Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Vic scores World title #11

As was previously posted Vic earned a 10th UCI masters world championship in the 500m time trial. By the end of the week he earned a 3rd in the 2km pursuit, a 2nd in the scratch, a 6th in the points, a 10th in the team sprint and his 11th UCI masters world championship in the match sprints (including the fastest qualifying 200 meter time). When you consider that all of these great results came against one of the most competitive and decorated masters athletes in the world in Australian Keith Oliver makes Vic's accomplishments even more special. Congrats Vic!

Also, Vic is currently flashing across the USA Cycling website. Check out: http://www.usacycling.org/

Larry

Monday, October 22, 2007

Tour of Marin

All of us who went to the Tour of Marin on Sunday had a great time. Davis Phinny and Levi were there. The group of riders was enormous. Here are some pictures from the ride.




Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Mick scores silver at Masters Track World's

Sydney, Australia... Mick sent this e-mail to the team (top 4 in the morning session move into Gold or Bronze rides at night so Mick was racing for the Gold medal)

3rd fastest master (all age groups) doing 3,000 meters; fastest American; personal record. Adds up to 2nd place in 45-49 age group, after Hilton McMurdo of Australia, who set the fastest time of the day for any age group by about 5 seconds with a 3:27!). Exceeded my own expectations for performance, but the hunt for the rainbow jersey continues (next year).

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Vic wins his 10th Masters World Championship!

Sydney, Australia

Male - 65 to 69 500m Time Trial Final
1 Victor Copeland (USA) 0.37.03 (48.6 km/h)
2 Keith Oliver (Aus) 0.37.30
3 Brian Dew (Aus) 0.38.23
4 Martin Peeters (Aus) 0.38.24
5 John Lewis (Aus) 0.40.19
6 Ron Grant (Aus) 0.41.32
7 Guido Lupo (Ita) 0.41.55
8 Colin Rossiter (Aus) 0.41.92
9 Rod Wagner (Aus) 0.43.23
10 Barry Roberts (Aus) 0.44.88

This is the first event of the week... congratulations Vic!

and good luck to Mick and Vic! Lar

back in the day...

My daughter Aubrey works part-time at Happy Fish swim school when she's not in school herself (a senior @ UC Santa Cruz... go Banana Slugs!) so she came home this past weekend for the Happy Fish run for education. Aubrey and my wife Debbie did the 5km last year and had fun so I thought I'd give it a go this year. I started running two weeks ago because I want to try this duathlon in November. As a former runner during the "running boom" this should be easy. Basically, it was easy (avg. HR 105% of AT for 19:40) and it was rewarding (6th overall, 2nd master) but I am SO SORE!

Aubrey placed 2nd in her age group (19-29), Deb took her 3rd win in a row (50+) and we won the grand prize raffle... $500 at Sports Basement! Yippee! Lar

Friday, October 12, 2007

great news for juniors!

from www.cyclingnews.com

UCI Juniors Nations Cup

One year after introducing the successful UCI Under-23 Nations Cup, the UCI is launching the same system for Junior riders.

The UCI Juniors Nations Cup will kick off in the 2008 season. It will provide a new qualification system for the UCI Juniors Road World Championships. As with the Under-23 Nations Cup, the new system will be based on the ranking by nation on the Nations Cup circuit.

The UCI announced on its web site, www.uci.ch, that the Nations Cup will encourage the participation of national teams and guarantee a more equitable qualification system. The aim is to show up the true strength of each nation, without putting undue pressure on individual riders. Riders will not be able to ride more than five races on the Juniors Nations Cup calendar, excluding World Championship events. The individual ranking for Juniors will no longer exist with the beginning of the 2008 season.

The UCI Juniors Nations Cup will be open to national and mixed teams of six riders, of whom at least four must participate. In 2008 it will be made up of seven events, plus the UCI Juniors World Championships, in three continents.
The UCI Management Committee will determine the selection system each year. However for the transition year, the 2008 qualification system will be established according to the 2007 UCI ranking by nation.

The 2008 UCI Juniors Nations Cup calendar will be comprised of Paris – Roubaix Juniors, France, April 13; Course de la Paix Junior, Czech Republic, May 7–11; Trofeo Karlsberg, Germany, May 22-25; GP Général Patton, Luxembourg, July 12-13; UCI Juniors Road World Championships, South Africa, July 17-20; Nations Cup Abitibi, Canada, July 31 – August 3; Giro Ciclistico della Lunigiana, Italy, September 4-9 and Kroz Istru / Tour d'Istrie, Croatia, September 19-21.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Welcome to Katoomba!!


Nice place they've got here! Down in Australia for Masters Track Worlds, I'm staying in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney doing my race prep, which involves riding, sleeping, riding again, eating, and sleeping. Not a quarter kilometer of flat roads here for easy rides. Met some local guys yesterday for the most extensive sprint session I've ever done, probably 10 hard hill sprints in an hour. Don't tell Harvey.

Monday, October 8, 2007

Talk about Bicycle Racing! Clinic in Los Altos

It’s not too early to think about the 2008 USA Cycling Racing Season
Talk about bicycle racing!
At the Bicycle Outfitter, 963 Fremont Avenue, Los Altos
Just off Foothill Expressway, 2 miles off 280


Thursday’s October 25, November 1 and 8
Bicycle Outfitter open until 7:00pm
Talks start at 7:15pm
Lights off no later than 9:00pm


Presented by the:
AMD-Discovery Channel Juniors and Masters Cycling Team

Larry Nolan (10/25) - USA Cycling Level 2 coach, seven time UCI Track World Champion, Early Bird Criterium Training Series co-lead

Kevin Metcalfe (11/1) - 2007 NCNCA Masters Road Race and Time Trial Champion

Dylan Casey (11/8) - 2000 Olympian, Pan Am Games Gold Medalist, USA Time Trial National Champion (road and track)

Our Junior Teammates will be there too!

Gory details:
- In January 2008 the 5-week Early Bird Criterium Training Series will be back for its 21st year. All sorts of new riders come out to get their first taste of bicycle racing. Instead of standing in the chilly January weather listening to experienced riders that want to help you, we’re taking it indoors.
- You’re thinking about racing or have been racing and want to improve, then this 3-week series of talks is for you. Send your learning curve into the fast lane!
- Special door prizes for those that attend all three weeks
- Invite a friend, co-worker or loved one.
- Limited seats- pre-registration required 650.948.8092
- Questions? Contact the Bicycle Outfitter, Dave Prion- daveprion123@earthlink.net or, Larry Nolan, AMD-Discovery Channel Juniors and Masters – teamnolan@hotmail.com

Friday, October 5, 2007

Elite Track Nationals, Day 2

or, "How Not to Ride Pursuit, Lesson 14"

1. Get really amped up during the interminable wait for your start.
--Also, be cranky and obnoxious, if at all possible. Coffee helps.
2. While amped up, ride the first kilo 2.5 seconds faster than last time.
3. Scream "I am superman", thinking you are on a winning pace.
4. Realize that bar of kryptonite is hiding in your skinsuit.
5. Drool on aero bars.
6. Ride your noodle-legs the last 3 kilos at a painfully slow pace.
7. Blame your coach and mechanic for your own error in judgment.

Try it. It worked for me! 13th place out of 41.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Elite Track Nationals, Day 1

Team Pursuit for Mick, with Tom Fahey, Brian Peterson & Roger Rilling. We have spent months practicing for this, including a weekend with Roger Young at the LA Velodrome. Today was the real thing, and we exceeded our own expectations, with a 5th place finish in 4:37 (which would have gotten us 3rd place last year, by the way). Our technique was pretty outstanding, until we made a final kilometer bobble. Brian pulled off a heroic effort to pull us back together, and Roger drilled it for the last 1 1/2 laps to bring it home. Fortunately the podium went five deep!

Individual pursuit tomorrow.