Thank you to all of our sponsors and athletes for participating in this year's 3rd Annual Poker Ride. This is MBM's one and only fundraiser for our youth and junior triathlon team. The money raised goes towards purchasing and screening the uniforms our athletes wear. These uniforms run around $220 + screening fees per each athlete. To defray the costs that parents must pay for their childs/teens uniform, MBM hosts this fun bicycle event. This year we raised $2000 thanks to all of you!!

Our Poker Ride "best poker hand" winner, for the second year in a row, was Vera N. She graciously declined her $100 and donated back to MBM. Thank you again Vera!!

The raffle prizes from our sponsors, Jocelyn's Bicycle Shop, Winning Wheels, Jelly Belly Candy Co., Flex Power, Blue Seventy Wetsuits, Avia, Trader Joes, Chipotle, Fleet Feet, Jamba Juice Bobcat Bicycles, Teil, and CPK, P.F. Changs were a big success. Once again, thanks to all of you.  

We look forward to seeing all of you at next years event!!

The Poker Ride 50 and 25 miler is just around the corner, September 27 at 8am starting at Chamisal Tennis & Fitness Club. The map of the course is finally here. There is however a correction:

**Once at the top of Corral de Cielo, take in the views and then turn around and descend until you reach San Benancio Rd. Take a RIGHT on San Benancio (the map says left)***

If you have any other questions, please feel free to email us.

Alexis & Sharon

For those athletes who were at the July 2009 Southwest Region Development Camp, your photos are finally ready to be viewed at:

http://share.eteamz.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AauHDZq3ZsWTwA

We hope you had a great time!!

Alexis & Sharon 

Join us for the 3rd annual Monterey Bay Multisport Poker Bike ride. It takes place on sept 27( sunday) from Chamisal Fitness Club at 8am. There are 2 rides to choose from- a 50 miler and a 25 miler. Each course is on the road and starts and ends at Chamisal. A  chicken BBQ is included with the fee. We also put on a huge raffle with many great cycling give aways ( along with other stuff)! The Poker ride is our only fund raising opportunity for the MBM Junior High Performance Triathlon Team. MBM just completed the 2009 season of racing nationally and regionally. The Monterey Bay Multisport Junior Team finished 2009 as the second ranked elite junior team in the nation!! Members of the team ( including 12-19 yr olds) race at pan american championships,elite world championships in Australia( coming up in sept), Nationals in Colorado Springs, and other asst events in California and all over. The Poker Ride is appropriate for all riders!! The course covers corral di tierra, san benancio, toro park, river road and some of laurelas grade and highway 68.
Feel free to pass on the information!!

Application is attached. 

Photo use courtesy of asiphoto.com

     Alexis WON the Pan American ITU Race  saturday at the San Francisco Triathlon at Treasure Island!!! She was awesome!!! We will be posting photos of Alexis and Simon Whitfield( gold medal winner in the 2000 olympic triathlon and winner of the 2009 Des Moines World Cup ITU race) together on the podium. Alexis hasnt raced an ITU event in a long while and proved she can still race with the youngsters and give them some "schooling"!!!!

Other great performances by MBM members on sat and sunday-
Hannah Rae Finchamp -1st woman overall
Lesley Pfeiffer- 3rd woman overall
Ian Delellis
Christopher Delellis
Chris Hinrichs
Audra Mcneal
Erin Reed
Brad Hinrichs
Susan Hinrichs
                                     Congratulations to Matt for completing the Death Ride!!!

MBM is once again hosting it's 3rd Annual Poker Ride. This 50 mile Poker Ride and 25 mile Fun Ride benefits the MBM Junior Team. Please join us this year for another great day of cycling through Monterey County.

You may register online at http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1764003 or you can print and send the registration form below.

Athlete's participating in the 50 mile Poker Ride will pick up playing cards at the start and end of the ride as well as at the 3 aid stations; athlete's will have a total of 5 player cards when they finish and the person with the best Poker hand wins $100!!

The after ride BBQ is included in the registration fee for both rides. Additional BBQ tickets may be purchased for $20.

In addition, we will be having a raffle with many great prizes. The Grand Prize is a 2 night stay at a Squaw Valley family cabin (spring, summer & fall only). Raffle tickets may be purchased in advance or on event day. 3 tickets for only $10!

Route map will be posted soon.

Our 5th Annual Practice Triathlon was held a week ago. Twenty-Five brave souls headed out into the freezing, foggy and gloomy Monterey Bay. The water temp was approximately 53 degrees!! Ouch. To see photos from the event, go to the Albums section.

A big thank you to all of the athletes who participated! We look forward to seeing you all soon. 

                                        Sport Beans/NTTC Training Tips

Alexis “Pinkie the Tiger” Waddel-Smith

Congratulations to all those who raced at Wildflower last week!! For those of you who camped, I hope you had a great time. Listed below are those athletes that completed the Mt. Bike Sprint, Olympic and Long Course Triathlons.

Mountain Bike Sprint

CATON AVILLA   00:57:04   1st   13-14 boys

HANNAH RAE FINCHAMP  01:01:31  1st  13-14 girls

COLIN ANDREWS-GIBSON    00:57:56      2nd     15-16     boys

TIM BRIGANTINO     00:57:14.580    2nd 17-19 men

AARON OSGOOD    00:58:13     3rd 17-19 men

JOHN BELCHER    01:28:01    11th   50-54 men

LAURIE MCLENNAN   01:25:56  1st  55-59 women

Olympic Distance

 LAUREN SMITH  03:22:52   97th   25-29 women

DAVID BELCHER   02:38:19  3rd    16 & under boys

MICHAEL BELCHER    02:42:42  4th   16 & under boys

DOUG HICKS   02:53:19   6th   17-19 men

MICHAEL DEMARIA   02:30:21   39th collegiate men

PETER TOTAAN    03:06:01    123rd   35-39 men

Long Course

ERIN WADDEL     07:54:26   92nd   30-34 women

MATTHEW HEBERT  05:19:30   60th     35-39  men

BRIAN DENT   06:09:28   27th 50-54 men

NOELLE WADDEL   07:35:06  2nd 60-64 women

ALEXIS SMITH     04:55:00   8th elite women

CONGRATULATIONS SHOZ!! Please see the article that was on the USAT Southwast Region website (http://www.usat-southwest.org/news/coach-of-the-year.html). We are so proud of you!!

USA Triathlon March 26, 2009

USA Triathlon and its National Coaching Commission have recognized Sharon Osgood of Carmel Valley, Calif., as the 2008 Developmental Coach of the Year.

A Developmental Coach of the Year nominee is coach of a youth club, high school or junior-level coach, or a coach directly responsible for training athletes to the junior and/or elite level.

Osgood, a USAT Level II Certified Coach, has been actively involved in working with young triathletes in California through Monterey Bay Multisport. She was instrumental in the team’s selection as a USAT High Performance Team and in the team’s silver medal performance in the USAT Developmental Team National Championship in 2008.

“I’m pleased to have been recognized for the work that I do. I feel extremely fortunate that my chosen profession is fun, intriguing, educational and always changing,” said Osgood. “When working with young people, you never know what to expect. It’s refreshing. It’s also very rewarding and satisfying to see the young people you work with growing in a lifestyle sport. I would hope this inspires other coaches in our field to do what I’m doing with the younger athletes.”

Several of the athletes Osgood works with are among the top 10 in the youth elite and junior elite rankings, while others are making the transition to the U23 and collegiate ranks. Among the athletes she has trained are Marissa Ferrante (Nationally Ranked #2 Junior Elite Female; 1st Place – Strawberry Fields Junior Elite Cup; 3rd Place – USAT Junior Elite National Championships), Kalen Darling (22nd Place – Kelowna ITU Continental Cup; 25th Place – Geneva ITU Continental Cup), Hannah Rae Finchamp (Nationally Ranked #2 Youth Elite Female; 4th Place, USAT Youth Elite National Championships), Caton Avilla (Nationally Ranked #7 Youth Elite Male), and Clark McLennan (Nationally Ranked #7 Junior Elite Male).

Because of this commitment to assisting developing athletes, Osgood has played an instrumental role in the growth of USAT’s athlete development pipeline. She has served as a USAT Junior Select and Skills Camp director, and has been a USAT Regional Athlete Development Coordinator for the Southwest Region since 2005.

As a Regional Athlete Development Coordinator, Osgood has contributed countless hours managing the nation’s only viable Regional Junior Elite Cup series and she has been key in developing a regional grant funding program to assist athletes to national level events and coaches to education programs.

The USAT National Coaching Committee is made up of some of the finest multisport coaches in the world. Committee members volunteer their time and knowledge for the sport, the athletes and the coaches. The mission of the NCC is to promote professionalism in multisport coaching and advise USAT staff regarding coach education.

New for this year, MBM has incorporated two team workouts per month!! This is a great opportunity for those that aren't able to practice with us on a regular weekly basis to get together at different locations in northern California for team practices, meet other team mates and have a great workout! Yesterday we met in Morgan Hill for an hour and a half ride followed by a 15 minute run. The majority of the athletes at yesterday's practice are from our junior team, however we did have some of our adults that made it out for a wonderfully beautiful day! See our pictures below!

If you'd like more information on how to become a member, click on the "Handouts" section to the left or shoot Sharon or I a phone call or email. We'd be happy to tell you about it.

To see more pics from this practice, click on the Album's link. 

There will be a 10k/5k run held on May 3rd at 8:30am at Linscott School 220 Elm St., Watsonville. Click http://www.linscott.pvusd.net/events/appleblossom.html to find out more information.

This past Sunday some of our team members met at Nisene Marks in Santa Cruz for our first team workout of the month. It was a sunny yet crisp afternoon in the Santa Cruz Redwoods...perfect running conditions.

Sharon was out on her mountain bike with Colin and Nate. The rest of us, Lesley, Marissa, Matt, Mike & I enjoyed a little over an hour trail run on the fire road. We thought we'd be able to run on the single track, but we were halted by a huge puddle of water.

It was a great run in a new location! Afterwards, a group of us headed to Surf City Cafe for coffee & goodies.

Our next team workout is Sunday March 22 at Toro Park 7-11. We will be doing combination/transition work. If you'd like to join us, please email or call Sharon or Alexis. 

Hello MBM Team Members,

 We hope that your early season training is coming along nicely. For some of you, your first race is right around the corner. For others, there are still a few months of training. For those of you who are still looking for races to enter, please click the link below for discounted races for team members.

On March 7th at Toro Park, there will be a 5k run/walk. The race is being put on by the Salinas Jaycees and proceeds go towards Second Chance & Racho Cielo Youth Campus. The registration form can be found at the link below or in the Handouts Section.

The Team Race Schedule is now available in the handouts section and the link below. Sharon or I will be at many of these races and if we're not there, hopefully a teammate will be! Keep your eyes posted as we might update races or if there is a race that isn't posted, that you'd like to see posted, please email us.

MBM & Fleet Feet are pleased to announce it's first Lecture Series beginning February 10

The series will be held at the Monterey Fleet Feet Store from 6-7:30pm. Snacks will be provided.  For more information, please email Alexis  (alexis@montereybaymultisport.com) or Sharon (sharon@montereybaymultisport.com).

February 10th – Goal Setting                                                             

March 10th – Water Running for injuries                                                                   

April 14th – Using Imagery to improve fitness                                                                       

May 12th – Race Preparation for extreme climates (heat or cold)               

June 9th – Parent/Kids Coaching (What’s Right For Your Child)                             

July 14th -Safety for Outdoor Exercise                                                                      

August 11th -Swim tips for Open Water                                                                   

September 8th – How to enjoy the Off season and Stay Fit                                                             

New links have just been posted on the 'Links' sidebar. If you are interested in USAT National Youth and Junior or collegiate racing, these links are for you!  Check them out for more information.

We are now accepting applications for the 2009 MBM High Performance Junior, Junior Elite and Adult teams! Please see the information regarding team requirements, benefits and fees below.

Sharon and I are excited about the upcoming season and have included additional team workouts. If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call us.