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

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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!

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Looking forward to riding with all of you!
Ryan