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Remember the news report on FOX 17 earlier this summer highlighting yours truly? I didn't realize it until a few days ago, but the video report is online and available for all to see. Overall it turned out to be a good positive report about cycling, so check it out!
Soto no go, Tour of Atlanta
I made mention of this recently and should explain the possibilities of what's going on. The Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race promoter faced a situation where the Georgia Cup promoter was granted permission by USA Cycling to hold an event on Memorial Day weekend, the same as Soto. According to the preliminary schedule the event will be called the Tour of Atlanta and consist of a ITT, a criterium, three road races, a TTT and a circuit race. Seven stages over five days during the same weekend that Soto would normally be held.
Well, talk about a punch in the gut if you're in the Soto organization and a fan of the race. Soto proved to be one of the year's most organized and well attended races throughout the Southeast. Certainly, there are financial circumstances within the Soto organization that were needing to be addressed and/or tweaked for its sustainability, but when faced with such a behemoth competing event in Atlanta it makes it damn difficult to continue. Simply, it wouldn't make financial sense, so instead the Soto promoter is looking to do something different in June or July. It's expected it will be a weekend of criteriums with large purses, and the plans are to again race in downtown Nashville and/or other parts of town not yet visited by a bike race.
What's even more troubling is how the whole Georgia Cup schedule will impact racing in the South. Look at the preliminary schedule and you'll see they've got two separate series going next year; one a stage race format and another a weekend full of just road races. The months of May and June are essentially booked solid, and the promoters of the Raccoon Mountain road race are now part of the Georgia Cup! Moreover, the Raccoon road race will not even take place in 2008, but rather another course in its place.
How all this impacts the quality of racing for TBRA and Tennessee racers will be interesting to see. If USA Cycling continues this strategy of issuing regional permits without looking at the big picture they are going to see less and less promoters putting on a race, myself included.
Report: Teams get notice before drug testing of players
This is a joke. Baseball continues to get it all wrong. For a baseball official to say a short notice to the teams wouldn't make a difference is just plain stupid and naive. Don Caitlin, director of the WADA accredited lab at UCLA (and name that's familiar to those following doping in cycling), says it's easy to take advantage of a few hours notice and explains how.
Here's what I'd love to see happen to baseball and football. Turn the vampires of cycling loose on those sports! Raid their hotels, team buses, locker rooms, etc. and shake them down. Turn them upside down, shake out their 'pockets' and see what they find. Through all that take urine and blood samples and run them through a lab that performs tests with poor documentation and compromising procedures. After going through this say on Monday evening then come back on Thursday and do it all over again! While they're at it have all the European journalistic vultures swoop down and daily peck away at America's beloved heroes.
The world wide anti-doping gestapo and regime should come down and reign over every professional sport on the planet. Turn all professional sports upside down and terrorize them as they do cycling; who, one must admit, has allowed themselves to be ripped apart by outside authorities. Granted, anyone take banned substances get what they deserve, but it shouldn't destroy a sport or entire industry through the process.
Bonds: Hall a no go if ball has asterisk
On the flip side I actually agree with Bonds and his current feelings about entering the HOF and the *. Again, another joke. If the Hall goes through with its * plan Bonds says, "I will never be in the Hall of Fame. Never."
Rule Jostles Runners Who Race to Their Own Tune
We've had this back and forth here about wearing iPods while cycling, but the governing bodies of competitive running have banned the use of headphones and audio players during an event. Ultimately it boils down to insurance regulations and risk of liability, but it would be interesting to know more about the competitive edge it gives someone, ie music for motivation/speed versus no music.
Low Buzz May Give Mice Better Bones and Less Fat
Strap me in and buzz me! With two broken elbows I could use all the bone I can get. As the article says, "use it or lose it."
Series MVP perfect ending for Lowell
Did you know or realize he overcame testicular cancer as well? What this really got me to thinking about is how Mike Lowell's teammates speak so highly of his character and humbleness. In thinking of that I think of a guy like Lance Armstrong and what is teammates have said, or, more notably not said, about being his teammate.
There are a lot of professional athletes and/or celebrities besides Lance to beat the disease and return t0 championship form. One that always stood out to me to Scott Hamilton, but there are many others. Check this out.....
The Testicular Cancer Hall of Fame
Bet you didn't know it existed right? There have been actors, news anchors, golfers, baseball players and another cyclist named Ernie Lechuga who used to race for Mercury. Oh, and last but not least, Hsing Hsing (the panda!).
My Diet Strategy? Controlled Indulgence
From the first sentence on I realize I'd get along with this writer. If you've got a problem with controlling your diet and vices such as ice cream then listen to what this writer suggests as a way to control yourself. This time of year is always difficult to keep from putting on five to ten more pounds than you'd like, but it all goes back to staying in control of our eating habits. She calls it "Strategic Rationing." Hey, whatever works!
Jeff Hopkins Takes the NTRC Championship in Atlanta!
I am a little late with this news, but NashvilleCyclist.com diarist has won the inaugural National Track Racing Calendar Championship. Congrats Jeff!
Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardèche
Also, speaking of successful NashvilleCyclist.com diarists taking home victories here's another one from Katharine Carroll while racing for the US National Women's Cycling Team in Europe. Congrats Kat! After winning the last stage of the event Kat even managed to pick up a new boyfriend. Ahh, the perks of the podium!
Remember the news report on FOX 17 earlier this summer highlighting yours truly? I didn't realize it until a few days ago, but the video report is online and available for all to see. Overall it turned out to be a good positive report about cycling, so check it out!
Soto no go, Tour of Atlanta
I made mention of this recently and should explain the possibilities of what's going on. The Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race promoter faced a situation where the Georgia Cup promoter was granted permission by USA Cycling to hold an event on Memorial Day weekend, the same as Soto. According to the preliminary schedule the event will be called the Tour of Atlanta and consist of a ITT, a criterium, three road races, a TTT and a circuit race. Seven stages over five days during the same weekend that Soto would normally be held.
Well, talk about a punch in the gut if you're in the Soto organization and a fan of the race. Soto proved to be one of the year's most organized and well attended races throughout the Southeast. Certainly, there are financial circumstances within the Soto organization that were needing to be addressed and/or tweaked for its sustainability, but when faced with such a behemoth competing event in Atlanta it makes it damn difficult to continue. Simply, it wouldn't make financial sense, so instead the Soto promoter is looking to do something different in June or July. It's expected it will be a weekend of criteriums with large purses, and the plans are to again race in downtown Nashville and/or other parts of town not yet visited by a bike race.
What's even more troubling is how the whole Georgia Cup schedule will impact racing in the South. Look at the preliminary schedule and you'll see they've got two separate series going next year; one a stage race format and another a weekend full of just road races. The months of May and June are essentially booked solid, and the promoters of the Raccoon Mountain road race are now part of the Georgia Cup! Moreover, the Raccoon road race will not even take place in 2008, but rather another course in its place.
How all this impacts the quality of racing for TBRA and Tennessee racers will be interesting to see. If USA Cycling continues this strategy of issuing regional permits without looking at the big picture they are going to see less and less promoters putting on a race, myself included.
Report: Teams get notice before drug testing of players
This is a joke. Baseball continues to get it all wrong. For a baseball official to say a short notice to the teams wouldn't make a difference is just plain stupid and naive. Don Caitlin, director of the WADA accredited lab at UCLA (and name that's familiar to those following doping in cycling), says it's easy to take advantage of a few hours notice and explains how.
Here's what I'd love to see happen to baseball and football. Turn the vampires of cycling loose on those sports! Raid their hotels, team buses, locker rooms, etc. and shake them down. Turn them upside down, shake out their 'pockets' and see what they find. Through all that take urine and blood samples and run them through a lab that performs tests with poor documentation and compromising procedures. After going through this say on Monday evening then come back on Thursday and do it all over again! While they're at it have all the European journalistic vultures swoop down and daily peck away at America's beloved heroes.
The world wide anti-doping gestapo and regime should come down and reign over every professional sport on the planet. Turn all professional sports upside down and terrorize them as they do cycling; who, one must admit, has allowed themselves to be ripped apart by outside authorities. Granted, anyone take banned substances get what they deserve, but it shouldn't destroy a sport or entire industry through the process.
Bonds: Hall a no go if ball has asterisk
On the flip side I actually agree with Bonds and his current feelings about entering the HOF and the *. Again, another joke. If the Hall goes through with its * plan Bonds says, "I will never be in the Hall of Fame. Never."
Rule Jostles Runners Who Race to Their Own Tune
We've had this back and forth here about wearing iPods while cycling, but the governing bodies of competitive running have banned the use of headphones and audio players during an event. Ultimately it boils down to insurance regulations and risk of liability, but it would be interesting to know more about the competitive edge it gives someone, ie music for motivation/speed versus no music.
Low Buzz May Give Mice Better Bones and Less Fat
Strap me in and buzz me! With two broken elbows I could use all the bone I can get. As the article says, "use it or lose it."
Series MVP perfect ending for Lowell
Did you know or realize he overcame testicular cancer as well? What this really got me to thinking about is how Mike Lowell's teammates speak so highly of his character and humbleness. In thinking of that I think of a guy like Lance Armstrong and what is teammates have said, or, more notably not said, about being his teammate.
There are a lot of professional athletes and/or celebrities besides Lance to beat the disease and return t0 championship form. One that always stood out to me to Scott Hamilton, but there are many others. Check this out.....
The Testicular Cancer Hall of Fame
Bet you didn't know it existed right? There have been actors, news anchors, golfers, baseball players and another cyclist named Ernie Lechuga who used to race for Mercury. Oh, and last but not least, Hsing Hsing (the panda!).
My Diet Strategy? Controlled Indulgence
From the first sentence on I realize I'd get along with this writer. If you've got a problem with controlling your diet and vices such as ice cream then listen to what this writer suggests as a way to control yourself. This time of year is always difficult to keep from putting on five to ten more pounds than you'd like, but it all goes back to staying in control of our eating habits. She calls it "Strategic Rationing." Hey, whatever works!
Jeff Hopkins Takes the NTRC Championship in Atlanta!
I am a little late with this news, but NashvilleCyclist.com diarist has won the inaugural National Track Racing Calendar Championship. Congrats Jeff!
Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardèche
Also, speaking of successful NashvilleCyclist.com diarists taking home victories here's another one from Katharine Carroll while racing for the US National Women's Cycling Team in Europe. Congrats Kat! After winning the last stage of the event Kat even managed to pick up a new boyfriend. Ahh, the perks of the podium!
posted by NashvilleCyclist.com at 11/03/2007 10:46:00 AM
1 Comments:
Tim,
I sent a note to the info page, but wasn't sure who it went to- so here is a copy (with a few changes)of my thoughts- thanks,
carp
Tim,
I just wanted to clarify a couple things from your post on the GA cup. First, you do have a valid point that the GA Cup has basically taken the attitude that they can go against other races in the southeast. But, they are thier own entity, so what is to say they have no right to do this. Besides, in the long term, more promoters wanting to do more things will actually improve the level of races and racing IMHO.
Now, onto the Raccoon situation. You made mention of the "Raccoon promoter" now being part of GA cup- yes, that's true, but the fact that Raccoon will not happen has NOTHING to do with GA cup- The fact is that the Raccoon course (in particular the finish) has been a nightmare to marshall the past 5-6 years. There has been talk within the club of doing away with that event for that long of a period of time. It just seems now is the right time to do that. If you want a first hand opinion on that contact Bill Parsons and ask him aobut this constant concern on race day there that someone would get hit by a car, I'm sure this had something to do with his option not to serve as promoter last year.
So, yes, it sucks that SOTO will not happen in the way it did the last two years. I agree with you that it is a poor situation as it was an exceptional event, but, on the other hand you have a promoter in the GA Cup that is willing to put on close to 14 race weekends in the southeast. And that has got to be a positive.
-Steve Carpenter
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