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Your Durango Devo junior development cycling program has received some sweet recognition by USA Cycling this month in earning a place on the list of 2011 Centers of Excellence. Read the article on the USA Cycling website here.

Devo Alumni Howard Grotts exploding himself for the crowd at last evenings Snowdown Roller Races.

FLC Cycling/Devo U19 Coach Elke Brutsaert with Some Nutrition Tips

I would like to share this article with you all, especially those with the serious sugar addiction…you know who you are with your little backpack full of guilty pleasures. This is a great article that I hope will change your perspective on the evils of sugar. This is one of those food-activist topics you will be hearing more and more about in the future. We should all be on the cutting edge of this material. It is right up there with highly refined foods, GMO, BPA and other such food contaminants that the government chooses not to recognize as poison.

I know you are busy with school and base, but please take some time to read these articles if you are in the dark on these topics. We cannot afford to ignore what we put in our bodies. The obvious being, that it affects athletic performance, but on a much larger scale this is about your overall lifelong health and very relevant to things like disease and cancer. Particularly in college when the theme is often about time constraints or financial limitations, causing food choices to be very poor.

I think it is very difficult to comprehend the impact of food contaminants, as it is vast and overwhelming and simply easier to keep buying cheap food and ignoring the truth. Especially easy when your perspective is narrow and short term, where you may not see an is easy to then deduce that fuel choice is not important. But in a long term sense, this is not sustainable and eventually there will be a cumulative effect that will corrupt your health in a major way.

-Elke

SUGAR:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

BPA’s, good canned foods list:
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/bpa-canned-foods-best-and-worst-brands-out-there.htm

BPA discussion:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=plastic-not-fantastic-with-bisphenol-a

Snow Biking

Ultramontane & Company – Mitch & Kath from Ultramontane on Vimeo.

Is it Biking Season Yet?

Mountain States Cup Releases Schedule for 2012

MSC#1 Riverside Rampage XC // TT // CR
May 18-20 // Salida, CO

MSC#2 Chile Challenge DH // SD // XC
June 8-10 // Angel Fire, NM // ProGRT

MSC#3 Wildfower Rush DH // SD // XC
June 22-24 // Crested Butte, CO // Crested Butte Bike Week

MSC#4 Storm Peak Stampede DH // SD // XC
July 20 – 22 // Steamboat Springs, CO // State Champs //

MSC#5 Full Tilt in Telluride DH // SD // XC
August 10-12 // Mountain Village, CO // Season Finalé //

Stan’s No Tubes FLCCX#7 Results and Series Overall Points

Stan’s NoTubes 4CCX #7 Results

Stan’s NoTubes 4CCX Series Overall

Thanks to Stan’s and Dave Hagen from FLC Cycling for a great 2012 season!

Stans No Tubes FLCCX #7 Series Finals Photos

FLC’s Ryan Dorsey made the FLC national team on this very day.

Colovita NM’s Tino Sanora took the 35+ series in style.

FLC Director Dave Hagen threw the race and then rode the race.

Sweet Elites Colton Anderson comes out of his rest break for one more fun race of 2011.

Coach Chad lets his beard slow him down upon landing.

Chris climbs the slippery hill in 3rd place

FLC’s Dave Hagen knows this hill all too well.

Teal Stetson-Lee is looking prime for nationals

Stan’s No Tubes Frank Maple through the barriers.

DWC’s Steve Lamont has not missed a local cross race, or practice in years!

Devo Crosser Galen rides his first race on his first cross bike.

Devo Mom Dana Shinn took the series for the ladies.

FLC’s Dylan Stucki loves him some barriers.

Stans No Tubes FLCCX#7 Series Finals on Sunday

Thats right, the local cyclocross series is coming to an end. The great series being offered by Stan’s No Tubes, FLC’s Director, Dave Hagen and his crew of hard working student athletes. Sunday’s race at the Fort Lewis College Cycling Arena will mark the final race for the area crossers. This season has been one of the best ran seasons to date and the weather has cooperated by being very cross-like. Sundays race should be no different. Plenty of fresh snow is between the tape and mud is sure to be everywhere by the 10am Open Women and B Men start time. The A men and 35+ Men will follow at 11am. Many of the locals will be using this race as the last training event before the national championships in Madison, Wisconsin on January 8th. There should also be some great collegiate competition as the Skyhawk student athletes are using this event as their final tryout to make the 8 man, 8 women national team roster. Good luck to all. This is a great chance to come out and be a part of Durango’s thriving cyclocross scene. See ya there. 11 Stan’s.FCCX Series Flyer

Oh and make sure to be at the Irish Embassy at 6pm for the series awards party. There are always amazing prizes and even more amazing story telling!

Stans No Tubes FLCCX #6 Photos and Results

Results are in, results are in! Stan’s NoTubes 4CCX #6 Results.

Kaylee takes after her brother and flows the bmx section

Kaylee went down on lap 3 in the playground sand.

Galen leads out local die hard, Steve Lamont.

Coach Annie pumps the front end down the backside

Chris used his experience and took the B Men win on the final lap.

Devo Mom Dana rode strong and took 3rd in the Open Women

Will shoots his left fingers from grip to break lever to prepare for the corner ahead

Will settles into the suspension bike he borrowed from his mother, yes his mother.

Carly goes for the pass on the inside of Emily

Parker looks through the corner with his head.

Kaylee keeps her chin up and hammers in the saddle

Keenan looked great in the technical sections

Emily throws down an attack on Martha Iverson and fellow teammate Carly

High School Racing League a Sucsess

And then these guys think Durango is pretty cool.

Life in Durango with Todd Wells & Ned Overend from Jim Fryer/BrakeThrough Media on Vimeo.

US Pro Challenge Announcement Tonight at Steamworks

The US Pro Challenge is coming to town! After missing out on last years inaugural tour of Colorado, Durango has been announced as the opening stage of the 2012 edition. The route has yet to be unveiled, so head to Steamworks tonight at 5:30 and be a part of the official announcement and celebration of the August 20th event.