Elite State Championship Track Results!

Thank you to Marc Karzen for the awesome news from the track...
Congratulations Kit and Danny!

NOW MS riders Karzen and Heeley Strike Gold at the CA/NV Elite Track State Championships at the LA Velodrome

Kit Karzen took gold medal in the 6-event, 2-day International Omnium (250m TT, Points, Elimination, Pursuit,
Scratch, Kilo) including a individual gold in the Points Race.

Just home from a month's racing with the US National team in Europe, Danny Heeley won the
Madison with partner Colin Berry. Kit took the madison silver with partner Ian Moir.

Leadville 100

Thank you Lawrence and Louise for the recognition. It was a great day out there. As many of you know, I center the majority of my season around this event. It is really special to me. It was a great day, and new a new PR for me in terms of my finishing time. It was NOT my best placing, but the race has gotten so much more competitive over the years. I was 15 minutes faster in 13th place overall this year, than I was when I did 7th place in 2008.

The highlight of the day for me was being able to hang with the big riders over the first major passes of the day, before it broke up and went all chaotic. When I came out of the woods over the first big set of passes, I was with Tinker Juarez, Dave Weins, and Ned Overend, and collectively we were only down 30 seconds to the group that Levi was leading with 5 or 6 major world cup level MTB racers. Eventually Dave decided to close the gap in one massive spint effort and I got popped out the back, but I was still on record pace for myself and actually enjoyed riding much of the day alone. It was a fun experience.

Congrats to Phil on a great finish as well. Phil - you had no business doing as well as you did! You should be really happy. Determination and amazing base fitness carried you through.

There is a great video on singletrack.com (velonews' mountain bike sister site) where you can see me in a few cool places. The support I received from Specialized and from Cynergy was unbelievable. Thank you to Randall and Diego who came out to support me, and to Jim who made everything happen behind the scenes. You provided full factory-pro level sponsorship.

Video here (I am in white kit with black and red specialized trim seen 2 or 3 times near the beginning) : http://singletrack.competitor.com/2010/08/features/leadville-2010-video-highlights_9824

Cool photo from the infamous "Powerline Climb" attached.

NW

Stage 4 of the So Cal MS Ride (2 mos ago)

Happy Monday everyone,

I was riding through the hills of Palos Verdes yesterday enjoying a nice endurance ride. As I rounded a corner I was overtaken by a stealth rider. Picture Bill Gates wearing a Cynergy jersey, black dolphin shorts, hairy legs riding a late '90s Trek orange road bike. He smiled as he went by but luckily didn't blow a snot rocket in my direction.

I chuckled to myself as I tried to keep pace with him up the hill while riding my lightweight, carbon - Specialized Tarmac SL3. There is nothing better for the soul than being humbled. For the most part cycling is a selfish sport. We get personal gratification when we have a good day in the saddle, have a strong race or training ride. The MS ride provides us with an opportunity to be selfless while doing what we love. This is a key reason you signed up for the NOW-MS Society team.

It's encouraging to see that over the last couple of weeks many of you have signed up for the ride. Some of you have told me it's too early to sign up and you are waiting. If that is your strategy please sign up this week and start your fund-raising when you think the timing is right for you. Julie and I need to know who is riding so we can make plans for the event.

Here are the current standings:
-53 team members signed up
-The NOW MS Society Cynergy team is in 6th place with $7486.00

Incentives:
For every $1000.00 raised you will receive 1 raffle ticket
For every friend you bring you will receive 1 raffle ticket

Raffle Prizes:
New Bicycle from Cynergy
Mammoth Mountain Condo for a weekend
Professional Bike Fitting
Official NOW clothing and merchandise
Fine Wine
More to be announced later. If you have anything to donate please contact me.

Registration:
www.bikemssocal.org and sign up under the NOW-MS Team as you register
Discount code = ELITETEAM

Have a great week,
David...

Patterson Pass RR

Hello,

YESTERDAY I raced the Patterson Pass RR, the first road race in the CalCup schedule.
the course was a grueling 92 miles with two significant climbs and a long descending section in each of the 4 laps. The biggest element was the wind, however, which blew the field apart in the second half of the race. I made the main selections and barely missed 7th place after sprinting out of a group of three and almost passing Kevin Klein (Yahoo) on the line.
Overall, it was a long day in the saddle for a few bucks and a t-shirt.

Thanks for reading,
Stephen

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NOW-MS Women in Italy to race Jr World Championships

Good luck to Kendall Ryan and Christine Barron who are now in Italy to race in the 2010 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships.

Kendall Ryan is one of only 4 women, aged 17 and 18, to representing the US in the road race in Offida, Italy on Sunday, August 8.

Christine Barron is one of 5 women aged 17 and 18 to represent the US in the track events in Montichiari, Italy from August 11 - 15. Christine will compete in the 500-meter TT and the sprint.

Way to represent, NOW-MS Society Women! Good luck!!!

More info: http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=5186

Congratulations Julie Guthrie

Congratulations to Julie Guthrie who completed the Vineman Aquabike today, 2.4 mile swim and 112 mile bike in beautiful Sonoma County, CA. Exact results still incoming but we believe she placed 2nd in her age group and top 5 overall.

NICE JOB JULIE!!!!!