I have some 2004 clothes @ discounted prices….  I am sorry, but I do not have any shorts or bibs…..

 

I would like to give preference to those of you that are new to Swamis and do not have any clothes yet.  Other than that it is first email gets it.

 

SS Jerseys                               3 Large $40.00 each

Sleeveless Jerseys                    2 Large  2 Med  3 Small $30.00 each

Vests                                        1 Med  $45.00 each

Arm Warmers                            2 Med  $25.00 each

Socks                                       Many  - $3.00

 

2003 clothes (Red White and Blue) @ Discounted Prices

Vest                                         1 XL  $35.00 each

Arm Warmers                            1 XXL  $20.00 each

 

 

Regular Prices – No additional discount – We always have good deals.

 

Gloves                                      Many   $15.00  each

Tubes                                       Many   $2.00  48mm stem

Toe Warmers                             Many $7.00

Shoe covers                              Many $15.00

Tires                                         Many $25.00

 

 

Dave Callender

3204 Fosca St.

Carlsbad, CA 92009

dcallender@...

(760) 420-8734

 

I hope all of you that was at Fiesta Island on Sunday had a great time.  I was not there, but it sounds like we had a good turn out.

 

 I hear rumors that there is a group looking to go to Santiago Canyon TT next Saturday.  I also believe the Jrs will be going there.

 

 I will be registering for the April 17^th (In fact I am doing it right now). I am continuing to work out our Free registration for the Fiesta Island TTs.  If you are not on the list below you need to register on your own ( www.active.com ).  If you are on the list below and do not intend to participate in the APRIL 17 TT, please reply to me and I can provide a place for someone else.  Remember if you do get a free space, you should try to talk one of your friends into paying and going also J.

 

Here are the lucky people at this moment:

 

 

PLEASE LOOK AND SEE IF YOU ARE ON THIS LIST.  I AM ASSUMING IF I DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU, THAT YOU ARE GOIING.  I ALSO NEED YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR AGES IF YOU DO NOT SEE IT FILLED OUT.

 

REGISTERED for Free by Swamis for April

 

LastName, FirstName              Gender             Age                 

Juniors

Dowsing, Sean                         M                     16                   

Tokman, Andre                        M                     16                   

Blake Van Vleet                       M                     12

Brittney Van Vleet                    F                      14

Levy, Lauren                            F                      14                   

 

Men

Hegarty, George                       M                                            

Pusl, Joe                                   M                     40                   

Gooden, Craig                          M                                            

Shellhammer, Rolf                     M                     44                   

Zlotlow, Joshua                        M

Song, Ki                                   M

Zardouzian, Kam                      M

Miller, Dan                               M

Flunker, Mark                          M

 

Women

Metrisin, Dawn                         F

 

 

 

Dave Callender

3204 Fosca St.

Carlsbad, CA 92009

dcallender@...

(760) 420-8734

 

Dear Swamis—

 

Our Junior Team had a great day at Fiesta Island on Sunday.   As everyone who was there knows, the weather was ideal, but the course was a muddy mess, making the congestion in places worse than normal. 

 

Junior Results Fiesta Island March 6

 

Boys 10-12

 

1^st place, Blake Van Fleet

 

Girls 13-14

 

1^st place, Brittney Van Fleet

2^nd place, Lauren Levy

 

Boys 15-16

 

2^nd place, Sean Dowsing
5^th place, Andre Tokman (despite a late start, which cost him about 45 seconds).

 

Next Junior Race will be Home Depot Crit on Sunday March 20.  Hope to see you there.

 

--Don M. Levy

+1.858.205.3537

Skype "donlevy"

donlevy@...

 

This race report is sponsored by Steve Cahill, who was kind enough to swap time trial start times with me so I could make the 3s race in Dominguez Hills/Compton/Carson.

 

Kam already sent a link to the times for the day, so there’s no point in recapping those. 

 

Road conditions were a bit better than last time.  Actually, they were indeed better, but it didn’t really matter too much since there was enough mud to completely thrash my bike, necessitating a laborious cleaning process, which I’m quite sick of at this point.  I can’t imagine I’m the only one who feels demoralized spending so much time engaged in bike cleaning only to see my bike relatively clean before I go for the first ride.

 

Although the road was better this time, there was some wind, unlike last time when there was none at all.  The wind ended up at least offsetting the improved road conditions. 

 

Kam’s one-word description pretty much summed it up.  This time actually felt like it hurt worse than last time.  Whereas last time, I averaged “only” 178+/- beats per minute, this time it was 187 starting from one minute before my start to the time I made it to the closest place to sit down and collapse.  I think I slowed down the last two laps.  Either the wind had kicked up more or I was fading.  Bryan VanVleet passed me out on the course.  It’s one thing to see a fast time on paper, but quite another when you see that fast time riding away from you. 

 

Once it was over, I packed up and headed up to the CBR/Somewhere in Los Angeles Criterium, which marked the first race for my Kestrel.  It was much warmer than I expected.  Unfortunately, I didn’t think of bringing sunscreen, but think I managed to escape without a sunburn.  One thing I didn’t do was drink enough water, but more of that later.

 

The 3s race was awful.  I think the most appropriate term for it would be cluster[profanity removed].  I think we averaged about 26, which sounds better than the race actually was.  In a way, it was like Red Trolley in that it was really sketchy without any crashes actually happening.  There was a lot of braking in the corners even though it was totally unnecessary.  I don’t know how many of you have done this race before (this was my second time), but it is one of the few courses I would criticize as being too wide.  It’s not quite as wide as both sides of El Camino Real, but it does seem like it was six lanes wide, or at least the equivalent if it had lanes.  There was a lot of snaking from side to side.  It also wasn’t fast enough to spread out the field, so you could move up really quickly and get swarmed just as quickly. 

 

I just sat near the back for the first half, mainly to try and get my legs loose.  I spent some time at the front trying to get a chase going, but nothing organized happened and that break was brought back in by field momentum.  I tried getting through traffic to get back up to the front for the finish, but to no avail. 

 

After the highly disappointing experience, it was time for the expected humiliation, the 30+ race.   I think a lot of good riders weren’t there because of a competing race in Santa Barbara, and more important, McClane.  It was fast, but a lot better than the 3s race since there was no braking in the corners.  Of course, it was tolerable since I was just along for the ride and didn’t think I really had much left to seriously race it. 

 

It wasn’t until into this race that I realized that I was dehydrated.  I didn’t notice because I was thirsty, but because I started cramping.  This should serve as a reminder to everyone to remember to drink, even when you don’t feel thirsty.  Although I’d had two full bottles in the pit, I only brought one on my bike since it didn’t seem necessary to have too.  That was a mistake, although it may have been to late anyway. 

 

I survived a couple of laps of cramping before I couldn’t pedal anymore.  Of course, that the final cramp happened mid lap and it only stopped hurting when I had my right leg pushing down on the pedal (without pedaling of course).  I made it back up to the pit, took down at least a water bottle, then headed back to change.  In the few minutes it took me to change, a group of six had put a big gap on the field.  The group ended up winning by about 45 seconds, though I think the lead was more at times.  One bad thing was that the places only went five deep (the field was about 120), so one of the riders missed out on the prizes.  Thurlow Rogers appeared to have finished fourth.  I don’t know who any of the other guys were.  The field appeared pretty lethargic.  It always looks easier when you’re watching.

 

That was my day.  Somehow I’m still awake in spite of being up at 4:30, racing and driving.  I’m hoping that next year, we can get a group to go up and do McClane, which is a really cool race.  Plus, it’s a NRC race, so there’s a Pro/1 race.  It’s neat to so guys who you know are way better than just being able to hold the wheel ahead of them. 

 

That’s all folks.

 

 

Joshua Zlotlow

(760) 635-3469

jazlotlow@...

josh@...

 

Does anyone else with a Kestrel have a problem with not being able to take off the rear wheel without unscrewing the quick release?  If anyone has and has figured out a way around this, please let me know.

 

Joshua Zlotlow

(760) 635-3469

jazlotlow@...

josh@...

 

Is anyone willing to switch start times with me?  Assuming I am not completely thrashed after it, I’m planning on doing the CBR Criterium (which, according to Mapquest, may actually be in Compton).  The problem is I’m number 108 and would not be able to make it up there for the 3s race.  So, if anyone with an early start time is willing to switch (and get to a bit later), please let me know or else I’ll be forced to try doing the 30+ and the Pro-1-2-3 races, which would exceed my quota of one instance of extreme humiliation per day.

 

 

Joshua Zlotlow

(760) 635-3469

jazlotlow@...

josh@...

 

Anyone who has a registration for Sunday’s Fiesta Island and decides at the last moment not to go, please contact Kam at kam@...

Or 858-414-2624, so he can try to find another to use the slot.

 

He will be down at the race, and I will be sitting on a boat in the rain.

 

Dave

 

Dave Callender

3204 Fosca St.

Carlsbad, CA 92009

dcallender@...

(760) 420-8734

 

It looks like the seats are limited.  Only Saturday morning and Sunday have reserved seating left… See below.

 

 

 

Dave,

 

I'm glad to hear that you are planning to get a group together for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships!  I have attached a flier that has the times of the events and ticket prices. Here is the info that I gave you over the phone:

 

Saturday 10:00 AM:  Sections 116, 117, 104, 105 Saturday 7:00 PM:  General Admission only Sunday 2:00 PM:  Section 104 (not much left)

 

 To view the sections, check out the seating chart here:

http://www.aeggrouptickets.com/assets/venue_seatingcharts/VELODROME.jpg

 

Feel free to give me a call if you need more information or if you are ready to purchase tickets.  I will be here until 7:00 tonight and early Monday morning.

 

Hope to hear from you soon,

 

Tim Tarango

 

213-763-4667

 

I called this guy.  There is still group pricing for Saturday and Sunday of the event.  The discount is on the Reserve seating (reg. $35 / disc. $25) if we buy 10 or more tickets.  The $15 open seating has no discount, but at least you do not have to pay additional fees.

 

How about a group going up on Sunday (3/27)? I think Becky is riding in the 10K on Sunday. That way we can ride up Palomar on Saturday and rest on Sunday

 

Please email me if you are interested in going.  After all this is the world championships.

 

Dave

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Tim Tarango [mailto:ttarango@...]

Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:01 AM

To: 'edc@...'

Subject: 2005 Track Cycling World Championships

 

Hello, I got your contact info off of the Swami's Cycling Team Website.  I am writing to give you some information on the 2005 Track Cycling World Championships that are taking place March 24-27 at the new Velodrome in Carson, CA.  With the best riders from across the world, the event promises to be spectacular.  Please pass the information along to your members and let them know that we have some great discounted packages available.  For more information, or to order tickets have them call me at: 213-763-4667.

 

Thanks so much,

 

Tim Tarango

I wanted to give you an update to our clothing order.  We have a hard delivery date of the last week of April.  Jim Durbin, Albert Barajas and Squadra have been working on giving you the best quality and design.

 

When the clothes come in we will be handing them out at Supergo.

 

Dave Callender

3204 Fosca St.

Carlsbad, CA 92009

dcallender@...

(760) 420-8734