Devo Joins Red Ball Express

Devo Families,

This year Devo will be one of the beneficiaries at the annual Red Ball Express Fundraiser put on by United Way and the Durango International Rotary Club.

We will be selling tickets in front of Steaming Bean for Noel Night Friday, December 6th from 4 till 8. Please stop by and help support Devo.

75% of the tickets we sell go straight to Devo and will fund:

Scholarships
Coaches training
Purchase of equipment

This fundraiser will be a great success if each family/athlete could sell 5 tickets. In addition to funding Devo, other non-profits and the United Way people who buy tickets have a chance to win $5,000, $2,000 and $1,000 at DMR Feb. 8th.

For more information about the Red Ball Express visit: durangoredball.com

You can pick up tickets at Durango Cyclery during business hours from now until mid January. It would be great if anyone can pick up tickets for other Devo families since reaching people in the off-season can be difficult.

Thank You,

Amy Haggart

Important information about the Red Ball Express:

Each ticket has a unique tracking number on it. When you sell a ticket, have the buyer fill out the right side of the ticket with name, contact information, etc (or you can fill it out for him/her). We need the contact information in order to identify the winner. Be sure to give the buyer the LEFT side of the ticket to keep. If we receive the wrong side of the ticket, it will not be entered into the contest.

You should keep the RIGHT side of each ticket, and get them to Amy Haggart at the Devo office by Jan. 30th. If you do not return the stubs to us, those tickets will not be entered into the contest.

All of the information on how to sell and fill out the Red Ball Tickets will come with the packet you will pick up.

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Durango Devo
10 town plaza #110
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Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Registration Opens Today

Registration for the 2014 Iron Horse Bicycle Classic opens TOMORROW, December 3, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. The event will be held Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26, 2014. We have updated the website – ironhorsebicycleclassic.com – and we are excited to get things rolling for a great weekend of riding and racing in Durango. All the great events are back, (with a few changes): The Citizens Tour presented by McDonald’s, Durango to Silverton Road Race presented by Coca Cola, Quarter Horse to Purgatory, Sunday Downtown Events presented by Morehart-Murphy, East Animas Time Trial powered by BP, Cross Country Race presented by Mountain Bike Specialists, Kids Races fueled by SPRITE, and the Alpine Bank Push Bike Park. Whew, that’s a lot!!

Highlights and changes for the 2014 event. Complete information can be found at the event website – please review the below and the website.

Online registrations are provided by iamATHLETE – a great new partner for the event. A link to online registration is available through the event website.
The Citizen’s Tour presented by McDonalds will be a timed event, again in 2014. An increase in the field limit for 2014 – 2600 riders!
The original – Durango to Silverton Road Race presented by Coca Cola is limited to the first 200 racers – and ONLY two categories available – A Men and A Women
NEW – Sunday’s Downtown Events presented by Morehart-Murphy include a few new activities – a Veteran Team Relay Challenge, a cyclocross criterium and the favorites – expanded Kids Races fueled by SPRITE and competitive crits for men and women, and the popular (and fun) the Cruzer Crit.
For those climbers in the group – we have created the Mountain Horse Tour. You will start at Durango Mountain Resort @ 10:00 a.m. and finish in Silverton – this shortens the traditional ride – but is the hardest and most satisfying part!

We have greatly expanded the commemorative official event merchandise for 2014, from riding gear to casual wear for men and women, we are also offering kids T’s with a cool new train logo. Stock up, we will ship it to you well in advance of the event.

Again, registration opens tomorrow, December 3, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Check out the website for complete details and register early and do not miss out on the fun in Durango!

We hope to see you in 2014!

Sincerely,

Jeffery Frost, Director
Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

Cyclocross Racing at Fort Lewis College this Weekend!

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This Saturday November 23rd starting at 10am the Durango Performance Center 4 Corners Cyclocross Series will make it’s 3rd stop at Ray Denison Memorial Field at Fort Lewis College. Cyclocross racers from all over the region will be battling against the course and the elements to prove themselves against racers from the Fort Lewis College Cycling Team and all will earn points in the Series culminating on January 4th, 2014. The FLC student-athletes and many of the community members are honing their skills and ramping up their fitness in preparation for the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships in Boulder, CO on January 9-14, 2014.

The Series has already completed stops in Dolores and Cortez and this weekend brings three races in a row to Fort Lewis College. The race will be held on a mile long enclosed course with many twists and turns, obstacles forcing riders to dismount to run with their bikes and long sections of pedaling. The course will utilize a lot of the terrain in the Stadium, practice fields and the area around Whalen Gymnasium and will be run rain, snow or shine. Cyclocross is considered to be the most fan-friendly of the cycling disciplines where much of the action can be seen from one vantage point and fans can get up close to the action in the technical sections. While many competitors use Cyclocross bikes the races are open to mountain bikes also.

Cyclocross brings out many of the cycling luminaries in Durango with the likes of Todd Wells, Ned Overend, Troy Wells, Travis Brown and Carmen Small doing battle with former and current FLC racers Matt Shriver, Mike Wilk, Ben Sonntag, Rotem Ishay, Sarah Sturm, Brittany Clawson, Sofia Gomez Villafane, Kolben Preble and Payson McElveen.

The racing action starts at 10am with the Cat. 3/4 Men, Open Women and Men 50+ racing for 40 minutes. At 11am the Cat. 1/2/3 Men and Men 35+ race for 50 minutes. This weekends race is USA Cycling sanctioned meaning that all Cat. 1/2/3 racers will need to have an annual USA Cycling license – all other racers can purchase a one-day license for $10. Registration is on site only and opens at 8:30am at the stadium press box – cost is $25.

The remaining Series races are:
Dec. 7 at FLC
Dec. 14 at FLC
Dec. 21 at Aztec
Jan. 4 at FLC

Come cheer on the FLC team and community members and bring your mountain bike up if you want to give Cyclocross racing a try.

More info can be found at: http://cycling.fortlewis.edu/4ccx/ or you contact Dave Hagen at hagen_d@fortlewis.edu with any questions.

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Our Friends’ Winter Sports Foundation Gala

This weekend is the event that kicks off the ski season in style for our fellow winter sports programs (Nordic, Freestyle, Alpine and Snowboard teams). Dig through your closet for the that black tie and high heels!!

Go to http://www.purgatoryskiteam.org/ and click on ‘buy tickets’

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Explorer’s Trip: Landing on the Moon

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Headed to our space station
Aliens….yep
Moons does have water!!!
Doing laps on moon dust
No gravity on the moon
Jack finds no gravity fun stuff
Carter contemplates aliens
Maya eating atronaut food
Luke gets ready to lift off
Garrett is speechless
You gonna ride that lunar log?
Filming with Lyle and Jack
Typical Moon Landscape
More moonscape shots
Astronaut on set
Cover shot
I think I really like earth
In a galaxy far, far away
artistic momment
earthset
Camp for a night
I think I like earth
Lunar uplifts
Alien pods
Wow…ya, that’s wow
sun rising
Looks like a stick bug
Alien cocoons
chilling at camp
Fire art
packing up with Kai
Dylan is packing up camp
Aliens pack camp too!
Fat tires rule
Oscar’s been there, done that
Garret and Sarah are in a trance from the moon’s gravity
This looks like just another day…
we found an alien!
We found ruins
Yellow trees everywhere
Magic
goat head soup
We go this!
Tubes to patch
Fat Tires rock and hang
Henry gets “far out”
Oscar’s hand grew on the trip
Does anyone know here the moon is?
heading out to explore
and explore
swim sesh
overlooking health of camp
Shooting a movie
riding the Mormon/Alien trail
Jack is trying really hard to like his bike
What??? Who??? Where???
Yep
Lyle hands up the moon roaming device
Nan wants to know if we ready to film this sic-fi

WOW group rocks Phil’s World

Devo mom’s and local women have been riding for the past 8 weeks with Amy Wantulok and Sage Anderson and tested their sick skills at Phil’s World!!!
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Devo CycloCross Squad starts today!!!!

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Grotts did it…..

Mondays 4:15-5:45
For ages: 7th-12th grade Coach Garrett will be teaching skills and how to maneuver on a cross bike and course. 3 optional team races Nov 23rd, Dec 7th, Dec 14th at FLC fields. We HIGHLY recommend cross bikes due to wear and tear on mtn bikes!

Devo Halloween ride postponed until tomorrow

Due to weather, we will have our Halloween ride tomorrow but shorten it a bit so everyone get get to their Halloween parties, trick or treating, etc:

Meet Thursday Oct 31st at 4 pm at Buckley in costume for a parade down main to bike path and candy/story at Rotary Park.

Back at Buckley by 5 pm!!!

 

A Cycling Celebration Invite from Mountain Bike Specialists

Dear Friends,

Durango’s cycling community has some new World Champions, National Champions, and State Champions.  I hope you can join us to celebrate their successes.  Several individuals as well as the FLC College team, the Sweet Elite team and the High School Teams have successes worthy of a party.  MBS, Steamworks, Bread and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory invite you recognize your friends on October 30th at MBS from 5:30p.m. to 7:30p.m.

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