Tri-State Velo

 The four of us meet at the foot of the base of the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We are insignificant: merely four more humans in a crowd of well over 1700 other cyclists!

The past month has been an extremely hectic one for me. I have been hopping on and off airplanes every weekend for the past four weeks. Why am I subjecting myself to such "delicious" ( ahem) "USAirways Meal-in-a-box meals" and "Air-in-a-can" surroundings so often?

I discovered IronSport Gym (www.ironsport.com) back in 2003. I was looking for a serious place to strength train specifically addressing the muscles involved in cycling, and was trying to avoid joining one of those horrible chain gyms like Fitness Planet, etc.

 Dear TSV Members:

I looks like the weather will finally give us a break in the coming days and, hopefully, weeks.

In February of this year, i came to understand why Lance Armstrong coined the phrase "it's  not about the bike."
February of this year was not about the bike.

Mad respect is what I have for my homeland's mountains and valleys.
Well, mostly the respect was earned by it's incredibly steep
mountains, specifically the mountains of the small 'pueblo' of Cayey,
Puerto Rico.

Thank you to everyone that supported the race. Special thanks to our amazing TSV volunteers who came out at 5:30 AM to make sure that registration ran smoothly and the course was safe for all.

 We hope to see you next year.

 Ron Ruggiero

Promoter, TSV

For information, click on the '[2009 Philadelphia Amateur Time Trial (PDF Flyer) ]' under Upcoming Events

Four of us met early at Falls Bridge yesterday to avoid the hassles of getting around the Philadelphia Distance Run. Annie, Andrea, Steve and me took off on a nice ride to Collegeville. It must be squirrel season because along the way, we (or I) kept having some close encounters with them.

You know how I preach about executing every aspect of training perfectly, from warm up, to cool down and stretching?