MYOGENESIS NUTRITION DISCOUNT PROMO CODES

First off, welcome to the new Myogenesis Nutrition presented by Landmark Dodge Pro/Am Cycling Teams new blog. This is an arena where you can keep up to date with goings on of the guys, as they slice there way through the 2007 race schedule. Some exciting things are already transpiring this year. Not only have we secured several podiums, and 3 wins already in the middle of March, but the great guys at Myogenesis (http://www.myogenesis.com/) have come up with DISCOUNT PROMO CODES for purchases on the site! The proceeds from the sales go directly to funding the team. All you have to do is go to the website, pick your product, proceed to checkout, as normal....when you get to this point, you will see a spot for a "promo code". You will receive a 20% discount off the listed prices if you will put in the name of your favorite Myogenesis racer, in all lower case letters.... ( brady, cleve, jon, casey,travis,ron,jefer,thomas,daryl,eric,jacob,tim) and BAM...the discount is yours! SO...go order some multi-vitamins, some whey protien, blood booster, podium...etc...and for you ladies, there is even a special "ladies needs" supplement!Check back here often for updates, race reports, or even little blurbs from the guys..........

Monday, March 26, 2007

Georgia Cup (www.georgiacup.com)
Gainesville, Georgia
Thomas Brown

Just like the weather, the racing scene in the southeast is really starting to heat up. The weekend of March 24-25 featured the next round of the Georgia Cup in Gainesville Georgia. Three races were on tap for the weekend, an 11k time trial, a 60 kilometer Criterium, and a 100 kilometer road race. The Team Myogenesis Nutrition presented by Landmark Dodge boys came into the weekend with high hopes and high fitness.

The Thurmond Tanner parkway time trial started off the weekend. The course was a straight forward 11 kilometer test in which the big powerful time trialists would come out to play. Team Myogenesis held their own with Cleve Blackwell powering to 11th while the wise saved energy for the Criterium that night.

The nighttime downtown Criterium course is one of the fastest courses in the southeast. This, along with the lack of lighting produced a night of fast aggressive and exciting racing. With average speeds close to 30 miles per hour the majority of the pack was content to simply survive the onslaught of attacks. Most of the breakaway attempts proved futile as Jittery Joes was intent on keeping the pack under its control. Despite this, with 20 laps to go a group of 8 riders were twenty seconds up the road. In that group was the hyper aggressive Cleve Blackwell, who was intent on getting away from the raging peloton. With cooperation waning in the breakaway, Cleve along with Seth Hansley????(LAST NAME) from Loco’s hit it hard and dropped their breakaway companions. The remnants of the breakaway were then picked up by the raging peloton with close to five laps to go. The rest of the Myogenesis boys swarmed the front trying to keep Cleve away while setting up Thomas Brown for the sprint. Coming into the last lap, the break was still away, but a hard attack by Bruno Langlois proved to be the winning move. Bruno blew by the breakaway duo, Cleve held on for 3rd and Thomas came in for 6th after a last lap incident.

The 100k road race would determine the GC for the entire weekend. After pumping Myogenesis’ Blood Booster along with Triple Threat recovery drink over night, the Myogenesis boys were feeling fast and looking good. Aggression and attrition was the name of the game for the day. With two KOM’s per lap with time bonuses, the impetus was high to make the race hard. Two flat tires took out Jafer Beizer along with Tim Barrett early in the race. With this development, survival over the vicious climb became paramount. With over 6000 vertical feet of climbing in the race, the peloton became smaller and smaller each lap. With two ten kilometer laps remaining, 5 riders were off the front and the remaining peloton was dying a slow death. With 2 k to go, Cleve Blackwell attacked hard and soloed in to the finish for 6th, while Thomas Brown came around Jittery Joes’ Aussie sprinter Jeff Hopkins for 7th. Overall the weekend was very successful for Team Myogenesis Nutrition p/b Landmark Dodge and the results bode well for upcoming races.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

March 24, 25

SPIN CITY CYCLING CLASSIC
ORLANDO, FLORIDA


This weekend, the Myogenesis Nutrition pb Landmark Dodge would run split squads. There were three races in the Southeast this weekend, the aforementioned in the title, Spring City Cycling Classic, formally known as The Festival of Speed. The Georgia Cup, in Gainesville, Georgia, and the inaugural Tour De Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I’m here to report on the goings in the land of GIANT mice.

Let me first start my report by telling a little story…..Friday night, I was out with a couple of buddies, doing an easy spin around, to loosen the legs up. We rolled up to a traffic light, came to a stop, sat and waited. The light turned green, we went to pull off, and I looked back to make sure my buds were there, only to see one of them laying on the ground!??? Of course, I started rolling, because I was starting to realize what had happened, couldn’t get out of the pedal-fall on the ground in slow motion-still not able to get out the pedal because of his own weight, other buddy trying to pick him up, while he is still clipped in. Ok, funny enough? It get’s better. Once my buddy got up and got going, he started begging me, don’t tell anyone, don’t tell anyone, don’t tell anyone……SO I PROMISED I WOULDN’T, that’s why his name isn’t in here. So here’s the punch line…after saying don’t tell anyone, there was an Atlanta Police Officer at the intersection, and being the ever vigilant officer that he should be, got on his P.A. and proceeded to announce over it, “I saw everything, and I’m going to tell”. I about fell off of my bike!!

The above story should have been a clue to what was about to go down. Early Saturday morning, the Orlando crew (Brady, Jon, Casey and Ryan) along with the dude that fe…..I said I wouldn’t call him out, so I’ll stop right there, Curt. We arrived in Orlando around 2 in the afternoon for an 8 o’clock twilight crit around the bar district. The course was a FLAT, four corner, rectangle, with a long drag race down the start/finish.

Our buddy Curt was racing in a race several before ours, so we were in turn two, watching Curt get it on. About five laps into his race, I looked over to our team van, where all our bikes were displayed nicely, leaned up against the van, to check on them visually. Good thing I did, because just as I did, I noticed a maroon car turning around at the blocked intersection….with two bikes hanging out of the trunk. In a matter of .000034863 seconds, my mind took in that information, I think the fact that it was two American Classic 420’s, (which happen to be the choice wheel of the Myogenesis guys) mounted on forks, that from my vantage point were mostly black (kinda what the forks look like on our Blue Competition Cycles RC-7’s), hanging out of the trunk, tripped a flag. My eyes went from the trunk, immediately to the van, took a quick count, and came up two short! I immediately took off running. Now remember, I was sitting on the inside of the course, and by all accounts, when I took off running, I ran out of my flip-flops I was wearing, leaving them in the middle of the course, and ran right in between a split in the race that was going on. I never saw them. So here I am running barefooted down a road in Orlando, chasing a car, that has two of our bikes in it. A friend of ours, Gina Voci (Kenda Tire) who had just finished racing, saw what was going on, and took off in a full out sprint on her bike, and likewise, as I did, took off straight through the middle of the race that was going on, after the car. SHE CAUGHT THEM three blocks later at the intersection!! She not only caught them, but I guess in order to stop them, she rode in front of them. It stopped them alright, but not until after they tried to run her over. This whole scene was taking place right in front of two patio dining areas. Several of the patrons, along with one of the local business owners, came out to the intersection to help out. Cops called out. Three dillholes are now being charged with 2 counts each of Felony Grand Theft, because of the value of the bikes, and the driver is being charged with Felony Aggravated Assault as well for trying to run Gina over. Ok, we got the bikes back, an hour before the start of our race. We took off as fast as we could for the hotel, so we could put on our Garneau kits, and get ready for the ensuing battle. Alright, trying to get focused, mind back in the game, warming up, Jon breaks a cleat 20 minutes before the start…5 miles on the other side of the course from the hotel. With 20 minutes until race time, he had no time to change the cleat, so he grabs one of Curt’s shoes, a size 42 and Jon wears a 46, and one of Curt’s pedals, a Shimano pedal, and Jon runs Speedplays.
SO now Jon has a shoe on that is 4 euro sizes to small, and two different pedals. I’ve got blisters on my feet from running barefooted down the road..things are looking REAL good for us. So on to the race. There was some heat present. Aerospace had a full complement in its quiver. Herbalife, out of Miami, had like 48 guys in there, Preferred Alliance, another strong Florida team, had a full squad. The race started fast, as expected, with several attacks taking place. A break finally got established. The break of 7 managed to stay away for well over half of the race. Preferred Alliance brought their guys to the front, and the chase was on. All of us stayed up front, lending assistance to the chase. The break gets caught with 4 to go. Good for us, with primarily a sprint type squad present. We managed to come in with 5th (Casey), 14th (Jon) and 21st (Ryno).
Alrighty, Crit in the bag, so we take off to get something to eat. After driving around Orlando for an hour looking for anything open, other than a bar, we find an IHOP. We pulled in, happy, because it’s just what we were looking for. Head to the front door. Closed. 5 minutes before we got there. Ok, now what? Steak N Shake, across the road, open 24. It’ll have to do. SO we get our table, it then takes 30 minutes to get our waters we ordered. The Steak N Shake experience is a whole story in itself, but it ends with us leaving 1:10 minutes after arriving. We finally get back to the hotel at 1 something.
Circuit race Sunday. WINDY, wide open and flat. Basically the race boiled down to this. Strung out, headwind from 8 directions, some dude taking out 2 of my rear spokes, Casey making the front group and one ferocious bridge and holding in there for 11th.
So hopefully all the “full moon” type of stuff is out our systems, and we can get back to it. Overall, the weekend was fairly successful considering………..

Friday, March 16, 2007

GEORGIA CUP ALBANY GEORGIA

March 3 and 4, 2007, Albany, Georgia, opening round of the latest
edition of the ever growing Georgia Cup (www.georgiacup.com). The first race of this years series revisited Albany, Georgia, the same as it did in 2006. This years edition..The EXCELLENCE.COM stage race, would be held in conjunction with several other events taking place in Albany. The Snickers Marathon, as well as the annual downtown Mardi Gras celebration….as they say, “laissez le bon temps rouler”..
The Myogenesis Nutrition boys loaded up on Friday, and made there way to Albany, ready for an opening weekend leg stretcher.

It’s still early in the season, and most of the guys have yet to really test themselves, with the exception of Cleve Blackwell, who already had 2 wins under his belt for ’07.
The race would consist of prologue on Saturday morning, and a criterium Saturday evening, followed by a traditionally WINDY road race on Sunday. The prologue Saturday morning was quite an interesting course. It would be run on the criterium course, which itself was basically a non-intersecting figure 8, except it would be run in one direction, then basically double back on itself, on the inside of the course. Some of the guys toeing the line in Albany this weekend would be Nick Reistad from the Jelly Belly squad, fresh off the Tour of California and a top 25 in one stage. Matt Crane, from the Health-Net squad, Michael Wolf, from Navigators, as well as 6 members of the AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork, including sprinter Frank Trevisio, Bruno Langois and his brothers from the Canadian National Team,
as well as a host of other regional powerhouses. After the prologue, we found ourselves in 10th, 6 seconds out. This is how the top ten shook out…
Tony Scott Team One / Memorial Health 3:19
Todd Henricksen AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork 3:20
Jeff Kopp ABRT-American Bicycle 3:21
James Sweeney ABRT-American Bicycle 3:24
Ben Faulk Giordana-Cliff Bar 3:25
Nicholas Reistad Jelly Belly 3:25
Don Autore Orlando Velo 3:26
Brad Messenger Giordana-Cliff Bar 3:26
Eric Murphy AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork 3:27
Casey Magner Myogenesis Nutrition / Landmark Dodge 3:27

That evening, we knew the crit would be scorching. 30+ MPH average. We were right. After the call ups and intros, the starting gun fired, and off to the races. Jon Atkins, Myogenesis Nutrition, took the whole shot, and decided he liked it on the front, so he continued stringing the field out from that position for the first lap and a half. The race was very active from the start, with attacks, breaks, chases, and catches for the first 30 minutes. The pace would remain high, but Nic Reistad and Matt Crane were able to sneak away, and the chase was on. Myogenesis Nutrition and AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork moved their squads to the front, and put in a valiant effort, but could only manage to bring the gap down, and could never make the catch.

. With 5 to go, AEG moved its train to the front for the lead out, with Myogenesis sharing the work. Reistad was able to hold on for the win, with Matt Crane in second. Keith Norris, AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork came home with the field sprint. Casey Magner and Thomas Brown came in with a respectable 4th and 5th. This is the way the top ten shook out.
Nic Reistad Jelly Belly
Matt Crane Health-Net
Keith Norris AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
Oscar Heneo Union Ciclista Latina
Chris Scott Locos
Casey Magner Myogenesis Nutrition / Landmark Dodge
Thomas Brown Myogenesis Nutrition / Landmark Dodge
James Sweeney ABRT
Bruno Langois Canadian National Team
Frank Trevisio AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork

SunDAY, SuNDAY, SUNDAY! The word of the day would be WIND. This area of Georgia is known for its peanut and cotton fields, of which there were plenty on this chosen course. Fields and wind make for a long day. In generality, the first road race of the year, someone takes off from the gun. They did it this year, just as scheduled. The reason that most do this is to try and get some easy points and the upper hand in the KOM competition early. The break was allowed to stay away for the better part of the first half of the race. With Nic Reistad now in the yellow jersey, but only by a few seconds, the break posed a small danger, since it contained Matt Crane, who was now 2nd on GC. After Mother Nature kept the race strung out single file and at times echeloned across the entire road, the field decided it was time to go. The first lap, the wind had its toll, with people systematically coming unglued and fading off the back in this early season brow beating. They had no clue what was up the road for the survivors. The pared down peloton continued mashing the pedals in anger in their pursuit of break. The last lap would see the peloton totally disintegrate, resulting in a lead group that contained 20, at best. The group of 20 managed to roll up the break with just a few K’s remaining to the line, ensuring a “field” sprint.
The finish looked like this……

Frank Trevisio AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
James Sweeney ABRT
Keith Norris AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
Oscar Heneo Union Ciclista Latina
Chris Scott Locos
Nic Reistad Jelly Belly
Matt Crane Health-Net
Bruno Langois Canadian National Team
Sebastian Sinesterra Reality Bikes
Casey Magner Myogenesis Nutrition / Landmark Dodge

Overall GC shook out like this…….

Nic Reistad Jelly Belly
Matt Crane Health-Net
James Sweeney ABRT
Todd Henriksen AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
Oscar Heneo Union Ciclista Latina
Frank Trevisio AEG-Toshiba-JetNetwork
Chris Scott Locos
Casey Magner Myogenesis Nutrition / Landmark Dodge
Bruno Langois Canadian National Team
Don Autore Orlando Velo

Till next time………….keep the rubber side down