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.
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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.
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