2012 SECCC Road Race Calendar
Get excited and mark your calendars! The 2012 Southeastern Collegiate Cycling Conference Road Race calendar has been posted at http://www.seccc.net/p/calendar.html. You can check back at their website periodically for updates to the flyers and the results. Team Florida Cycling is hosting the first race of the season and many other races are nearby!
| Dates | Hosting School |
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Feb 4-5
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University of Florida
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Feb 11-12
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Florida State
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Feb 25-26
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Georgia Southern
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Mar 3-4
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Cumberland University
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Mar 10-11
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Central Florida
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Mar 17-18
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Dalton State
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Mar 31-1
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Georgia
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Apr 14-15
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Clemson
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Apr 21-22
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Brevard (Conference)
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May 4-6
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Ogden (Nationals)
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Swamp Cross – Team Florida’s First Cyclocross Race – Is This weekend!
Team,
Our first ever cyclocross race, organized in conjunction with 352 Racing p/b Bikes and More, is this weekend, Saturday (12/3) and Sunday (12/4). Check out the flier below (or at http://www.usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2011-3401). Collegiate races start at 10AM on Saturday and 9AM on Sunday. Cyclocross specific bikes or mountain bikes can be used. If you don’t have either and would like to race, we have loaners – just contact me.
Cyclocross is by far the most fun you can have while riding a bike. If you are new to idea of racing or cyclocross please don’t hesitate, as cross race is more about having fun then anything else.
We are going to have music, the Grilled Cheese Wagon (mmm grilled cheese), Hoggetowne Ale Works, and other surprises. It really is a great time, so bring out your friends and family, come out and race, volunteer, spectate and eat grilled cheese.
We, the TF officers work hard to plan and promote the races for our own team, UF students, and the Gainesville cycling community.
If you have any questions or concerns please let me know,
Rick Buning
TF VP
Team Florida’s Super Coolest Mountain Bike Race October, 8th & 9th, 2011.
Check out the flier for Team Florida’s Super Coolest Mountain Bike Race, October 8th & 9th, 2011.
New to this year, a non-collegiate open category for all events and a redesigned 2-Cross course.
Also, if you are interested in volunteering please contact us.
Pre-register here!
Monday Skills Clinic and Other Road Rides This Week
Starting Monday, rides times are moved to 5pm.
Rides are at a mellow, “no-drop” pace and less than 2 hours long. Contact me or the ride leader if you’ve got any questions.
Monday (Labor Dave)
Skills clinic + knockdown with Dave Lavenhagen. This is a great way to familiarize yourself with close quarters riding in a fun and safe setting. We will practice bumping shoulders, etc.
Team dinner immediately following at Big Lou’s Pizza downtown, near the Hippodrome (map). Make sure to bring lights as it will probably be getting dark by the time we leave.
Leave together at 5pm from Turlington. No team ride Monday – instead, you get to ride through cones and play knockdown on a grass field!!
Ride Leader – David Lavenhagen
Wednesday
Cemetery route
http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=307007
5pm from Turlington
Ride Leader – Phillip Bailey <philbailey2003 AT gmail DOT com>
Friday
Lakeshore route (same as last Friday)
http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=305359
5pm from Turlington
Ride Leader – Derek Schanze
See you out there!
Walker
Vice President, Road
<wziewitz AT gmail DOT com>
Welcome and first official team rides this week
Team,
Hello, and welcome back to all of the returning members, and welcome
to Gainesville for all of the new faces. I will be your team coach
for this year’s adventure and look forward to a great season.
Hopefully almost everyone is up and running with the listserv by now.
As you have probably experienced already, this list gets plenty of
traffic. If you are new and want to send a message, feel free, just
remember to clearly state what the subject of your message is so folks
can quickly scan and filter for unwanted messages. This has worked
fine in the past and eliminated the need to censor frequent
questionable posts.
The most useful messages you will see will contain information about
three main topics: team meetings, team training, race coordination.
Expect them from the following senders.
-I will post the weekly team training.
-Derek will post any meeting information and presidential addresses.
-Dustin White will regularly post the meeting notes.
-and Travel coordinator Rick Bunning(MTB) will post race travel messages.
The best way to get involved with the team is to go to the weekly
meetings, and come on the team rides.
-Phil
Monday:
Rest: Off or 1 hr easy ride
Tuesday: Self organized or Hipp Ride
If you do come to the Hipp ride, try to participate in the rotation as
much as you are capable and comfortable with. If in doubt though,
don’t do the rotation.
Wednesday:
2 hrs moderate ride. No intervals
Thursday: Self organized or Hipp Ride
Short Hippodrome ride. Same as Tuesday
Friday
1.5 hrs easy
Saturday
2.5 hrs moderate w/ 3-4 sprints (20-30 sec.)
Sunday
3.5-4 hrs moderate w/ 20 minutes tempo rotation
MWF 6pm from Turlington Plaza
T,R 6pm from Hippodrome
Sat, Sun 8am from Turlington Plaza
First Meeting Tuesday!
Come Join Our Weekday Road Rides!!!
On Monday, August 29, we will begin the revitalization of the Team Florida weekday road rides. In the past the rides have been daily, however for now they will be every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6pm from Turlington Plaza (just across from Century Tower). The rides will be no drop and (in the beginning) between 1 and 2 hours. Each ride will be lead by a Team Florida A or B rider who will select a route in advance and be able to help with any mechanical (or other) problems that may arise. These rides will be a regular MWF occurrence (and if popular enough may be expanded to Tues/Thurs in the future), so even if you can’t make it out right away, the ride will still be there 
. Hope to see you there!!!
If you have any questions, send an email to dsschanze AT gmail DOT com
Come join us at the Recsports Extravaganza on August 25!
Welcome everyone to the start of the Fall 2011 semester at University of Florida! We hope you’ll come join us at the Recsports Extravaganza this Thursday, August 25 from 6 – 8 pm at Southwest Recreation Center. This is the perfect opportunity to learn more about our club or just come to socialize with us! We’ll have a couple of bikes on display and Dustin has agreed to sacrifice himself for the common good and ride the rollers for the duration of the event. (Not sure what rollers are? Come find out!) We’ll talk about some of the events that we have planned for this year and the kinds of weekly rides that we’ll be scheduling. It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner rider or if you are a more experienced – cyclists of all skill levels are welcome in our club. So come on out, visit us at our booth, and enjoy the event!
SECCCCC 2011 Mountain Bike Schedule
Hi Team,
The SECCC mountain bike race schedule was recently released, and we received a great date for our race.
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Aug 27-28
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ETSU
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STXC,DH,MX,XC
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Sep 3-4
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Florida State
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ITT,STXC,MX,XC
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Sep 10-11
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Georgia Tech
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ITT,STXC,DS,XC
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Oct 1-2
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Mars Hill
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STXC,DH,MX,XC
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Oct 8-9
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Florida
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ITT,STXC,DS,XC
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Oct 15-16
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Lees McRae (Conference)
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STXC,DH,DS,XC
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Oct 28-30
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Angel Fire, NM (Nationals)
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XC,STXC,DS,DH
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Sadly, MTB Collegiate nationals is no longer in West Virginia and is now at Angle Fire in New Mexico, but don’t get discouraged – it should be a great venue.
Please mark the Team Florida Race on your calendar even if you are not planning on racing as we will need a lot of help with volunteers during and prior to the race.
Also, as a reminder: the only requirement to race collegiate is to be a student at UF, and there are categories for all skill levels.
If you have any questions please let me know,
Rick Buning
TF MTB VP
2011-12 Cyclocross Schedule (including Florida’s first ever CX race!!!)
Hey Team,
Cyclocross
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Dates
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Hosting School | Events |
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Nov 5-6
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Florida State
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Sat/Sun CX
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Nov 12-13
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King College
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Sat/Sun CX
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Dec 3
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Mars Hill
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Sat CX
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Dec 3-4
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Florida
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Sat/Sun CX
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Dec 10
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LMC (Conference)
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Sat CX
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Jan 4-8
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Madison (Nationals)
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Sun CX
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