Team,
We are only one week away from our big ride! I will send out all the details for next weekend in a separate email to each of you shortly. Also we have one more weekend of training opportunities available for you to take advantage of. Hopefully you can make it out to at least one of them! Lately, team jerseys will be in this week and I will be contacting each of you who ordered one to arrange for pick-up and payment.
Ryan
Saturday, 5/24/09
No Planned Ride
Sunday, 5/17/09
Ride #1
Name: Blue Ridge Views
When: 9:00AM
Where: Meet at the Warrenton Municipal parking lot
Details: 60 miles with hills! Cue sheet and directions to meet-up location can be found here
RSVP: Please RSVP by contacting Brian Foley at brifol5@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining.
Ride #2
Name: Revolution Cycles shop ride to Potomac, MD
Description: All rider levels. 30 miles roundtrip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Ride Time and Location: Meet at 8:45am, ride at 9:00am. Meet at the Clarendon Shop location.
Contact Info: 703 312-0007
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Weekend Training Rides | 5/16 - 5/17
Team,
We are only a few weeks away from our big ride! I hope everyone is chipping away at their fundraising goal and getting out to train! If you are looking for some training opportunities, you have 3 great options for this weekend! Please see below for details. I hope one of them can fit your schedule.
Ryan
Saturday, 5/16/09
Ride #1
Name: VIP Preview Ride at Meadowkirk
When: Saturday, May 16, 2009. 9:30 a.m.
Who: YOU and a friend
Where: Meadowkirk Retreat Center | 38012 Delta Farm Lane | Middleburg, VA | http://www.meadowkirk.org
Details: Visit and tour the new start/finish/overnight site. Ride a portion of the Bike MS route and have lunch with fellow Bike MS cyclists
RSVP: Reserve your spot no later than today (5/15)! Email adroscher@MSandYOU.org
Ride #2
Name: Rich Rau Memorial Bike Tour & Pancake Breakfast
When: 8:00AM
Where: Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church | 210 East Main Street | Berryville,VA
Details: Charity ride with 3 distant options (15, 30 and 50 miles). Online registration is closed, download a brochure here and bring with you to the ride.
RSVP: Contact Brian Foley at brifol5@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining.
Sunday, 5/17/09
Ride #3
Name: Revolution Cycles shop ride to Potomac, MD
Description: All rider levels. 30 miles roundtrip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Ride Time and Location: Meet at 8:45am, ride at 9:00am. Meet at the Clarendon Shop location.
Contact Info: 703 312-0007
We are only a few weeks away from our big ride! I hope everyone is chipping away at their fundraising goal and getting out to train! If you are looking for some training opportunities, you have 3 great options for this weekend! Please see below for details. I hope one of them can fit your schedule.
Ryan
Saturday, 5/16/09
Ride #1
Name: VIP Preview Ride at Meadowkirk
When: Saturday, May 16, 2009. 9:30 a.m.
Who: YOU and a friend
Where: Meadowkirk Retreat Center | 38012 Delta Farm Lane | Middleburg, VA | http://www.meadowkirk.org
Details: Visit and tour the new start/finish/overnight site. Ride a portion of the Bike MS route and have lunch with fellow Bike MS cyclists
RSVP: Reserve your spot no later than today (5/15)! Email adroscher@MSandYOU.org
Ride #2
Name: Rich Rau Memorial Bike Tour & Pancake Breakfast
When: 8:00AM
Where: Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church | 210 East Main Street | Berryville,VA
Details: Charity ride with 3 distant options (15, 30 and 50 miles). Online registration is closed, download a brochure here and bring with you to the ride.
RSVP: Contact Brian Foley at brifol5@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining.
Sunday, 5/17/09
Ride #3
Name: Revolution Cycles shop ride to Potomac, MD
Description: All rider levels. 30 miles roundtrip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Ride Time and Location: Meet at 8:45am, ride at 9:00am. Meet at the Clarendon Shop location.
Contact Info: 703 312-0007
Friday, May 1, 2009
Team Newsletter | May 8, 2009
Team News
4 weeks and counting until the 2009 MS Ride. At this point I hope everyone has taken the bike out of the closet, dusted the cobwebs off it and have gone on a ride! If you haven't there are still plenty of training opportunities ahead in the coming weeks.
In this week's newsletter you'll find some helpful training advise, a fundraiser update, details about this upcoming weekend's training ride opportunities and of course a chance to meet some of the team in our rider spotlight section. If you have any questions, suggestions or stories to share please don't hesitate to get in touch!
Training Advice | Hydration!
As everyone is preparing for the big ride and focusing on strengthening their legs and fine tuning their bikes, don't forgot about your nutrition and importantly your hydration. A scary fact is that for roughly every 2% of water our body's loose during a workout session we loose about 10% of our performance. Check out this article for some tips and pointers to stay well hydrated during your upcoming workouts and the MS Ride! Click Article
Weekend Training Rides - 5/9 and 5/10
Meet Lynn Bulan - Lynn rocks, there is no other way to put it! If you haven't met her yet, you will and you'll wonder why you hadn't done so sooner! Lynn is a 3rd year veteran with OutSPOKEn but that's just the tip of iceberg! Lynn has completed multiple AIDSRides including DC and Montreal/Maine. She completes the oh so crazy and fun RAGBRAI each summer which is a 7 day ride across Iowa with literally 1000's of cyclists! Biking in essence is the life blood that runs through Lynn in fact she has been spotted riding a bike through S. Africa and Zimbabwe while on vacation there last summer.
Aside from biking Lynn can be found scuba diving, paddling/portaging through the Canadian wilderness or working on her recently purchased new home! In order to keep the funds flowing for all her life activities, Lynn is an Appellate Litigator in the Office of the General Counsel at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Be sure to say hi to Lynn on the next ride. She always brings a smile to every ride...and a smart ass remark here and there!
Meet Becky Friedman - Becky took up cycling a year ago and is hooked! She is a 2nd year veteran with team OutSPOKEn and has completed 2 MS Rides since she started riding including the DC and the NYC rides! Becky raises money and rides for many reasons including having a best friend who lives with MS.
Becky enjoys many other fun activities outside of cycling including cooking, traveling and playing with her 100+lb dog! Becky is a well traveled person having visited over 20 countries across almost all continents. Antarctica is next on her life travels itinerary!
During the week Becky can be found at her day job as a consultant with ICF where she helps company's navigate their way through organizational changes and much needed employee training and leadership development.
4 weeks and counting until the 2009 MS Ride. At this point I hope everyone has taken the bike out of the closet, dusted the cobwebs off it and have gone on a ride! If you haven't there are still plenty of training opportunities ahead in the coming weeks.
Training Advice | Hydration!
As everyone is preparing for the big ride and focusing on strengthening their legs and fine tuning their bikes, don't forgot about your nutrition and importantly your hydration. A scary fact is that for roughly every 2% of water our body's loose during a workout session we loose about 10% of our performance. Check out this article for some tips and pointers to stay well hydrated during your upcoming workouts and the MS Ride! Click Article
Weekend Training Rides - 5/9 and 5/10
The weather this weekend is looking "iffy" again but that doesn't mean there won't be a break in the foul weather. If you are feeling ambitious this weekend and don't mind getting a little wet there are training opportunities to loosen up the legs.
Ride Option 1 | 4th Annual Team Training Ride hosted by Trail’s End Cycling Company
When: Saturday, May 9, 2009. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. Be ready to ride by 9:00 a.m.
Where: Trail's End Cycling Company | 201 N 23rd Street | Purcellville, VA | (540) 338-2773
Ride Info: The ride, led by Trail's End Cycling team members and employees, will feature a 30 mile and a 50 mile option with part of the route following the official Bike MS route. There will be one rest stop at approximately half way will be stocked with water and sports drinks (thanks to the McCasker family!) Plus, there will be free pizza after the ride!
Ride Option 2 | Revolution Cycle's Sunday Ride
When: Sunday, May 10, 2009. Meet 8:45am Ride 9:00am
Where: Clarendon Store Front
Ride Info: All rider levels. 30 miles round trip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Fundraising | 28% to our goal and only 4 weeks left!
Just as a reminder, everyone who is riding is required to raise the minimum $300 in order to ride. So far we are doing good but we need to step it up a notch! With only 4 weeks until the ride we still have plenty of time to fundraise however a little here and a little there goes a long way! If anyone needs tips, suggestions or ideas on how to effectively fundraise you can either utilize the resources available to you on the Participant Center on the MS website or feel free to reach out to me and I will gladly offer some help.
I'd like to call out a recent fundraising effort that was a huge success! On 3/24 and 3/25 Bearingpoint hosted a company March Madness basketball tournament to raise money just for us! The event was a success and brought in $745 to our team! A very special thanks to Andrea Wagenbach, Stephen Robinson and Shailesh Deshpand for making this happen.
Lastly I would like to acknowledge our current top fundraisers. As of 5/8 our 3 top fundraisers on the team are: Stephen Robinson at $700, Rebecca Friedman at $570 and Cherie Jones at $313. Great job guys!
Team Jersey's
Team jerseys have been ordered and will be arriving by 6/2. For those of you that ordered a jersey you can come pick it up at my house anytime after 6/2 or I will be handing them out the morning of the ride. Please contact me for more instructions on picking up and paying for your jersey.
For those of you that missed the jersey order, I have a handful of 2008 jersey's available that I will offer to sell for a reduced price of $55. I have a range of sizes. Please reach out to me if you missed the jersey order but are still interested in getting a team jersey!
Rider Spotlight
Ride Option 1 | 4th Annual Team Training Ride hosted by Trail’s End Cycling Company
When: Saturday, May 9, 2009. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. Be ready to ride by 9:00 a.m.
Where: Trail's End Cycling Company | 201 N 23rd Street | Purcellville, VA | (540) 338-2773
Ride Info: The ride, led by Trail's End Cycling team members and employees, will feature a 30 mile and a 50 mile option with part of the route following the official Bike MS route. There will be one rest stop at approximately half way will be stocked with water and sports drinks (thanks to the McCasker family!) Plus, there will be free pizza after the ride!
Ride Option 2 | Revolution Cycle's Sunday Ride
When: Sunday, May 10, 2009. Meet 8:45am Ride 9:00am
Where: Clarendon Store Front
Ride Info: All rider levels. 30 miles round trip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Fundraising | 28% to our goal and only 4 weeks left!
Just as a reminder, everyone who is riding is required to raise the minimum $300 in order to ride. So far we are doing good but we need to step it up a notch! With only 4 weeks until the ride we still have plenty of time to fundraise however a little here and a little there goes a long way! If anyone needs tips, suggestions or ideas on how to effectively fundraise you can either utilize the resources available to you on the Participant Center on the MS website or feel free to reach out to me and I will gladly offer some help.
I'd like to call out a recent fundraising effort that was a huge success! On 3/24 and 3/25 Bearingpoint hosted a company March Madness basketball tournament to raise money just for us! The event was a success and brought in $745 to our team! A very special thanks to Andrea Wagenbach, Stephen Robinson and Shailesh Deshpand for making this happen.
Lastly I would like to acknowledge our current top fundraisers. As of 5/8 our 3 top fundraisers on the team are: Stephen Robinson at $700, Rebecca Friedman at $570 and Cherie Jones at $313. Great job guys!
Team Jersey's
Team jerseys have been ordered and will be arriving by 6/2. For those of you that ordered a jersey you can come pick it up at my house anytime after 6/2 or I will be handing them out the morning of the ride. Please contact me for more instructions on picking up and paying for your jersey.
For those of you that missed the jersey order, I have a handful of 2008 jersey's available that I will offer to sell for a reduced price of $55. I have a range of sizes. Please reach out to me if you missed the jersey order but are still interested in getting a team jersey!
Rider Spotlight
Meet Lynn Bulan - Lynn rocks, there is no other way to put it! If you haven't met her yet, you will and you'll wonder why you hadn't done so sooner! Lynn is a 3rd year veteran with OutSPOKEn but that's just the tip of iceberg! Lynn has completed multiple AIDSRides including DC and Montreal/Maine. She completes the oh so crazy and fun RAGBRAI each summer which is a 7 day ride across Iowa with literally 1000's of cyclists! Biking in essence is the life blood that runs through Lynn in fact she has been spotted riding a bike through S. Africa and Zimbabwe while on vacation there last summer.Aside from biking Lynn can be found scuba diving, paddling/portaging through the Canadian wilderness or working on her recently purchased new home! In order to keep the funds flowing for all her life activities, Lynn is an Appellate Litigator in the Office of the General Counsel at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Be sure to say hi to Lynn on the next ride. She always brings a smile to every ride...and a smart ass remark here and there!
Meet Becky Friedman - Becky took up cycling a year ago and is hooked! She is a 2nd year veteran with team OutSPOKEn and has completed 2 MS Rides since she started riding including the DC and the NYC rides! Becky raises money and rides for many reasons including having a best friend who lives with MS.Becky enjoys many other fun activities outside of cycling including cooking, traveling and playing with her 100+lb dog! Becky is a well traveled person having visited over 20 countries across almost all continents. Antarctica is next on her life travels itinerary!
During the week Becky can be found at her day job as a consultant with ICF where she helps company's navigate their way through organizational changes and much needed employee training and leadership development.
Say hi to Becky on the next training ride. She'll keep a great conversation going if you can keep up with her!
Looking forward to riding with all of you soon!Ryan
Friday, April 17, 2009
Weekend Training Rides - 4/18 and 4/19
Team,
Nice weather is finally here and we are getting out to train this weekend! We have two planned training rides for this weekend. Brian will be leading a 35 - 40 mile ride up in the beautiful country side of Maryland and then we have the weekly standing Revolution Cycle's shop ride on Sunday. Read on for more details on both of these great training opportunities. Hope you can fit one of these rides into your weekend schedule.
Ryan
Saturday, 4/18/09
Ride Name: Three Covered Bridges
Cue Sheet: http://www.geocities.com/dccues/three_covered.htm
Description: Moderate terrain with gentle rolling hills. Pace will be about a C-level so no faster than 15 mph
Ride Time and Location: We will meet at the Holiday Inn at the intersection of US 15 and US 40 in Frederick, MD at 9:30AM and roll-out will be no later than 9:45 . See map below for details:
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What to bring: Energy food (the ride will take about 2.5 to 3 hours), spare tube (in case of flat), basic bike repair tools (if you have them), sunscreen, helmet (you will not be able to ride without a helmet), phone (in case you get separated from group) and your sense of humor (the group we ride with is a great group of folks who always have a fun time).
Sunday, 4/19/09
Ride Name: Revolution Cycles shop ride to Potomac, MD
Description: All rider levels. 30 miles roundtrip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Ride Time and Location: Meet at 8:45am, ride at 9:00am. Meet at the Clarendon Shop location.
Contact Info: 703 312-0007
Nice weather is finally here and we are getting out to train this weekend! We have two planned training rides for this weekend. Brian will be leading a 35 - 40 mile ride up in the beautiful country side of Maryland and then we have the weekly standing Revolution Cycle's shop ride on Sunday. Read on for more details on both of these great training opportunities. Hope you can fit one of these rides into your weekend schedule.
Ryan
Saturday, 4/18/09
Ride Name: Three Covered Bridges
Cue Sheet: http://www.geocities.com/dccues/three_covered.htm
Description: Moderate terrain with gentle rolling hills. Pace will be about a C-level so no faster than 15 mph
Ride Time and Location: We will meet at the Holiday Inn at the intersection of US 15 and US 40 in Frederick, MD at 9:30AM and roll-out will be no later than 9:45 . See map below for details:
View Larger Map
What to bring: Energy food (the ride will take about 2.5 to 3 hours), spare tube (in case of flat), basic bike repair tools (if you have them), sunscreen, helmet (you will not be able to ride without a helmet), phone (in case you get separated from group) and your sense of humor (the group we ride with is a great group of folks who always have a fun time).
Sunday, 4/19/09
Ride Name: Revolution Cycles shop ride to Potomac, MD
Description: All rider levels. 30 miles roundtrip to Potomac MD using regular vehicle traffic roads.
Ride Time and Location: Meet at 8:45am, ride at 9:00am. Meet at the Clarendon Shop location.
Contact Info: 703 312-0007
Friday, March 27, 2009
Team Newsletter | March 27, 2009
Team News
With 10 weeks until the ride we have plenty of time still ahead of us to prepare ourselves physically and to raise money for the cause. In this newsletter please find important information about getting a team jersey, our upcoming team kick-off meeting and a training plan for the 3 different ride options along with a schedule of all our organized team training rides.
Team Kick Off Meeting **REMINDER**
Please remember to mark your calendar for our team kick off meeting and group ride scheduled for 10AM on April 4, 2009. The meeting will be held at my house and will be immediately followed by a fun and easy team training ride on the W&OD trail right behind my house.
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If you haven't already, please RSVP by sending me an email at ryan.troll@gmail.com if you plan to attend. Feel free to bring friends and family who may be interested in riding or volunteering in some capacity throughout the season.
Training
Now is the time to start thinking about your goal distance for the ride on June 6th. There are 3 options for you to choose from for the first day of the ride including a 30 mile, 60 mile and 100 mile route options while the optional second day offers a 40 mile route. To help you with this decision process and while you begin to plan your training, below you will find a listing of suggested goal distances for your weekly rides! These are merely suggestions but will give you a good proxy.
Team OutSPOKEn will offer two weekly organized rides. A Saturday ride will normally be lead by our awesome training guy, Brain Foley, and take us to a new location in the Northern Virginia Region each week! A Sunday ride will be available and lead by Revolution Cycle's and start at their Clarendon shop location. See our organized ride schedule below:
Brian will send around an email each week for the Saturday ride posted for that weekend with all the details about the ride. If you want to join the ride please respond to his email indicating that you will be joining. If you decide to join please be on time or if you have to change plans and can't make it please let Brian know. If you care to join the Sunday ride lead by Revolution Cycle's please CLICK HERE for times and meet up locations.
As always please be safe while training! In the coming weeks I'll include safety and training tips in the team newsletter. Additionally we can "talk shop" at our team rides if anyone has questions.
Upcoming Team Events
No upcoming team events.
Team Jersey's
Team jerseys are offered at $65 each. If you would like a team jersey please look up your size HERE and send an e-mail to ryan.troll@gmail.com by 4/1/09 or sooner.
Rider Spotlight
Meet Stephen Robinson - Steve is a 2nd year veteran with Team OutSPOKEn but a 3rd year rider in the Bike MS Ride and proves to be quite the cyclist. Steve has completed a host of other century's including the Reston Century for 5 years straight and the Tour de Cure, a charity cycling event that raises money for Diabetes. Aside from cycling Steve loves sailing and is a life long enthusiast. In fact his honeymoon was spent on a 10-day bareboat trip in the Virgin Islands!
Steve hails to us from Bearingpoint where he manages IT projects in the IT Department. Look out for Steve on group rides as he is always up for a good conversation or to lend some riding advise!
Looking forward to riding with all of you!
Ryan
With 10 weeks until the ride we have plenty of time still ahead of us to prepare ourselves physically and to raise money for the cause. In this newsletter please find important information about getting a team jersey, our upcoming team kick-off meeting and a training plan for the 3 different ride options along with a schedule of all our organized team training rides.
Team Kick Off Meeting **REMINDER**
Please remember to mark your calendar for our team kick off meeting and group ride scheduled for 10AM on April 4, 2009. The meeting will be held at my house and will be immediately followed by a fun and easy team training ride on the W&OD trail right behind my house.
View Map
If you haven't already, please RSVP by sending me an email at ryan.troll@gmail.com if you plan to attend. Feel free to bring friends and family who may be interested in riding or volunteering in some capacity throughout the season.
Training
Now is the time to start thinking about your goal distance for the ride on June 6th. There are 3 options for you to choose from for the first day of the ride including a 30 mile, 60 mile and 100 mile route options while the optional second day offers a 40 mile route. To help you with this decision process and while you begin to plan your training, below you will find a listing of suggested goal distances for your weekly rides! These are merely suggestions but will give you a good proxy.
Team OutSPOKEn will offer two weekly organized rides. A Saturday ride will normally be lead by our awesome training guy, Brain Foley, and take us to a new location in the Northern Virginia Region each week! A Sunday ride will be available and lead by Revolution Cycle's and start at their Clarendon shop location. See our organized ride schedule below:
As always please be safe while training! In the coming weeks I'll include safety and training tips in the team newsletter. Additionally we can "talk shop" at our team rides if anyone has questions.
Upcoming Team Events
No upcoming team events.
Team Jersey's
Team jerseys are offered at $65 each. If you would like a team jersey please look up your size HERE and send an e-mail to ryan.troll@gmail.com by 4/1/09 or sooner.
Rider Spotlight
Meet Stephen Robinson - Steve is a 2nd year veteran with Team OutSPOKEn but a 3rd year rider in the Bike MS Ride and proves to be quite the cyclist. Steve has completed a host of other century's including the Reston Century for 5 years straight and the Tour de Cure, a charity cycling event that raises money for Diabetes. Aside from cycling Steve loves sailing and is a life long enthusiast. In fact his honeymoon was spent on a 10-day bareboat trip in the Virgin Islands!Steve hails to us from Bearingpoint where he manages IT projects in the IT Department. Look out for Steve on group rides as he is always up for a good conversation or to lend some riding advise!
Looking forward to riding with all of you!
Ryan
Friday, March 13, 2009
Team Newsletter | March 13, 2009
Team News
Hello again everyone! So I hope the last team newsletter found all of you ok. Since then I've modified the format a tad to make it easier for everyone on the team to contribute to sharing team information, stories, pictures, training tips, etc with one another. For each "newsletter" I will post a blog article here and you can add comments if you have more ideas to share.
Team Kick Off Meeting
Check out our team calendar on the right hand side of the screen. This will be kept up-to-date as soon as I get dates and times of various activities. For now I want to draw your attention to our team kick off meeting scheduled for 10AM on April 4, 2009. The meeting will be held at my house and will be immediately followed by a fun and easy team training ride on the W&OD trail right behind my house.
View Map
Please RSVP by send me and email at ryan.troll@gmail.com if you plan to attend. Feel free to bring friends and family who may be interested in riding or volunteering in some capacity throughout the season.
Training
Now that the weather is starting to get nice out we will soon start regularly scheduled training rides that will accommodate all skill levels. Whether this is your first ride or your 100th, we'll be sure to get you across the finish line and have a blast doing it! Starting at the end of March we will be hosting 2 organized rides per weekend. One ride will be on Saturday's and be headed by someone from our team and one ride will be on Sunday's in Clarendon and will be headed by Revolution Cycles. More information about these rides will be shared at our team kick off meeting. In the meantime if you have ride route suggestions or would like to get some training pointers, send Brian Foley an email at brifol5@yahoo.com.
Upcoming Team Events
We have two team events coming up in the next few weeks. If you are interested in joining either one please send an email to the contacts listed.
3/19/09, 7PM | Revolutions Ladies Night - Team OutSPOKEn will have a table setup at the Clarendon location in order to raise awareness of MS and to recruit more team members. If you are interested in lending a hand for this event email Ryan Troll at ryan.troll@gmail.com
3/24 - 3/24 | Bearingpoint March Madness Basketball Tournament - Bearingpoint will be hosting an employee basketball tournament to raise money for our team. If you are interested in helping out with this event email Andrea Wagenbach at andrea.wagenbach@gmail.com.
Rider Spotlight
Meet Andrea Wagenbach - Andrea is a 3rd year veteran with Team OutSPOKEn and loves cycling! In fact Andrea participated in the AIDS ride a few years back and rode over 400 miles to raise money and awareness for an AIDS cure. Outside of riding Andrea can be found making life easier for her clients by solving complex organizational problems as a manager at Bearingpoint.
Andrea has been a key part of team outspoken from the beginning and will serve as our Bearingpoint sponsor captain this season.
Meet Brian Foley - Brian is also a third year veteran with Team OutSPOKEn. Brian lives for the riding season! He's been known to participate in many riding adventures through the course of the year including Ragbrai a 7 day ride that cuts across Iowa. He too is an AIDS ride alumni. When Brian is not riding he's ensuring that the infrastructure of Fairfax County, including the roads and bridges, are safe and sound. Brian is a civil engineer for Fairfax County.
Brian has been our fearless training leader for the past 2 years and will continue to serve as our training captain this season.
Hello again everyone! So I hope the last team newsletter found all of you ok. Since then I've modified the format a tad to make it easier for everyone on the team to contribute to sharing team information, stories, pictures, training tips, etc with one another. For each "newsletter" I will post a blog article here and you can add comments if you have more ideas to share.
Team Kick Off Meeting
Check out our team calendar on the right hand side of the screen. This will be kept up-to-date as soon as I get dates and times of various activities. For now I want to draw your attention to our team kick off meeting scheduled for 10AM on April 4, 2009. The meeting will be held at my house and will be immediately followed by a fun and easy team training ride on the W&OD trail right behind my house.
View Map
Please RSVP by send me and email at ryan.troll@gmail.com if you plan to attend. Feel free to bring friends and family who may be interested in riding or volunteering in some capacity throughout the season.
Training
Now that the weather is starting to get nice out we will soon start regularly scheduled training rides that will accommodate all skill levels. Whether this is your first ride or your 100th, we'll be sure to get you across the finish line and have a blast doing it! Starting at the end of March we will be hosting 2 organized rides per weekend. One ride will be on Saturday's and be headed by someone from our team and one ride will be on Sunday's in Clarendon and will be headed by Revolution Cycles. More information about these rides will be shared at our team kick off meeting. In the meantime if you have ride route suggestions or would like to get some training pointers, send Brian Foley an email at brifol5@yahoo.com.
Upcoming Team Events
We have two team events coming up in the next few weeks. If you are interested in joining either one please send an email to the contacts listed.
3/19/09, 7PM | Revolutions Ladies Night - Team OutSPOKEn will have a table setup at the Clarendon location in order to raise awareness of MS and to recruit more team members. If you are interested in lending a hand for this event email Ryan Troll at ryan.troll@gmail.com
3/24 - 3/24 | Bearingpoint March Madness Basketball Tournament - Bearingpoint will be hosting an employee basketball tournament to raise money for our team. If you are interested in helping out with this event email Andrea Wagenbach at andrea.wagenbach@gmail.com.
Rider Spotlight
Meet Andrea Wagenbach - Andrea is a 3rd year veteran with Team OutSPOKEn and loves cycling! In fact Andrea participated in the AIDS ride a few years back and rode over 400 miles to raise money and awareness for an AIDS cure. Outside of riding Andrea can be found making life easier for her clients by solving complex organizational problems as a manager at Bearingpoint.Andrea has been a key part of team outspoken from the beginning and will serve as our Bearingpoint sponsor captain this season.
Meet Brian Foley - Brian is also a third year veteran with Team OutSPOKEn. Brian lives for the riding season! He's been known to participate in many riding adventures through the course of the year including Ragbrai a 7 day ride that cuts across Iowa. He too is an AIDS ride alumni. When Brian is not riding he's ensuring that the infrastructure of Fairfax County, including the roads and bridges, are safe and sound. Brian is a civil engineer for Fairfax County.Brian has been our fearless training leader for the past 2 years and will continue to serve as our training captain this season.
Welcome back...
Welcome back team outspoken! We are entering our third year as an organized friends and family team and this year’s experience is promising to be the best yet! With a new location and a reconfigured 2-day setup, there is a ride option for everyone.
I am going to publish a bi-weekly blog newsletter with all sort of information for everyone. In this newsletter blog you will find key highlights in this section, a section on training tips and advice, fundraising updates/ideas and a rider highlight section. That’s right I am going to highlight one or two riders in each newsletter. If anyone has some ideas, training tips, fundraising ideas or fun facts about themselves please send me an e-mail.
Training
Nice weather is right around the corner but that doesn’t mean you can’t start preparing now to get ready for the big day. Our organized team training rides won’t start until the end of March however if you plan to ride the 30, 60 or 100 mile options in June, your planning and training should start now! Each newsletter I will try to highlight an article or two on training. Check out this short article on training for a century ride.
Fundraising and Team Sponsors
OutSPOKEn is proud to have two very dedicated team sponsors back to support us for the 2009 ride. We have Bearingpoint, Inc who has been with us the whole way and a new sponsor, as of last year, Revolution Cycles. Keep on the lookout for sponsor-supported fundraising opportunities or events as the season progresses.
Rider Spotlight
Meet Ryan...I’m Ryan and I started team OutSPOKEn two years ago with some close friends. I am excited to be part of this team and look forward to the journey we all will take together as we prepare for the ride this year. Aside from Team OutSPOKEn, I spend a lot of time training and racing in triathlons, listening to house/electronica music, traveling and socializing around DC. Oh yeah and I work at AARP as a project manager to help fund these much more important activities. You can reach out to me anytime if you have questions about the ride, training or just want to chat! Each newsletter I am going to highlight 1-2 riders so we all can get a chance to learn about one another!
I am going to publish a bi-weekly blog newsletter with all sort of information for everyone. In this newsletter blog you will find key highlights in this section, a section on training tips and advice, fundraising updates/ideas and a rider highlight section. That’s right I am going to highlight one or two riders in each newsletter. If anyone has some ideas, training tips, fundraising ideas or fun facts about themselves please send me an e-mail.
Training
Nice weather is right around the corner but that doesn’t mean you can’t start preparing now to get ready for the big day. Our organized team training rides won’t start until the end of March however if you plan to ride the 30, 60 or 100 mile options in June, your planning and training should start now! Each newsletter I will try to highlight an article or two on training. Check out this short article on training for a century ride.
Fundraising and Team Sponsors
OutSPOKEn is proud to have two very dedicated team sponsors back to support us for the 2009 ride. We have Bearingpoint, Inc who has been with us the whole way and a new sponsor, as of last year, Revolution Cycles. Keep on the lookout for sponsor-supported fundraising opportunities or events as the season progresses.
Rider Spotlight
Meet Ryan...I’m Ryan and I started team OutSPOKEn two years ago with some close friends. I am excited to be part of this team and look forward to the journey we all will take together as we prepare for the ride this year. Aside from Team OutSPOKEn, I spend a lot of time training and racing in triathlons, listening to house/electronica music, traveling and socializing around DC. Oh yeah and I work at AARP as a project manager to help fund these much more important activities. You can reach out to me anytime if you have questions about the ride, training or just want to chat! Each newsletter I am going to highlight 1-2 riders so we all can get a chance to learn about one another!
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