Tour of the Depot details available

What was the Tooele valley stage race or Triple valley stage race is now the Tour of the Depot.

The Tour of the Depot web site has been updated with this year's race details. This is the first race on BCC Racing's focus list. Details at http://www.triplevalley.com/

So You Want To Race?

While many are waxing boards or skis and praying for snow, a select few are scheming about road racing. There was a great turn out at the BCC “So you want to race” meeting—20 to be exact, 13 team members and 5 board members. The goal of the meeting was to provide information to current racers along with those looking to get started with racing.

Attendees received the 2009 BCC Racing Bible telling about the team; background, 09 race focus, requirements, costs, & web technologies available. We’re excited for the next race season as the team’s focus has sharpened. To improve racing performance we’re planning training rides coordinated with super series rides, as well as some other goodies. It also looks like there will be a group of masters women looking to get into racing.

My #1 take away from the training meeting

"If you haven't started training for 2009 by now you're behind" - or something to that effect was uttered by Bill as he was quoting a coach he'd recently talked to.

There were plenty of other good discussions. The training future looks great!

So You Wanna Race? meeting

We are going to have a "So You Wanna Race?" meeting sponsored by BCC Racing for Bonneville Cycle Club members and guests at the Anderson Library (1135 South 2100 East) on December 1st at 7:00 p.m-8:00 p.m. This meeting is to provide information and answer questions for those who are currently racing and those who would simply like to learn more about how to get started racing. And, what it takes to get started racing with the BCC Racing Team. We will discuss the basics of how to get started, our 2009 training plans, and what races we plan to focus on in 2009. Members of the Team will be in attendance and participating in the meeting and all Bonneville Cycle Club members are invited along with guests of Members who may be interested in joining BCC and BCC Racing.

See map of Anderson Library

2009 races added to calendar

2009 race dates are starting to come out from Cycling utah. I posted three from our race focus list on the BCC Racing Events calendar. More to come.

April 11-12 -- Tooele Valley Stage Race, UCA Series, Stansbury Park TT, Pine Canyon Circuit Race (same as '08), Tooele Valley RR, jeremysmithslc@yahoo.com or (801) 558-7215 or triplevalley.com

April 25 -- East Canyon Road Race, UCA Series, 11 AM, From East Canyon Resorts to Lost Creek Revervoir and back, East Canyon Resort, Sign up at Canyon Bicycles 3969 S. Wasatch Blvd., sports-am.com, (801) 583-6281

May 24 -- Garden Creek Gap Road Race, Pocatello, ID, Sam Krieg sam@kriegcycling.com or idahocycling.com or (208) 652-3532or (208) 233-0951

LOTOJA Casserole

Allrighty. Call me a food addict. I probably spend more time looking up recipes than I spend researching fitness articles. Maybe if I reversed that I could lose some weight. :)

Here's a (sort of) cycling related recipe for any of you food lovers. I haven't tried it but the name caught my attention. It's called LOTOJA Casserole. I'm gonna have to try it out sometime.
http://thefoodees.blogspot.com/2008/11/lotoja-casserole.html

City Creek Bike Sprint

As the ghosts & goblins were laid to rest, some BCC racing members sprinted up city creek. Eric Dupuis, Matt Fairbourn, and Stan Young rode 5 miles with 1400 verticle feet of elevation. It was a nice fall morning with a slight chill in the air the higher you climbed. The scenery on the leaf covered, winding road of City Creek Canyon was hauntingly beautiful. Nice work guys!!