MOCO Multisport Club: Welcome

Montgomery County Multisport Club, or MOCO Multisport, is a new Triathlon/Multi-sport club located in Montgomery County, Maryland dedicated to promoting the multisport lifestyle and providing an opportunity for multi-sport athletes to train, complete, and socialize together. 

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Ok, so we were kind of scattered about the landscape last weekend for the Fourth.  DO NOT TAKE THAT AS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS!!!!

Back on the bikes tomorrow (Saturday) with an 0800 departure from Kentlands-Fleet Feet for a jaunt about western Montgomery County.  28 miles through Poolesville and Beallsville will do your body good, so I hope to see our athletes of all shapes sizes and speeds out there.  Should be a great morning to ride.

Those so inclined are welcome to join me for the post-ride jaunt around the Kentlands to add a nice 2.5 mile run to the agenda.

Aloha,
Paul

Aloha everyone, Noah here: at present pace the Ark will be finished in another few days.   Seriously though, this rain sucks and despite all my efforts I do not see anything I can do about it.  Can you tell it's getting on my nerves?

Barring another line of you-know-what rolling through tonight's ride is at Conte's in Bethesda at 6:15 pm.

Sat morning is BRICK day at Fleet Feet in Gaithersburg (Kentlands).  I, your intrepid ride leader, will not be there as I am heading over to Cambridge for Eagleman weekend. (If anyone wants to ride in Cambridge with me Sat please ping me so we can meet up)  Kurtis has been leading the rabbits the past couple of weeks and Michelle has led the B group out, so pick a distance and pace and get it on.  It might even be sunny on Sat, who knows?

BTW, I have gotten a few messages from folks interested in riding with us on BRICK day but fearful they may be too slow.  Let's settle this once and for all right now: there is no such thing as "too slow" or "too fast."  The more people who come out, the more different pace groups will form up and people can ride together with folks at their level, whatever it may be.  The important thing is that we pair up and everyone has a safe and productive and fun workout.

See y'all at Conte's or at MC on Tuesday Night Track (TNT) workouts.

Paul

Subject: MOCO ride this morning (6/6/09)

Here is a good tool if you want to see our ride route from today:
To view MOCO Ride http://www.facebook.com/l/;2009.06.06 Poolesville/Beallsville Loop, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.mapmyrun.com/view_route?r=430124430251897076

If you do a search under "MOCO" starting in zip 20878 you can see a map of our other regular route to the Poolesville CVS and back.

The longer route comes out to 28 miles and the shorter one about 23.5 round trip.

We also split into two groups for the post-ride run with our fast group heading out for about 3.5-4 miles around the Kentlands and my not-so-fast group doing 2.5 miles of the Kentlands 5k course back to the shop at Fleet Feet.

Thanks to everyone who came out this morning; we were grateful that it does NOT in fact rain every damn day in June!

Aloha,
Paul

Subject: MOCO this week

A reminder that the Conte's ride is tonight at 6:15p at the store in Bethesda.  I am still in Florida so I won't be joining you tonight but turnout the last few rides has been great and continues to grow.  Embrace your inner-roadie and hit the hills of Bethesda tonight.

Brick Workout leaves Fleet Feet Sat morning at 8 am.  I promise to be early this time!  (last week I arrived at 805 because I had forgotten that I had promised the family bagels before I left for the ride.  I am not a bad ride leader, but rather a bad husband and father...........)

Next week on TUESDAY we will begin hosting track workouts along with MCRRC at Montgomery College.  I plan to be there at 630pm to work out and hope to see some of you there.

Aloha,
Paul

Subject: MOCO this week NEW TIME SAT

Hi friends, it may have caught your attention that it is getting a bit warmer outside.

Therefore, beginning this Sat (May 30) our Sat morning BRICK workout will launch at 8:00 AM from our usual spot in front of Fleet Feet in the Kentlands.  Come out early and get your ride/run in before the day really heats up.  Hope to see y'all there!

Also, tonight is Conte's ride in Bethesda at 6.  Sorry I will have to miss this one but last week the good weather brought out about two dozen riders so there will be someone there who rides your speed.

Aloha,
Paul

Subject: MOCO this weekend

I think it's entirely possible that it will NOT be raining this evening at 6:15 pm when the Conte's ride leaves.  Cross your fingers, and hope to meet a few more of you there.

To my new athletes: we'll take it slow and work on the hills.  Best way in the world to improve cycling strength in a short period of time.

Sat morning (pending any future monsoons) we leave out of Fleet Feet Kentlands at 9 am.  Five of us made it thru a cold, rainy morning last week so this one can only get better, right?

See y'all there.

Aloha,
Paul

PS: PLEASE message/email me if you plan to race/volunteer/spectate at Columbia on May 17.  Need to see how many MOCO folk may be there.

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Subject: MOCO Rides Sat

Aloha MOCO..........BRICK ride leaves from Fleet Feet Kentlands (Gaithersburg) tomorrow (Sat) morning at 900am.  Be sure to arrive a few minutes early to get your bottles and tires ready to roll out on time.  The road to Poolesville is nicely rolling and we should have a couple of pace groups. Nice little neighborhood run right after to teach your legs to run off the bike.

Hope to see some of you tomorrow morning!

best,
Paul
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Subject: Coming Up @ MOCO

Aloha friends, here is what is happening at MOCO Multisport this week:

Sat 4/25 @ 900am: BRICK ride departs from Fleet Feet, Kentlands.  Show up a few minutes early to form groups so we start/finish on time.

Sat 4/25 @ 1230p: NEW ATHLETES (Try a Tri) org meeting at Carriage House, Kentlands.   See EVENTS on group page for details or email me.  Those of you who said they "may be" attending get off the fence now. ;-)

If you would like to join the program but cannot make the meeting please contact me now!

Thu 4/30 @ 600p: Conte's Thursday night rides in Bethesda.  Come journey among the beautiful HILLY Maryland 'burbs.  Several distances and paces offered.

ANYTIME: club members pick up your MOCO car stickers at Fleet Feet Kentlands or Conte's in Bethesda.

We have opened up the club registration process, and would encourage you to register online! We have partnered with Active.com for our registration process, so this will likely seem familiar to you........we look forward to having you join!

For you "old school" folks, we also offer paper-based registration complete with snail-mail! See the Registration section of this site for the forms.....