Sunday, April 3, 2011

Knews - April 2011

Terry Harrison and
Team Member, Gary Donath
•••Team Website

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Member News
--Throughout the year you can send your news and pictures to news@teamkman.org
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Team News -

Team Social:
Training Weekend
at Lake San Antonio - April 9/10  -
THIS WEEKEND.
 
Some of us will be camping Friday and/or Saturday. 
Everyone is invited for a great time. 
RSVP so to Keith, kmanandrobyn@gmail.com so he knows how much food to buy for Saturday night. Camp or just come up for the "provided by team" BBQ

---the schedule---
Fri/Sat Camping - Lynch Campground. (FYI it is about an hour relaxed drive from Atascadero to the lake.) 
9:00 am Saturday Ride - meet by Lake 9am roll about 9:10am. A rider can either go "out and back" on the 24 mile Olympic Course or choose to go around the lake for the 56 mile loop. Another option is; riders may also choose to do the Sprint course or shorter out an back.
2:00 pm Saturday Swim - meet by Swim dock next to parking lot. Open water swim practice. Swimmers choose to either go short or long with the longest swim being 1.5 miles.
6:00 pm Saturday BBQ provided by team at the Lynch Campground.  Menu: Roasted chicken, bean, bread, chips, salsa, and vegetables. Bring your own beverages.
8:30 am Sunday Run meet at boat ramp or in campground. Choices are many. Runners will go between 4 and 10 miles on the Wildflower courses.

Here is a link to the Monterey Parks information.


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Two Team Kman members, Jon Souliere and Seth Gilbertson, were in Japan to help with the nuclear reactors.  Seth and Jon Souliere went with their company(Irobot) robots.  We are all proud to have team members helping so heroically in this dangerous yet interesting and amazing situation.   Here's some links:
A) Part One-Seth in Singapore, he's is not in this part, he was in part two of the story.
B) Part two got archived to a pay site.(more information below) But here is a video from Seth and Jon's Company. Seth and Jon are not in the video because they were already on their way to Japan.

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Team Member, Gary Donath, was #1 in the jersey category and he did very well on time at the 70.3 in Oceanside last weekend. See all the results at. http://ironmancalifornia.com/results/

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Member, Mark Kowall, is the medical chair for the 2011 SLO County Arthritis Walk. This event will take place at Atascadero Lake Park.  For more informaiton and to sign up to to:

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April 2011 Challenge Board will be updated April 6th -  Check out the 2011 Team Challenge Board.

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New Networking Links - Members appreciating Members. Check out all the Networking Links in the sidebar. Doing business with teammates is a Win/Win.


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Triathlon -
04-29 through  May 1 - Wildflower Triathlon -  Also an awesome event. When you sign up remember to choose Team Kman as your team.
If you would To Camp in the Lynch Campground at the Kman Cycle and Run site, let Keith Schmidt(Kman) know and he will give you the specifics. Contact Keith at Kman Cycle and Run in Atascadero or email kman@teamkman.org


05 -14-2011- Adventure Challenge at Santa Margarita Lake www.ccadventure.com
(use discount code SLOTRICLUB11 to save 15%

06-05-2011 -  Morro Bay Tri (there is a sprint to this year) www.morrobaytri.com

(use discount code SLOTRICLUB11 to save 15%)

06-18-2011 -  Adventure Challenge at Lake Lopez www.ccadventure.com 

(use discount code SLOTRICLUB11 to save 15%)

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Swim - (We average 20+ swimmers MWF 6am at Kennedy in Atascadero.)


The SCAM meet at UC Berkeley just keeps on improving. Well run, fast times, in the deep CAL pool.  Delicious FREE breakfast and lunch, as well as FREE SCAM T-Shirts for all swimmers. Local vendor sold $10.00 polyester suits to boot! A definite swim meet to calendar for next year!  At this meet member, Jennifer Glenesk, scored a PR in the 500. Way to go Jennifer!

Look forward to the July Long Course Championship Meet at UC Santa Cruz. Another excellent weekend meet.

UPCOMING SWIM EVENTS:

July 8-10 - Long Course Championship Meet at UC Santa Cruz

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Bike -
A) Where are the Rides? - North County Cycling information is found at this link:





B) See LaChaine ride through Grandpa's Pond below....(at bottom)


C) Tour of CA volunteers needed.
Paso is looking for volunteers to work Tour of California stage five.  Contact Rose O'Sullivan at rose@prcity.org for information.




D) UPCOMING BIKE EVENTS:
04-16-2011 - Gran Fondo - Monterey - more information

04-30-2011 - Wildflower Century -
  more information
 

05-19- 2011
- Amgen Tour rides into Paso -
Amgen

05-23-2011
- 5th Annual Team K Koast Ride - Karmel to Paso - To get more information on this event email Louise or Len.

07-23-2011  - MTB Classic (Cross Country and Downhill race at Santa Margarita Ranch) http://www.ancientpeaksclassic.com/
(use discount code SLOTRICLUB11 to save 15%)


10-01-2011 -
Levi Gran Fondo in Santa Rosa - more information


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0-08-2011 - The 2011 Templeton Wine & Roses Bike Ride will open on April 1, 2011 through Active.com. Register early as the 2009 and 2010 rides sold out! Here is  more information about Wine and Rose Ride.


10-15-2011-  SLO GranFondo (100mile, 50mile and 25mile rides) www.
slogranfondo.com/
(use discount code SLOTRICLUB11 to save 15%)


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Run  

A) To be placed on the North County Run Group email list email Robyn Schmidt at runnews@teamkman.org and say, "Please put me on the NC Run Info List".


B) May - This year the Big Sur International Marathon (and relay) will be on May 1.  This is the same weekend as Wildflower Triathlon.  I will not be able to be there or make arrangements.  If anyone else is interested I can give you my information from the last time we did it.  Sorry!  Maybe next year, or another relay.


C) UPCOMING RUN EVENTS:
04-10-2011 -  The Wine Country Runs; half marathon, 5K and kids "Grape Stomp" 1/2 mile.  The Wine Country Runs will be held April 10.  More information at active.com


10-30-2011 - Laguna Lake Mud Mash (5k and 10k Mud Run) www.mudmash.com(use discount code SLOTRICLUB11 to save 15%)

04-17-2011-  San Luis Mountain Run 10k and 5k trail run www.slomountainrun.com
(use discount code SLOTRICLUB11 to save 15%)

 
--More Running Events found at this Active.com link Check out all these events at this link

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2011 Membership -   For all the membership benefits check out the Membership link on the Team Kman website.  Team K is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization. You may sign up on our website OR at any Team Social
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Maps:
Map to park at (Bethel and Vineyard)  a run meet spot.


Map to Santa Rita and Ridge Road - a run meet spot. We do a variety of mileage and everyone is welcome: Walkers, Sloggers, Joggers, Runners.


Map to Atascadero Kman Cycle and Run
Map to the Schmidt's Home for Team Socials map

Map to the Schmidt's Home  map
Email Robyn if you have run question: runninrobyn@gmail.com 
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