There was a man who once said "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." They called him a Beatle but he was a giant. In fact, I think that guy will be remembered more for his dreams than the timeless hits he wrote. Hmmm... I also recall a small bald guy with glasses who professed that "you must be the change you want to see in the world." He also will be remembered for ages to come.

Spring is getting near so it's time to move your training level(s) up a notch. If you've been focusing on base training through the winter you should be getting ready to increase the intensity. So where do you go from here and what Level should you be training at? Well, the answer is Sweet Spot Training (SST). In a couple of the past Weekly Workouts I recommended doing a few intervals at this level. As we approach the time to start training your Threshold, Sweet Spot training helps prepare your body to handle the stress of Threshold and Anaerobic Capacity work.

Meetings: The next Corsa Club Meeting will be at Woodstocks Pizza on Friday March 6th at 6PM.

Race Results:

• 2nd Maggie Jones (Davis Jr Ct - Women 17/18)
• 15th Anthony Ferretti (Davis Jr Ct - Men 17/18)
• 8th Rob Bishop (Pine Flat RR- Cat 4)
• 6th Rob Bishop (Dinuba Ct - Cat 4)
• 5th Mike Jasinski (Snelling RR - Cat 4)
• 5th Josh Bullock (Merced Ct - Cat 4)
• 3rd Roy Steeves (Santa Rosa Cyclocross - B's 35+)
• 4th Gino Zahnd (Santa Rosa Cyclocross - B's SS)

Classified: Jeff Ochs is selling a 2.4 wired PowerTap wheel on a 32 hole Mavic rim. It takes a Shimano cassette. It has two wiring harnesses for two bikes and two computer heads. One of the heads works fine and the other has display problems but records data fine. Comes with all the literature, HR strap, and download dock. $600 for everything. e-mail him if you are interested: Jeff Ochs

Alex Blease is looking for a 55 or 56 cm frame (preferably with a 56 cm top tube). Also, he is selling a set of 38 mm Deep American Classic Carbon Rims. He can be reached via e-mail here: Alex Blease

Board Minutes
Minutes from the February meeting

March R.A.C.E. Calendar:
Chico Cyclist

• 03/03 Tuesday Night Airport Criterium
• 03/04 Fast 50
• 03/07 Cohasset To The Store Time Trial (4th Event in the Butte Hill Climb Series)
• 03/10 Tuesday Night Airport Criterium
• 03/11 Fast 50
• 03/12 Thursday Night River Road 10-Mile Time Trial
• 03/14 Pentz Road Time Trial (5th Event in the Butte Hill Climb Time Trial Series)
• 03/15 Aguas Frias Road Race
• 03/17 Tuesday Night Airport Criterium
• 03/18 Fast 50
• 03/19 Aguas Frias 10-Mile Time Trial
• 03/21 Land Park Criterium in Sacramento (I'll be in Sac)
• 03/22 Zamora Road Race(Bariani) (I'll be in Zamora)
• 03/24 Tuesday Night Airport Criterium (Stage 1 of the March "Rodneyum"!)
• 03/25 Fast 50 (Stage 2 of the March "Rodneyum"!)
• 03/26 River Road 10-Mile Time Trial (Final Stage of the March "Rodneyum!")
• 03/28 Daytime Airport Criterium (Look for an 8am start for this one)
• 03/31 Tuesday Night Airport Criterium

March Road Racing Calendar:
NCNCA Road Calendar

• 03/01 Merco Credit Union Foothills Road Race
• 03/07 Berkeley Team Time Trial
• 03/08 Menlo Park Grand Prix
• 03/13-15 Madera Stage Race
• 03/21 Land Park Criterium
• 03/21 Orosi Road Race
• 03/22 Bariani Road Race
• 03/22 Hanford Criterium
• 03/28 Brisbane Marina Criterium
• 03/28 Wards Ferry Road Race
• 03/29 Brisbane Highlands Circuit Race
• 03/29 Warnerville Road Race

March Mountain Bike Racing Calendar
NORBA Calendar
TBF Challenge MTB Races
MTB Calendar - California

• 03/01 CCCX DH
• 03/07 Sand Hill Spring Gravity
• 03/07 Chanoko Mountain Bike Duathlon #2
• 03/08 MTB Challenge #3
• 03/14 Sand Hill Spring Gravity
• 03/15 Cool MTB Race
• 03/15 CCCX XC
• 03/21 Sand Hill Spring Gravity
• 03/22 Lake Sonoma #1
• 03/22 CCCX Spring DH #2
• 03/28 Super Sprint MTB Triathlon
• 03/28 Boggs IV
• 03/28 Sand Hill Spring Gravity
• 03/29 XTERRA Real MTB Triathlon
• 03/29 CCCX XS #4
• 03/30 Pre-Otter

March Chico Velo Calendar Chico Velo

• 03/01 Tour of the Unknown Valley South
• 03/07 Table Mountain Loop
• 03/08 Tour de Ed (Chico Cyclists Care Fund event)
• 03/14 Humboldt Road Ride
• 03/15 The Italian Triple
• 03/21 Centerville Ride
• 03/22 Richvale Ride
• 03/28 River Road Loop
• 03/29 Tour of the Unknown Valley North (Velo event)

Rising stars:
Anthony Ferretti and Margaret Jones both put in gutsy performances at the Davis Junior Criterium. Their races followed the start of the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California and for those watching the race on television, yes, it really was that soggy...

Anyway, Margaret rode aggressively winning a $20 prime and earning another $60 and some cool schwag for her second place finish. Anthony took a $50 prime against stiff competition and rode himself inside out while doing the lion's share of the heavy lifting in a chase group. Kudos to both for persevering in very tough conditions. We will be eagerly anticipating more of the same as the racing season progresses...

Cherry Pie by James Plummer

Even when they are bad, they're still pretty good (injury and damage to bikes excepted). There was a fair contingent of Corsa's finest at the 09 Cherry Pie. I'll give a brief run-down on results:

Now that you know what Sweet Spot Training (SST) is all about (hopefully you read that article) I wanted to offer some suggestions on how to solidify your Endurance base/fitness that you built during the winter months. Follow these suggestions and you'll be ready for the coming season.

Corsa's been reaching out to the wider cycling community in Chico-they're not just for racers anymore-so I thought I'd take a stab a writing a couple of pieces on riding from my perspective, which is a little unique: judging by TT results and the sort of rides I enjoy, I seem to fall in between the racing community and the recreational group in town. So I'll take a shot at getting my thoughts across clearly, and hopefully you'll find some of my writing useful, or thought-provoking, or even funny (hey, I might get lucky!)

I like the transition from spring into summer. I love when the days become long and the weather gets hot. When I was competing that transition also meant my long training rides went from three or four hours to six hours or more. But for some reason I was always a little slow to remember that those additional miles required additional calories...

Hi All... After reading Dave's request for a variety of articles to put in the Corsa Newsletter I did some brainstorming on what I might be able to add. I saw Gino mentioning articles on touring, etc and a thought came to me... Why not post Janine's journal/emails from her ride across the United States in 1996? 

So after asking her if she minded, which she didn't, I dug around on my hard drive and found it. This journal was actually sent out as weekly emails from the road (this was before blogging or internet cafes!). I saved and copied them into a Word doc and then printed it out and gave it to her when she had finished the trip (we had just met a month or so before she left and started dating when she came back).