Wednesday, January 21, 2009

VIP Tickets to Jan. 30th Competitor Film Festival

Two pairs of VIP tickets to this year's Competitor Film Festival are up for auction to benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation.


Both auctions end on Monday, January 26th.

Thanks to Bob Babbitt and crew at Competitor for the tickets and allowing this auction to happen.

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Capo Forma

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Cycling & Multi-Sport Coach

 

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RE: Wednesday workout details

I checked the blog and was really hoping you made mine 150w / could have some big growth from there… ;-)

 

Michael R. Ash DDS, PMP®
Assistant Vice President

Phone/Fax: 858.826.7086 / ashm@saic.com
SAIC / Identity and Access Management Solutions

 

From: Kam Zardouzian [mailto:kzardouzian@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Kam Zardouzian
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:51 AM
To: Michael Ash; Orion Berryman; Kam Zardouzian
Cc: Ash, Michael R.; Jon Martin; Sally & Stan Perry; raceplan.blog@blogger.com
Subject: Re: Wednesday workout details

 

Lance who?

My mistake on those. Those zones are actually for Mike and Orion...not!

I've made the correction on the blog.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry


From: Michael Ash
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:29:09 -0800
To: Orion Berryman<orionberryman@gmail.com>; Kam Zardouzian<kam@raceplan.com>
Subject: Re: Wednesday workout details

Ya I was mentioning that to Kam last night – sure glad we didn’t have that program / but hey if Kam can get us there in 6 weeks Lance better reconsider doing the tour since we’ll be there...  <smile>


From: Orion Berryman <orionberryman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:54:13 -0800
To: Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com>
Cc: Michael Ash <mike.ash@cox.net>, "MICHAEL.R.ASH@saic.com" <MICHAEL.R.ASH@saic.com>, Jon Martin <jon_martin_76@yahoo.com>, Sally & Stan Perry <sallynstan@roadrunner.com>, <raceplan.blog@blogger.com>
Subject: Re: Wednesday workout details

Hurray, can't wait for that last interval... :P

oh and Jon and Stan good luck sustaining 2450 W and 2355 Watts respectively for interval '5' sure glad thats not me.
See ya'll tomorrow.
-Orion  

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com> wrote:

HPP Fans-

After careful analysis of each of your power files (Save Stan's), I am assigning the below functional threshold power numbers for each of you.  Stan, I am guesstimating yours based on our rides together....which means I am probably off, but I will adjust for greater accuracy as I get PT files from you.

Notice:  Please do not get hung up on these numbers.  You are all superstar athletes and can rip the legs off your buddies and competition at will.  But, for our first session and this early in the season I feel the need to be ultra-conservative with your functional power numbers.  These are not your LT numbers, even though I've referred to them as LT in your test and blog descriptions.  I am happy to answer as to why I did this at some other time.

For now, please note your assigned critical functional power to be applied to tomorrow night's session:

Mike Ash: 200watts
Orion Berryman: 200watts
Jon Marin: 195watts
Stan Perry: 190watts
 

You can see these numbers on our online Google document along with your power target zones for each coming Wednesday session.  The link to our published document is this: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pSz8qle8MBKBw4r1GX4Xqag

The HyperPower Protocol

  1. We will begin our workout tomorrow night at 5:30 with a 15min warm up spin.
  2. At 5:45 you will do an opener pyramid to consist of:
  3.  
  4.  
      • 15sec hard, 15sec easy,
      •  
      • 30sec hard, 30sec easy,
      •  
      • 1min hard, 1min easy,
      •  
      • 2min hard, 1min easy,
      •  
      • 1min hard, 30sec easy,
      •  
      • 30sec hard, 15 sec easy,
      •  
      • 15sec hard, 5min spin
  1. First HyperPower interval of 5 continuous minutes of 15sec effort  at 150% of your power number above and 15sec recovery at no harder than 50% of your power above:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 290watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 285watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  1. Easy recovery spin for 5min
  2. Second HyperPower interval of 20 continuous minutes at between 100-125% of your power number above.  If you are feeling bold, you may do the first 10min at 100% of your number above and the second 10minutes at 125%:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    2.  
    3. Orion: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    4. Jon: 15sec @ 2450watts, 15sec at 95watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
    5. Stan: 15sec @ 2355watts, 15sec at 90watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
  3. 5min super easy recovery
  4. Third HyperPower interval of another 5 continuous minutes at 200% your functional power above.  You should be digging deep to complete this one:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 390watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 380watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  5. cool down and recovery drink.

==> please don't forget your equipment (bike, bike shoes, clothing, sweat and change towel, trainer, power meter, 2 large water/electrolyte bottles, 1 large recovery drink bottle, change of clothes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

See you all tomorrow.

Kam


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=================================

-Kam Zardouzian

Capo Forma

Marketing Strategist

Cycling & Multi-Sport Coach



Join me @: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kzardouzian>  | Plaxo <http://kammer.myplaxo.com/> |The Cycling Network <http://raceplan.ning.com/>  | Twitter <https://twitter.com/4kammer>  | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1025680115>

 

 

Re: Wednesday workout details

Lance who?

My mistake on those. Those zones are actually for Mike and Orion...not!

I've made the correction on the blog.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry


From: Michael Ash
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:29:09 -0800
To: Orion Berryman<orionberryman@gmail.com>; Kam Zardouzian<kam@raceplan.com>
Subject: Re: Wednesday workout details

Ya I was mentioning that to Kam last night – sure glad we didn’t have that program / but hey if Kam can get us there in 6 weeks Lance better reconsider doing the tour since we’ll be there...  <smile>



From: Orion Berryman <orionberryman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:54:13 -0800
To: Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com>
Cc: Michael Ash <mike.ash@cox.net>, "MICHAEL.R.ASH@saic.com" <MICHAEL.R.ASH@saic.com>, Jon Martin <jon_martin_76@yahoo.com>, Sally & Stan Perry <sallynstan@roadrunner.com>, <raceplan.blog@blogger.com>
Subject: Re: Wednesday workout details

Hurray, can't wait for that last interval... :P

oh and Jon and Stan good luck sustaining 2450 W and 2355 Watts respectively for interval '5' sure glad thats not me.
See ya'll tomorrow.
-Orion  

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com> wrote:
HPP Fans-

After careful analysis of each of your power files (Save Stan's), I am assigning the below functional threshold power numbers for each of you.  Stan, I am guesstimating yours based on our rides together....which means I am probably off, but I will adjust for greater accuracy as I get PT files from you.

Notice:  Please do not get hung up on these numbers.  You are all superstar athletes and can rip the legs off your buddies and competition at will.  But, for our first session and this early in the season I feel the need to be ultra-conservative with your functional power numbers.  These are not your LT numbers, even though I've referred to them as LT in your test and blog descriptions.  I am happy to answer as to why I did this at some other time.

For now, please note your assigned critical functional power to be applied to tomorrow night's session:
Mike Ash: 200watts
Orion Berryman: 200watts
Jon Marin: 195watts
Stan Perry: 190watts
 
You can see these numbers on our online Google document along with your power target zones for each coming Wednesday session.  The link to our published document is this: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pSz8qle8MBKBw4r1GX4Xqag

The HyperPower Protocol
  1. We will begin our workout tomorrow night at 5:30 with a 15min warm up spin.
  2. At 5:45 you will do an opener pyramid to consist of:

    • 15sec hard, 15sec easy,
    • 30sec hard, 30sec easy,
    • 1min hard, 1min easy,
    • 2min hard, 1min easy,
    • 1min hard, 30sec easy,
    • 30sec hard, 15 sec easy,
    • 15sec hard, 5min spin
  3. First HyperPower interval of 5 continuous minutes of 15sec effort  at 150% of your power number above and 15sec recovery at no harder than 50% of your power above:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 290watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 285watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  4. Easy recovery spin for 5min
  5. Second HyperPower interval of 20 continuous minutes at between 100-125% of your power number above.  If you are feeling bold, you may do the first 10min at 100% of your number above and the second 10minutes at 125%:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 2450watts, 15sec at 95watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 2355watts, 15sec at 90watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
  6. 5min super easy recovery
  7. Third HyperPower interval of another 5 continuous minutes at 200% your functional power above.  You should be digging deep to complete this one:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 390watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 380watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  8. cool down and recovery drink.
==> please don't forget your equipment (bike, bike shoes, clothing, sweat and change towel, trainer, power meter, 2 large water/electrolyte bottles, 1 large recovery drink bottle, change of clothes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

See you all tomorrow.

Kam


--
=================================

-Kam Zardouzian

Capo Forma

Marketing Strategist

Cycling & Multi-Sport Coach



Join me @: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kzardouzian>  | Plaxo <http://kammer.myplaxo.com/> |The Cycling Network <http://raceplan.ning.com/>  | Twitter <https://twitter.com/4kammer>  | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1025680115>

 


Re: Wednesday workout details

Ya I was mentioning that to Kam last night – sure glad we didn’t have that program / but hey if Kam can get us there in 6 weeks Lance better reconsider doing the tour since we’ll be there...  <smile>



From: Orion Berryman <orionberryman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:54:13 -0800
To: Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com>
Cc: Michael Ash <mike.ash@cox.net>, "MICHAEL.R.ASH@saic.com" <MICHAEL.R.ASH@saic.com>, Jon Martin <jon_martin_76@yahoo.com>, Sally & Stan Perry <sallynstan@roadrunner.com>, <raceplan.blog@blogger.com>
Subject: Re: Wednesday workout details

Hurray, can't wait for that last interval... :P

oh and Jon and Stan good luck sustaining 2450 W and 2355 Watts respectively for interval '5' sure glad thats not me.
See ya'll tomorrow.
-Orion  

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com> wrote:
HPP Fans-

After careful analysis of each of your power files (Save Stan's), I am assigning the below functional threshold power numbers for each of you.  Stan, I am guesstimating yours based on our rides together....which means I am probably off, but I will adjust for greater accuracy as I get PT files from you.

Notice:  Please do not get hung up on these numbers.  You are all superstar athletes and can rip the legs off your buddies and competition at will.  But, for our first session and this early in the season I feel the need to be ultra-conservative with your functional power numbers.  These are not your LT numbers, even though I've referred to them as LT in your test and blog descriptions.  I am happy to answer as to why I did this at some other time.

For now, please note your assigned critical functional power to be applied to tomorrow night's session:
Mike Ash: 200watts
Orion Berryman: 200watts
Jon Marin: 195watts
Stan Perry: 190watts
 
You can see these numbers on our online Google document along with your power target zones for each coming Wednesday session.  The link to our published document is this: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pSz8qle8MBKBw4r1GX4Xqag

The HyperPower Protocol
  1. We will begin our workout tomorrow night at 5:30 with a 15min warm up spin.
  2. At 5:45 you will do an opener pyramid to consist of:

    • 15sec hard, 15sec easy,
    • 30sec hard, 30sec easy,
    • 1min hard, 1min easy,
    • 2min hard, 1min easy,
    • 1min hard, 30sec easy,
    • 30sec hard, 15 sec easy,
    • 15sec hard, 5min spin
  3. First HyperPower interval of 5 continuous minutes of 15sec effort  at 150% of your power number above and 15sec recovery at no harder than 50% of your power above:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 290watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 285watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  4. Easy recovery spin for 5min
  5. Second HyperPower interval of 20 continuous minutes at between 100-125% of your power number above.  If you are feeling bold, you may do the first 10min at 100% of your number above and the second 10minutes at 125%:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 2450watts, 15sec at 95watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 2355watts, 15sec at 90watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
  6. 5min super easy recovery
  7. Third HyperPower interval of another 5 continuous minutes at 200% your functional power above.  You should be digging deep to complete this one:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 390watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 380watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  8. cool down and recovery drink.
==> please don't forget your equipment (bike, bike shoes, clothing, sweat and change towel, trainer, power meter, 2 large water/electrolyte bottles, 1 large recovery drink bottle, change of clothes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

See you all tomorrow.

Kam


--
=================================

-Kam Zardouzian

Capo Forma

Marketing Strategist

Cycling & Multi-Sport Coach



Join me @: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kzardouzian>  | Plaxo <http://kammer.myplaxo.com/> |The Cycling Network <http://raceplan.ning.com/>  | Twitter <https://twitter.com/4kammer>  | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1025680115>

 


Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Re: Wednesday workout details

Hurray, can't wait for that last interval... :P

oh and Jon and Stan good luck sustaining 2450 W and 2355 Watts respectively for interval '5' sure glad thats not me.
See ya'll tomorrow.
-Orion 

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com> wrote:
HPP Fans-

After careful analysis of each of your power files (Save Stan's), I am assigning the below functional threshold power numbers for each of you.  Stan, I am guesstimating yours based on our rides together....which means I am probably off, but I will adjust for greater accuracy as I get PT files from you.

Notice:  Please do not get hung up on these numbers.  You are all superstar athletes and can rip the legs off your buddies and competition at will.  But, for our first session and this early in the season I feel the need to be ultra-conservative with your functional power numbers.  These are not your LT numbers, even though I've referred to them as LT in your test and blog descriptions.  I am happy to answer as to why I did this at some other time.

For now, please note your assigned critical functional power to be applied to tomorrow night's session:
Mike Ash: 200watts
Orion Berryman: 200watts
Jon Marin: 195watts
Stan Perry: 190watts
You can see these numbers on our online Google document along with your power target zones for each coming Wednesday session.  The link to our published document is this: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pSz8qle8MBKBw4r1GX4Xqag

The HyperPower Protocol
  1. We will begin our workout tomorrow night at 5:30 with a 15min warm up spin.
  2. At 5:45 you will do an opener pyramid to consist of:
    • 15sec hard, 15sec easy,
    • 30sec hard, 30sec easy,
    • 1min hard, 1min easy,
    • 2min hard, 1min easy,
    • 1min hard, 30sec easy,
    • 30sec hard, 15 sec easy,
    • 15sec hard, 5min spin
  3. First HyperPower interval of 5 continuous minutes of 15sec effort  at 150% of your power number above and 15sec recovery at no harder than 50% of your power above:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 290watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 285watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  4. Easy recovery spin for 5min
  5. Second HyperPower interval of 20 continuous minutes at between 100-125% of your power number above.  If you are feeling bold, you may do the first 10min at 100% of your number above and the second 10minutes at 125%:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 2450watts, 15sec at 95watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 2355watts, 15sec at 90watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
  6. 5min super easy recovery
  7. Third HyperPower interval of another 5 continuous minutes at 200% your functional power above.  You should be digging deep to complete this one:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 390watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 380watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  8. cool down and recovery drink.
==> please don't forget your equipment (bike, bike shoes, clothing, sweat and change towel, trainer, power meter, 2 large water/electrolyte bottles, 1 large recovery drink bottle, change of clothes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

See you all tomorrow.

Kam


--

=================================

-Kam Zardouzian

Capo Forma

Marketing Strategist

Cycling & Multi-Sport Coach

 

Join me @: LinkedIn | Plaxo |The Cycling Network | Twitter | Facebook

 


Wednesday workout details

HPP Fans-

After careful analysis of each of your power files (Save Stan's), I am assigning the below functional threshold power numbers for each of you.  Stan, I am guesstimating yours based on our rides together....which means I am probably off, but I will adjust for greater accuracy as I get PT files from you.

Notice:  Please do not get hung up on these numbers.  You are all superstar athletes and can rip the legs off your buddies and competition at will.  But, for our first session and this early in the season I feel the need to be ultra-conservative with your functional power numbers.  These are not your LT numbers, even though I've referred to them as LT in your test and blog descriptions.  I am happy to answer as to why I did this at some other time.

For now, please note your assigned critical functional power to be applied to tomorrow night's session:

Mike Ash: 200watts
Orion Berryman: 200watts
Jon Marin: 195watts
Stan Perry: 190watts
You can see these numbers on our online Google document along with your power target zones for each coming Wednesday session.  The link to our published document is this: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pSz8qle8MBKBw4r1GX4Xqag

The HyperPower Protocol
  1. We will begin our workout tomorrow night at 5:30 with a 15min warm up spin.
  2. At 5:45 you will do an opener pyramid to consist of:
    • 15sec hard, 15sec easy,
    • 30sec hard, 30sec easy,
    • 1min hard, 1min easy,
    • 2min hard, 1min easy,
    • 1min hard, 30sec easy,
    • 30sec hard, 15 sec easy,
    • 15sec hard, 5min spin
  3. First HyperPower interval of 5 continuous minutes of 15sec effort  at 150% of your power number above and 15sec recovery at no harder than 50% of your power above:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 300watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 290watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 285watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  4. Easy recovery spin for 5min
  5. Second HyperPower interval of 20 continuous minutes at between 100-125% of your power number above.  If you are feeling bold, you may do the first 10min at 100% of your number above and the second 10minutes at 125%:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 250watts, 15sec at 100watts for 20min straight, or split 10min/10min per the above
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 2450watts, 15sec at 95watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 2355watts, 15sec at 90watts for 20min straight (rounded watts), or split 10min/10min per the above
  6. 5min super easy recovery
  7. Third HyperPower interval of another 5 continuous minutes at 200% your functional power above.  You should be digging deep to complete this one:
    1. Mike: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    2. Orion: 15sec @ 400watts, 15sec at 100watts for 5min straight
    3. Jon: 15sec @ 390watts, 15sec at 95watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
    4. Stan: 15sec @ 380watts, 15sec at 90watts for 5min straight (rounded watts)
  8. cool down and recovery drink.
==> please don't forget your equipment (bike, bike shoes, clothing, sweat and change towel, trainer, power meter, 2 large water/electrolyte bottles, 1 large recovery drink bottle, change of clothes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

See you all tomorrow.

Kam


--

=================================

-Kam Zardouzian

Capo Forma

Marketing Strategist

Cycling & Multi-Sport Coach

 

Join me @: LinkedIn | Plaxo |The Cycling Network | Twitter | Facebook

 

Re: [TuesdayThursdayRide] cow attacks added to causes of bike accidents

Don't forget:

6. Mountain Lion that mamed the Moutain Biker.
7. Wild Turkey's heading to Julian off Winona to Banner Grade.
8. Bee's out looking for a nest or even the random bee.
9. The sea gull that tried to land on Dave's head by Dog Beach in Solana Beach.
10. The scone Dave tossed at Pete.
11. Dave squeezing a gel so hard it squirted another rider next to him, from my view it looked like Dave barfed on him.

--- On Tue, 1/20/09, Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com> wrote:
From: Kam Zardouzian <kam@raceplan.com>
Subject: [TuesdayThursdayRide] cow attacks added to causes of bike accidents
To: TuesdayThursdayRide@yahoogroups.com, raceplan.blog@blogger.com
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 10:33 AM

common causes of bike accidents include:
  1. running into objects, including other cyclists.  commonly referred to as crashing during races or group training rides
  2. hitting or being hit by motor vehicles, most common cars
  3. accidents caused by poor road conditions
  4. mechanical failure
and then there is this one:

— A cow charged a woman on the South Boulder Creek Trail on Monday afternoon, knocking her down, officials said.

The woman was riding her bike on the trail when she encountered the cow, and she stopped to let the animal pass, said Pete Taylor, a ranger for Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks. The cow knocked the woman over and walked on her legs, he said.

He said the woman -- whose name wasn't released -- wasn't seriously injured, and she refused medical treatment.

She didn't appear to do anything to provoke the animal, which witnesses said appeared to have an injured leg, he said. The cow had left the scene by the time rangers arrived, but hikers coming down the trail were warning others about the rogue bovine.

Marshall Mesa open space is leased by livestock owners and used as grazing land. Taylor said the cow's owner was notified.

In 2003, a woman was rammed three times and her pelvis fractured by a grazing mama cow when she accidentally ran between the animal and her calf on the South Boulder Creek Trail.

Jason Vogel, vice president of the Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance, called Monday's attack "odd, rare and random" and said he hasn't heard of any other cows going after cyclists. It's not even common to come across cows on the trails, he said, though they often can be seen nearby.

"It's not something people should be concerned about," he said.


--

=================================

-Kam Zardouzian

Capo Forma

Marketing Strategist

Cycling & Multi-Sport Coach

 

Join me @: LinkedIn | Plaxo |The Cycling Network | Twitter | Facebook

 

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