Women’s-Only Rides
Interested in learning more about women’s racing? Meet up with the ladies from various teams across the local racing circuit Saturday mornings. We’ll chat for a bit, then hop on our bikes - all levels of experience welcomed. 8/22, 9/19*, 10/10 at 9:30am from Pert’s Deli in Leschi. More info can be found on WSBA’s web site here - * NOTE TIME & LOCATION CHANGE FOR 9/19.
Oct 02: TGH Meet the Team Ride
Join us for our Team Group Health Meet the Team Ride Saturday, October 2, 2010. Meet at the Starbucks in Leschi at 9:30am. Whether you’re interested in competing on the road, in the mountains, thru the mud or around (and around) the track. More details can be found on the ‘Join‘ section of our site. We look forward to meeting you!
Nov 05: Sponsor Appreciation Party
Mark your calendars and plan to join us in celebration of a successful 2010 season of road, mountain, and track racing - not at all possible without our generous sponsor support.
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2009 Women’s Club of the Year
Team Group Health has received its third national award in the past five years - USA Cycling Women’s Club of the Year. This is no easy feat, and is a result of our commitment to growing women’s cycling and community involvement. Thank you to each of our teammates for contributing to our club activities, skills clinics, and volunteer efforts with our partners.
Nov 30: Workshop: Bike Maintenance 7:30pm
TGH Welcomes 21 New Teammates…
Cat4: Andrea Imler, Laura Budac, Laura Gillespie, Sandrine McFadden, Erin Danielson, Cherri Gruver, Rachel Scheiner, Annie Groeninger, Karla Segale, Marsa Daniel, Lauren Dunbar, Mika Ritter, Kitty Chamberlain, Louise Montgomery, Stephanie Collier, Mary Thomson, and Heidi Langsdorf
Cat123: Dana Robertson-Halter, Lea Stralka, Stephanie Peters, and Kari Studley
Summer Competition Wrap-up
In 2009, we finished on the podium in every PNW series and state championship race; with 600 race starts we podiumed 127 times with 37 1sts, 46 2nds and 44 33rds! 4 teammates attended the Summer National Senior Games in addition to racers competing at the BMC Cascade Cycling Classic in Bend (a brutal 6-day stage race well-attended by professionals); Cascade was the best attended in its 30 year history with nearly 120 women!
Highlights of our season include sweeping the Women Master A WA BARR podium and winning the category 4 WA BARR, the 20K and 40K National Senior Games road races, the category 1-2 WA state road championship, the Master A WA time trial state championship, the category 4 WA team state team time trial championship, the Master OR criterium and the Master B WA state hill climb championship.
Wow - we had a busy, fun and successful summer! Stay tuned for our cyclocross updates, the season is just beginning.
Sep 20/27, Oct 04: Ladies Only
If you are a [female] cyclist and ready to take it to the next level with competitive racing, we encourage you to participate in our annual women’s-only clinic. On three consecutive Sundays - September 20, 27, and October 4, 2009 - a combination of women from the local racing teams will host rides for women only. During this time you can ask experienced racers from multiple teams about their team ethos and requirements before deciding whether and which local team to join. More info on finding a team…
Aug 06-11: National Senior Summer Games
Congratulations to Beth, Carol, Kate and Suzanne for their successful competition at the National Senior Games in San Francisco. Team Group Health prevailed over the intense hills, heat and wind to earn stellar results in the two Road Races (20K, 40K) and Time Trials (5K, 10K). For those competitive cyclists 50+ yrs of age, consider racing in 2011 at the Houston Senior Games.
Jul 21: Cascade Cycling Classic
As Summer heats up here in the Northwest so does our racing. On July 21 a group of fierce women from TGH will travel to central Oregon to compete in one of North America’s top cycling events: Cascade Cycling Classic. Thank you to our generous sponsors for their donations and continuous support. Follow these tweets to stay on top of the action.
