IC3 Colorado

It was a cold Saturday morning when 13 of us gathered in front of Galen’s house.  I could not help but notice the strange looks Galen’s neighbors were giving us.  They had this look on their face like… hey do not you guys know that it is winter and that it is cold outside and that there is snow on the ground…. who rides bicycles in weather like this?

Well the answer is, IC3.  Thanks to Galen and his family for hosting what is becoming a annual event, Galen’s New Years Ride.

Before leaving for a ride down the Cherry Creek bike path Galen lead the group in a prayer.  Galen then let the group put in prayer requests.

We had a great ride down the trail.  We did a short loop out to Cheery Creek Reservoir before heading down to REI.  We picked-up a rider as we headed back from Village Green park.  I have forgot his name but I knew him from the Bicycle Village Aurora rides.  I was amazed at how many other riders were out on the trail.  Denver definitely has some hard core bicycle riders.

We stopped at REI and had some hot drinks and food before heading out.  At REI we ran in to the Bicycle Village ride who was also having their first ride of the new year.  On the way back we did a short loop around the Sport Authority Stadium.  Josh Taylor took a photo of the group in front of the stadium.  See the photo below, Rich Sweeny is the one “Tebowing”.

We arrived back at Galen’s house about 12:15 – 12:30 where Carol (Galen’s wife) had a GREAT lunch ready for everybody.

All in all it was a great morning for a ride, fellowship and food.

On Friday January 6th IC3 Junior, Gage Hecht, successfully defended his national 13-14 year old category title.  Below is a report that was posted on Cyclocross Magazine web page, a link to a video interview that Gage after his win and a photo of Gage during the race.

IC3 wants to congratulate Gage on his win.

Let’s hear it for IC3 on the podium!

All to your Glory God!

2012 National Cyclocross Championship: Report

POSTED BY JLIBERLES ON 1/06/12 • CATEGORIZED AS 2012 CYCLOCROSS NATIONALS,RACE REPORTS

For full coverage of the 2012 Cyclocross National Championships at Badger Prairie County Park in Madison, Wisconsin, visit 2012 Cyclocross National Championships homepage.

VERONA, WISCONSIN — When you’ve been racing for five years and you’re in the 13-14 race, odds are good that you’re serious about what you do. That’s certainly the case for three-time National Champion Gage Hecht (International Christian Cycling Club), who took the holeshot in what was arguably the fastest start of the day. The 13-14 year old juniors charged down the pavement en masse, and strung out almost as quickly as they hit the slick, greasy course. By the 180 degree turn, riders were strung out and the leaders, Hecht and Spencer Petrov (Lionhearts) as the two standouts on the front.

One lap in, Hecht had created a gap of 15 bike lengths between himself and Petrov, and their gap on the rest of the field had grown to 10 seconds. Behind them in third was Cameron Beard, and five seconds behind him saw Sean McElroy (Team Specialized Racing) and Michael Owens.

The crowds had grown since earlier in the morning, and the friends and families of the racers were out in force, cheering on their hometown favorites. The course has been getting slicker and muddier as the day has progressed, and riders were spending more time tripoding to stay upright in the sharp corners. The cloud coverage caused temperatures to drop slightly, and racers finished looking spent and chilly, though for Hecht, nothing could wipe the smile off of his face.

“I’m really happy with the race,” he told Cyclocross Magazine. “It went great and I did everything I felt like I needed to.”

Read up on all of the action at 2012 Cyclocross Nationals on Cyclocross Magazine’s2012 Cyclocross National Championships homepage.

13-14 Full Results:

Interview that Gage after the race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX382OLGIrw&feature=player_embedded

Photo of Gage from the race:

Greetings All,
 
Join us this Saturday is our ride out of Bicycle Village in Aurora.  All are welcome.  Bicycle Village is our local shop sponsor and has graciously offered to provide lunch after our ride.  If you’re planning on coming out, you MUST RSVP with me so we can have a enough food for all.  Bicycle Village host 3 rides every Saturday (social, intermediate, and advanced ride), so we’ll join their groups in order to keep things simple.  Their social ride is like our EZ ride group, intermediate is more recreational, and the advance group tends to ride fast with less stopping.  As you can see there’s something for everyone. 
 
Please RSVP with me by Thursday 9/29 so BV can plan accordingly with food.   BV sends out their ride details late in the week (Thursday or Friday morning) so I’ll send those joining us the details of the rides later in the week.
 
Meet at 9:00  Bicycle Village Aurora  2802 South Havana St., Aurora, CO 80014
 
Blessings,

–

Matt Otero
303-601-6869
Road Ride Coordinator
International Christian Cycling Club – Colorado Spoke

It was a full but fun weekend of racing! First the kids went out and conquered Lookout Mountain…a challenge in itself to not only climb but do it as quickly as possible. Here were our amazing finishers at Lookout Mountain!

JM 8-9
Joshua Judson – 2nd Place

JW 10-12
Ashley Atencio – 4th Place
Julia McKelvy – 6th Place

JM 10-12
Henry Dunkleberger – 5th Place
Christian Friend – 10th Place

JM 13-14
Gage Hecht – 1st Place
Matthew Judson – 9th Place
Josh Schroeder – 10th Place
Daniel McKelvy – 13th Place

JW 15-16
Kirsten Williams – 2nd Place

Then on Sunday we enjoyed the Junior Colorado State Championships downtown at Bannock where the racing was fast and furious! Here were our results there:

JW 8-9
Chloe Atencio – 4th Place

JM 8-9
Joshua Judson – 8th Place

JW 10-12
Ashley Atencio – 7th Place

JM 10-12
Christian Friend – 17th Place

JM 13-14
Gage Hecht – 1st Place
Josh Schroeder – 9th Place
Matthew Judson – 14th Place

JW 15-16
Kirsten Williams – 4th Place

Congratulations on a job well done to everyone!! Hard to believe Cyclocross season is almost upon us…one more road practice this week. See you there!

Mt. Evans is now behind us and we had some amazing riding going on from our Juniors! Not an easy climb at all! Here were our results!

JW 10-12
Julia McKelvy – 7th Place

JM 10-12
Christian Friend – DNF (had some back trouble at mile 8 and had to pull out)

JM 13-14
Gage Hecht – 1st Place
Matthew Judson – 12th Place

JW 15-16
Kirsten Williams – 2nd Place

Nice work everyone! We’ll be in Salida this weekend and hope to see some of you there! If not, we’ll see you at Bannock! Have a great weekend!

The Hecht Family

Thursday August 11th will be “IC3 Night” at the Table Mountain Race Series.  If you can come
out and race on the evening of Thursday August 11^th please do so.  The goal for this date and this
event is to have a strong IC3 presence.  Have as many IC3ers as possible be at the event and racing.

 These races take place on the old Wheels of Thunder course (the Colorado State Patrol Training Facility) and are an absolute blast.  The 6pm Thursday race is about the speed of a slower CAT 4 race.  It would be great fun to race together and we could dominate the race.  The races on this course are safe.  The 13-14 juniors are able to enter the same race as the adults, thus everyone can race together (parents and juniors in the same race along with all other IC3ers).  It would be excellent to have everyone together for racing and fellowship.

Flyer for event -> http://www.americancycling.org/sites/default/files/Site_Files/Race_Flyers/2011/2011Table%20Mtn%20FlyerFinal.pdf

From Erik Judson

The race starts around 6:00PM give or take 15 minutes, and you can’t really start
to warm up on the course until close to 6:00PM.  The best thing would be to bring a trainer and come around 5:15PM.  Sign up starts around 5:30PM or so, and it’s only $17 with an ACA license, can’t beat that!

It would be great to have as many IC3 folks show up as possible, for His glory and have a very strong presence in the race, and for racing fellowship.  13-14 Juniors could hang in the pack too…

MIKE HORGAN HILL CLIMB
JM 10-12
- Henry Dunkleberger (2nd Place)
JM 13-14
- Gage Hecht (1st Place)
- Josh Schroeder (4th Place)

CANDELA’S CIRCUIT RACE
JM 8-9
– Joshua Judson (4th Place)
JM 13-14
– Matthew Judson (6th Place)

NORTH BOULDER PARK CRITERIUM
JM 13-14
– Gage Hecht (1st Place)
- Josh Schroeder (8th Place)
- Aaron Elliott (11th Place)

GREAT racing done by all! We look forward to seeing more and more kids out at the races and practices as time goes on! If you haven’t been out yet or lately, we hope you’ll join us soon! It’s a lot of fun!

Thanks to the Judson opening their home for the Junior BBQ, it was a lot of fun! And thanks to the Schroeders for organizing it! The kids had a blast!!

Hope to see you all Weds for the Lookout Mountain Hill Climb practice!

Have a great week!
Susan Hect

Thank you Cindy Elliott for taking the photos.

Kathy Judson finishing

Maurine Sweeney on the podium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gage Hecht on the podium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Susan Hecht:

We’re back from Augusta and enjoying the dryer, cooler temps! Luckily we had some rain the day of the TT so it was slightly cooler but unfortunately muggier…we had a dry, hot day for the crit and several more crashes unfortunately, but none of the Colorado kids went down. Here were the final results for both the TT and Criterium.

TT Results
JM10-12
      Torin Bickmore – 21st Place

JM13-14
      Christopher Blevins – 17th Place
      Gage Hecht – 23rd Place
      Cade Bickmore – 28th Place
      Stephen Haas – 39th Place
      Cormac Dunn – 43rd Place
      Jacques de Curnou – 49th Place
      Liam Dunn – 52nd Place
      Parker Buccowich – 55th Place
      Josh Schroeder – 61st Place

JW15-16
      Laurel Rathbun – 5th Place
      Kirsten Williams – 6th Place

JM15-16
      Michael Dessau – 5th Place
      Zack Gould – 28th Place
      Maxx Chance – 63rd Place
      Ian McPherson – 66th Place

JW17-18
      Madison Tuggle – 11th Place

Criterium Results (riders were pulled since the fields were so large so many did not finish and I did not list those)
JM10-12
        Torin Bickmore – 9th Place

JM15-16
        Michael Dessau – 2nd Place
        Zack Gould – 25th Place
        Ian McPherson – 29th Place

JM13-14
        Christopher Blevins – 11th Place
        Gage Hecht – 17th Place
         Liam Dunn – 27th Place
         Cormac Dunn – 28th Place

JW13-14
        Marta Morris – 4th Place

JW15-16
        Laurel Rathbun – 4th Place
        Kirsten Williams – 14th Place

JW17-18
       Madison Tuggle – 14th Place

What a great showing we had from Colorado! Nice job to all racers for enduring the heat and high levels of competition…and most importantly for staying upright!

See you at the weekend races…our season has only just begun.

The Hecht Family