Sponsor Spotlight: Zac Daab & Focus Bikes
A big thanks to Focus Bikes and Zac Daab from Cascade Bicycle Studio for continuing to sponsor us during the 2011-12 race season.
Zac Daab, proprietor of Cascade Bicycle Studio (CBS), is the official bike supplier of Team Group Health.
In 2011, CBS was voted one of the best bike shops in America by Bicycling Magazine and Complex Magazine. Whether you’re looking to buy a new bike, get a bike fit, or looking for maintenance tips, Zac is there to help.
Focus Bikes continues to be the official bike of Team Group Health. Made in Germany, Focus Bikes prides itself on making products with the best workmanship, reliability, durability and performance. Focus continually implements the newest and best manufacturing methods and invests in the best machinery and most skilled manpower.
We are happy to ride these well-engineered and stylish bikes, and are very grateful to have access to Zac’s expertise and service!
Learn more:
Website: http://cascadebicyclestudio.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/CBSFremont
Website: http://www.focus-bikes.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/focusbikes
Amanda competes at CX Nationals. Off to Worlds!
Teammate Amanda McNabb competed at the 2012 Cyclocross National Championship in Wisconsin this past weekend. Still healing from an ankle injury, Amanda warmed up with the Cat 3/4 race. It was a brisk 22 degrees with a thin sheet of ice on the course at Badger Prairie County Park. While seeing the race as a warm up and an opportunity to test her recovering body, Amanda, always a competitor, aimed for the Top 20. She earned 14th place and was prepared for her big race on Friday: Masters 35-39.
Temperatures had risen and after two days of racing the course was muddy. Amanda got a good second row start, but the mud grew deep and thick and slowed down the racing significantly for all. “It had the consistency of peanut butter mixed with clay and fortified prairie grass,” Amanda said in her race report. It was getting harder and harder to keep the wheels turning and soon she was spending a lot of time off the bike. “My legs hurt, my back hurt, my pride hurt, my hubris hurt, my triceps hurt. Luckily, the ankle was hanging in there except for the uphill remounts. That was demoralizing.” But she kept at it and with the help of the cheering crowd, she finished strong in 16th place. “The race was brutal, the course was brutal, the competitors brutal.”
In just a few days’ time she’ll be back at it at Worlds. Go get ‘em Amanda!
Sponsor Spotlight: Cycle University
Thank you to Cycle University for continuing to sponsor Team Group Health for the 2011-2012 race season.
Cycle U is so much more than just another bike shop. Started in 2004 by local pro cyclist Craig Undem, Cycle U aims to develop the best coaching and teaching methods for cycling while selling the best training gear money can buy.
They have two locations (West Seattle and Sandpoint in North Seattle), and provide a wide range of services including personal coaching, bike fitting, fitness testing, skills clinics, private lessons, training camps, boot camps, indoor cycling classes, and coaching consultations.
Learn more about Cycle U: www.cycleu.com
Cycle U on Facebook
Cycle U on Twitter
Sponsor Spotlight: Nuun
A big thanks to our sponsor Nuun for continuing to sponsor us during the 2011-12 race season.
Nuun is a great tasting electrolyte-enhanced sports drink that keeps the women of Team Group Health properly hydrated during many miles of training and racing. Available in over a dozen different flavors, Nuun contains four necessary electrolytes — sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium – but no sugar and less than 8 calories per tab!
A leader in active hydration, Nuun was named the number one selling sports drink tab in running and outdoor specialty, and in 2010 Nuun was named one of the 500 fastest growing private companies in America by Inc. Magazine.
Designed for athletes on the go, Nuun comes in small, quick-dissolving tabs, and the 12-tablet tube is small enough to fit in your jersey pocket. Just drop a tab into your water bottle and you’re good to go for the miles ahead.
Learn more:
Website: www.nuun.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nuunhydration
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ministryofnuun
Sponsor Spotlight: Group Health
A big thanks to our title sponsor, Group Health!
We wear their name proudly and help Group Health reach their goals to raise public awareness of the health benefits of an active lifestyle.
Did you know 1-in-3 Washington residents own a bicycle? Cycling is already a way for many of us to have an active, healthy lifestyle. A focus on cycling, with event sponsorship and promotion of cycle safety, is a natural part of Group Health’s long-standing commitment to the well-being of the community.
Founded in 1947, Group Health is a consumer-governed, non-profit health care system that coordinates care and coverage. Based in Seattle, Group Health and its subsidiary health carriers serve more than half a million residents in Washington and Idaho state. Learn more about Group Health at http://www.ghc.org/
TGH Welcomes 19 New Teammates…
Carla Brock
Carrie Bennette
Danyel Longmire
Dawn Dolobowsky
Emily Hutchins
Emma Agosta
Heather Wiedenhoft
Jess Scott
Katie Engeln
Katie Ferguson
Lara Rogers
Laura Fife
Leina Tani
Liese Anex
Mary Foster
Mel Burdo
Misty Watson
Sarah Stuckey
Suzy Windes
2011 Results Summary
50% of all TGH race starts resulted in a top 10 finish!
Cyclocross
· 250 race starts by 28 members
· 120 top ten finishes
· 40 top threepodium finishes
· 15 first place podium finishes
· 5category upgrades
Road
· 350 race starts by 45 members
· 150 top ten finishes
· 40 top three podium finishes
· 10 first place podium finishes
· 2category upgrades
Mountain
· 40 race starts by 15 members
· 30 top ten finishes
· 20 top three podium finishes
· 5 first place podium finishes
· 2 category upgrades
Track
· 60 race starts by 15 members
· 25 top ten finishes
· 5 first place podium finishes
· 3category upgrades
· Operate the entry gate for Friday night races at the Marymoor Velodrome
Race Report: Silver Lake / Oct16
Lisa Coyne in action.
“What is now clear is that I have a love/hate relationship with this race. It is technically challenging and puts the hurt on you like no other course I’ve ridden so far. The sand saps your energy, and pumping up and down the hills invites thigh burn and unexpected meetings with the ground, obstacles and foliage. But these are the same reasons Silver Lake is fun!”
Join Team Group Health
Team Group Health will be accepting new members in the Fall. If you see a TGH’er out on the road, at the track, in the mountains, or at cyclocross practice, feel free to introduce yourself and ask about our team. We’re a friendly bunch and love to talk about women’s racing.
TGH will be holding its Meet the Team Ride on Saturday, September 24, leaving from Pert’s Deli in Leschi at 9:30 A.M. If you are interested in joining our team, please try to attend this ride so we have a chance to meet you. TGH will also have representatives at the Women’s Only Rides, scheduled for August 21, September 25, and October 2, in case we miss you on September 24.
Our application deadline is Monday, October 10. You can find a link to the application under the “Join” page. We’ll make our final roster decisions by October 17, and hold our 2011-2012 Team Meeting on Monday, October 24.
Racing at the Track
Two of our die-hard track racers have gone off to spend a semester in Australia (Devon Simpson) and 2 years in Germany (Rachel Headley), but we plan to make sure that the teal and chartreuse is well-represented at the Marymoor Velodrome even during their absence. We have a whole crop of road racers who are making the transition to track this year. By the time Devon and Rachel get back, they will have lots of company in the infield on Friday nights.
