Coastin’
Our next club meeting will be at 6:30 on
Monday, May 1, 2000, at Alfred & Charlie’s, 815 S. New Hope Rd, Gastonia.
Newsletter Updates: Call Jeanette or Jerry West at 866-4337. June newsletter deadline will be May 19th.
Ride Schedule
Monday – start 6:00 – Forestview HS, S. Union
Rd, pace: 1st loop: pace of slowest rider; 2nd loop:
approx. 16 mph
Tuesday – start 6:00 - Warlick School, Spencer
Mountain Road, pace: 17-19 mph
Wednesday
– start 6:00 – Forestview HS, S.
Union Rd, pace: 1st loop: pace of slowest rider; 2nd
loop: approx. 16 mph
Thursday
– start 6:00 - Warlick School,
Spencer Mountain Road, pace: 17-19 mph
Sunday
– start 9:00 am – Winn Dixie, S. New
Hope Road
3rd
Sundays – start
9:00 am – Bethel Elementary, ride with the Rockhill Cyclists, approx. 50
miles
Note: New riders are
encouraged to join us on the Monday rides, which include two loops, 11 and 15
miles, respectively. All riders must
wear helmets and an adult must accompany minors.
Shelby Criterium – Friday, April 28th
at 5:30
We
will need help on race day from 2:00 to 8:00 to set up the course, monitor
intersections during the race and tear down the course. Free shirt and pizza for those who assist
when the race is over. Volunteers
should meet at the court square in downtown Shelby (take 74 Business). Duties will be assigned as we arrive. Thanks for your help…call Jim Weant
(865-6193) if you can assist or if you have any questions.
Cooper River Bridge
Run 2001 – Reservations at Microtel available until June 30th
Jim
Weant has blocked (10) rooms at the Microtel in Mount Pleasant for our club for
the 2001 Bridge Run, which will be held on April 7th. If all (10) rooms are reserved, our rate
will be $89/night. If all (10) rooms
are not reserved, the rate will be either $99 or $109, depending on when the
room was reserved. The rooms will be
held until June 30, 2000 and will
all be located at one end of the first floor.
To reserve, call Microtel at
843-971-7070, ask for the “Jim Weant” rooms and reserve for the nights of April
6th and 7th.
Umstead State Park
Mountain Bike Weekend
The
mountain bike weekend at Umstead State Park in Raleigh was a success. Hal and Charlene road the train while Ralph,
Melissa, Jim and Paula drove. Umstead
is a great place for trail running, hiking, and mountain biking. Everyone had a fun time and ate some great
food. Thank you Hal and Charlene for
being great tour group leaders!
Challenge to Succeed
Ride Results
We
had 25 riders at this year’s Challenge ride, all brave enough to face weather
colder than our Polar Bear ride in January.
Thanks to Margot Rott for organizing the ride and to Troy Bush for
assisting.
New Member News
We
had three new members this month: David Ferguson of Gastonia, Aaron Bradshaw
& Family of Gastonia and John & Tamara Kowalski of Hickory. Welcome to the club!
For Sale - Carnac
Legend Cycling Shoes
Size
40; ridden approximately 500 miles.
Call Troy Bush 803-831-7007.
Continued
on back…
“For Aspiring
Runners” submitted by John Price
For all you
runners out there, my brother Joe recently sent me this note about his 7th
grade daughter Jamie’s first experience with competitive running. Also mentioned in the story is his wife
Jeri.
Jamie
desperately wanted to make the track team.
She has always enjoyed running and is pretty fast. She tried out for the Jr. High squad and did
not make it. We gave her the speech
about she shouldn’t expect much if she never practiced and applied
herself. She was heartbroken…Jeri took
her out shopping to make her feel better.
The next week track practice started and the track coach wanted to know
where Jamie was. She had left Jamie’s
name off the list…Needless to say that Jamie was now ecstatic since she was on
the team!
They had their
first meet last night and it was with three teams. Jamie ran the 800 meters – two trips around the track. The first ¾ trip around the track she was in
the middle of the pack of nine runners.
The she started passing people, and passing, and passing. By the time she got on the front straight-away
(in front of us) she was leading and had a pretty determined look on her
face. In several of the events prior to
hers, many of the leaders of the races had gotten off to good starts and then
faded away only to be passed by others at the end. But Jamie kept up her pace and just kept building her lead. By the time she finished, she probably had
about a 50-60 meter lead on the 2nd place runner. Everyone in the stands was going pretty
crazy with her finish and especially all of us. Lester and Ann (Jamie’s grandparents) were able to come see her s
well so she had a good audience.
Race Results
Cooper River Run 10K,
Charleston, SC – 01-Apr – Ronald Hutchins 50:40; Hal Angel 51:23; Jim Weant
52:49; Ralph Rutledge 53:58; Paula Weant 55:09; Melissa Magee 58:25; Frances
Scott 1:02:19; Reese Wilson 1:02:19.
Charlene Angel participated in the Bridge Walk.
Upcoming Running /
Cycling Events
06-May Davidson
Town Day 5K, Davidson
704-892-7172 lorymorrow@aol.com
06-May Tour
de Rowan 10-, 25-, 50-, 75-, 100-mile, Salisbury 704-636-0111
06-May Asheboro’s
50-mile Challenge, Asheboro
336-626-1240
07-May Lincoln
County Mountain Bike Day 25-, 40-, 60-miles, Lincolnton 704-735-1746
07-May Clemson
Triathlon, Clemson, SC
910-458-0299 www.set-upinc.com
07-May May
Day Biathlon, Freedom H.S., Morganton
828-438-4786
13-May Windmill
Tour 2000 60K, 70K, 85K, 95K, Gold Hill, NC SC 704-279-1632
20-May Race
City Run 10K, Freedom Park, Charlotte
704-358-0713 www.runcharlotte.com
20-May 25th
Assault on Mt. Mitchell, Spartanburg, SC
800-636-6773 x-6664
21-May Biltmore
Estate 15K, Asheville 828-687-9123
Asheville Kiwanis
21-May Lake
Murray Triathon, Columbia, SC
910-458-0299 www.set-upinc.com
03-June Hit
the Brixx 8K, Latta Park, Dilworth
704-358-0713 www.runcharlotte.com
03-June Tour
de Cure Lake to Lake, Charlotte
704-373-9111 x-13
03-June Tour
de Pets, Shelby 704-487-4041
03-June Cannonball
Express Metric, Charlotte
704-358-1123
10-June Latta
Triathlon 2000, Latta Plantation Park, Huntersville 704-537-5776 x-13
17-June Lake
Wylie Splash Dash 10K & 5K, Lake Wylie
803-831-2827
24-June Blood,
Sweat & Gears Century Challenge, Boone
828-264-8226
01-July Summer
Breeze 5K, Charlotte
704-358-0713 www.runcharlotte.com
04-July Fabulous
4th of July Metric Century, Tryon 828-859-6340 (days only)
09-July Dog
Days of Dallas, Dallas 704-825-1718
Mike Harrison; sponsored by Gaston
County Cyclists
22-July Wild
Race 5K, Rock Bottom, Uptown Charlotte
704-358-0713 www.runcharlotte.com