March is upon us and although the race season is already a few weeks old, it didn't take Portland Velo much time to continue with their winning ways. Jeff Otto picks up PV's first win of the 2010 season with a victory at the Sublimity Sublime Circuit Race in the Masters 40+ field, and was featured in an Oregon Cycling Action writeup. (Photo by Pat Malach from Oregon Cycling Action).
The very next day almost 20 PV racers went out and tested their legs in the first TT of the season at the Jack Frost Time Trial in Vancouver which is often considered a measuring stick for off season training. Ron Babcock and Ann Davidson picked up 3rd and 2nd in their respective categories, and Mitch Lee turned a smoking time for 4th place the day after racing at Sublimity. Congrats to all for their hard work, and a big shout out to one of our new Cat4 ladies, Alyssa Ledesma, who survived her very first road race at Cherry Pie despite a number of crashes in the field.
Due to unseasonably warm and dry weather, the team has been active on the weekends with those not racing continuing their hard training rides. The team scouted out Hagg lake for the upcoming "spring classic" Banana Belt series, and plan to head down to Amity in the upcoming weeks to preview the newly revamped Piece of Cake course. In between, we'll be present at the BB series, in addition to the new "Raven" TT series out of Newberg and the first MTB race of the season, Echo to Red. Good luck to all of our racers!
Team training rides will start to ramp up in intensity during the upcoming months, so please check the forums out in advance for info on the weekend’s ride.
On the sponsorship front, I expect the first 2010 Pactimo order should be arriving in the very near future, so be on the lookout for notice to come and pick up those new threads! (In late April or early May we'll set up a time on a Saturday for a team photo.) Team custom tents were ordered this month, and we should be receiving those in time for Piece of Cake. Those team members who ordered Corsa Concept wheels should expect those in the next few weeks as well!
See you next month!
-m