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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

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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

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[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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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        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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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