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Joe Zauner

2002-10-15

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Greetings Northwest cyclists,

As you may have already heard, Northwest Race Report.com, in conjunction

with the Bicycle Paper, will publish A Northwest Guide to Bicycle Racing

(NWGBR) slated for release in early February. If we do our jobs right, this

free handbook will be invaluable to any bicycle racer plying the Northwest

circuit.

The NWGBR will include an extensive 2003 calendar of road, track, cyclocross

and mountain bike races on the Northwest circuit. It will also include

course profiles of selected races, race history and cross-references to a

listing of athlete bios in the region where the race is slated. We will also

give tips on how approach the race tactically whether you want to win, place

or just finish.

The aim of the publication is to aid traveling athletes who are racing new

events against competitors for the first time. For example, a rider in

Oregon vacationing in British Columbia and racing the Gary Lund Classic

without any previous experience on the course or racing against British

Columbia riders, will have some knowledge on which to base his racing

decisions.

For this publication to be successful, we will need your help.

If you are a race director, do this:

1) Compile a course profile; more detailed the better ?elevation gains and

where the climbs are located relative to the start and finish of the race;

indications of where rough pavement starts, etc.).

2) Summarize a brief history of the event (how the Pro 1-2, Women, CAT 3-4

and Masters races were won ? one sentence per category; how long the race

been in existence and the prize money offered the previous year).

3) Include any tips for winning, placing and surviving the race. Again, keep

this brief.

4) Good hotels or places to eat or pick up supplies.

5) Send this in a Word.doc to jo-@nwracereport.com Put in the subject

heading RACE PROFILE FOR: (your event name); send it before January 1, 2003.

Not all events will be profiled.

If you are a racer and have won a race in the Northwest (regardless of

category), or finished in the top-five on five occasions, or finished in the

top 10 on 10 occasions do this:

1) State your name, OBRA/WSBA/BCC/USCF category for 2003, the number of race

wins/placings along with the name of the event(s) and dates.

2) State your height, weight and racing age for the 2003 season.

3) State the team you will race for in 2003.

4) Include a mug shot if possible.

5) Email to jo-@nwracereport.com before Jan. 1, 2003

Thanks for the help.

Joe Zauner

Editor-and-chief

Northwest Race Report.com

http://nwracereport.com/

(206) 362-2690

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Greetings Northwest cyclists, 

 

As you may have already heard, Northwest Race Report.com, in conjunction with the Bicycle Paper, will publish A Northwest Guide to Bicycle Racing (NWGBR) slated for release in early February. If we do our jobs right, this free handbook will be invaluable to any bicycle racer plying the Northwest circuit. 

 

 

 

The NWGBR will include an extensive 2003 calendar of road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike races on the Northwest circuit. It will also include course profiles of selected races, race history and cross-references to a listing of athlete bios in the region where the race is slated. We will also give tips on how approach the race tactically whether you want to win, place or just finish. 

 

 

 

The aim of the publication is to aid traveling athletes who are racing new events against competitors for the first time. For example, a rider in Oregon vacationing in British Columbia and racing the Gary Lund Classic without any previous experience on the course or racing against British Columbia riders, will have some knowledge on which to base his racing decisions. 

 

 

 

For this publication to be successful, we will need your help. 

 

 

If you are a race director, do this: 

 

1) Compile a course profile; more detailed the better ?elevation gains and where the climbs are located relative to the start and finish of the race; indications of where rough pavement starts, etc.). 

2) Summarize a brief history of the event (how the Pro 1-2, Women, CAT 3-4 and Masters races were won ? one sentence per category; how long the race been in existence and the prize money offered the previous year). 

3) Include any tips for winning, placing and surviving the race. Again, keep this brief. 

4) Good hotels or places to eat or pick up supplies. 

5) Send this in a Word.doc to jo-@nwracereport.com Put in the subject heading RACE PROFILE FOR: (your event name); send it before January 1, 2003. Not all events will be profiled. 

 

 

If you are a racer and have won a race in the Northwest (regardless of category), or finished in the top-five on five occasions, or finished in the top 10 on 10 occasions do this: 

 

1) State your name, OBRA/WSBA/BCC/USCF category for 2003, the number of race wins/placings along with the name of the event(s) and dates. 

2) State your height, weight and racing age for the 2003 season. 

3) State the team you will race for in 2003. 

4) Include a mug shot if possible. 

5) Email to jo-@nwracereport.com before Jan. 1, 2003 

 

 

Thanks for the help. 

 

Joe Zauner 

Editor-and-chief 

Northwest Race Report.com 

http://nwracereport.com/ 

(206) 362-2690 

 

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Joe Zauner

2002-10-15

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Greetings Northwest cyclists,

As you may have already heard, Northwest Race Report.com, in conjunction

with the Bicycle Paper, will publish A Northwest Guide to Bicycle Racing

(NWGBR) slated for release in early February. If we do our jobs right, this

free handbook will be invaluable to any bicycle racer plying the Northwest

circuit.

The NWGBR will include an extensive 2003 calendar of road, track, cyclocross

and mountain bike races on the Northwest circuit. It will also include

course profiles of selected races, race history and cross-references to a

listing of athlete bios in the region where the race is slated. We will also

give tips on how approach the race tactically whether you want to win, place

or just finish.

The aim of the publication is to aid traveling athletes who are racing new

events against competitors for the first time. For example, a rider in

Oregon vacationing in British Columbia and racing the Gary Lund Classic

without any previous experience on the course or racing against British

Columbia riders, will have some knowledge on which to base his racing

decisions.

For this publication to be successful, we will need your help.

If you are a race director, do this:

1) Compile a course profile; more detailed the better ?elevation gains and

where the climbs are located relative to the start and finish of the race;

indications of where rough pavement starts, etc.).

2) Summarize a brief history of the event (how the Pro 1-2, Women, CAT 3-4

and Masters races were won ? one sentence per category; how long the race

been in existence and the prize money offered the previous year).

3) Include any tips for winning, placing and surviving the race. Again, keep

this brief.

4) Good hotels or places to eat or pick up supplies.

5) Send this in a Word.doc to jo-@nwracereport.com Put in the subject

heading RACE PROFILE FOR: (your event name); send it before January 1, 2003.

Not all events will be profiled.

If you are a racer and have won a race in the Northwest (regardless of

category), or finished in the top-five on five occasions, or finished in the

top 10 on 10 occasions do this:

1) State your name, OBRA/WSBA/BCC/USCF category for 2003, the number of race

wins/placings along with the name of the event(s) and dates.

2) State your height, weight and racing age for the 2003 season.

3) State the team you will race for in 2003.

4) Include a mug shot if possible.

5) Email to jo-@nwracereport.com before Jan. 1, 2003

Thanks for the help.

Joe Zauner

Editor-and-chief

Northwest Race Report.com

http://nwracereport.com/

(206) 362-2690

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Greetings Northwest cyclists, 

 

As you may have already heard, Northwest Race Report.com, in conjunction with the Bicycle Paper, will publish A Northwest Guide to Bicycle Racing (NWGBR) slated for release in early February. If we do our jobs right, this free handbook will be invaluable to any bicycle racer plying the Northwest circuit. 

 

 

 

The NWGBR will include an extensive 2003 calendar of road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike races on the Northwest circuit. It will also include course profiles of selected races, race history and cross-references to a listing of athlete bios in the region where the race is slated. We will also give tips on how approach the race tactically whether you want to win, place or just finish. 

 

 

 

The aim of the publication is to aid traveling athletes who are racing new events against competitors for the first time. For example, a rider in Oregon vacationing in British Columbia and racing the Gary Lund Classic without any previous experience on the course or racing against British Columbia riders, will have some knowledge on which to base his racing decisions. 

 

 

 

For this publication to be successful, we will need your help. 

 

 

If you are a race director, do this: 

 

1) Compile a course profile; more detailed the better ?elevation gains and where the climbs are located relative to the start and finish of the race; indications of where rough pavement starts, etc.). 

2) Summarize a brief history of the event (how the Pro 1-2, Women, CAT 3-4 and Masters races were won ? one sentence per category; how long the race been in existence and the prize money offered the previous year). 

3) Include any tips for winning, placing and surviving the race. Again, keep this brief. 

4) Good hotels or places to eat or pick up supplies. 

5) Send this in a Word.doc to jo-@nwracereport.com Put in the subject heading RACE PROFILE FOR: (your event name); send it before January 1, 2003. Not all events will be profiled. 

 

 

If you are a racer and have won a race in the Northwest (regardless of category), or finished in the top-five on five occasions, or finished in the top 10 on 10 occasions do this: 

 

1) State your name, OBRA/WSBA/BCC/USCF category for 2003, the number of race wins/placings along with the name of the event(s) and dates. 

2) State your height, weight and racing age for the 2003 season. 

3) State the team you will race for in 2003. 

4) Include a mug shot if possible. 

5) Email to jo-@nwracereport.com before Jan. 1, 2003 

 

 

Thanks for the help. 

 

Joe Zauner 

Editor-and-chief 

Northwest Race Report.com 

http://nwracereport.com/ 

(206) 362-2690 

 

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Joe Zauner

2002-07-22

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Greetings Northwest Cyclists:

Headlines galore as Northwest athletes win a U-23 national championship in

Tennessee and stack the podium at a World Cup junior stage race in Quebec.

Plus, Oregon promoters throw the richest and quite possible the best

Velodrome event in North America while Canada's top mountain bikers bow out

of their own national championship as BC athletes win almost every category.

Go to Northwest Race Report (http://nwracereport.com/news/news.htm) for all

the details.

Top Headlines:

1) Armondo?s rider and Clarkston, Wash., native Alison Beall won the U-23

time trail Thursday in Nashville, Tenn. NWRR should have an interview with

her in the bag this morning. Go to http://nwracereport.com/news/news.htm for

full story.

2) Leavenworth, Wash., and Broadmark/Elitebicycle.com rider Tyler Farrar

likely won the Tour de L?Abitibi in Quebec on Sunday. He was leading g.c.,

by 16 seconds going into the final criterium stage. In third place was

Olympia, Wash., rider Craig Wilcox, a member of the Saturn Development team

and a regular on the Northwest circuit this season. We'll have more on this

story today. For more go to http://nwracereport.com/news/farrar_labitibi.htm

3) Idaho rider Heather Albert finished fourth at the Elite women's road race

in Nashville, Tenn. She said she felt like the strongest athlete there, but

no one would work with her. Go to

http://nwracereport.com/news/albert_nats02.htm for more details.

4) The Portland AVC wrapped up Sunday with four new track records in the

books and a major upset in the men's Keirin. Go to

http://nwracereport.com/index.htm for details.

5) British Columbia riders Geoff Kabush and Alison Sydor won Canadian

national mountain bike crowns Sunday in Kamloops, B.C., but the top male

riders, including world champion Rolland Greene, raced only 100 meters and

quit. Go to

http://nwracereport.com/race_coverage/race_coverage_mt_bike/canada_mtb02.htm

for details.

5) Prime Alliance pro Russell Stevenson won the Skagit Flats road race,

defeating Seattle Super Squadra's 43-year-old stalwart Steven Higgins. Go to

http://nwracereport.com/race_coverage/race_coverage_road/skagit_rr02.htm for

more details.

Later today and tomorrow: A wrap up on British Columbia's Super Week and an

interview with Team Oregon super junior Luke Pennington. At 16, is one of

the youngest riders to finish the Cascade Classic.

This week: David Auker's Q&A with OBRA's Candi and Mike Murray OR the

Roadside Prophets feature, which asks the question: Is it possible to race

successfully while holding down a full-time job? Some say yes.

And just a reminder to those camped out on the couch. The weather is perfect

for bicycle racing and, as coach Steve Higgins says, "You've got to finish a

season... a whole season."

I'll see you at the races,

Joe Zauner

Northwest Race Report.com

http://nwracereport.com/index.html

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Greetings Northwest Cyclists: 

 

Headlines galore as Northwest athletes win a U-23 national championship in Tennessee and stack the podium at a World Cup junior stage race in Quebec. Plus, Oregon promoters throw the richest and quite possible the best Velodrome event in North America while Canada's top mountain bikers bow out of their own national championship as BC athletes win almost every category. 

 

Go to Northwest Race Report (http://nwracereport.com/news/news.htm) for all the details. 

 

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1) Armondo?s rider and Clarkston, Wash., native Alison Beall won the U-23 time trail Thursday in Nashville, Tenn. NWRR should have an interview with her in the bag this morning. Go to http://nwracereport.com/news/news.htm for full story. 

 

2) Leavenworth, Wash., and Broadmark/Elitebicycle.com rider Tyler Farrar likely won the Tour de L?Abitibi in Quebec on Sunday. He was leading g.c., by 16 seconds going into the final criterium stage. In third place was Olympia, Wash., rider Craig Wilcox, a member of the Saturn Development team and a regular on the Northwest circuit this season. We'll have more on this story today. For more go to http://nwracereport.com/news/farrar_labitibi.htm 

 

3) Idaho rider Heather Albert finished fourth at the Elite women's road race in Nashville, Tenn. She said she felt like the strongest athlete there, but no one would work with her. Go to http://nwracereport.com/news/albert_nats02.htm for more details. 

 

4) The Portland AVC wrapped up Sunday with four new track records in the books and a major upset in the men's Keirin. Go to http://nwracereport.com/index.htm for details. 

 

5) British Columbia riders Geoff Kabush and Alison Sydor won Canadian national mountain bike crowns Sunday in Kamloops, B.C., but the top male riders, including world champion Rolland Greene, raced only 100 meters and quit. Go to http://nwracereport.com/race_coverage/race_coverage_mt_bike/canada_mtb02.htm for details. 

 

5) Prime Alliance pro Russell Stevenson won the Skagit Flats road race, defeating Seattle Super Squadra's 43-year-old stalwart Steven Higgins. Go to http://nwracereport.com/race_coverage/race_coverage_road/skagit_rr02.htm for more details. 

 

Later today and tomorrow: A wrap up on British Columbia's Super Week and an interview with Team Oregon super junior Luke Pennington. At 16, is one of the youngest riders to finish the Cascade Classic. 

 

This week: David Auker's Q&A with OBRA's Candi and Mike Murray OR the Roadside Prophets feature, which asks the question: Is it possible to race successfully while holding down a full-time job? Some say yes. 

 

And just a reminder to those camped out on the couch. The weather is perfect for bicycle racing and, as coach Steve Higgins says, "You've got to finish a season... a whole season." 

 

I'll see you at the races, 

Joe Zauner 

Northwest Race Report.com 

http://nwracereport.com/index.html 

Editor-in-chief 

 

 

 

 

 



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2002-07-10

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Greetings Northwest Cyclists:

Headlines at Cascade: BC's Tuft second on g.c.; Tonkin, Ollerenshaw, Wicks,

Schmeer, Beall, Sebel and many more NW riders still in the hunt...

And... man-child Pennington survives first stage.

Check out 39-year-old Mick Walsh's diary for the inside-the-peloton (the Pro

1-2 peloton) account.

Northwest race report will have daily updates of Cascade until it concludes

on Sunday.

Go to: http://nwracereport.com/

Also, NWRR will be at the American Velodrome Challenge in Seattle this

Saturday and Sunday providing daily coverage of that event. We will also

have coverage of the Canadian National Mountain Bike championships this

weekend.

Thanks

Joe Zauner

Northwest Race Report.com

http://nwracereport.com/index.html

Editor-in-chief

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Greetings Northwest Cyclists: 

 

Headlines at Cascade: BC's Tuft second on g.c.; Tonkin, Ollerenshaw, Wicks, Schmeer, Beall, Sebel and many more NW riders still in the hunt... 

 

And... man-child Pennington survives first stage. 

 

Check out 39-year-old Mick Walsh's diary for the inside-the-peloton (the Pro 1-2 peloton) account. 

 

Northwest race report will have daily updates of Cascade until it concludes on Sunday. 

 

Go to: http://nwracereport.com/ 

 

 

Also, NWRR will be at the American Velodrome Challenge in Seattle this Saturday and Sunday providing daily coverage of that event. We will also have coverage of the Canadian National Mountain Bike championships this weekend. 

 

 

Thanks 

Joe Zauner 

Northwest Race Report.com 

http://nwracereport.com/index.html 

Editor-in-chief 

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Joe Zauner

2002-06-06

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Greetings Northwest Cyclists:

This week?s feature on Northwest Race Reports.com

(http://www.nwracereport.com/) is called The Straight Dope: cheating inside

the Northwest peloton. There does seem to be some doping going on, but

mostly foolish stuff that doesn?t enhance performance ? illegal none the

less.

Bad news to report. It looks like the Northwest has lost a great road race

venue. Leavenworth, Wash., will not host the Washington State road

championships, or any other race for that matter, in the foreseeable future.

According to race director Dave Douglas, who promotes about 85 percent of

the races in Washington, the denizens Plain, Wash., a small town through

which the race runs, has started a petition to stop future races from using

their roads.

Also, the principle of Leavenworth High School, where the start/finish was

staged, was peeved when he discovered athletes associated with the race

showering in the gym locker room and urinating behind the school in plain

view of children participating in weekend programs.

"It?s an unfortunate situation," Douglas said. "We?ve been there for five

years and I?ve never had a complaint. It was stupid, basically, for the

riders to go into the high school and take a shower and (urinate) on the

backside of the high school when there?s no line for the Honey Buckets."

There were also problems with congestion on the feed hill, where about 25

cars where parked and some 70 people were handing up feeds.

Douglas said he hasn?t been asked not to come back, but he doesn?t want to

go where he and his races are clearly not wanted.

Navigators stalwart Todd Littlehales is racing in Portland and finding the

competition in that neck of the woods to be pretty tough. Littlehales is

from Portland and is recuperating from illness and trying to regain his race

form before he hits the North American pro circuit.

Littlehales has reached the top spot on the podium more than once in

Portland, but he?s also seen his share of defeats, most coming from Bike &

Hike/Presto Velo rider Zac Houghton. Houghton leads the OBRA Criterium

rankings.

But Houghton has also been pushed by Nike Cycling/Logie Velo rider Rocky

Serna, who has nipped Houghton once and found himself in the runner-up

position numerous times.

Neither Houghton or Serna seem to race outside of Oregon, or even Portland,

for that matter. In fact, I?ve never met either rider, but I would be

interested to see how they stacked up against other Northwest sprinting

talent like Saturn of Bellevue?s Kenny Williams and Recycled Cycle strongman

Tyler Thompson, both from Seattle, or Mako Galaxy Bar rider Mark Legg, from

Missoula, Mont. One thing is for sure. It would make for some exciting

racing.

On the subject of Navigators? Navigators rider Ryan Guay, who raced the

Ecology Center Classic last weekend in Missoula, Mont., and calls that area

home, is racing this week at the First Union professional series on the East

coast. Keep an eye out for his name in the results, and also look for former

Broadmark/Elitebicycle.com riders Svein Tufts and Russell Stevenson (both

Northwest boys) as they race their first First Union races for Prime

Alliance. Should be interesting.

Also of interest to the mountain bikers, Northwest Race Reports.com will

start covering mountain bike racing. We?re not sure what race to start with,

so if you, the readers, have any suggestions, send me an email and state

what race and why. We?re looking for something in late June.

One last thing, Annette Hanson of Team Rubican crashed pretty hard on the

winding descent into Plain Valley at the Washington State road race and

broke several ribs. She?ll survive, but she?s pretty sore. My guess is

she?ll be up racing this weekend, despite the pain, so if you?re sprinting

against her, don?t hook her with an elbow to the ribs? and be sure to wish

her well. She?s really a very nice person.

Okay, that?s all I have. See you at the races.

Joe Zauner

Northwest Race Report.com

http://nwracereport.com/index.html

Publisher

Macro Sun Graphics

http://home.attbi.com/~bigsungraphics/

Owner

(206) 362-2690

12051 28th Ave. NE, #303

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Greetings Northwest Cyclists: 

 

 

This week?s feature on Northwest Race Reports.com (http://www.nwracereport.com/) is called The Straight Dope: cheating inside the Northwest peloton. There does seem to be some doping going on, but mostly foolish stuff that doesn?t enhance performance ? illegal none the less. 

 

 

Bad news to report. It looks like the Northwest has lost a great road race venue. Leavenworth, Wash., will not host the Washington State road championships, or any other race for that matter, in the foreseeable future. 

 

According to race director Dave Douglas, who promotes about 85 percent of the races in Washington, the denizens Plain, Wash., a small town through which the race runs, has started a petition to stop future races from using their roads. 

 

Also, the principle of Leavenworth High School, where the start/finish was staged, was peeved when he discovered athletes associated with the race showering in the gym locker room and urinating behind the school in plain view of children participating in weekend programs. 

 

"It?s an unfortunate situation," Douglas said. "We?ve been there for five years and I?ve never had a complaint. It was stupid, basically, for the riders to go into the high school and take a shower and (urinate) on the backside of the high school when there?s no line for the Honey Buckets." 

 

There were also problems with congestion on the feed hill, where about 25 cars where parked and some 70 people were handing up feeds. 

 

Douglas said he hasn?t been asked not to come back, but he doesn?t want to go where he and his races are clearly not wanted. 

 

 

 

Navigators stalwart Todd Littlehales is racing in Portland and finding the competition in that neck of the woods to be pretty tough. Littlehales is from Portland and is recuperating from illness and trying to regain his race form before he hits the North American pro circuit. 

 

Littlehales has reached the top spot on the podium more than once in Portland, but he?s also seen his share of defeats, most coming from Bike & Hike/Presto Velo rider Zac Houghton. Houghton leads the OBRA Criterium rankings. 

 

But Houghton has also been pushed by Nike Cycling/Logie Velo rider Rocky Serna, who has nipped Houghton once and found himself in the runner-up position numerous times. 

 

Neither Houghton or Serna seem to race outside of Oregon, or even Portland, for that matter. In fact, I?ve never met either rider, but I would be interested to see how they stacked up against other Northwest sprinting talent like Saturn of Bellevue?s Kenny Williams and Recycled Cycle strongman Tyler Thompson, both from Seattle, or Mako Galaxy Bar rider Mark Legg, from Missoula, Mont. One thing is for sure. It would make for some exciting racing. 

 

 

On the subject of Navigators? Navigators rider Ryan Guay, who raced the Ecology Center Classic last weekend in Missoula, Mont., and calls that area home, is racing this week at the First Union professional series on the East coast. Keep an eye out for his name in the results, and also look for former Broadmark/Elitebicycle.com riders Svein Tufts and Russell Stevenson (both Northwest boys) as they race their first First Union races for Prime Alliance. Should be interesting. 

 

 

 

Also of interest to the mountain bikers, Northwest Race Reports.com will start covering mountain bike racing. We?re not sure what race to start with, so if you, the readers, have any suggestions, send me an email and state what race and why. We?re looking for something in late June. 

 

One last thing, Annette Hanson of Team Rubican crashed pretty hard on the winding descent into Plain Valley at the Washington State road race and broke several ribs. She?ll survive, but she?s pretty sore. My guess is she?ll be up racing this weekend, despite the pain, so if you?re sprinting against her, don?t hook her with an elbow to the ribs? and be sure to wish her well. She?s really a very nice person. 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, that?s all I have. See you at the races. 

 

 

Joe Zauner 

Northwest Race Report.com 

http://nwracereport.com/index.html 

Publisher 

Macro Sun Graphics 

http://home.attbi.com/~bigsungraphics/ 

Owner 

(206) 362-2690 

12051 28th Ave. NE, #303 

Seattle WA, 98125 

 

 



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Greetings Northwest Cyclists:

What an amazing weekend of racing. Hats off to Tricia Lawrence and Co. for

organizing an awesome event. Well run, solid payouts, tough yet safe

courses, and fields that truly represented the best talent in the Northwest.

A few corrections to make. Please note that Oregon junior Marty Cahill, who

was racing in the CAT3 race, was NOT a DNF in the road race as reported, but

actually didn?t start the race due to injury.

Marty mentioned this to me, but in the course of covering 18 races this

weekend, it must have slipped my mind. Also, there was a reference that

might indicate that Marty is a criterium or stage-win specialist. But as

Marty pointed out via e-mail recently, he normally finishes near the top of

the standings, even in long, hard road races, and in fact, he gave me a list

of performance highlights to back up his claims.

On the topic of corrections, let me state that I do not compile results. I

only post them. So direct you ire at the officials. But before you do,

consider this: They have a tough job. If it?s a stage race, multiply by 10.

And most are volunteers.

If you find that your name has been misspelled in the results, likely it?s

your own fault. Make sure your handwriting is legible when you fill out

those entry forms. If you?re finishing behind the main field (or even if

you?re finishing in it) make sure the officials have your number marked down

as a finisher. This means actually going up to them and making sure. A few

people get DNFed because they roll over the line while the officials are

dealing with a multitude other minor catastrophes.

If you have any corrections to report concerning race coverage (stories or

photo captions on Northwest Race Reports.com) just fire me an e-mail and

I?ll usually get to it right away.

I?m going to let the Ron Schmeer feature run another couple of days. It?s

long but good, and recently we?ve picked up quite a few new BC readers who

maybe haven?t had the chance to read the entire story. Although, they likely

know who Ron Schmeer is, as he?s won some big races up that way, including

the White Rock Road Race in 1998.

Also, for all you young riders out there, take a look a Ron, chat with him?

He is the model of a champion, and best of all, from my perspective anyway,

a truly approachable and nice individual. Which goes to show that, just

because you are a good athlete, doesn?t mean you have to be a jerk too.

Northwest Race Reports.com will be at the Montana Ecology stage race this

Memorial Day weekend. I expect to see Saturn of Bellevue rider Ian Bettinger

in the mix up there. This guy was the real deal down in Southern California

a few years back and he seems to be finding his legs again, despite working

fulltime. In terms of snap, I?ll put him up against anybody on the road.

And, he?s a good climber too, so a rare combination there.

On the subject of Memorial Day, I?d like to tip my hat to all the vets,

particularly those of foreign wars and especially to my father, who, while

trying to avoid the Korean War ground conflict, volunteered for the Navy,

was trained as a medic and attached to the 1st Marine Corps Division. Since

he volunteered, he was required to serve two tours of combat duty on the

ground instead of one. A couple years back he showed me a tattered picture

of his pre-war graduating class of Navy medics. Of the 50 or so sailors in

that picture, about eight survived the war, so it sounds like that was some

pretty tough duty

Thank you vets, thanks Dad, thanks Ward (my Navy aviator brother) and thanks

to all the soldiers I served with as a journalist in the U.S. Army? and that

includes my lovely wife, Lisa. And let me add, because my Army editor and

Vietnam vet Larry Barnes always pointed out on Memorial Day, that Army

journalists suffered the highest casualty rate per capita in the Vietnam

War.

And? I?ll see you at the races.

Joe Zauner

Northwest Race Report.com

http://nwracereport.com/index.html

Editor-in-chief

Macro Sun Graphics

http://home.attbi.com/~bigsungraphics/

Owner

(206) 362-2690

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Greetings Northwest Cyclists: 

 

What an amazing weekend of racing. Hats off to Tricia Lawrence and Co. for organizing an awesome event. Well run, solid payouts, tough yet safe courses, and fields that truly represented the best talent in the Northwest. 

 

A few corrections to make. Please note that Oregon junior Marty Cahill, who was racing in the CAT3 race, was NOT a DNF in the road race as reported, but actually didn?t start the race due to injury. 

 

Marty mentioned this to me, but in the course of covering 18 races this weekend, it must have slipped my mind. Also, there was a reference that might indicate that Marty is a criterium or stage-win specialist. But as Marty pointed out via e-mail recently, he normally finishes near the top of the standings, even in long, hard road races, and in fact, he gave me a list of performance highlights to back up his claims. 

 

On the topic of corrections, let me state that I do not compile results. I only post them. So direct you ire at the officials. But before you do, consider this: They have a tough job. If it?s a stage race, multiply by 10. And most are volunteers. 

 

If you find that your name has been misspelled in the results, likely it?s your own fault. Make sure your handwriting is legible when you fill out those entry forms. If you?re finishing behind the main field (or even if you?re finishing in it) make sure the officials have your number marked down as a finisher. This means actually going up to them and making sure. A few people get DNFed because they roll over the line while the officials are dealing with a multitude other minor catastrophes. 

 

If you have any corrections to report concerning race coverage (stories or photo captions on Northwest Race Reports.com) just fire me an e-mail and I?ll usually get to it right away. 

 

I?m going to let the Ron Schmeer feature run another couple of days. It?s long but good, and recently we?ve picked up quite a few new BC readers who maybe haven?t had the chance to read the entire story. Although, they likely know who Ron Schmeer is, as he?s won some big races up that way, including the White Rock Road Race in 1998. 

 

Also, for all you young riders out there, take a look a Ron, chat with him? He is the model of a champion, and best of all, from my perspective anyway, a truly approachable and nice individual. Which goes to show that, just because you are a good athlete, doesn?t mean you have to be a jerk too. 

 

Northwest Race Reports.com will be at the Montana Ecology stage race this Memorial Day weekend. I expect to see Saturn of Bellevue rider Ian Bettinger in the mix up there. This guy was the real deal down in Southern California a few years back and he seems to be finding his legs again, despite working fulltime. In terms of snap, I?ll put him up against anybody on the road. And, he?s a good climber too, so a rare combination there. 

 

On the subject of Memorial Day, I?d like to tip my hat to all the vets, particularly those of foreign wars and especially to my father, who, while trying to avoid the Korean War ground conflict, volunteered for the Navy, was trained as a medic and attached to the 1st Marine Corps Division. Since he volunteered, he was required to serve two tours of combat duty on the ground instead of one. A couple years back he showed me a tattered picture of his pre-war graduating class of Navy medics. Of the 50 or so sailors in that picture, about eight survived the war, so it sounds like that was some pretty tough duty 

 

Thank you vets, thanks Dad, thanks Ward (my Navy aviator brother) and thanks to all the soldiers I served with as a journalist in the U.S. Army? and that includes my lovely wife, Lisa. And let me add, because my Army editor and Vietnam vet Larry Barnes always pointed out on Memorial Day, that Army journalists suffered the highest casualty rate per capita in the Vietnam War. 

 

 

And? I?ll see you at the races. 

 

 

Joe Zauner 

Northwest Race Report.com 

http://nwracereport.com/index.html 

Editor-in-chief 

Macro Sun Graphics 

http://home.attbi.com/~bigsungraphics/ 

Owner 

(206) 362-2690 

12051 28th Ave. NE, #303 

Seattle WA, 98125 

 

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2002-04-25

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Good morning Northwest cyclists,

Northwest Race Reports (http://nwracereport.com/index.html) is still getting

high rates of traffic (more than 1,200 unique users and more than 10, 000

page views on Monday) and we?re still a cheap and effective place to

advertise ? especially sale blitzes or individual sale items.

We have a new advertiser, BikeHub.com (http://www.bicyclinghub.com/), and I

encourage everyone to buy something from this company, if for no other

reason than to show your support for a company showing its support for

Northwest cycling.

Okay, after many cases of Milwaukee?s Best and a endless stream of curse

words, the redesign is finally over, which brings me back to the business of

producing editorial. As you probably know, every Thursday we publish a

feature story and this Thursday is no different.

Suzanne Stockman, the managing editor for Drugstore.com, is the

behind-the-scenes editor of Roadside Prophets, which will run for the next

three consecutive Thursdays here on Northwest Race Report. These stories are

well-organized and very interesting first-person responses to Stockman?s

questions posed to local athletes and experts.

For the first installment, she chatted with Lysle Wilhelmi, Erik Tonkin,

Glenn Bunelmeyer, Kenny Williams and Renee Duprel ? six racers who would be

inducted into the Northwest Cycling Hall of Fame, if there were one. We?re

running the Williams and Tonkin stories this morning and the rest follow

each Thursday here after.

The question Stockman asked was, "When did you discover your ?mojo? or

strength as a cyclist?" Oddly enough, Williams was once a couch potato,

which is hard for me to fathom, but according to Williams, this former

national champion could juggle a remote control, a can of Miller Highlife

and a bag of Doritos with best of them. How he got to where he is today is

the meat of the story, so I encourage you to take a look.

Also, we?ve got Northwest racing action from this weekend and I acknowledge

that the master racers got shortchanged in terms of coverage at

Tahuya-Seabeck-Tahuya and Volunteer Park. I?ve been getting a steady stream

of e-mails and I promise to make it up at the Tour of Walla Walla. Plus, I

just got a bunch of master photos from Ben Davenport, a very good sports

photographer who shot Volunteer Park and I?ll post those within the hour.

I?ve also been getting a stream of e-mails in reference to a second

installment of the McClung Files. Apparently there are many McClungphiles

to which I?ll promise a posting later today. And, since we're on the topic

of e-mails let me take this opportunity to say that that was not me flying

the helicopter at TST and, in fact, I had nothing to do with its appearance.

Let me also squelch the rumor that the helicopter flew directly behind the

winning break creating a tailwind (this happened to Francesco Moser once)

that pushed them to the line. No, it just seemed that way.

Lastly, Northwest Race Reports.com will be covering the Tour of Walla Walla,

which ends Sunday. Given the long drive home, Northwest Race Report will

not publish coverage of that event on Monday but will publish coverage on

Tuesday afternoon, so keep your eyes peeled for the good stuff then.

And, I?ll see you at the races

Joe Zauner

Northwest Race Report.com

http://nwracereport.com/index.html

Publisher

(206) 362-2690

12051 28th Ave. NE, #303

Seattle WA, 98125

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Good morning Northwest cyclists, 

 

 

Northwest Race Reports (http://nwracereport.com/index.html) is still getting high rates of traffic (more than 1,200 unique users and more than 10, 000 page views on Monday) and we?re still a cheap and effective place to advertise ? especially sale blitzes or individual sale items. 

 

We have a new advertiser, BikeHub.com (http://www.bicyclinghub.com/), and I encourage everyone to buy something from this company, if for no other reason than to show your support for a company showing its support for Northwest cycling. 

 

Okay, after many cases of Milwaukee?s Best and a endless stream of curse words, the redesign is finally over, which brings me back to the business of producing editorial. As you probably know, every Thursday we publish a feature story and this Thursday is no different. 

 

Suzanne Stockman, the managing editor for Drugstore.com, is the behind-the-scenes editor of Roadside Prophets, which will run for the next three consecutive Thursdays here on Northwest Race Report. These stories are well-organized and very interesting first-person responses to Stockman?s questions posed to local athletes and experts. 

 

For the first installment, she chatted with Lysle Wilhelmi, Erik Tonkin, Glenn Bunelmeyer, Kenny Williams and Renee Duprel ? six racers who would be inducted into the Northwest Cycling Hall of Fame, if there were one. We?re running the Williams and Tonkin stories this morning and the rest follow each Thursday here after. 

 

The question Stockman asked was, "When did you discover your ?mojo? or strength as a cyclist?" Oddly enough, Williams was once a couch potato, which is hard for me to fathom, but according to Williams, this former national champion could juggle a remote control, a can of Miller Highlife and a bag of Doritos with best of them. How he got to where he is today is the meat of the story, so I encourage you to take a look. 

 

Also, we?ve got Northwest racing action from this weekend and I acknowledge that the master racers got shortchanged in terms of coverage at Tahuya-Seabeck-Tahuya and Volunteer Park. I?ve been getting a steady stream of e-mails and I promise to make it up at the Tour of Walla Walla. Plus, I just got a bunch of master photos from Ben Davenport, a very good sports photographer who shot Volunteer Park and I?ll post those within the hour. 

 

I?ve also been getting a stream of e-mails in reference to a second installment of the McClung Files. Apparently there are many McClungphiles to which I?ll promise a posting later today. And, since we're on the topic of e-mails let me take this opportunity to say that that was not me flying the helicopter at TST and, in fact, I had nothing to do with its appearance. Let me also squelch the rumor that the helicopter flew directly behind the winning break creating a tailwind (this happened to Francesco Moser once) that pushed them to the line. No, it just seemed that way. 

 

 

Lastly, Northwest Race Reports.com will be covering the Tour of Walla Walla, which ends Sunday. Given the long drive home, Northwest Race Report will not publish coverage of that event on Monday but will publish coverage on Tuesday afternoon, so keep your eyes peeled for the good stuff then. 

 

 

And, I?ll see you at the races 

 

 

Joe Zauner 

Northwest Race Report.com 

http://nwracereport.com/index.html 

Publisher 

(206) 362-2690 

12051 28th Ave. NE, #303 

Seattle WA, 98125 

 

 



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2002-03-13

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Hello Oregon Riders,

My name is Joe Zauner and on behalf of myself and my partner, Jeff

Nachtigal, I'd like to invite you to our web site, Northwest Race Report.com

(www.nwracereport.com).

Northwest Race Report.com will have it's staff of reporters and

photographers at least one Northwest bicycling race every weekend. We

publish race reports, results and photos every Monday from events the

previous weekend with updates throughout the day. We also publish weekly

features and weekly columns on Thursdays. During the rest of the week we

post updates and the occasional column. This is not a static site.

This week's featured race for publication on Monday is the Banana Belt race

#3. Reports, photos and results will be posted Monday morning. This week's

feature article is on the Queen of Cyclocross, Ann Grande. We also have

coverage of the Mason Lake (Wash.) Road Race and columns by former Irish

national team member Mick Walsh and former U.S. national team member Richard

McClung.

If you are a race director, please contact us with reports, photos or just

results either by email or phone, (206) 362-2690. We'll post them.

We feel strongly that this site belongs to all the riders in the Northwest

and we are merely here to manage it

If you're interested in contributing, just send an email to

jo-@nwracereport.com or je-@nwracereport.com. We're looking for reporters,

columnists and photographers ? professional or otherwise.

If you have any story suggestions, ideas or suggestions in general, email

jo-@nwracereport.com or je-@nwracereport.com.

Thanks,

Joe Zauner

Northwest Race Report.com

http://nwracereport.com/index.html

Publisher

Macro Sun Graphics

Owner

(206) 362-2690

12051 28th Ave. NE, #303

Seattle WA, 98125

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Hello Oregon Riders, 

 

My name is Joe Zauner and on behalf of myself and my partner, Jeff Nachtigal, I'd like to invite you to our web site, Northwest Race Report.com (www.nwracereport.com). 

 

Northwest Race Report.com will have it's staff of reporters and photographers at least one Northwest bicycling race every weekend. We publish race reports, results and photos every Monday from events the previous weekend with updates throughout the day. We also publish weekly features and weekly columns on Thursdays. During the rest of the week we post updates and the occasional column. This is not a static site. 

 

This week's featured race for publication on Monday is the Banana Belt race #3. Reports, photos and results will be posted Monday morning. This week's feature article is on the Queen of Cyclocross, Ann Grande. We also have coverage of the Mason Lake (Wash.) Road Race and columns by former Irish national team member Mick Walsh and former U.S. national team member Richard McClung. 

 

If you are a race director, please contact us with reports, photos or just results either by email or phone, (206) 362-2690. We'll post them. 

 

We feel strongly that this site belongs to all the riders in the Northwest and we are merely here to manage it 

 

If you're interested in contributing, just send an email to jo-@nwracereport.com or je-@nwracereport.com. We're looking for reporters, columnists and photographers ? professional or otherwise. 

 

If you have any story suggestions, ideas or suggestions in general, email jo-@nwracereport.com or je-@nwracereport.com. 

 

 

Thanks, 

Joe Zauner 

Northwest Race Report.com 

http://nwracereport.com/index.html 

Publisher 

Macro Sun Graphics 

Owner 

(206) 362-2690 

12051 28th Ave. NE, #303 

Seattle WA, 98125 

http://home.attbi.com/~bigsungraphics/ 

 

 

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