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Welcome to the McLean County Wheelers!

Whether you're a beginner or an old pro, the Mclean County Wheelers help make your riding more fun! Our members enjoy all types of activities, including group rides to fit your style and speed... whether beginner or experienced. Many of our members participate in organized rides not only in Illinois, but other states as well.  We also have social activities and civic minded committees to take part in.

 

NEW MEMBERSHIP INFO STARTING 2008

 

Miles of Smiles 2008 - July 26th! 

 

Site Updated

Monday, May 15, 2008

Check out the EVENTS page for a variety of Biking events and rides.

Rides


 

Training Rides began on Tuesday, April 29th - 5:45 p.m. at G.E. Road & Airport Rd. (Tipton Park)

Thursdays -  5:45 p.m. - Raab Rd. & Trail

Sundays,  1:30 p.m. - Tipton Park

 

Saturday - May 17 is Red Bull Jimmie's Ride. Leave fro the south parking lot of Tipton park at 9:00am. No cool name for his ride yet.
But you can still get the naming rights. Information is in this e-mail.

 

The Wheeler training rides started Tuesday April 29th at Tipton Park. Full schedule on the Wheelers web site.     

The Saturday & Sunday  Show & Go Breakfast rides start at 8:00am 

All the other usual weekly stuff is the same.  

Tuesdays

Tuesday Night Time Trials! Eleven miles of the truth. Or a great way to increase you speed and endurance on your favorite ride.

Meet at Normal West High School's south parking lot at 5:30pm. Depart promptly at 5:45pm.

Questions?

Call Andy Sweet at 309-846-0913 or hangdogger512@hotmail.com

Blow up or throw up. It's all good.

 

Wednesdays

Show & Go Ride at 5:30pm. Meet at Raab Rd and the trail. 

Nigel's House of Pain. These weekly speed work outs with Nigel are at 5:30pm at IWU's track.

If you can't get enough of Time Trials, check out the weekly TT by Decatur at the Lincoln Homestead State park.
First rider out at 6:00pm. 20k is the distance. More info?

Contact Kyle May at Info@429-SPIN.com

  

Thursdays 

Enjoy an evening run with the LRC at Lake Bloomington. Starts at 5:30pm or when ever you feel like by
Green Gables at the Lake.

 

Saturday 

 

Show & Go Breakfast rides on Saturday & Sunday.

Meet at the triangle on the trail at 9:00 until May. Then the start time will be 8:00am!

 

Sunday

 

 

Don't forget to Help Red Bull Jimmy name his ride. Remember, for only $5 per idea entered,
you can win the naming rights for his ride and a breakfast bought by none other than RBJ himself!
Just send a check (made out to St Jude Children's Hospital) and your idea(S) to:

 

Name That Ride

C/O McLean County Wheelers 

PO Box 647

Bloomington, IL 61702-0947

 

RBJ can answer all of your questions at jfkaiser.jfk@verizon.net

Only ideas sent to the PO box with a donation will be accepted. 

The winning name and author will be announced at his first ride in May.    

 

 

SAVE THESE DATES!!!!!

May 21 - Wednesday - Ride of Silence

 

May 24 - Saturday - LAF Prairie Land 100 mile Bike Ride from Hudson.  

 

June 7 - Saturday - TriShark Triathlon at Dawson Lake.

 

June 14 - Saturday - Ride & Stride at Tipton Park in Normal.

 

July 12 - Saturday - Pedaling for Kicks at East White Oaks Bible Church near Hudson

 

July 19 - Saturday - Evergreen Lake Triathlon at Comlara Park.

 

July 26 - Saturday - Miles of Smiles 100 - Hudson.

 

September 1-4 - Ag in the Classroom Ride - Morton

 

Find info about these events at the following web sites.

 

www.mcleancountywheelers.com - Bicycle info

www.lakerunclub.org - running info

www.tri-shark.org - triathons and other fun stuff info

www.jbwpeloton.com - Livestrong gala info

www.fcfi.org - Pedaling for Kicks info

www.iaafoundation.org - The Ag in the Class Room Ride info

 

 

With all this to do, there is no excuse not to get out and play!

Be safe

And see you in a few weeks. 

Geno!

Please send year-to-date mileage to:  rverdery@ilfb.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 


 
 
 
Events


 

LAF fund-raiser Jeff Wells has decided to offer a deal you can't refuse on admission to the HopeSTRONG Gala.
as a way of saying thanks for all the support he's received from the cycling/running/triathlon networks.  Anyone in the Wheelers,
Tri-Sharks, Lake Run Club or their associates can attend the HopeSTRONG Gala for a donation of whatever they wish to give.  
Bring your friends.  It's a fun night with lots of good company, food and entertainment.  And, it's all for a great cause.

 

May 10

The 3rd Annual HopeSTRONG Gala to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation and its fight against cancer will be
from 6 to 9 p.m. May 10 at the Snyder Lodge near Downs.  Cost is $55 per ticket.  The evening will include refreshments,
food, live music by the popular band Merge and a live auction.  Phone (309) 287-8210 for tickets.  
Visit www.jbwpeloton.com for more information.   

 

RSVP at;

 

http://www.jbwpeloton.com/wells%20rsvp%20hope%20strong%20rsvp.pdf

 

Many thanks.

Iceman

 

Committees


 

 

 

 

Scott Richardson Articles


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Bikes Change Lives

Triathalon

Clubs push to 'green up' racing events

Filed under: Scott Richardson — Scott Richardson @ 10:38 am

It's a little late for St. Paddy's Day but it's just in time for Earth Day later this month: The Tri-Sharks, a Bloomington-based triathlon club, is going green.

The triathlons at Dawson Lake and Evergreen Lake this summer and several Lake Run Club sponsored events, including Lake Run, Park to Park and Dog Days, will offer recycling, according to Colleen Klein, the club's top triathlon organizer.

The town of Normal has offered to provide onsite recycling bins. The events will use corn-starch-based cups and garbage bags with support from Illinois Corn Growers.

Ethanol-fueled vehicles will be used with support from Growmark. Carpooling to the events will be encouraged.

"The idea to work on greening up our local running and tri events came up after I heard a presentation at a race director certification conference a few months ago about the Council for Responsible Sports (www.responsiblesporting.org)," Klein said.

The council has a list of draft standards on their Web site that includes five areas: waste; climate; equipment; community and outreach; and health promotion.

For more on the triathlons, e-mail Trimomevents@verizon.net

 


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