Have you noticed how cycling brings people together. The only other activity that I have seen bring together a diversity of people to the extent that cycling does is a lifestyle would not recommend.

I grew up in a party house. My parents were in there teens when I was born and by the time I was old enough to watch my younger sister my parents were out at the Discos... yes that's what they were called... 3 nights a week. Our house was always the meeting place where the night would start. My Dad would make two pots of Spaghetti to feed everyone so that they could eat and "get ready" for the night. Getting ready consisted of a worm poison from Mexico and some special tobacco grown in Humboldt County. My sister and I had to be careful not to eat the wrong batch of spaghetti as one had special mushrooms just for the adults. These spaghetti feeds were popular with-in this group of very... assorted people.

Hi All... The hot days of summer are here! Those of us who did the Circuit Race know just what that means for cyclists. As some of you know I have a bad history of cramping. And I'm sure that there are a lot of riders with the same problem. In my search on what causes cramping, how to deal with them and how to avoid them altogether I came across this very interesting article. It's from the "The Science of Sport" (which is Scientific Comment and Analysis of Sports and Sporting Performance). It's a pretty long article so I decide to break it into several parts. So below is part 1... and if anyone has any comments OR suggestions please send them to me OR even better send them to whole group. It would/will be very interesting to see what others are doing to cope with this problem.

Practice Criterium Schedule on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the summer months. Meet at the Airport at 6:00 first race off at 6:15.
June 3rd - Airport Criterium
June 17th - Airport Criterium

So, the Remaining of the June Time Trial schedule looks like this:

June 5th - River Road Time Trial 10-Miles
June 12th - Aguas Frias 10-Mile Time Trial
June 19th - River Road Time Trial 10-Miles
June 26th - Aguas Frias 10-Mile Time Trial

Ride to Nevada City to watch the Classic.
June 15th - Nevada City Classic

Hope to see you out there!!

Mark your calendars for Climb to Pie! June 28th. Look for details in the next issue of this newsletter. Check out the ride flyer.

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It has been a great month for Chico Corsa. Jeff Galland wins the Memorial Day crit for the 2nd year in a row, Alex Blease (Racing for Chico State) wins both the Mt. Hamilton RR and the Memorial Day Crit.
Also, Friend of Chico Corsa and teen prodigy Lindsay Meyers was upgraded after multiple wins in her first few races. Now as a CAT 3 she is still grabbing W's. Congratulations to Lindsay on her victory at Berkeley Hills the same race another Friend of Chico Corsa, Janeen Thorpe won last year also as a 3.

Berkeley Hills Road Race
Cat 3
4th Place- Mike Cordova- CAT 3
1st Place - Myers Lindsay - W3 -Dewar's Racing Team

Golden State Criterium
Cat 4
5th Place- Tylor Honeyman

Mstr 3/4
3rd Place - Mike Ricks
4th Place - Jeff Galland
6th Place - Geno Gruber

Mt. Hamilton Road Race
CAT 5
1st Place - Alex Blease

Memorial Day Criterium
CAT 5
1st Place- Alex Blease
CAT 3
4th Place - Mike Cordova
Mstr 3/4
1st Place- Jeff Galland
8th Place- Geno Gruber

2008 NCNCA Best All-round Team (BAT) Points
Our Cat 4 Team is tied for 3rd. This is great when you consider that all of our point people from last year upgraded to CAT 3 where they are in 6th place. Look for Chico Corsa to move up in both CATs.

Cat 3
1 Webcor/Alto Velo 173
2 Pacific State Bank Cycling Team 89
3 TBS Racing Team 77
4 Central Valley Cycling 70
5 Davis Bike Club 67
6 Easton/SugarCRM/Specialized 67
7 Metromint Cycling on Marin Bikes 53
8 Chico Corsa Cycling Team 47
9 Whole Athlete 39
10 Synergy-Taleo 37

Woman Cat 4
1 ROARING MOUSE CYCLES 196
2 Easton/SugarCRM/Specialized 115
3 Metromint Cycling on Marin Bikes 85
4 Dolce Vita Cycling 76
5 Chico Corsa Cycling Team 25
6 Reno Wheelmen 25
7 Wells Fargo Racing Team 24
8 Synergy-Taleo 20
9 Webcor/Alto Velo 15
10 Left Coast Racing Team 13

Hi Everyone! So, after much discussion and feedback, we've finally decided on a date for Chico Corsa Cycling Club's June Messilla Valley Circuit Race. And the winner is...two dates!!

Saturday, June 14th and Saturday, June 21st

Chico Corsa will be having back-to-back weekends of the Messilla Valley race for June - so if you can't make one, come out to the other...or, if you're really into pain, do both!!

One big change this time around will be the time - Registration will open at 8:00AM with the "A" Category race going off at 8:30AM, and the "B" Category going at 8:31AM. However, the laps will remain the same - 10 laps for each race(sorry - I know, I'm the devil).

We are excited to announce that Sierra Nevada Brewery is the title sponsor of our 2nd annual event. The "Sierra Nevada Downtown Chico Criterium" has inspired Tri Counties Bank's graphics designer, Christian Burke to redesign the logo.