TCBC NEWS: August 2006
President's Column: TCBC People
At the start of my Alaska tour, I was reminded how great TCBC people are.
Just before I left home, I got a note from Katie Hahn, a transplanted former
TCBC member, now living near Anchorage. She had seen one of the e-mails about
the tour and was excited to meet someone from back home, and even offered
to help out with the ride and recommend some hikes around town.
Then of course, how can you not be impressed by the sixty-plus TCBC volunteers
who helped make the 25th anniversary Watermelon Ride a huge success. Everyone
was cheerfully doing their tasks and making a great impression on the many
non-members, new members, and brand new members who came out in great numbers.
Patt Seleen and co-coordinator Irene Erickson did a fabulous job over the
past few years and have trained next year's team very well.
I also got a note from a retired couple, long-time TCBC members, happy with
the club, but circumstances dictating that they also "retire" from
TCBC. They wrote to let us know that although they wouldn't be renewing their
membership, they remain willing to offer their time to volunteer for bicycling-related
events around town. Isn't that great?
Then in the category of everyday occurrences is the amazing variety of rides
and routes that our dedicated ride leaders come up with. I still find myself
learning some great new roads in a new part of town on many TCBC rides. The
creativity shown by our ride leaders is a huge benefit to all of us.
I've also been reminded of the "ordinary" courtesies that so many
TCBC riders extend to each other when out on the road. I can't count the
times that I've seen someone helping to fix a flat tire or helping them complete
the ride in a strong headwind. I benefited from this myself on the recent
Paul Bunyan ride, when I was unlucky enough to have three flat tires and
a fellow rider gave me one of his spare tubes.
So, I'd just like to say "thanks" to all the TCBC people who make
our club so much fun to belong to.
Charles Breer
TCBC President
WEEKEND ON WHEELS 2006
Catch ‘Red Cedar Fever’ in Menomonie!
As this hot newsletter hits your bike-grease-soaked hands, there are only
days left to make your plans to join the Twin Cities Bicycle Club in beautiful
Menomonie, Wisconsin for Weekend on Wheels 26!
While pre-registration has ended, your adventure can still begin with us
on August 11 in Menomonie with our Pre-WOW Club Ride. This weekend warm-up
rolls at 1:30 PM from Riverside Park, Menomonie, and is a normal club ride – no
registration required.
After the ride, you can register for the Saturday and Sunday fun over at
UW-Stout from 7-9 PM. Look for the TCBC sign to find us. Or, come over to
Phelan Park between 7-9 AM on Saturday to register, get your maps, and roll
on out with your TCBC pals.
This year’s routes offer something for everyone:
* Multiple mileage options both days, featuring paved country roads and great
scenery in convenient cloverleaf loops – pick your distances as the
day goes on.
* Several ‘new’ routes (compared to last year) featuring smooth-rolling
pavement and all the cows you care to smell.
* A flat trail option for those who savor trees, rivers, and did we mention
flatness?
* Food. Oh good heavenly days, food. We’ve got two rest stops and a ‘snack
station’ on Saturday, and two rest stops on Sunday, including the celebratory
root beer float stop to power you home!
* The Saturday night banquet, a mosquito-free feast featuring delicious chow
and splendid company.
Check the TCBC web site (www.biketcbc.org/wow) for driving directions to
Menomonie, Riverside Park, and Phelan Park. Download a registration form
and bring it with you for fastest registration and sign in service!
Volunteers still needed!
WOW 26 is an event for-the-club, by-the-club. This means we need YOU! Rest
stop shifts are 2 hours in length of light-duty work (making Gatorade, chatting
with bikers, opening new bags of trail mix, etc.). Volunteering is a great
way to take a break between route loops, make new friends, and score an exclusive
piece of WOW 2006 schwag.
We’ll see you in Menomonie!
-- your WOW 2006 committee
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IN BRIEF
NEXT TCBC NEWS DEADLINE is Monday, August 6.
HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to Pete Hawkins, this year’s recipient of the
Tim Knopp Award of the North Star Ski Touring Club. The award honors volunteer
contributions to the quality of the club over a lifetime. Pete joined the
NSSTC in 1987 and claims he took up outdoor activities because he was an
inactive, overweight, 205-pound smoker (huh?). He has served NSSTC in many
ways, including as president and as a longtime trip leader. (He has also
been president of the Minnesota Council of AYH and of TCBC.) Retirement may
be coming soon, so then Pete will have even more time to participate and
volunteer! Congrats to him and to his also-frequently-volunteering wife Kathy.
JELLOMAN RECAP: The 2006 JELLOMAN bicycle ride took place on the morning
of June 24th with record attendance. Of those who showed up, to see if they
could cut the JELLO, all acquitted themselves in a manner befitting the title
of JELLOMAN Rider. Unfortunately, they leave in their wake a world divided – between
those who are and those who have never been JELLOMAN Riders.
The good news is: The JELLOMAN Ride is an annual event that has never been
cancelled. Next year’s ride may feature Bert, the other original JELLOMAN
on his red Fuji bicycle, and also a dry t-shirt contest (iron-on letters
only). It will be a ceremonial EATING OF THE JELLO to strengthen all riders
for their journey to the place from which they start. (Bob Brown)
DON HERMANSON of New Hope says he won’t be riding with the club anymore
for physical reasons but “wanted to thank TCBC for many years of fun
and satisfaction…. If I see a group of cyclists I’ll give you
a wave wishing I could hang on for a few miles.”
RECENT RIDE RECAPS in the July issue were written by Doug Nelson, if you
couldn’t guess.
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE came through in the end, appropriating nearly $25
million over the next two years for state park and trail acquisitions, etc.
At least $1 million each is on the list for the Gitchi-Gami, the Paul Bunyan,
the Glacial Lakes, and the Mill Towns State Trails. Also included is $1.8
million for the Cedar Lake Trail and $750,000 for the Gateway Trail, and
plenty of others are listed too. Let’s look for those additions and
improvements.
NEW HIKING TRAIL: 22 new miles of the Superior Hiking Trail are open in the
Duluth area! One section stretches from Jay Cooke State Park to the Munger
Trail to Spirit Mountain to Skyline Parkway. Your editor plans to investigate
some parts of it in September.
IRON MAN LIVES: This comic-book superhero, wearing a suit of iron, has been
around since the 1960’s. A major studio has announced that an Iron
Man live-action movie will be released in early May 2008: the weekend after
the 42nd Annual Minnesota IRONMAN Ride! (This is actually true, lest you
doubt, at least for now.)
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Labor Day Weekend All Club Ride - September 2
We hope that many of you will join us for our traditional Labor Day Weekend
TCBC ride for all levels of riders, on what was formerly known as “The
Big Picnic Ride” and an informal end to summer. This event in May had
over 200 people!
The format for the ride on Sat, Sept. 2 will remain the same: there will
be three route/level options consisting of a 29-mile C ride, a 48-mile B
ride, and a 63-mile A/B ride. Each ride will have its own leader. The ride
briefing will start at 9:30 AM and the various levels will leave in a staggered
start soon thereafter.
The start location is the main picnic shelter on top of the hill in Snail
Lake Park in Shoreview; to find it, go north from 694 on Victoria to Snail
Lake Blvd, then east to the shelter parking lot. (We also used this location
for the All-Club Memorial Ride in May and the Watermelon Ride rest stop in
July.) Please come early to socialize and also to help us start on time.
If you arrive after the parking lot fills, park in the beach parking lot
and take the trails up the hill.
Although there are no formal arrangements for after the ride, you are encouraged
to bring a picnic lunch or snack and socialize. (There was no pop machine
there in July.) If you have any questions, contact Pete Hawkins at 763-786-3792
or pmh@peoplepc.com. (Pete and Doug Nelson will be two of the leaders.)
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The Bunyan Rides Again
We need to measure ourselves sometimes – for example, against what
we did as bikers years ago. We are now older and more experienced, yes, but
are we as fast? Are we as tired afterwards? How have our bodies and our equipment
and riding styles changed? Etc.
I decided to try to find out, using one of TCBC’s biggest challenges – the
Paul Bunyan Double Century. This annual event started with AYH in 1967, and
has been held each year as far as we know – except last year, when
road construction on Hwy. 47 made it impossible. It has always involved biking
from Anoka to Mille Lacs, around it, and back, for about 200 awfully long
miles, and in one day to boot.
Starting in the 1980’s, I did a modified version for a few years – 70
miles up to Isle and the same 70 miles back, and did okay on that. In 1986
and 87 I actually motivated myself to do the full distance in 14 hours plus
each time, and survived. In 1997, I tried to do the 140, but a horrible monsoon
arrived in mid-afternoon and washed many of the riders out, including me.
The weather is usually the key on this adventure.
My advantages in doing the 140 miles this year on July 1: I was in pretty
good shape for me (all things considered), my year-old Trek was doing wonderfully,
and I knew the route, especially having driven it in May and seeing the road
work had given us pretty nice shoulders, which much of 47 never had before.
The highway does include new rumble strips on about 35 miles, which I warned
people about.
(NOTE: The ride even got a small preview article in the previous Sunday’s
PIONEER PRESS, mentioning that usually 20-30 riders participate and quoting
perennial leader Bob Hoffman a few times – he called it a low-key event
for “average people.”)
The forecast was not promising in those early morning hours, with some rain
moving straight west to east between Anoka and Mille Lacs. That might be
why only 21 of us showed up at Anoka High School in the predawn. In fact,
I was the very first to arrive at the event (which some ride leaders might
not believe). Soon Bob and the rest gradually arrived, and we left into the
brightening conditions (and a little drizzle) at the traditional 5 AM.
I knew I needed to ride at my own steady speed and was not at all disappointed
when I slowly fell behind the rest. I arrived at my first rest stop at about
28 miles, a gas station where Bob was parked (driving his semi-sag). We watched
rain arrive from the west, I decided to stay awhile, Bob drove ahead, then
it lightninged and thundered for a little while and I was very glad I had
stayed there.
The rain stopped, I continued, the sky slowly cleared over the next hour,
and by 9 AM or so the day had become beautiful, especially when the roads
dried and the wind switched around to the northwest, which I knew would benefit
everyone on the latter part of their rides. A tail wind coming back from
the lake, the perfect situation. And so it remained.
For me, one key was taking plenty of rest stops at convenience stores, and
actually sitting down when I could. I alternated Mountain Dew with Powerade,
and had plenty of snack food, and I must have been picking good stuff because
my stomach stayed settled the entire day. I turned around at Isle and started
cruising back to the south, with the wind pushing me along, going the same
speed as I had going up. The traffic on that holiday weekend was considerable,
but the shoulders were good and it wasn’t too stressful, except when
some yahoo passing a line of cars was coming nearly right at me and my life
flashed before my eyes.
As Lewis and Clark frequently wrote, I “proceeded on” and on
and on. The day stayed nice. I wasn’t getting too sore. The bike performed
perfectly. I kept eating and drinking good amounts. I gradually realized
that I was going to make it. Yes, some of the 200-milers passed me before
the end, but I was prepared for that – I took more time at rest stops,
for one thing! My bike was a great buddy – sometimes I was pedalling,
but sometimes it seemed like it was pedalling me.
I saw Bob sitting at his usual table in the shade at the high school, so
I pretended to agonize up to the curb on my bike and crawled across the grass
to sign in and get my certificate from him (10 hrs, 44 minutes). I was just
acting, Bob, I think.
Hey, folks, if I can make the 140, plenty of you can too. Give it a try
one of these years!
- Doug Nelson
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Recognition Corner
THIS MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE:
WATERMELON RIDE COMMITTEE
PATT SELEEN & IRENE ERICKSON – COORDINATORS
SUSIE ANDERSON, MARK GREGORY,
KIM MYERS, MARY NELSEN & LIZ SANDS
AND OVER 60 OTHER DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS
For the hugely successful 25th Anniversary
Watermelon Ride
CATHERINE ROACH
For an outstanding job assisting with the Family Bicycling Series,
including an outstanding write-up in TCBC News
BOB HOFFMAN
For supreme dedication in organizing the 40th Annual
Paul Bunyan Double Century (for the last 21 years!)
We encourage any member to pass along the names of fellow TCBC members who
deserve recognition for anything that is worthy of recognition. Just send
your suggestions to any TCBC board member or to recognition@biketcbc.org.
Trails and Routes News
GREENWAY TRAIL EASTERN EXTENSION: Completion hopefully will be by fall.
It stretches about 1.5 miles from Hiawatha to West River Parkway, and a fence
separates the active railroad line from the biking/walking trail. I have
seen plenty of work going on there, and some pavement was already laid by
mid-July. Federal grant dollars have been awarded to continue the Greenway
across the Mississippi to St. Paul, using the old railroad bridge.
VENTO TRAIL EXTENDED: Up till recently, the Vento Trail has followed an
old railroad line north past Lake Phalen in St. Paul, intersects with the
Gateway, crosses 36, and ended at Beam near Maplewood Mall. Now the trail
crosses a bridge over Beam, dips down to cross the newly-constructed County
Road D, passes the corner of D and Hazelwood, then climbs to cross 694 on
another old bridge. The trail ends at Buerkle Road in White Bear Lake, just
east of the Hwy. 61 stoplight, next to Mouldings, Doors, and More. (Great,
but where do you bike from there?)
ANOTHER BIKE BRIDGE in Newport: amazingly, it’s being built only 0.8
miles north of the bike bridge built last year and is near 19th Street. Both
bridges cross Hwy. 61. The new one also will have nice spirals at both ends.
MINNESOTA RIVER BLUFFS LRT Regional Trail: a short segment under 494 in
Minnetonka is now open evenings and weekends, but the trail is very rough.
It’s closed during weekday workday hours due to truck traffic.
FISH LAKE REGIONAL PARK in Maple Grove: a new trail is being constructed
to go south from the park and cross beneath County 10 via a pedestrian underpass,
to connect with other trail systems by fall.
CARVER PARK RESERVE: There is trail reconstruction and new trails being
built, most of which will be done by late fall. Most trails will remain open.
BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY: This new area below Mounds Park in St. Paul
will be connected by bike trail to the Gateway Trail eventually.
WEST ST. PAUL AND SOUTH ST. PAUL LINK: The final stretch of trail is being
paved near Hwy. 52, linking Thompson and Kaposia Parks, which will also connect
(after descending down some hefty hills) to the South St. Paul Regional Trail
near Concord Street along the Mississippi. This may open up some new routes.
COUNTY 49 (Hodgson Road) is closed between County 10 and County 23 (Lake
Drive) in Lino Lakes for new bridge construction over Rice Creek. It should
be opened by early Sept. This will change traffic patterns in the area.
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Upcoming Events
AUGUST 4-6: Central Lakes Trail (C rides). If you haven’t experienced
this trail, you will not want to let the opportunity pass. And if you were
on this ride last year, you understand the need for a return visit. The trail
runs through a scenic blend of lakes, prairie potholes, and open farmland
and wooded lots, with small towns at 7-10 mile intervals. The 14-foot trail
is paved and is fairly new and smooth. We will divide the 3-day ride into
nearly equal round-trip segments and accomplish a century plus in the three
days. Day 1 is Osakis to Garfield and return; Day 2 is Garfield to Ashby
and return; Day 3 is Ashby to Fergus Falls and return. Optional post-ride
activities centered in and around Alexandria. You will make your own lodging
accommodations. EARLY IS BETTER. Alexandria Lakes Chamber of Commerce at
1-800-235-9441 is a good contact. Come for 1, 2, or all 3 days. Co-leaders:
Clareyse Nelson, 612-623-3009; Herb Schultz, 952-941-4381. Cell phone at
ride: 952-334-5382.
AUGUST 18-20: Summer Wobegon Days. Do your thing on the Lake Wobegon Trail,
including the St. Joseph and Holdingford spurs, over three sultry summer
days/nights. This C+ ride features paved 10-foot paved trails and offers
some extra mile options. The trail passes through towns that could have been
the model for the famed Lake Wobegon. The trail is mostly flat and has both
open and wooded stretches. Come for 1, 2, or 3 days. Each day will feature
activities en route and/or after ride. You will book your own lodging accommodations
in or around Albany, MN. Country Inn and Suites is an option at 320-845-2145.
Don Picard, 952-894-3431; Herb Schultz, 952-941-4381, or herbschl@juno.com.
Cell phone at ride: 952-334-8382.
SEPT 15-17: Root River Valley Trail Weekend. Welcome C riders and friends
to our three days in Lanesboro. We hope you can join us again on this beautiful
trip in SE Minn. We will be riding for three days, but come whenever you
can. Some of us will be going to the plays at the Commonweal Theater for
two different plays on Fri and Sat nights. Further info about the specific
plays will be available. Call Clareyse Nelson to reserve your tickets at
612-623-3009. This is a popular biking area in the fall so be sure to reserve
a place to stay soon. The Lanesboro Chamber number is 1-888-223-4258. Some
of us also camp in Lanesboro. Call us with questions and to let us know you
will be coming. Clareyse Nelson, 612-623-3009, or Herb Schultz, 952-941-4381.
RAPTOR RELEASE RIDE ON SEPT 30: How many times have you been on a ride and
observed a hawk or eagle circling in the sky? Have you ever pedaled past
an owl or falcon perched on a fencepost? Would you like to learn more about
these birds? Maybe even see some of them up close? Join this 25-30 mile ride
to Lake Rebecca Park Reserve for the Fall Raptor Release, sponsored by The
Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota.
The Raptor Center specializes in the medical care, rehabilitation, conservation,
and study of eagles, hawks, owls, falcons, and other birds of prey. Twice
a year, the Center releases the raptors its staff has successfully treated
and deemed healthy enough to survive in the wild. This festive event also
features educational displays and opportunities to meet the Center's resident
education birds. Bring your lunch and a camera; the opportunity to watch
these majestic creatures find their wings and soar to freedom is not to be
missed. Details in the September issue. Cindy Hanson, 651-644-2175 or hansonca96@comcast.net.
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Fun Facts - Watermelon 2006
Weather – outstanding again, as it has been the past few years. It
was sunny with a high of 79.
Riders – over 650
Kids – over 100
Riders doing the rodeo at the start – 50
Volunteers it took to run the event – 78
Watermelons – 23
Families from the Family Cycling Series getting certificates at the rodeo – Fellows,
Johnsons, McCallum, and Yong.
Shoreview Mayor Sandy Martin rode the 15-mile route.
Learning how to do the red arrows to mark the 15-mile route – Jeff
J, Mary N, and Liz S.
Signs put up by Doug N to mark the 25-mile route – about 30.
Smiling faces – hundreds
Still hungry after leaving Snail Lake – no one
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Looking Ahead to Winter Biking
While winter is a long way off (thankfully), it’s time to think ahead
to warm weather cycling. Consider the following trips in your winter plans:
5th Annual Marble Falls, Texas Trip: Friday January 5th through Friday January
12th. Marble Falls is located 51 miles NW of Austin or 86 miles N of San
Antonio. You could fly into either city and drive up to Marble Falls. The
driving distance from the Twin Cities to Marble Falls is approximately 1,200
miles. It is just west of I-35.
2rd Annual Solvang, California Trip: Sunday, March 11th through Saturday,
March 17th. Solvang is about 128 miles north of Los Angeles. It is 33 miles
north of Santa Barbara. You can fly direct to LA or fly via connecting flights
to Santa Barbara.
Both rides are rated A/B where riders have to be self-sufficient. You will
be responsible for booking your own airplane tickets and hotel accommodations.
More info will be available later. Ride leaders are Susan Evan 612-729-1441,
and Sue Blum 651-690-2100.
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Raptor Release Ride on September 30
How many times have you been on a ride and observed a hawk or eagle circling
in the sky? Have you ever pedaled past an owl or falcon perched on a fencepost?
Would you like to learn more about these birds? Maybe even see some of them
up close? Join this 25-30 mile ride to Lake Rebecca Park Reserve for the
Fall Raptor Release, sponsored by The Raptor Center at the University of
Minnesota.
The Raptor Center specializes in the medical care, rehabilitation, conservation,
and study of eagles, hawks, owls, falcons, and other birds of prey. Twice
a year, the Center releases the raptors its staff has successfully treated
and deemed healthy enough to survive in the wild. This festive event also
features educational displays and opportunities to meet the Center's resident
education birds. Bring your lunch and a camera; the opportunity to watch
these majestic creatures find their wings and soar to freedom is not to be
missed. Details in the September issue. Cindy Hanson, 651-644-2175 or hansonca96@comcast.net.
ADVENTURE CYCLING ANNIVERSARY
I am Hans Erdman, a new member of TCBC. You may be familiar with me as the
co-founder and coordinator of IMBA’s volunteer National Mountain Bike
Patrol in MN and WI for the past 10 years. But I am also a recreational cyclist,
specifically into bike touring.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Adventure Cycling
Association, formerly known as “Bikecentennial”, whose stated
mission has been “to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle
for fitness, fun, and self-discovery.” The ACA has scheduled some “Anniversary
Bash” events around the country, but not in MN.
Seeking to remedy that omission, a kind-of “Anniversary Mini-Bash” has
been scheduled at the Bloomington REI, at 7:00 PM on August 23 in the classroom
area. We will be showing ACA’s truly inspirational video, “Lewis
and Clark and the Kids” about the teenaged “Corps of Re-Discovery” and
their 2002 journey from Washington DC to St. Louis to Fort Clatsop on the
Oregon coast, on bikes.
There will be a time for discussion, questions, and sharing after the video,
and we’ll have a birthday cake for ACA. Participants are encouraged
to bring photos of their own bike travels, either on disk or hard copies.
Whether you are an ACA member or just interested in bike travel, I hope you’ll
take this opportunity to join with us. More info can be found at www.wintersnowtrails.org
or e-mailing backcountry@trailpatrol.org.
- Hans Erdman
The Fat Came Back
Sometime around March my weight started creeping up and I ditched my size
6 jeans for size 8s. Winter was almost over and my grocery shopping arm reached
towards all the things on the look-but-don’t-eat list. A half-gallon of Caribou
ice cream which was on sale. An 8-piece bucket of deep-fried chicken with free
mashed potatoes and gravy from Festival Foods. One bar of Valrhona Le Noir Amer
71% cacao (bittersweet chocolate). The major coup was a Pound Plus bar of dark
chocolate with almonds from the newly opened Trader Joe’s store in St.
Louis Park. Where else could I buy 17.6 ounces of premium chocolate for $3.99?
It was a bargain with a different kind of price to pay.
My Boy Scout troop was given 6 free pizzas for their help in cleaning tables
at a city food-sampling event. I gleefully brought home 2 ½ pizzas
and ate them in a week. I convinced myself that the riding season would start
soon and I’d burn it all off.
Two years ago I’d traded fat for muscle by doing cardio workouts
and lifting weights at the gym. I still go to the gym, but with all the extra
food consumption I seem to have some extra fat on top of the muscles, plus
a roll of flab around my waist. All my clothes are a little tighter and shorter.
They did not shrink in the dryer.
Soon it was July and I was still round-shaped. In the meantime I read a review
about bib shorts. Aren’t those for racers? The reviewer stated that
he was middle-aged and had a spare tire, paunch, gut, whatever you want to
call it, and cycling shorts were uncomfortable for him. He discovered that
by wearing bib shorts, he no longer had to deal with the elastic waistband
that rolled itself down around his waist. He was infinitely comfortable and
happy when he wore bib shorts and rode. He recommended them highly.
Following suit, I too bought a pair of bib shorts. When I wore them, I
had sleek curves from my waist to my hips. The 2-inch thick roll of flab
that normally sat above my waist with cycling shorts was gone. Of course
I was still fat, and in a few weeks time I came to realize that I was only
fooling myself playing this visual camouflage game. It was time to get serious
and lose weight. Six pounds, mostly at the waistline.
I found a glossy new food & exercise diary in the house. My husband bought
it for his mother months ago but hadn’t given it to her yet. It was
a 10-week diary--just long enough to get my eating habits back into synch.
I snatched it up and immediately started looking up and logging the number
of calories in everything I ate.
I‘ve gone back to eating 1450 calories a day. Twice I goofed and ate
1630, but I rode 3 times a week so I got away with it.. The logging ordeal
keeps me busy and adding up the numbers is fun. In a week I’ve lost
3 pounds and the jerseys are a little looser. Now I am waiting for the waistline
to return. The chocolate is in the freezer.
- by Marina Lim
WELCOME TO NEW TCBC MEMBERS
Those becoming new members of TCBC since last month’s listing are
listed here. Welcome, and come out and join us on events!
AMLEY, CHRIS
BARETTE, TIM
BARRY, ROBERT
BERTRAND, MICHAEL
BOLAN, NANCY & PATRICK
BUTLER, JOHN
BYLAND, STEPHANIE
CALLAHAN, TOM
CASEMENT, DAVID & BETH ANN
COMEAU, PAUL
DEMATTERS, CAROL & MARIO
DUCHENE, STEVE & NANETTE
DYRSETH, MARY
ERDMAN, HANS
FOLSOM, EMIL & CAROL
GROMALA, KAREN
HEIM, L
HIGMAN, TED
HOFMAN, LAUREL & JERRY
HOLLAND, JEFFREY
ITO, MARI
JEWELL, DANIEL & DANA
JOHNSON, CURTIS
JOHNSON, KARL & TRISTA
JOHNSON, STEVE
JUNI, HOWARD & BILLIE
KIM, ANDREW & ANN
KOSLOSKI, RODNEY
KOTNOUR, WILLIAM
LUNDQUIST, DAVID
LUZE, DAROLD
MAGNUSON, JOHN
MCGREE, MEGHAN
MEYER, DEBBIE & SCOTT
MIDTHUM, JOSEPH
MOLNAR, JOHN
MURN, COLLEEN
PALS, KATHY
PIEPHO, KIRK
RADER, CHARLES
RAMBERG, LORI
RESCH, CARRIE
ROGERS, ERIN
SCHENK, JOHN
SEEBERGER, MICHAEL
SEVERSON, KEITH
SHORE, STEVEN
SKYRMS, LESLIE
SORENSON, SUE
SPRAGUE, DAN
STAFKI, CHARLES
STAUNING, BARRY
STUART, BARRY
THIEL, JEFF
THOMETZ, KENT
VANDERCLIP, SUSAN
VARDEMAN/BUTLER, HEIDI & ALLISON
WEINBERG, SCOTT & JULIA
WITHAM, NAN KALKE & SALLY
WUERTZ, ANNETTE
YAP, ANGEL
MILEAGE LEADERS AND STATS
Another huge year for TCBC is shaping up. Few rides needed to be cancelled
in June. Here are the totals since November 1, 2005:
MEN
4041 TOMMY IRVIN
3786 MICHAEL MCNUTT
3756 RICHARD FRANCO
3276 JEFF JOHNSON
3089 MIKE NIZIELSKI
2837 JIM JOY
2640 SCOTT LARSON
2448 RICHARD MILLER
2418 STEVE BLOCK
2411 CHARLES BREER
2391 TONY STIFTER
2389 MARKUS BOHLER
2160 GARRY GLUBKA
2120 DAVID PETTIT
2067 STEVE PEARSON
2065 LEE THIELMAN
2034 GREGG ERICKSON
1981 DAN MILLER
1969 HUGH GITLIN
1949 JOE HAYS
WOMEN
4345 KATIE ANGLE
2380 MARY NELSEN
2299 PATT SELEEN
2277 JULIE DILLON
1987 SUSAN EVAN
1962 BARBARA LANDIS
1943 KATE KOVAR
1941 SUE BLUM
1792 KIM MYERS
1740 LISA ANDERSON
1670 LISA DUST
1538 MARY DERKS
1523 MARY MILLER
1500 IRENE ERICKSON
1422 KARI SANDSTROM
1369 LIESA MILLER
1349 CINDY HANSON
1322 KAY MITCHELL
1283 DEB MATCHINSKY
1195 TERRY HEADLINE
TOTAL RIDES MEN: Irvin 132, McNutt 117, Franco 100, Johnson and Nizielski
92, Joy 81.
TOTAL RIDES WOMEN: Angle 120, Seleen 64, Nelsen 62, Kovar 60, Evan 58, Dillon
57.
TOTAL RIDES LED: Herb Schultz 51, Paul Huntington 44, Joy 31, McNutt 28,
Mitchell 27, Evan 25.
BIGGEST RIDES REPORTED IN JUNE:
June 3 65 Tour of Lakes
June 21 50 Solstice Century
June 4 48 Brainerd Lakes II
June 2 45 Brainerd Lakes
June 23 45 Gears, Tears, Fears
June 13 43 GTF
June 30 41 TGIF
June 27 40 GTF
SINCE THE LAST LISTING: Irvin’s lead drops considerably, with Franco
moving up to a virtual tie for second. For the women, Angle continues to
extend her lead, and Nelsen moves up in the battle for second place.
YEARS OVER 1000 MILES: Pete Hawkins has reached 25 (second all-time), Bob
Hoffman moves up to 18, and Lee Thielman now has 17 years.
YEARS OVER 2000 MILES: Sue Blum has (soon) reached it for the 12th year,
tying the all-time record. Lee Thielman now has 11, and Tony Stifter has
10.
YEARS OVER 3000 MILES: Mike Nizielski now has 7, tied for fourth all-time.
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