Seward Park Season Ender Criterium

Event Name:	Seward Park Season Ender Criterium
Date:	Sunday, August 29th
Description:	Fast and furious end of year thrown down at Seward Park, home to the Tuesday evening weekly criterium series.
Cat 2 Men:	6th - Brad Kilcline 19th - Lyle Tenpenny

Lake Washington Velo #3 - Carnation

Event Name:	Lake Washington Velo #3, Carnation
Date:	Saturday, August 28th
Description:	Part three of three in the popular late summer circuit race series held in the verdant pasture lands near Carnation.
Cat 2 Men:	13th - Aaron Shaw 22nd - Brad Kilkline 26th - Lyle Tenpenny

Karen Kowalchyk upgrades!

We are proud to announce that Karen Kowalchyk has upgraded to Category 3 on the road. Way to go Karen.

Crystal Mountain Hill Climb State Championship

Event Name:	Crystal Mountain Hill Climb
Date:	8/21/2010
Description:	Hill Climb Time Trial
Cat 4 Women:	2nd - Karen Kowalchyk

Mt. Rainier Masters Early 2011 Training Ride

Coming off a fairly successful 2010 mens masters road race season, some of the Thumbprint crew (Greg, Justin, Martin, Ryan & Jeff) headed up to Mt. Rainier to do some hill training for the 2011 season.  The weather and camaraderie were super, as were the views and road conditions.  Vehicle traffic was very light and so the lads could really use the whole lane for high-speed descending.  And the climbing - so much and so unforgiving!

The route we chose was the recommendation of a new teammate who is not pictured as he was holding the camera, plus he prefers to keep a lower profile because of a rather unfortunate misunderstanding with a beer delivery truck in Belgium and a missing herd of sheep.  He prefers we use the name 'Slobodan' even though he confesses its not his real name.  He is a new import to the Thumbprint squad, hailing originally from Slovakia and is a former Peace Race winner although he often gets the year mixed up.

He trains almost exclusively on Mt. Rainer and showed us several trails he rode into the dirt when then climbs simply weren't long enough to his liking.  Our route on the day pictured was something of a recovery day for him. From CM turnoff we rode up to Cayuse, up to Chinook, down to Ohanapecosh, over to Paradise where this photo was taken, back to Cayuse and back to the van.  We were pretty tired after the 90 miles, 9500 feet and 5 hours in the saddle.  Slobo though just laughed it off and rode his fixie back to Enumclaw where he lives out of a storage unit next to Kline's Korners.

Lake Washington Velo Circuit Race #2 Gig Harbor

Event Name:	Lake Washington Velo Circuit Race #2 Gig Harbor
Date:	8/14/2010
Description:	5 mile Circuit Races with a short steep hill in beautiful Gig Harbor.
Cat 2 Men:	9th Oliver Humbert
Cat 2 Women:	7th Audrey Baldessari
Masters Men B:	2nd Ryan Dean

Lake Washington Velo Circuit Race #1 Skagit Flats

Event Name:	Lake Washington Velo Circuit Race #1 Skagit Flats
Date:	8/8/2010
Description:	Flat Circuit race in the Skagit Valley.
Cat 3 Women:	4th - Erica Lorenzen

Individual Time Trial - State Championships - Alex and Karen win!

Event Name:	Individual Time Trial - State Championships
Date:	8/1/2010
Description:	This hard-fought and brutal affair was conducted in beautiful Tenino, WA over a 40K course. We're thrilled to boast two brand new State Champs!
Cat 3 Men:	1st - Alex Telitsine
Cat 4 Women:	1st - Karen Kowalchyk
Masters Men A:	2nd - Todd Gallaher
Masters Men D:	10th - Alastair Locket