2012 Bayou Adventure Race
WEATHER DELAY: RACE IS NOW ON SUNDAY
Located in Terry Hershey Park
Date: SUNDAY, February 19th, 2012
TIME: 9:00 AM
The 2012 Bayou Adventure Race will consist of three legs. The first leg will be a 5K run along Langham creek north of Interstate 10 and up onto the scenic hills of the Addicks Reservoir. As runners return back to Terry Hershey Park they will quickly grab their boats and paddle down the Buffalo Bayou for 3K until they reach the Dairy Ashford takeout. After carrying their boats up to the transition area, competitors will switch to their mountain bikes and race for 10K to 15k around the dirt trails of Terry Hershey Park and return to where it all began to declare a winner. …

2012 Race Schedule Now Posted
Alkek Velodrome – Houston
Spring Race Mini-Series: April 6,13,27 May 4,18,25
Summer Race Mini-Series: June 1, 8, 29 July 6, 20, 27
Fall Race Mini-Series: Aug 31 Sept 7, 14, 21, 28 Oct 5

I hope the party is not premature.

End of Winter Party
Lone Star Cyclists
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012 – 6:30pm
Come celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring riding season.
Where: Mercado Juarez I-20 and (just east of) Matlock
When: Saturday, February 25th 6:30 p.m.
RSVP to DeniseS92@att.net
Bring your 2011 mileage calculations.
There will be prizes and awards!

University Oaks (A Greek Tragedy)
[Matt DeMartino]            www.ghisallofoundation.org
I’ve successfully surpassed the number of races I competed in all last year these past 4 weeks. That being said, I’ve compounded about 3 years of bad luck into 7 races, where either mechanical or optical failure has prevented me from feeling like I was actually able to play all my cards well, rather than wing it blind when the chips are down (sometimes, quite literally).

Sunday’s first University Oaks Crit was freezing, which is something you can’t say with accuracy in Texas all too often. Low 30’s in the morning, with a real feel in the mid 20’s. A cyclocross friend of mine from Pennsylvania once told me he would sometimes wear surgical gloves beneath his winter gloves for an added layer of insulation and water proofing during the wet, frigid ‘cross season out in the North East. With two pairs of surgical gloves (which ended up not helping at all) in my race bag, …

MARCH 2012 WCC MEETING
by Alan Charley            The Woodlands Cycling Club
Please join us for our March 2012 Membership Meeting.
All levels of riders, beginners to racers, are welcome
The WCC promotes and teaches bicycle safety, and encourages bicycling for health, sport, recreation, and transportation.
Please join us for our March 2012 Meeting
When & Where: Monday March 2nd 2012 at Rico’s Grill, 314 Sawdust Road, at 7:00pm.
Speaker: Adrienne Langelier Sports Psychologist