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2009-09-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

Good Results at Cross Race #1 - I wish I would have beaten Andy

2009-09-13T10:57:00.000-07:00

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John Lackey 9 Laps

5
Brent Gorman 9 Laps

6
Tim Berntson 9 Laps

8
Sunny Gill 9 Laps

9
Chet Fehrman 9 Laps

11
Mike Beirgroslein 8 Laps

17
Luke Alman 8 Laps

Summer Update

2009-07-31T14:19:00.000-07:00

It is now the beginning of the end of summer, and we have some more results. Chet was second in the Fireweed 400 solo division, qualifying for the Race Across America along the way. He was locked in battle with another rider visiting from California, Dave Elsberry, for most of the race. The final outcome wasn't clear until the final miles of the race. John won the Hope Road race, just a few days after he was second at the Fort Rich road race. On the mountain side, Carey and Brent went 1-2 in the Kincaid XC #4.

On another note, we had Chet's bachelor party. Not really bike related, but we did drink a lot of beer, and with a bar as our co-sponsor, it fits. Photos:

Speedway- Humpy's

2009-07-13T23:03:00.000-07:00

Carey, John and Brent, great job on Saturday. You guys are real sportsmen for stopping to help out a downed rider. I'm proud to be on the same team as the three of you.

Speedway at BC Bike Race

2009-07-02T12:26:00.000-07:00

Speedway is finally getting the national recognition it deserves with an article online about Jason Hill and Peter Butt and a day in the life at the BC Bike Race. Check it out.

Success at 24 hours of Matanuska

2009-06-29T15:58:00.000-07:00

The team dominated Alaska's big 24 hour race this weekend. Speedway riders took 1st with Carey and 3rd with Mike B. in the solo 12 hour race, 2nd in the solo 24 hour race with Chet, and Speedway/Humpy's presented by Gordon the Fish dominated the 24 hour team race, easily winning the main event with 23 laps completed (before 10:30!), as well as the fastest midnight hot lap (thanks to Tim), sweetest pit award, and probably the most beer consumed over the 24 hour period. Also, the team was easily the best dressed there.

The team was testing a new recovery drink
made by the Midnight Sun Brewery. Results
were good.

The Speedway compound.

Chet going out for another lap early Sunday.

The top three finishers in the 24 hr solo division.
These guys should look a lot more tired.

12 hr solo on a unicycle. Easily the
toughest guy out there.

24 hrs: Good work Team Bathrobes

2009-06-28T12:28:00.000-07:00

We may not be the fastest 24 hrs team out there this year.... We were certainly the classiest!! Lets focus on speed next year..

Kincaid Kup #2

2009-06-24T13:28:00.001-07:00

Results are out... Congrats to Carey! Speedway had a strong showing, with 6(?) of the top 13. (I'm not sure exactly who's affiliated with Speedway or not.)

Should have been 7 out of top 14 if our non-beer-drinking-after-training-ride cyclist would have been able to follow the bright pink flags. Unless that was due to my derailleur taking them out during the pre-ride... hmmm... Next time Brent, next time.

Next event... 24 Hours of Matanuska at Kepler-Bradley this Sat.-Sun. If you're not riding, you can still swing by and have a beer with the team! Just look for a white E-Z UP canopy tent (most likely next to a green VW).

Brent heading to Kaladi-Subway?

2009-06-23T13:09:00.000-07:00

Brent Gorman declined to drink a beer after Monday's training ride, fueling speculation that he has accepted an offer with team Kaladi. To his credit though, he did actually show up to the ride, which is more than can be said about a certain other member of the team (cough, cough...Sunny).

Spring Update

2009-06-16T19:17:00.000-07:00

Spring has come and gone and now we're in full blown summer. The team has produced some quality results so far:

John Lackey 3rd in the April Potter Hill Climb
John 2nd in stage 1 (Highland Road hill climb) of the spring stage race
John 1st in stage 2 (Ft. Rich Crit) of the spring stage race
John 3rd again at the May Potter Hill climb
Sunny 1st in the Ft. Rich crit
Carey Grummelut 2nd at the Kincaid Road Race
Carey 1st at the first Kincaid mt. bike race

The team also made an appearance at the Tour of Fairbanks, but after some tough luck, were unable to contest the GC competition. We were able to take some impressive individual stage results, though, including John's 2nd place finish in stage 3. Here's some pictures:

Mr. Butters

Stupid tourists

Battle damage

Sunny wins the Crit

2009-05-21T01:43:00.000-07:00

Nice job coming out of that sea of Kaliti bikers to take the line!

2009 Road Calender

2009-01-11T12:40:00.000-08:00

The race calendar for the 2009 road season is now posted on the ABC's road division site. The season kicks off with the Moose Run Time Trial on April 18th. Expect more domination from the Speedway crew this season, with some new riders and new sponsors!

Speedway Riders in National Championships

2009-01-08T13:55:00.000-08:00

I know this isn't really cycling related, but it's January, -8 outside, and the site hasn't been updated in way too long, so I'll post any news that can be related in any way to the team:

Chris Seaman and Seth Downs represented at the US National Cross Country Ski Championships in the 10 km freestyle. So far, that's the only race that they have been able to pull off, as temperatures have been way too cold to legally hold races (the cut-off is -4 degrees). Lets hope that the weather improves and they can pull off the last race of the championships this year, the classic sprint. The championships will be up here in Anchorage again next year, so lets hope things go more smoothly then.

Otherwise, here's the general reaction from some of the skiers that have come up:

Here's some video of the race, and links to race photos can be found here.

Cyclocross Update

2008-10-03T18:52:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Cary for winning last week's Cyclocross race. Tomorrow's race will be our season's final, and we are looking forward towards an exciting event!!

Congrats once again Cary, you are a great addition to the team!

Fall Update

2008-09-02T18:58:00.000-07:00

The road and mountain bike seasons are both finished, and now we're off to cyclocross. Since the Tour of Anchorage, the team has put up some more big results:

Another state title by Carey Grumelot in mountain biking. Evan Hyde was 2nd.
A win by Dan Folmar in the final Moose Run TT of the season with a blazing 22:11.
A win by Evan in the Soggy Bottom 100 mile single track epic.
And another win by Dan in the Anchorage to Seward solo race.

Sorry, no pictures this time, but you can read about Evan's experience at the Soggy Bottom here. As always, check out the ABC Mountain Division and the Road Division web sites for results. Keep an eye out for the team to start tearing it up at Arctic Cross, which is now starting to get some national attention (sort of).

Extracurricular Activities

2008-08-18T19:32:00.000-07:00

A day after bringing the team yet another win at the last Rabbit Creek road race of the season (and posting the fastest time ever recorded on the course), Evan and Peter headed out to the Kenai to get a ride in on the Lost Lake trail. Check out the photos:

More photos can be found here.

Also, Alyeska is building up some new trails that should be ready soon. They're going to be sick. Read about it here.

Success at Tour of Anchorage!

2008-08-12T21:58:00.000-07:00

Team Speedway-Alyeska had its best tour in its 3 year history (okay, so this is our first year as Speedway-Alyeska, but we did exist as Alaska McDonald's last year, and Alaska Waste before that). We started the race with a super-strong team with outside favorites Dan Folmar and Evan Hyde. I'll spare the gritty details of each race, but here's the quick shake-down:

Prologue: Dan Folmar 3rd, Evan Hyde 4th, Jim Peot 5th
Stage 1, Clarks Road Hill Climb: A big win for Evan
Stage 2, Downtown Crit: Evan 3rd
Stage 3, Moose Run TT: Dan 2nd
Stage 4, Kincaid Road Race: Another big win by Carey Grumelot
Final overal: Dan 3rd

2 wins, 3rd overall, and at least a podium in every stage. Not too shaby. And it's important to point out that both wins were won the way real men do it, by taking a big gamble with a break.

Some photos:

Jim on his way to 4th in the prologue

Evan homing in on win #1 in the hill climb

A wet, soggy, and dangerous crit

Carey working the break in the stage 4 road race

And he has win #2 for the team

Thanks to Andy Pohl and George Stransky at Alaska Digital Visions for the photos.

Summer Update

2008-08-01T15:40:00.001-07:00

It's August 1st, the sun is out, the Tour of Anchorage is around the corner, and Team Speedway-Alyeska is picking up steam. The last month we've picked up some great results. Among them:

5 straight wins by Carey Grumelot in anything that involves the words cross, country, mountain, and bike.
Both 2nd and 3rd overall at the Fireweed 100 mile road race state championships by Dan Folmar and Seth Downs.
A big win by Carey at the Fireweed 200 mile road race.
3rd place in the Clarks Road hill climb by Dan (6/4).
2nd place in the Hope Road race by Seth (6/21).
3rd place in the Stewarts Road hill climb TT by Dan (6/24).
3rd place at Hatchers Pass hill climb State Championships by Seth (6/28)
3rd place at Potter Valley hill climb by Seth (7/2).
2nd in the Elmendorf Criterium by Dan (7/5).
A HUGE win by Dan and a 3rd by Jim Peot at the Downtown Criterium State Championships (7/16).
3rd at the first Triple Crown Hill Climb by Dan (7/20).
2nd at the Moose Run TT by Dan (7/23).
2nd at the Knik Road Time Trial State Championships by Dan (7/27).

Dan and Carey deserve special recognition. Carey has won every mountain bike race he's entered this year, and by no small margin either. He also destroyed the field in the Fireweed 200 road race. Dan has come on super strong in the last few weeks, and has been crowed state crit champ. He won that rain-soaked race the way real men do it: by getting away on solo and lapping the rest of the field.

Next up is the Tour of Anchorage, and it looks like we've got at least one guy on the team that could contend, and we may have couple of secret weapons here to make things interesting.

Check out photos from the season at: in2funphoto.com

Race Report - Hope Road Race

2008-05-17T18:54:00.000-07:00

On Saturday morning we were all greeted by beautiful sunny sky's calm conditions. Unfortunately the temperature was hanging around 40-45 degrees, which made the beginning of the race a bit chilly. The expert men took off at a modest pace, and were at one point accompanied by the sport/master men and expert women. As the race heated up, a beak formed that featured Sunny Gill, racing in his last race before he heads off to south-east Asia to do some relief work. The chase that followed to bring them back caused a lot of damage, and sent a few guys off the back. Once the break was caught, there were a series of attacks, but none were successful until Tom Peichel got a gap in the closing miles of the race. Sunny, a little worn out from his efforts in the earlier break, gave his race to Jim Peot by leading him out and giving him a gap on the rest of the field. In the end, Tom won it, followed by Brian Bonney, then Big Jim, giving the team the best result of the year so far. Sorry, no pictures.

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2008-03-26T11:51:00.000-07:00

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Detailed Report

2007-12-27T20:44:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!!!

India was great. I am still in the process of downloading pictures, and will post them soon. We arrived in Delhi and took the taxi to Chandigarh.. My initial reaction was that of grief, from possibility of dying in a car accident given the way people drive in India. At 4 am in the morning there were elephant traffic on GT road. My friend (Andy Pohl) got a kick out of it.. We limited our bike riding to Chandigarh due to logistical and some health concerns. We took the train to Agra. Agra was dirty accept the Taj... Taj was beautiful and gigantic. It was so overwhelming that we took over 200 photos =) Than we got jipped over the bus ride and paid foreigner prices for local bus to Jaipur that stopped everywhere. =( Jaipur was beautiful... We pretty much hiked all the fortress walls by paying some money under the table. Than we took the train back to Delhi, where I got diarrhea !!! That was a real pain in the butt =( From there we flew to bombay. Bombay was quite enormous. The traffic was crazy, but by that time we had mastered the art of crossing Indian streets =)

Namaste !!

India Bike Trip

2007-12-27T20:11:00.001-08:00

Pic 1 India's dual shock bike

Pic 2 Single speed all the way

Pic 3 Andy was faster than me on the flats

Pic 4 But I caught him on the climb (burger power)

INDIA BIKE TRIP

2007-12-27T20:03:00.000-08:00

Anchorage Athletes Representing at World Cup Ricksaw Championships

Sunny Gill (Team AK McDonald's)

Andy Pohl (Team Kaladi Coffee)

End of Cyclocross

2007-10-23T14:17:00.000-07:00

2007 Arctic Cross season ended this month with largest participation from the team. Following are the results:

Arctic Cross Race 1

10. Jason Lamoreaux (at 4:28)

11. Randjoh Gill (at 4:52)

Arctic Cross Race 2

9. Jason Lamoreaux (at 0:23)

15. Mike Beiergroshlin (at 0:20)

Arctic Cross Race 3

6. Jason Lamoreaux (at 5:23)

7. Sonny Gill (at 6:04)

Arctic Cross Race 4

10. Sonny Gill (at 6:30)

Arctic Cross Race 5

11. Sonny Gill (at 1:06)

Arctic Cross Finals

11. Jason Lamoreaux (at 6:10)

18. Mike B (at 3:36)

Pictures at http://www.alaskadigitalvisions.com/

Thanks,

Sunny

Jason's XTERRA USA Championship Triathlon Race Report

2007-10-23T14:09:00.000-07:00

XTERRA USA Championship Triathlon Race Report

Leading up to the race, it was such a great feeling to have a large
group of people so excited about the race and so willing to train for
it. It definitely made the race preparations a lot easier, especially
those multi-brick workouts at Hilltop and Arctic Valley. You don't feel
the pain nearly as much when there are a number of others out there
training along side you.

I landed in Reno on Friday morning along with Luke K. and Will B. We
headed up to Incline Village after a brief "lunch" break at the Atlantis
Casino in Reno and got ourselves lined out with the condo situation. No
hang-ups on this end, so things were going well. Dino showed up a bit
later and we headed down to pick up our race packets and check out the
festivities. The XTERRA crews really put on a show at these races,
complete with the XTERRA Academy (pro racers giving instructional
pointers on the different aspects of the race and race course) to
equipment sales (wetsuits, bikes, miscellaneous race gear, etc...). As
Jeff mentioned, weather was on a lot of peoples minds. I wasn't all
that worried about our race since it was still over a day away, but the
people racing on Saturday may find things interesting.

Those of us racing on Sunday all tried to help out as much as we could
on Saturday, whether it was by volunteering out on the course at the aid
stations (we covered both bike aid stations) or just by cheering on our
fellow Alaskans. It also gives a good chance to get used to the flow of
traffic during the race since our race uses the same routine, just
longer distances for the swim and run.

Saturday night, those of us racing on Sunday went out to the "Night of
Champions" dinner, complete with a number of award presentations. We
skipped out a bit early to make sure everyone was rested up for the race
on Sunday.

Woke up at 6:00am on Sunday and started getting ready. Right off the
bat, things were not great. Dana and Andy were both having stomach
problems. I was feeling okay so far, but was a bit nervous that I might
have or get whatever was bugging them. I went about the normal routine
and headed down to the start area to set up the transition gear. With
the transition area about 1/3 of a mile from the swim, it makes things
interesting. Wear shoes between the swim and run? Go barefoot? It's
all pavement and grass after you leave the beach, so no real rocks to
worry about but there is frost on the ground.... I decided to go
barefoot which I may change next time. The swim started off better than
other experiences. There was the normal chaos for the first few hundred
yards, but it seemed that most of it was hitting me from the knees down
rather than getting kicked in the face and dunked. I just tried to get
into a decent pace and keep that going as much as I could. I had to
slow down at each of the turns as the people in front seemed to have a
hard time turning. Nothing too bad. At the end of the first lap, its
back up onto the beach for a 50 or 60 yard run and back in the lake for
lap number two. 2nd lap was about the same as the first, just a little
less chaos to the first buoy. I was feeling a bit tired so I backed off
the effort a bit in hopes that it was just a lack of quality warmup and
things would come along on the bike. Coming out of the water, the feet
were pretty much numb. The run back to T1 was a bit uncomfortable as I
gained feeling in a couple parts of my feet and they just hurt. I don't
think running on pavement for that long with frozen bare feet is such a
great idea. As I approached T1, I saw Dino and Todd B. heading out on
the bike (I think Will Ross was pretty close to them, but didn't notice
right off). At T1, there was Luke K., and Amber getting their stuff
together. Somehow Amber snuck out ahead, and Luke and I took off about
together. Total swim time including the long run and T-1 was 33:02
(107th overall)

Within the first mile (all pavement so far), Luke and I (playing a bit
of cat and mouse) caught Amber and then started the first climb. I was
still feeling a bit flat, so I went with my gameplan of backing off the
pace and making sure I didn't put myself under on the first climb. This
resulted in slowly falling behind Luke and then Dino as he came by me.
I stayed ahead of Amber for a while, but she later passed me near the
top of the first climb. After the 1600' climb, we were on to the Flume
Trail, traversing across the face of the hillside above Lake Tahoe.
This trail provides for an awesome view, if you are crazy enough to take
your eyes off of the trail and risk becoming part of the view. While
heading across, I had the first of what ended up being a few dizzy
spells. This wasn't what I am used to from bonking, altitude, or just
being extremely worn out, this was something new and I couldn't place it
right away. I just kept a somewhat relaxed pace hoping to come out of
it at some point. The 2nd climb after Marlette Lake went a little
better. I was still feeling flat, but was able to hold with people
better and keep a relatively steady pace. The fun began after the final
climb and we headed back down.

I have found recently that I have gotten a lot faster on the downhills.
I don't know if this is the result of getting better at them or just
that I am further away from my injuries and I am willing to take more
risks. Either way, I am always looking forward to the fast, technical
sections now. The downhill starts off with a fair amount of
single-track with a lot of switchbacks, some easier than others. These
are the kind where you want to unclip your inside foot and pretty much
pivot around it. Most of these are around off-angle rocks rather than
trees like we are more used to up here, so it isn't all that hard to
miss hit something and run into problems. I managed to stay clean
through this and made up some time on a few others out there. I was
gaining on some people fast enough where I was yelling a switchback
ahead in hopes that they would be out of the way by the time I got to
them. Once I got past the first bunch of people, I had some room to
ride and was able to really open it up. I did have a brief mental lapse
on a nice little weave around a tree and ended up going pretty much
straight through a small (fortunately flexible) pine tree, but stayed on
the bike and kept going (sure glad it wasn't a rock....). After the
single track, it was back onto the fire-road and a quick descent back to
T2. This is where you can go pretty much as fast as you feel you can
keep control. All I know is that the one guy who stayed on my wheel
through the technical stuff was nowhere to be seen behind me in this
section. A couple close calls on the way down, almost going over the
bars on a waterbar (dip/bump across the trail) and then just about
missing one of the blind corners that I forgot about, and I was back on
the road to T2. I felt a couple little cramps in the legs while heading
back, so I tried to work those out before getting back while I had nice
pavement to ride on. Got off the bike and, for the first time, missed
my transition spot. I walked right past it somehow and took about 20
seconds to find it. Once I was in the right spot, things went quickly
and I was back out on the run. Total bike time (including the
transition) was 2:15:37 (160th overall).

The run is a 10km (2 x 5km laps) run, winding through a park. There are
about 12 creek crossings, some on plank bridges, some on large logs that
you have to climb onto and then jump off (fun if your legs are cramping
on you). There is also the tree you have to almost crawl under (also
fun with cramping legs). I managed to maintain a fair pace, nothing
fast by any means, but still making headway. I had a few issues with
cramps, but was able to work through them without too much problem. I
did end up walking through the aid stations, making sure to get enough
to drink. As I came through the lap, I hear Dino cheering me on saying
something like "great, they're running right together". It only takes a
few feet to figure out what he meant as Amber came up by me from behind.
She put a bit of distance on me on the 2nd lap, but not a ton. As I got
about halfway through the 2nd lap, I hear "Go Alaska!" from behind. As
I look back, I see Justin V. running back there on his 1st lap. He gave
me enough encouragement to pick up the pace a bit. I hit the line with
a run split of 53:39 (193rd overall) and a total time of 3:42:18 (164th
overall, 14th in age group).

I ended up faster than the last time around, but not as fast as I know I
can go. There is still a good amount of room for improvement. It's bad
when my swim is my best compared to the rest of the field.... I felt
okay after the race and had a nice lunch. By around dinnertime,
however, I revisited that lunch again as I came down with whatever the
rest of our group had. Still not sure what it was, but basically acted
like a flu or some kind of food poisoning. I think this is what I was
feeling on the bike with the dizzy spells which would explain the tired
feeling throughout the race. By Monday morning, I was feeling better
and managed to get Will Ross off to the airport by 5:00am. Had to drive
through a bit of snow on the way back to the condo, but it was gone by
later in the morning when we headed to the later flights. I managed to
eat a small lunch in Seattle, but wasn't hungry again until this
afternoon. The good part is that I lost about 7 pounds in two days.

Rabit Creek Road Race

2007-08-25T22:09:00.000-07:00

TOA: Stage 2 Clark's Road HC

2007-08-25T22:04:00.000-07:00

Tour of Anchorage: Stage 3 Criterium

2007-08-25T21:56:00.001-07:00

Tour of Anchorage

2007-08-25T21:56:00.000-07:00

Fireweed 100 Road Race

2007-08-25T21:53:00.000-07:00

peter dude look at the camera

2007-08-25T21:51:00.001-07:00

Peter, dude look at the camera

2007-08-25T21:45:00.000-07:00

2007-03-27T23:20:00.000-07:00

big georgie hincapie at Amgen Tour of Cali

2007-03-27T23:17:00.000-07:00

2007-03-27T23:13:00.000-07:00

The world champ's bike..... and no security around..

hmm... bit small for me so i would have to pass on it...

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2007-02-04T18:46:00.000-08:00

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2007-02-01T16:44:00.000-08:00

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2007-02-01T16:28:00.000-08:00

2006 ALASKA STATE Tri Championships

Year 2006

2007-02-01T01:58:00.000-08:00

Year 2006 the team 'Alaska Waste' was introduced to the Anchorage Road Cycling scene. Quickly gaining popularity, elite athletes like Darren Mattingly, Andy Denow & Peter Morris were seen causing all type of commotion in their green and yellow uniform. Evan Hyde (feature above) helped assembled the foundation for our team.

Team Alaska McDonalds

2007-02-01T00:48:00.000-08:00

Welcome,

Thank you for taking time to review our team website. We are a non-profit group determined to promote cycling as a sport and a way of life in Alaska.

2006 marked our inaugural season as an official team in Anchorage, AK. As the team approaches year 2007, our aspirations include to expand the level of community involvement in local athletic programs in order support athletes competing in Regional, National & International eventsfor Alaska.

Our Vision

Our vision is to grow and strengthen the active community in Anchorage by getting people involved in local and regional athletic activities, while building teamwork. The team includes members of all ages and abilities, from young beginners to seasoned experts. We compete in Alaska’s top bicycle races every year, generating a greater interest in the sport.