Team Newsletter - May 5th

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2011 Fitzgerald’s Bicycles Team Newsletter - May 5th, 2011

In This Issue

Collegiate Road Racing

Saurman hits the road

Team Agreement

Team Metrics

Shop Rides Get Rollin’

Team Shared Calendar & Upcoming Races

What is that giant yellow-orange sphere that I saw in the sky today? Holy crap, I think its the sun but I had to Google it to be sure! And I believe our yard is almost totally free of snow. Woohoo! The forecast for Thursday & Friday look very nice for riding outside in Jackson so definitely try to take advantage of the weather and get some much needed Vitamin D.

It is now time to start sending in your race reports! If you race or take a cool training trip, we want to hear about it! Pics are encouraged, seriously.

COLLEGIATE ROAD RACING
New Fitzy Team member Sinead O’Dwyer sent in an update from her road racing season so far. Thanks for the update SInead and we look forward to seeing you at the end of May.

The collegiate season has been going pretty well. I rode two non-collegiate USCF races, one in NYC around Grant’s tomb, I rode the women’s open race in the morning and then the collegiate race in the afternoon. We stayed on 72nd street in Manhattan and rode our bikes through Central Park to get there in the morning! It was pretty fun. The other USCF race was in Philly on Temple’s campus, about an hour after my collegiate race I rode the USCF men’s Cat 5 race and hung in there for the first 25 minutes before I got pulled. On Easter weekend, we had our conference champs, I got 5th in the East Coast Conference Road Race, but got taken out by my teammate in the crit and ended up with a badly swollen elbow that is still healing. Myself, and three of my teammates are headed to Nationals in Madison, WI on Thursday.

I’d like to especially to thank Fitzy for donating a trianing video and a nutrition video to the team. When he heard we were student run and didn’t have a coach, he gave my mom those videos to ship to the team! Goes to show his true enthusiasm for the sport and it’s growth.

See you guys at the end of May!

Sinead

SAURMAN HITS THE ROAD

We are fortunate to have two separate updates from our beloved Dave Saurman. I think that next year we should organize a big posse and head to the Fruita Fat Tire Festival! Why have I never been?

Fitzy Crew in Fruita

5/2/11

This is NOT a race report, but I wanted to tell ya what a blast I had riding with the crew from Fitzy’s this past weekend down at the Fat Tire Fest in Fruita, CO. Cold, but fun. The Jameson Kept us warm. Snowed only enough to make the trails ride like a dream. Great 33 miler on the Western Rim on Saturday. Fun trying new bikes, and meeting the new guys, Kyle and Darin. Thanks to Fitzy and Fam for sponsoring food and beer and good company. Even Bradon the little Fitzy was a champ. Can’t wait till next year.

Cheers, Dave Saurman

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