April 5, 2006

"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of
himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him."
Abraham Lincoln

It's just about Boston Marathon time. Anyone from Louisiana running
or racing the big Bean Town event? I haven't seen any reports on the
PelicanMan Duathlon held last weekend. What's the word?

Don't forget this Saturday, April 8, 2006 at 8 a.m. is the now
famous Fat Boy 5km put on by Club South Runners of Baton Rouge. The
event begins at Highland School not far from LSU near the corner of
Highland Road and South Lee Drive in the capital city.

Friday evening April 28th is the Mid City Heritage 5km in Baton
Rouge. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. starting at Sacred Heart Church
on 22nd Street and Florida Street. Cash prizes and running shoes are
up for grabs for top racers. Get more details at 225.346.1000 or
email heidi.perry@... or midcityredevelopment.org.

The first week-day cycling training ride went off safely Tuesday in
Baton Rouge starting as usual at 5:30 p.m. sharp. There was a big
crowd pedaling in two groups from the Farr Horse Park located just
south of the LSU campus. How are the week-day rides shaping up
elsewhere across the state? Where do they meet, what time do they
start, and about long are the workouts?

Australian-born cyclist Troy Porter has ruled the roads in top
competitive cycling categories and events across the state and
region since coming to work in Baton Rouge. But he will be leaving
soon for a new job in California.

I could use some Excel software experts for the Louisiana Triathlon.
Usually I have some administrative help on the New Roads event, but
I haven't had any this year. Anyone care to volunteer? Call or email
me.

<<La. Tri in New Roads Set April 22>>
From BRTri Web Site
This year is the 13th birthday of the Louisiana
Triathlon at New Roads. Previously Jim Bergeron of Thibodaux had put
on a race there for a couple of years; sometimes it was called the
Baton Rouge Triathlon and other times he called it the New Roads
Triathlon.

For details on the 2006 event go to www.lawired.com and click on the
event icon.

When Bergeron retreated from producing the event and a couple of
seasons passed without one on False River, the current race director
was encouraged by Bill Bender to resurrect the event. Bender had
just moved to Baton Rouge after finishing school at Virginia Tech
and couldn't imagine there was not a triathlon on this beautiful ox
bow lake just 25 miles northwest of Baton Rouge. Many often said
False River is just too perfect of a place for a triathlon. At
the time, Louisiana triathletes were lucky if there was at least one
triathlon a month much less one a quarter in their home state. There
just weren't many triathlons produced in the state 13 years ago.

After being assured by Bender that the event would work, the current
race director approached community and political officials about
doing the race and the rest is history. Bender long ago moved out of
state and the current race director has worked with others as co-
race directors, including long-time Club South Runners president Ron
Terry was one of the current race director's partners. But in
recent years, few have stepped up to help as co-producer of the
event. Thankfully, though, the multisport and competitive fitness
community in and around Baton Rouge have been generous in helping
and working together to present the event. Event management can be
scary when corporate sponsors are sparse, regular work is
consuming and raising a family has to fit somewhere. It's
understandable why folks opt not to direct event.

Organizers chose to keep the event a short-distance-styled race to
attract more newcomers to the race. Bergeron did put on a half-
Ironman event in New Roads for a couple of years, but the current
race director believes his niche in multisporting is the short-
distance event. He also keeps the event in the spring so he can
proceed with his own training and racing. Plus, a spring season
event put him before lots of other races and doesn't create lots of
competition for attracting participants.

"Our event isn't the biggest and probably isn't the best, but it's a
nice, small-scale race when compared to big-time productions being
offered across the state," noted the race director. "We get many
first-time triathletes, many who have never done an open-water swim.
People are so fearful of open-water swimming. But it's always
gratifying to hear folks say how good they feel about doing their
first triathlon. It's even more gratifying to hear people
say they keep coming back to the event because it's where they
started triathloning," he added.

While the event wasn't whole heartedly embraced by the New Roads
community in the early years, most folks in the area now welcome the
event and its participants. "That's a really good thing," the race
director said. "It is nice to show communities how much they have to
gain from events like a triathlon. Plus, it's nice for community
leaders in small towns to see how much they mean to the rest of the
state," he added.

For Sale
From Katrin and Jim, ksaile@...
2003 Bianchi Pista - 53cm
Gray Look-compatible Welgo pedals
See the bike and specs here:
http://gianni.bianchiusa.com/2003/site/bikes/19_Pista.html

2001 Bianchi Pista - 51cm
Look pedals in matching green paint
http://gianni.bianchiusa.com/2001/sections/bikes/road/pista/index.htm
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Both of these bikes are in excellent shape. Neither has ever been
wrecked; they're clean, well cared for and in perfect working order.
The only signs of wear are some paint scratches at the dropouts.
Other than the pedals, they're all original parts.  We're selling
them in preparation for moving to a city without a velodrome.

Please contact either Katrin (ksaile@...) or Jim (jgr4@...)
for more information.

For Sale
From Troy Gomez
I am selling my 58cm Trek Madone 5.9SL (Project One).

It has full Dura Ace components and Bontrager wheels/tires, carbon
bars.  I purchased the bike last May from GNO Cyclery and have put
roughly 250 miles since then. I have posted some pictures of the bike
showing Look pedals and Polar/Cateye computer. The bike will be sold
without pedals, computers and the factory wheels/tires will be
replacing the wheels that are shown in the pictures.

http://www.digitek-solutions.com/trek-madone/index.html

The reason for selling: I bought this bike for the main purpose of
having a second bike. With 250 miles on the bike it shows that this
bike is sitting inside doing nothing but collecting dust. Price:
$4,700. Any questions, please reply to troyg@...
or phone 504.415.5857.

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That's it from here. Bless God America.

Kenny Dunaway
2325 Weymouth Drive #D
Baton Rouge, LA 70809-1481
USA
225/296-7490
Isaiah 40:31; John 3:16