2008 Monthly Bike Time Trials – D/FW and Austin

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NEW ADDITIONAL LOCATION: JOE POOL LAKE DAM
RunFAR is now offering this timed work out in two locations. Starting in August 2008, RunFAR will offer this same timed workout for athletes in the D/FW area. The start and finish is near the entrance to the dam. The same procedures below apply to the Joe Pool Lake work out.

AUGUST:    Tuesdays, 12th and 26th
SEPTEMBER:    Tuesdays, 9th and 23rd
Approximately 8 mile Bike Time Trial
First cyclist starts at 6pm.  Riders may start at their discretion.  Registration begins at 5:30pm and closes just before 6:55pm.

AUSTIN – Chip rental is near the Veloway parking lot at 4848 La Crosse Ave, Austin, TX 78749.  The start line is open from 6pm – 7pm. Limited to the 1st 100 people or so who need a chip.

D/FW – Chip rental is near the entrance to the dam just inside the Lynn Creek Park lake entrance. The start line is open from 6pm – 7pm. The workout is limited to the 1st 100 people who need a chip.

This is a timed work out only.
website for the RunFAR Racing Time Trials

Texas Bicycling, Is It Too Dangerous?

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Bud Kennedy writes in The Fort Worth Star Telegram on Sunday, August 3, about the increased traffic in Parker County and the danger this could bring to the cyclists as they ride the scenic hills.

An excerpt:

“It’s a great place to ride for the beautiful scenery,” said Brent Baker, a college official and director of the Peach Pedal, the popular annual Parker County Peach Festival ride. “But it’s also getting more dangerous. The cars and trucks are coming fast.”

In a year when more Texans than ever are parking their Suburbans and buying bicycles for commuting or errands, more cyclists are jockeying with drivers for room on the road.

link to the full article at The Fort Worth Star Telegram

101 Degrees Ahead for the Biscuits & Gravy Rotary Ride for Hunger

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from gosanangelo.com (link to the full article)

BY SUN CHA , Special to the Standard-Times

It’s expected to reach 101 degrees, but Sunday’s temperature won’t deter bicycle enthusiasts from riding up to 100 miles to help fight hunger in the Concho Valley.

As of Friday morning, 30 people had registered for the annual Biscuits & Gravy Rotary Ride for Hunger, said Margaret Charlesworth, ride director. More will register today and Sunday morning before the race.

…”Everybody rides across the (O.C. Fisher) dam,” she said. “Isn’t that just a gorgeous sight? People from out of town just can’t believe the spectacular scenery that we’ve got here. … They get up to top of the hill and they see miles and miles of Texas. It’s just like the commercial.”

Jim Quinn: Promoter of the Texas Time Trial Championships

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from The Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook (link to the full story)

by Dale Robertson

…To say that Quinn fell hard for cycling is something of an understatement…

…For Quinn, a tax accountant by day, long leisurely rides eventually gave way to all-out racing. He wound up promoting the Texas Time Trial because: “I got tired of driving up to Dallas.” He found the course out of Pattison to be perfect because it’s mostly flat, so he submitted his proposal and won out.

This is the fifth time the state championships have been held there.