Iowa Weekend, the beginning...

The Iowa weekend of racing has gone pretty well for the Bloomington/ Indiana contingent. Details to come. To whet the appetitie check out www.podiuminsight.com.
First lap of the Snake Alley Crit (Pro/1/2)

Speed-bump at Melon City in Pro/1/2

Pressure on at the front of the Pro/1/2 at Quad Cities

Nashville 90

Saturday 9am from the YMCA with the fast BBC group. Expect a couple of stops and an average between 18-20mph.

Snake Details

For those heading out to the Snake Alley check out this crazily detailed turn-by-turn guide! I didn't realize it was so complicated!!
Lets pray for sun! Photo from here

Racing farther afield

Indiana has a real lack of road racing this coming Memorial weekend so those people wanting to race in that arena will have a travel a little.
The major racing takes place over on the IA/ IL border where friday to monday racing brings out the regions best riders. None of these races have on-line registration so you'll have to eat to late fee. I guess the internet is only patchy in parts of Iowa.
Fri 28th- Burlington RR- Flat RR, not much more to say than that
Sat 29th- Snake Aley Crit, Burlington IA- Best crit you're likely to ever ride. Super hard but super fun, a block of cobbled climbing will do that for a race!
Sun 30th- Melon City Crit, Muscatine IA. Tough loop with a decent climb and a speed-bump to be taken at 40mph.
Mon 31st- Quad Cities Crit, Rock Island IL. Classic 8 corner crit with a big prize list.

For the older racer there are 3 crits in Wood-dale IL, just outside of Chicago.

On the dirt DRT Consulting are holding a race at the French Lick resort in preparation for the US Cup race that'll be happening later in the year. Apparently this is a sweet new-MTB-specific venue which is always nice to be seen developed.

Bloomington Crit- July 10th

The Bloomington Crit is set for July 10th. The flyer will be coming soon but we're hoping to increase the Pro/1/2 prizelist (at the very least) as have got a couple of extra sponsors that will hopefully allow us to bump up the cash! Always one of the best days of the year!!
Remember there is a cyclocross race(!) in Bloomington on Friday night July 9th so make a weekend of it!

Nashville 90

We're trying to get a group together to ride the Nashville 90 on saturday. We'll be leaving Soma at Noon and it'll be steady pace (no drop within reason). If you're not racing you should come out and ride. We'll probably take the 'interior' route between Kurtz and Spurgeons Corner and then ride through BCSP.

Racing this weekend.

Lots of racing going on in parts within a couple of hours of Bloomington. Go race!

Ohio Valley RR at St Leon on sunday`. Hilly LONG road race. Good very hard course. 100miles from Bton.

KY Crit Champs in Frankfort KY on saturday- Crit in KY, nuff said. 150miles from Bton.
Shelby County RR, KY on sunday. Road Race. Rolling Course. 100miles from Bton.

Champaign-Urbana Weekend. Two Crits, some good racing. 150miles from Bton.
Tour of Champaign on Saturday.
Urbana GP on Sunday.

Major Taylor Velodrome TT series on sunday. Track racing for those that have taken the rider clinic. 60miles from Bton.

I guess it depends what you want. Road racing then go to St Leon/Shelby. Crits then go to Champaign.

WW- Forest -NS-SS

6pm at Sample Gates for fast paced training ride. Out Old37N. Lets keep it steady to the top of the first hill on old37 as there are PLENTY of other hills to come later in the ride.

Forest TT- 5/18/20

It was a dank cool evening at MMSF TT where there was a throw back attitude to the proceedings as many of the local fast guys chose to forego any aero gear and ride it 'Merckx'-style (m)! Erik Hamilton gained some much needed confidence after a tough Joe Martin SR with a rapid 22.06 that included maybe 20seconds of extra pavement in a botched turnaround. Jon Atwell was second with usual winner Ryan Shanahan unable to hide behind the tri-bars and finished further down the standings than usual! Sarah Sanders was the top lady with 25m57s and there was another encouraging turnout of 24 riders. This series is going from strength to strength. Next TT is June 1st and apologies for any name spelling mistakes!
Hamilton ready for take-off!
Name, Time (min.sec)

• Erik Hamilton (m)- 22.06
• Jonathan Atwell- 22.45
• Adam Rodkey- 23.02
• Ryan Shanahan (m)- 23.33
• Brett Stewart (m)- 23.40
• Taylor Gaines- 23.46
  
• Alex Jerden- 24.17
• Tomas Golas (m)- 25.07
  
• Greg Bortz (m)- 25.08
• Scott Jerden- 25.16
• Colin Allen- 25.20
  
• Ryan Preske (m)- 25.26
• Tom Cox (m)- 25.33
• Kaleb Naegeli (m)- 25.36
• Sarah Sanders- 25.57
• Scott Todd- 26.09
• Jon Palak (m)- 26.15
• Wes Harris (m)- 26.37
• Erin Hetzel (m)- 27.30
  
• Tatiana Golovou- 27.52
• Todd Davidson (m)- 27.59
• Chris Bonham- 28.09
  
• Randi Cox (m)- 28.41
• Lindsay Rodkey (m)- 32.00

Colin Allen, Top Tortugan of 2010 so far...

Vernal Pike Closed

From the BBC (Bloomington Bike Club):

This map is in today's Herald Times. It shows that for about a year, from
the middle of June through next summer, bicycles will not be able to cross
SR-37 and proceed west on either Vernal Pike or Woodyard Rd.