Krage Olrich Takes 7th at Pescadero

Photo of Krage Olrich (left) by Kieran Sherlock.

Pescadero, CA -- Tam Cycling sent out a contingent of four racers to the Pescadero Road Race last Saturday. Krage Olrich was our fearless leader, taking the only Tam Cycling top ten of the weekend in the Elite Cat 4 division. But what is this? Your friendly Pack Fill Reporter is starting to sound like top tens are normal! Fortunately, she was shaken back to reality with her own 13th place finish in the Women's 4 race. Still, this was still a great improvement over last year, when she was dropped on every climb and yelled at by racers on the descent to stay on the sidewalk. That's pretty sad considering there was no sidewalk. Report to come.

Miguel Mestayer finished strong to finish midpack in the same race as Krage.

And lastly, but not leastly, Pat Bush sends us this report from Pescadero. Your Pack Fill Reporter was stuck behind the same car!

BurlinGame of Death

by Pete Billington

Burlingame, CA -- At first I thought it was the 7am start that kept most of the CAT4 Tam Cycling riders from making an appearance at the 19th Annual Downtown Burlingame Criterium. Nick Agate and I arrived by 6am in order to warm up and recon the course. At least the recent hot weather would not be an issue. In fact, I had to put on my leg...

First Win for Rosencrantz

Climbing the Alps of San Jose is certain to make anyone stronger. Tom Rosencrantz (left) converted that painful experience into a victory, taking first in his Expert/Pro category at the Bogg's Mountain Cross Country Race last Sunday. Well done, Tom!

Meanwhile, at the Peavine Challenge in Reno, NV, that same weekend, both Cammie Urban (below, left) - in her first race this season! - and Jim Puckett (below, right) took second place in the the Women's Expert 40+ and Men's Sport 40+ categories respectively.

Jim's teammate Jack Pesso finished 4th, less than four minutes behind in this 19-mile race.

Team Tam Takes On Mount Ham

Livermore, CA -- Tam Cycling sent five racers to the Five Wire, Inc. Mt. Hamilton Classic last Sunday. All survived and two even ended up on the podium! Tom Rosencrantz reports.