I've been riding bikes for over 15 years now, and racing them since 1997.  In  that amount of time, you see your share of crashes.  Crashing is just  part of bike riding, and even more a part of racing.    Even with the most experienced riders...crashes still happen.  You accept that fact, but those crashes still suck...especially when riders have to go away in an ambulance.   We had a pretty ugly crash during the  adult track  class last night... and three riders got an " unplanned chauffer" to the hospital.      It looks like we have several riders that are going to  be in pain for a while, but everyone is going to be OK.  I'll be posting updates here a I recieve them.

What I have so far:

Big Rob T  has broken   multiple bones in his face, is wearing a neck brace  and is scheduled  to have surgery today.   Full recovery expected.  I believe he is at Mercy Hospital at the moment, but me be moved to a Kasier hospital for the surgery.   ( information directly from his mother)

Derek  had a separated shoulder and was released from the hospital last night. ( information secondhand)

Nick apparently broke some ribs, has some back pain, and was reportedly in the ICU as of thursday morning ( information seconhand)

I'll be posting any future information here.  Feel free to email me if you have any insight.   email me at: myfirstname@cyclingscience.org

Sean

PS

Just got this from Rachelle B:

 "Derek will be going to an orthopedic to determine whether he will need surgery or not on his shoulder....  Rob seemed a lot better in the hospital last night when we saw him up in ICU.  He was even cracking jokes which we were really glad to see, considering how bad off he was at the crash.  Nick seemed ok last night...maybe the worst off out of the 3.  We talked to him also, but he seemed like he couldnt really move at all and was in a lot of pain"

 

Since I  Rachelle saw  all of them last night, I assume they are all at Mercy. I am not posting last names here, but if you are in my track class and want  someone's last name so that you can call or pay a visit, feel free to email me.

So.... I teach the adult developmental classes at the San Diego Velodrome.  The classes are 6 weeks long.  I love coaching these track classes, the  riders learn how to ride and race track bikes and everyone has a great time.  The classes are tons of fun, but my favorite night is the last night of each session.  I always tell the students " We go to Lefty's Pizza the last night of class.  If you had fun, you buy one of the coaches a slice of pizza or a beer.  If you didn't have fun....we get to buy our own dinner" 

 They say a picture is worth a thousand words.....take a look a this photo of my assistant coach Jesse, and  the 5 beers in front of him will tell you  that lots of people had fun:

If you want to take track class, the next one starts June 17th.  You can find more information here:
http://cyclingscience.org/sdvelodrome.htm

I recently wrote about  coached rider Tammy Wildgoose from UC San Diego being chosen as part of an all star collegiate women's cycling team racing at the Nature Valley Grand Prix.  Velonews.com recently posted a short article about the team:

Collegiate All-Star women chosen

I friend of mine sent me this photo the other day.... this looks like a fun bike to ride...

I've been coaching Tammy W since the end of last summer. Tammy is a student at UC San Diego and she has been concentrating on collegiate cycling, with a goal of peaking at the Collegiate National Championships. Tammy has had a few good results along the way, but her best result of the year was by far her 3rd place Collegiate National Championship Criterium. As a result of her results that weekend, Tammy has been invited to race on a composite womens team at the Nature Valley Grand Prix Pro Stage race!

This is the new spot for this blog... there are a few years worth of old posts here: http://cyclingscience.blogspot.com/

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