Header - white logo blue background
Blue Train on River Trail
IN THIS ISSUE
TEAM HAPPENINGS
TEAM RIDERS
QUICK LINKS
 
 
Join Our Mailing List
Dear Friends of the Team,
 
Best Wishes for the New Year!
 
The Owens Healthcare Cycling Team had a varied, fun and successful 2010. Team members are now relaxing and re-charging during the off-season (with lots of important board meetings in the snow :), and looking forward to the adventures that await in 2011.
 
We hope you enjoy this update and preview, and wish you and yours a happy, healthy, interesting and productive New Year.  Cheers! 
Team Happenings 
 
 
The big news from late 2010: top-20 finishes by two Owens Healthcare riders at Cyclocross Nationals in Bend, Oregon. Brandon Dillard scored the best Nationals finish of his young cycling career with an outstanding 13th in Men 17-18, and veteran Paul Lennon was an excellent 19th in Men 45-59. (Paul was also 6th at the NCNCA District CX Championships.)
 
Also doing well at 'Cross Natz was friend of the team Chris Jones (Rapha-Focus), who finished 15th in the Elite Men's race. 

Paul CX Natz 2010
 
Other race results from this fall include Paul Lennon and Jordan Anderson with 2nd place finishes in their respective divisions at the Folsom MTB Stage Race, and many podium placings in the Ride On Race Series for Paul, Bill Reuss and Todd Dodds (Todd won the Caldwell Park race). Cool videos of the Ride On Races can be viewed at:
 
With help from super-domestique Jonz Norine, Brandon Dillard was the Wednesday Night Worlds Champion for 2010. Wily and powerful veteran Mike Simpson, fresh from a training camp in Scotland, and fueled by Black Face Ale, finished a close 2nd. Thanks to Redding Velo for restoring this annual tradition.
 
The team of Jonz Norine, John ("Spaghetti Legs") Friesen, Paul Lennon, and Jordan Anderson finished a respectable 11th in the Whiskeytown Relays (yes, they did a running race!).
 
Several team members completed the Redding to Mt. Shasta Owens Epico (100 miles, 12,000 feet of climbing, 7.5 hours, multiple flats, some fine wine, and even a few hallucinations).
Paul "won" the (semi-noncompetitive) Giro Epico, while Jonz ("the Big Wussy") bailed with the feeble excuse of a broken seatpost. Friends of the team Carson Blume and Dave Albrecht were among the select few to complete this arduous event. Thanks to Garth Schmeck for organizing it - enjoy his coverage at: 
 
On a perfect fall day, Mike Simpson and Mark Blaser joined over 300 cyclists for the Iconic Dam Ride, celebrating the completion of the paved bike path from Shasta Dam to the Sundial Bridge. The network of trails around Redding is becoming AWESOME! Many, many thanks to all those who have contributed to making this system a reality, especially Brian Sindt and the McConnell Foundation, Bill Kuntz and Francis Berg at the BLM, Brent Owen and the Redding Foundation, Tim and Cody Carlson, Chuck Hornbeck, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and federal stimulus funding.
 
Click on the appropriate link to follow OH Cycling on Facebook or Twitter .
Team Photo 2010 Goofy2011 Owens Healthcare
Cycling Team  (L - R) 
   
Jonz Norine
  Bill Reuss
Tom Dillard
Paul Lennon
Mark Blaser
Jordan Anderson 
Adam Pressman
John Friesen
Brandon Dillard
Todd Dodds
Mike Simpson
 
We hope you have enjoyed this e-mail newsletter.
Once again, best wishes for a wonderful 2011!

Sincerely,
The Owens Healthcare Cycling Team

A special thanks to all of our great 2010 sponsors:


Sponsors - New July 2010

Learn about sponsorship.