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All money for jersey orders MUST be in by 31/October/2008 (next friday).  Direct all inquiries to Raymond Klug (rayklug1 at umbc dot edu).

From Anthony Classic

From Anthony Classic

Course: From UMBC, to Elicott City and back.

Pace: 14.6 mph

Comments: Tom and I (Mike) went on a casual ride to Elicott City, via New Cut road. On the trip back to campus we took Trolly Line Trail #9 which is a very gradual hill, great alternative to going up Gunn, S. Hilltop, or Frederick.

Data:
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Course: From UMBC, down rolling road to Potapsco then around the BWI loop.

Pace: 16.5 mph

Comments: Going down rolling road we ran into on of the Adventures for the Cure riders and he joined us. Had a nice long stretch of road which we all kept a brisk 25 mph pace on. I dipped off halfway around the BWI loop to return to Baltimore, not sure the path everyone else took back to UMBC>

Data:
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Today we met from Noon till 12:40 in MP104 and discussed the following:

Road/MTN/hybrid
– the club is focusing on competitive riding, looking for amateur lvl
road and mtn bike riders
– casual riders, including those who ride hybrid bikes are still
encouraged to participate in bi monthly group rides
—– first group ride will be soon (this weekend or next)

Group Rides
– Meetings will always be in the Hilltop Road Parking lot, which is
pretty much the highest point on campus

– Road Weekly Rides
—- Mon. 4:30pm
—- Tue. 12:30pm
—- Wed. 4:30pm
—- Fri. 2:30pm

– MTN Weekly Rides
—- Mon. 3:00pm
—- Wed. 9:00am
—- Sun. 9:00am

These times should be considered semi-permanent, the website
(www.mdcycling.com) will be updated Sunday nights with all the planned
rides for the week. If you would like to set up your own ride, send
out a message over the listproc of the details (time, meeting place,
approximate pace).

Upcoming Events
– Seagull Century (Sat 10/4)
—- http://www.seagullcentury.org/

– Tour du Port (Sun 10/5)
—- http://www.onelesscar.org/TDP/2008/

We will be having meetings every other Monday. Meetings places will
vary but they will be announced over the listproc and posted on the
site.

Mike Collins
UMBC Cycling
Secretary

A few of the new faces to UMBC Cycling:

From Anthony Classic

Course: From UMBC, through Elicott city and north to Randallstow, accross to Eldersburg and then back down to umbc through Marriotsville, and Patapsco state park.

Pace: 14 mph

Comments: First group ride of this semester, pace took a drastic dive at the end as my body became completely depleted of all energy.  This is only the last 30 miles of the 45 mile ride….. forgot to record the first 15, but they were basically just going down 144 through Ellicot city then north to Randallstown.

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Holly Summers once again was a proud ambasador of UMBC Cycling.  This time at the MountSnow MTB National Championships where she got 5th for Sport Women 40 and over.

Picture coming soon.

Course: From UMBC to Potapsco St Park then around the BWI trail and back via Gunn Road.

Pace: 17.9 mph

Comments: Rode with a pack of five gentlemen today, good times.

Data:
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Ray Klug summed up today’s event well in the following:

Hi Guys,

First, I would like to thank everyone who participated and donated in our First Annual Cycle-a-thon, as well as our sponsor Race Pace Bicycles as represented by Jon Posner. Thanks to Jon and Race Pace, more han 3/4 of the cyclist population on this campus are able to get around more easily and at no cost.

As I had said, our event was truly a success. Not only did we reach\r\nout to the UMBC community and increase awareness of our club, but we also\r\nmanaged to raise $167 to the club through T-shirt and bottle\r\nsales. More importantly, through our all day cycling efforts, we were\r\nable to raise a total of $387.52 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Again, thanks to all who participated. Photos of the event, including photos of us with Team Adventures For The Cure, who rode this afternoon, will be posted shortly.

Thanks,
Ray Klug
UMBC Cycling Treasury Dept.

This past weekend the 5th annual Greenbrier Challenge was held. According to the organizers the race is “challenging for Pros yet ridable and fun for beginners.”

The UMBC cycling team was represented by Holly Summers, the new 50+ Maryland state champion

Dan Atkins placed well for the men, taking 9th on a singlespeed.

President: Mike Pacella
Vice President: Ben D’elessio
Treasurer: Ray Klug
Secretary: Mike Collins
Race Organizer (road): Mike Pacella
Sponsorship Chair: Ray Klug