: only $75 a night per person (two night minimum). Just add food and gas, and it’s the cheapest weekend you can do in Solvang, and way nicer than staying in a motel!

Details about the camp:

There are a lot of killer scenic routes for us to do, and it will
not be an all-out hammer-fest. The idea is for us to have some time away from the usual routes we all ride, get to know each other a little better, and talk about what we want to get out of racing next year, both individually and as a team. And most importantly, have a great time on the bikes in beautiful surroundings.

The revised structure of the weekend will now be to arrive anytime on Friday for those that can come up. We can have a meal at the house to accommodate the fact that people may be arriving at varying times. Those arriving first will have dibs on the beds and sofas in the house. I will be able to bring two aero mattresses and sleeping bags and I would encourage anyone else to do the same.

Saturday morning we will get started reasonably early but late enough so that anyone driving up Saturday morning can get there in time to have a moment to get situated before we head out for our main ride, the world famous Figueroa Mountain. This is the same ride that the pro teams do in their camps. It has a lot of climbing but remember, we’ll be riding as a complete team and no one will be left on their own at any time. We would finish later in the afternoon and head to our accommodations to relax before regrouping for a killer team dinner in town.

On Sunday we would do a more chill route through the beautiful rolling countryside around Solvang. Then lunch and caravan back to LA.

Details about the house:

I’ve reserved an absolutely beautiful new ranch house in the hills above town (off of Ballard Canyon Road). I’m including pics below of the actual house. It has a pool, jacuzzi, huge kitchen with Viking appliances, two fireplaces, bocce ball, foosball, and ping pong! It has five beds and tons of floor space to accommodate us all.

I am estimating about 15 of us coming to this camp, so I’d like to see if any of you who have expressed interest can pay for the lodging before the camp to help offset my expense in booking it. The house is $1,000 a night (down from $1100) plus $375 in taxes and cleaning fees. That divided by 15 is roughly $80 a night per person but I am willing to round it down a little to get as many people as possible to confirm. In the interest of keeping the costs down for everyone I do have to ask that everyone pay the same amount, regardless of how many nights they are staying in the house. I highly recommend coming up Friday night and waking up in Solvang!

***If you know you are coming, and can confirm with me now, please let me know. I can give you a PayPal account to make your payment to. I know we have a lot of excitement about it but I don’t want to be left high and dry with a giant house all to myself!

It’s going to be an amazing weekend of riding and planning the season ahead. Looking forward to kicking off a hugely successful season for Team LaGrange with this unique experience.

Hope you can make it!


Joe



Monday, September 14, 2009

Team Photos

interesting post. for a comunity of 3/4/5 photos.
http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=153791&hl=en_US
Anyone not already over their picasa quota?

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Off season cross train list - TO DO - to consider


Do two forms of cross training - not all of um...."An exercise needs to be done at least twice a week so your body recognizes it as something you do all the time and makes the necessary systemic and neurological adjustments to adapt to it"
Bobby Julich: Skip to the "your regimen" section

Weight lift long one.  Wt. w/o article with Photos
squat, leg pressleg extension, Hamstring Curl,
Abs PDF every day

PDF Get OFF the Bike to Keep Your Edge

Dreams, Goals, Limiters 
Cyclocross 

Mode: Pool: No swimming but kicking (~20 – 30 minutes)
Workout: Most runners hate kicking because they are so bad at it. But it will help.
Kick 1 length of a 25 meter or yard pool; rest 30 seconds. Repeat this 20 times.
Use a kick board and hold the kickboard out in front of you. You do NOT need to
put your face in the water. Focus on kicking from the hips rather than the knees

Mode: Rowing (30 minutes)
Workout: 5 minutes easy rowing, then 1 min. HARD effort, 1 min. EASY effort,
2 min. HARD effort, 1 min. EASY effort; 3 min. HARD effort, 1 min. EASY effort;
4 min. HARD effort, 1 min. EASY effort; 3 min. HARD effort, 1 min. EASY effort;
2 min. HARD effort, 1 min. EASY effort; 1 min. HARD effort, 3 min. cool-down

MTB off season. skills clinic for MTB - first of every month. - See Cobra calendar below
Track Classes (indoor at La Event center) outdoor at Encino
Santa Monica Stairs.
Hike the SM mtns.
Surfing
Yoga - Ingear is restorative and lets you try to enter at "lower level" ask for a few suggestion if you'll consider this one.
TeleSki- narly leg w/o (snow required.)
Cobra MTB calendar for Sept. All events
Tuesday, September 15
• 5:00 pm -8:00 pm : Valley MTB rides • 6:45 pm -8:45 pm : Top of Reseda -intermediate MTB ride
Thursday, September 17
• 5:00 pm -8:00 pm : Valley MTB rides • 6:00 pm -8:30 pm : Sullivan Canyon MTB ride
Saturday, September 19
• 7:45 am -3:00 pm : CANCELLED! CORBA Trail maintenance and ride on the Ken Burton Trail
Monday, September 21
• 5:45 pm -8:45 pm : CORBA Member Meeting
Tuesday, September 22
• 5:00 pm -8:00 pm : Valley MTB rides • 6:45 pm -8:45 pm : Top of Reseda -intermediate MTB ride
Thursday, September 24
• 5:00 pm -8:00 pm : Valley MTB rides • 6:00 pm -8:30 pm : Sullivan Canyon MTB ride
Tuesday, September 29
• 5:00 pm -8:00 pm : Valley MTB rides • 6:45 pm -8:45 pm : Top of Reseda -intermediate MTB ride
Wednesday, September 30
• 9:00 am -12:30 pm : NRMB Weekday morning intermediate ride

Thursday, September 3, 2009

The ABC game

The ABC Game - Object to complete the alphabet first. When on your next trainig ride, as you see the letters on billboards & license plates you shout out your letter and point. Once a letter has been claimed other riders cannot use the same letter. Make it harder by limiting to only license plates or billboard signs.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Saturday Team ride

Photo credits - Bill Cordero


7th & SV



On the PCH 25 plus

 
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Pepperdine Hill Regroup


The Rock

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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