Mix1 Kids Take Stars & Stripes!

Today in Bend, OR team member Kevin Anderberg's daughter Mina won the 2009 National Cyclo Cross Championships in the 10 to 12 year old category. This marks back to back victories for Mina, as as won last year in Kansas City. The Juniors women had to race 1st at 8am, thus braving the worst/coldest conditions of the day. Mina lead from wire to wire in taking the win and was the only lead racer who did not fall on the frozen, and very icy, course.





A big congratulations to a proud papa Kevin and even more so to his daughter Mina. (all photos credited to Kevin Anderberg)

Traiing Ride Video Of Marcel

This video is from http://www.jeffkerkove.net/, a Ft. Collins based endurance mountain bike racer. Apparently our only Ft. Collins based rider is a star on the local group ride.

Check it out: http://vimeo.com/7763035

The Mix1 Masters Cycling Team Present Our 2010 Kits

We are pleased to release our 2010 clothing design today via our blog. Thank you to all of our sponsors for 2010 that make it possible. A big thank you to Pete & Marcel for all their hard work on the clothing design and the order. Lastly thank you to Nalini for making our clothing happen and looking good.

Mix1 Masters Cycling Team Welcomes Jeff Ofsanko for 2010

The Mix1 Masters's cycling team is please to welcome Jeff Ofsanko to the team for 2010. Jeff will be racing with the 45 Plus group and is a self described all arounder. The photo to the left was taken at the 2009 Koppenberg and shows Jeff leading the pack up the Koppenberg. Jeff rode to a top 10 at this event and funny enough the rider in second is Pete Ismert, who has already joined us for 2010. Jeff is our 4th new addition for 2010 and with his addition our roster is complete. For more info on the team and to see a complete roster please see: http://boulderveloracing.com/2/node/2

More information on Jeff: Jeff discovered cycling in 1998 when a series of running and climbing injuries forced him to look for more tendon friendly pursuits. After watching a few Tour de France videos that his roommate at the time would occasionally be playing on the TV, Jeff was hooked. He immediately bought a bike and started training with the intent to race and has been racing ever since. Jeff was initially a climbing specialist but 10 years and 15 pounds later he now relies more on experience than strength-to-weight ratio in races. Subsequently, he is now more of an all-a-rounder than a climber. Jeff’s versatility, experience and enthusiasm for team tactics should complement Mix 1’s 45+ squad. His favorite races are rolling road races but he also enjoys crits and hill climbs. He is as willing to help out a teammate as he is seizing the opportunity for an individual result. After racing mostly solo on the BPN squad last year, Jeff is looking forward to being part of a team effort in 2010. Jeff lives in east Boulder with his wife and step-daughter. He works as a Paramedic in Estes Park and is also slowly working towards an undergraduate degree in International Affairs at CU. He hopes to someday follow up his undergraduate degree with graduate studies in either Political Science or Human/Political Geography.

Mix1 Masters Cycling Team & Velovie Bicycles renew sponsorship for 2010

This press release just came from Velovie this past week. It was very exiciting news for the team, as we have a great relationship with Velovie and are excited about expanding it for the up coming season. For anyone who is not fimilar with Velovie, check out their web site, or ask a Mix1 team rider about the frames. We have had nothing, but good luck with all of their products.

http://velovieme.velovie.com/content/view/159/50/

New Team Member

On Wednesday November 11th we added a new team member as CJ Gauss, and his wife Melanie, had the birth of their second son. No name for the little guy yet (maybe Alberto or Massimo), but he came out long and lean. From the early looks of it he would appear to be a climbing and built like Jimmy. CJ already has him slated for winning 35 Open BAR in 2044. At that point CJ will be racing wheel chairs!

Mix1 Does Cyclocross

Fall is generally the off season for most of the guys, who are ready for a rest after a long season on the road. But not all members of the Mix1 team are looking for a rest. Team member David is one of the braves souls who likes Cyclocross, or simply Cross. For those who have not seen Cross it is similar to Steeplechase on bikes. most of the course is ridable, but some part are designed to require you to get off and run. As such it is a good cross training activity for road racers. Here are a couple of pictures David supplied from 303 Cycling , from Boulder Racing's cross race this past weekend at the Boulder Reservoir. The pictures do not do the day justice as it was in the mid 30's and snowing on and off all day. David can be seen railing it in the sand (which is very hard to do). Even harder is cleaning your bike after the race! Maybe that is why most of us just race on the road, we hate cleaning our bikes!

Team Photo

We recently got our 2009 team photos done. We were a little late in the year, or conversely we got a good jump on 2010. Here is a nice one of the full team (well not exactly everyone, but all the guys who were there that day).


Thanks to Bruce for organizing it and to our team photographer Peleton Photos. For a complete look at the photos follow the to our team album:



http://picasaweb.google.com/boulderveloracing/TeamPhotos2009?feat=directlink

Giving Back

Well after a weekend of snow more normal weather returned and we got out to take care of the fall clean up on our Adopt A Road. 10 of the team members showed up early on Saturday AM and we got our stretch of road cleaned in about 2 hours. The guys did such a good job back in June, this time was easier! Pictured above are Jeff, CJ, Jim, Chris, Bill, Matt, Henrik, and Pete. Not pictured are Pete L. and our photographer Bruce.

Many hands made the work go quickly as Chris, Matt, Jim and CJ work the west side of the road. As you can tell it was a beautiful fall day. We did not find anything too exciting, but did come across a couple of dead animals, lots of cans, 1 cell phone and a check for $835. Thanks again to Jim T. who organized it and for providing the all important donuts and coffee. For any 2009 team members who missed both days, we know who you are and you are on for 2010!

mix1 In The News

There has been lots of good news for our title sponsor, mix1, of late and we wanted to help share it. For the first time mix1 has taken an outside investment and raised $6,000,000 from Highlands Capital. Highlands has made other Boulder investments, including Pharmaca Integrated Pharmacy, and the funds will be used to continue the growth of the number of stores mix1 is available in. Back in 2007 it was only 400 stores and by the end of 2009 it will be close to 12,000.

Here is the press release: http://www.mix1life.com/Files/press/mix1%20Funding%20Announcement%20FINAL%20090209.pdf

Additionally mix1 was featured this week on the local CBS news affiliate and also received coverage in the well respected Denver Business Journal. Links to the TV coverage and newspaper article are below:

http://tinyurl.com/yzxcxtk

http://tinyurl.com/yfmo3a5