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Club
Race #12 The 2009 Club Championship Omnium was run on a chilly, gray and
windy course that was better for the riders than it was for staff and
gallery. With strong performance in the crit, the Miss-n-Out and the
time trial, Vet Mark Armstrong was first; Master Will McLaughlin was
second; and Senior Jason Mishka was third. Buckeye Mike Faehnle finished
13th of 25.
Well, it was a tough job for a
novice crew, but they carried it off with some help from the Kistlers
and Steve Clark. Coach Tyrone Holmes drove 95 miles to work as corner marshal; he ought to get the worker of the year award. The
least we can do is give you a link to his fitness website, here.
Race
details are here.
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Club
race #10. This race was supposed to be the Club
Championship Omnium, the first race of the season at OOIP. Severe
thunderstorm warnings had been posted, but it looked as if the storms
were moving east of us; race preparations proceeded. Just before the
6:30 start time a big thunderstorm cell moved overhead, pounding heavy
rain and some hail. By 7:10 it had let up a little, enough for everyone
to pack up and head over to Loma Linda's. Among others who showed up to
race were old wheelmen Mark Hsu and David Schindley.
Next Thursday, July 2, is billed as a Criterium at Bowling
Green, but, if conditions are right, the CLub Championship Omnium will
be run there that night. |
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Four
wheelmen traveled to the Manistee National Forest in Michigan for the Lumberjack
100 Mountain Bike Race. The course was 100 miles of
wooded singletrack and 10,000 feet of elevation gain.
Andy
Klumb finished 26th in a time of 9:02:43
Jason Mishka finished 37th in a time of 9:22:20
Christopher Wiederhold finished 87th in a time of 11:17:24
Ron Gratop came to his senses at mile 50 and decided he’d had
enough.
Friends
of the wheelmen Jay Moncel and Kelly Patterson were also present.
Kelly finished 6th in the women’s field in a time of 9:30:21. Detailed
results and split times are here. |
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Race
#9; 40k Time Trial at Mary Jane Thurston State Park. It was a fine
night for a time trial (if that isn't an oxymoron). It was
sunny, calm and not too warm. Vet Mark Armstrong was first at 57:19;
Master Horst Obereder was second at 59:11; Buckeye Jim Donaldson was
fifth at 1:01:53; Senior Chris Tracey was eighth at 1:02:52; and Heather
Mitchell led the women, 11th place at 1:06:35.
Mary Jane Thurston Long Course Records: Card 7/19/07 52:38,
McKee 7/19/07 64:13 Results are
here. |
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#8. Christian Burkhart Memorial Road ace at Woodville. At
left, Christian at his first omnium, June3, 2004 Never
mind the rainy forecast, 22 riders headed out into the gloom along the
Portage River for a 4-lap tour of green farm country. Taking advantage
of the wind, five riders ditched the peloton and stayed at least a mile
off the front. Clark took the first prime; Wiederhold took a second
prime for the chase group. Master Jeff Crawford finished first; Vet Mark
Armstrong was third; Senior Mike Peiffer was ninth and took his place on
the Senior Trophy. Rain commenced in earnest just as Director Faehnle
was recording finish orders. The Burkhart Family had brought along
fantastic prize money, and Bike Works and Mountain Man Stores had sent
awards for each category - for which we offer many thanks. Faehnle later presented awards and
primes during dinner at El Vaquero. Results
and photos are here. |
Race #7, originally billed as an Omnium, turned out to be a
30-lap crit when only 16 riders
showed up on a chilly, windy evening. The pace was generally brisk
around the flat BG course. By the late laps, the usual horses were
jockeying for position. Jason Mishka sat in front for much of the time
but was left behind when Mike House led out a group of four, who left
him in the wash as well. Senior Chris Brinkman was first, Vet Mark
Armstrong second, Master Jonathan Hoag sixth and Buckeye Mike Faehnle
tenth. |
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Wednesday,
June 3 - a training session at BG.
Rachel
Steele reviewed essentials of bicycle club racing, then sent everyone
off on a 7-lap practice criterium. Some
photos here. |
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Dan Vandock
informs of us Tuesday Night races - click
Here for more information. |
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The newest
member of the Slough family is Jacob Jeffery. He was born on May
22 at 2:22am at 6 pounds 15 ounces and 18 3/4". Other than
the headache he gave his mom, all are doing well!
Congratulations! |
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The
2009 Club Racing Schedule
is now online. You can email
Race Director Sarks your choices of dates to work.
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Looking
for club cycling clothing? Scott's
current inventory is here.
Check
out the Want Ads - it looks like Dave
Johnson is having a clearance sale.
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2008
Maumee Valley Wheelmen
Annual Banquet
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Organizer
Rachel Steele has set the bar way high for next year's event!
Everything was nicely done - the food, the drinks, the dancing - and the
crowd was enthusiastic, as you can see from the video
and photos here. Among those attending were newly elected
Race Director Jim Sarks, 1977 & 1979 Club Champion Dave
Skiver, Wheelman of the Year Pres. Scott Main, Most Improved
Riders Jason Mishka & James Mason, 2008 Club Champion Adam
Slough, Ladies Champion Lavinia Raffoul, TT Champion Brian Rex,
and an assortment of age group winners.
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 We
hear from Tom Paul, 1974 MVW Club Champion.
"[Here is]
a picture of me at the local Time Trial series here in
Charlotte NC on July 30th. Was
proud to wear the colors of my old club!
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10 mile tt, time 22:03, 27.02 MPH..... Not bad for an old guy!!!
I was very active with the Wheelmen back in 1974 and moved to
Charlotte NC
in 1975. Did not ride
much until 2005 when I got the bug again.
Tom Paul"
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Brian Rex "Once again the MVW/Saturn of
Toledo
riders did themselves proud at the Sylvania Triathlon/Duathlon.
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Olympic
Triathlon |
Duathlon
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Sprint
Triathlon |
| Horst
Obereder – 1st 30-34 |
Mark
Armstrong 1st Master
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Jim
Regan 1
st Master |
| Brian
Kaminski
2nd 35-39 |
Brian
Rex 1st 40-44
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Emily
Obereder 2nd 30-34 |
| Lavinia
Raffoul 1st 40-44 |
See
a photo of the above 2 |
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Hines
Park TT While those folks were tearing up the Sylvania Triathlon, MVW
riders Chris Wiederhold and Dave Johnson headed to Hines Park
for the Time Trial. Dave Johnson finished "1st" in the Cat 5/30-39
Men category. Chris and Dave then teamed together for the "2-Person
Team" race and finished 5th overall out of 11 teams.
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Saturn Riders
Look Good At Allen Park Crit. Among those we saw were Chuck Plaskey, Jeff
Warner, Jon Card, Jon Brinkman, Chris Brinkman (who won the Cat. 3 race), Dan
Ritter, Dave Komives, Neal Martin, Rob Foshag, Tony Gwin and Will McLaughlin
See
a video here ..
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French
singer Joe
Dassins celebrates cycling in Paris. Here he puts it to
song, with images of the Tour de France.
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5
Wheelmen took a trip to Georgia/Tenn. to do the Cohutta 100 and Big Frog 65
mountain bike races. There are photos
HERE (the story
has yet to arrive). |
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Equinox 2008 - 32 riders turned out for a bit better than typical
weather to ride to McClure, OH. Read/watch the
UPDATES:
Click
Here |
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Old Wheelman
Tim Hinckley found our 1982 Club photo -
his
comments are here. We heard from him again after he found a photo
of Dave Teall winning the citizen's race at
the
1982 Glass City Classic.
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Here's a
website you might like - you can map your favorite rides, and see what others
have done. Take
a look.
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The
2007 Awards Banquet was
Thursday Evening,
November 8, 2007. Adam Slough was honored as Wheelman of
The Year and Club Champion. Heather Mitchell was recognized as the year's
Most Improved Rider. Karen McKee is the Ladies' club Champion.
More
photos are here.
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  Widely
published English professor Kevin J. Hayes
(University of Central
Oklahoma) was interviewed
recently about his book, "An American Cycling
Odyssey, 1887". Kevin was editor of MVW's Dirty Derailleur sometime in the
1980's. He's in a 1982 club photo, here.
The photo to the left (click it) is of old Wheelman Dick DeLombard at the
Octoberfest parade in Minster, Ohio.
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