Kern Wheelmen Time Trials Are Back!

That’s right, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Kern Wheelmen Time Trials are back and better than ever!  Watch out for loose cattle (of the four legged type) on your way up First Lookout on Breckenridge!

Registration opens at 7:00am and closes at 7:55am. The first rider will leave at around 8:00am, with remaining riders leaving in 60-second intervals.

Registration Fee: $10

New location is Comanche & Breckenridge Rd. Start form Comanche Rd to the first look-out on Breckenridge Rd.

There will be Port-a-potties available.

The course WILL NOT be closed to traffic. Use caution when passing slower riders, and watch for on coming traffic and other hazards on the path. The course distance is 5.5 miles, with 1245 ft elevation gain. See profile here.

Event Promoter: Bryan Day Tel (661) 343-0206 e-mail bday@bak.rr.com

This should prove to be a very challenging course! Bring your guts, go for glory.

Bakersfield Track Club Summer Series - Overall Results!

Available Here: http://www.bakersfieldtrackclub.com/summerseries.htm

Congrats to all participants;  looks like everyone did a lot of running this summer!

Howlin’ at the Moon - 2k, 5k and 10k

The 6th Annual Howlin’ at the Moon Fun Run is coming up on the 28th of July. Register before the 25th to get a 20% discount!

All proceeds benefit the Bakersfield Police Department’s K9 Unit, be there!

District Championships Road Race

The District Championships Road Race is coming up on June 10th. Head to your local Bike Shop for the flyer!

Since there are only 50 open spots, get yours reserved yesterday!

Summer Series 5k Races Coming Up

The Bakersfield Track Club Summer Series of 5k Races is starting in June. This looks to be a great event for racing over the summer.

Sandbaggers beware!

Tuesday and Thursday Rides Now In the AM

Beginning next week on Tuesday, May 8th at 6:00 AM the group morning rides will officially begin. The AM rides begin at Beach Park and go up and around the front side of Round Mountain on Tuesday’s and up and around the back side on Thursdays. Those of you who can’t get your schedules changed may still do a couple of noon rides until you get your schedules switched over. Many riders are already doing AM rides. See you next Tuesday Morning @ 6:00 AM at Beach Park.

May is Bike Month!

May 17th is National Ride your Bike to Work Day and the week of May 14-18 is National Ride Your Bike to Work week. Here’s hoping there’s no rain.

Bike Month in Bakersfield will be topped off by the Downtown Bakersfield Criterium. Check out BikeBakersfield.Org for more info.

This month also marks a change in Saturday AM rides. The group will begin leaving Beach Park at 6:30 AM (no longer 7:00am) and Tuesday / Thursday noon rides will soon be changing to AM rides (I will post when it happens).

Saturday Morning Rides for May (6:30am from Beach Park)
• 5/5/2007: Beach Park/”Y”/Woody/Glenville/beyond or home
• 5/12/2007: Beach Park/Circle K @ Fairfax/Breckenridge/beyond or home
• 5/19/2007: Beach Park/Circle K @ Fairfax/Bena Rd./Caliente/Lion’s Trail/ beyond or home
• 5/26/2007: Beach Park/Circle K @ Fairfax/Arvin/White Wolf/beyond or home

Celebrate CSUB 5k Recap

This was a great little run put on by the PEAK department at Cal State University, Bakersfield. Cost of admission was a canned food (at least 1) and it got you a shirt, a 5k run through the ever improving and growing CSUB campus, and a great pancake breakfast with pancakes, sausage and fresh fruit.

I’ll definitely return next year. If you were at either the King of the Hills event or the Kern Valley Festival Run please e-mail me results and/or a little blurb.

Yours in fitness,

Mark

May 2007 - Events Added

Along with the Bakersfield Triathlon, I have added in three new events.

• May 2: Bike Bakersfield will be having a Full Moon Ride. More details to come.
• May 16: The Ride of Silence to honor cyclists who have been injured or killed by motorists.
• May 17: The Downtown Bakersfield Criterium will take place. Should be a great little event!

Changes and Additions

I have decided to make this posts page be the front page. The events page (old home) is now located Here (or click on the Events tab above). This new front page contains updates, news, writeups of events (I accept submissions via e-mail which will be properly credited, etc.)

The gallery is ready for pictures! I would like for anyone to please send me pictures that they would like to be posted. You can send them to me via e-mail as zipped attachments or through regular mail burned onto CD’s. Please include information on the event itself (event name and date should be enough, you can also include personal information if you would like). We can even setup a time that I could pick up pictures from you at, say, a secret meeting place to be determined.

Also, please send any comments, feedback, money (or pizza!), bike parts, etc. to me:

Mark Soho
5001 Hunter Ave #10 9809 Battersea Park Dr
Bakersfield, CA 93309 93312
661 932-0593