Winter Training Camp

This past weekend TBS/CFA Racing Team set off for 2 days of training and bonding at our first team camp.  We traded cloudy 20 degree temps in Ogden for sun and 60 degree weather in St. George, UT.  It was the first chance that many of us have had to ride with one another.

We started the trip with delicious chicken and biscuit breakfast sandwiches from Chick-fil-a then boarded the famous "bike bus" driven by non other than our man Matt Howard of The Bike Shoppe.  Loud music, Nacho Libre and The Dark Knight kept us company as we all got to know each other on the trip down. 

We were greeted by sun and warmth in St. George and headed out for 30 miles of riding.  Many of us have been putting plenty of time on the trainer indoors but not so many miles out on the road so we had to get used to being back on bikes!  That happened quickly though and the group pushed pretty hard up the "Utah Hill" outside of St. George.

A quick ride, then it was pizza for diner and finally a team meeting, bonding and mild mischief.

Saturday was meant to be a long, mellow base building ride.  We stuck together for thee first half up to Gunlock Lake the the tiny town of Veyo, home of Veyo Pies, one of the best mid ride stops ever!  Matt and Jodi shared a banana cream pie, yes a whole pie, but it had bananas...health food, right?  The group turned around and headed back, hitting the Utah Hill one more time.  A few headed back the short way back to town but managed to hit 54.3 mph along the way!  Down hill with a tailwind will do that!

Back on the Bike Bus for the ride home, many slept, others got to know one another and Matt proved a 22 passenger bus with a trailer can be driven just as nimbly as any sports car!

Thanks to our many sponsors for the great trip!  Especially to The Bike Shoppe and Matt Howard.  We are supported by the best group of companies in the west. 

You'll see the new team at the RMR Crits in Salt Lake City and the Tour del Sol in St. George in March.  Watch for the new team kit to make its debut shortly there after.