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Team MOAB dominates at Booker T and gets ready to Grind the Monkey

Team MOAB fueled by OS Performance Nutrition showed up and threw down in Chattanooga this month at the Booker T. Washington mountain bike race. MOAB’s title sponsor Murfreesboro Outdoor and Bike put together a great team for 2010 to attack the road, mountain and ‘cross scene across the southeast. Including 2009 Team OS racers, Team MOAB made their presence felt in most of the 2010 TBRA road events and mountain bike contests. With the end of the road season, MOAB will continue to race in the dirt in anticipation of cyclocross.

MOAB racers

Team MOAB racers ready for another dirt contest

MOAB’s racers came home with several podiums from Booker T:
Shawn Millican—1st place, Cat 1 19-29
Jon Harrison—3rd place, Cat 1 40+
Mike Taglio—3rd place, Cat 3 40+
Kurt Page—1st place, Clydesdale

We can’t wait to watch Team MOAB’s dominance in the mountain and ‘cross circuit this fall/winter. Next is Monkey Grinder at Montgomery Bell, one of Tennessee’s most beautiful state parks with a wonderful dirt trail. Team MOAB sponsors and promotes these short track and XC races on Sept. 11-12. Team members will be working those days to make sure their fellow competitors are well taken care of. You can be sure that there will be plenty of OS drinks, signs and swag there to show our support of Tennessee race action.

Ironclad racing team season recap

Team captain Dave Aldersebaes, for the Ironclad Performance Wear Cycling Team, contacted us this month from home-base Portland, Oregon to thank us for 2010 sponsorship and update us on his big team’s accomplishments for the road racing season. Team Ironclad men & women flashed OS bottles on 62 podium positions in a very competitive Great Northwest circuit, racking up these wins for 2010:

Elkhorn Classic Stage Race; 1st place women's 3, 1st place women's 4, 4th place men's 3
Twilight Criterium - Cat 3 men, 1st place
High Desert Omnium - Cat 4 women, 1st place
Banana Belt - Cat 3 men, 1st place
Cherry Pie Road Race - Cat 4 women, 1st place
Sublime Sublimity Circuit Race - Cat 4 women, 1st place
Swan Island Criterium - Cat 3 man, 1st place
Piece of Cake Road Race - Cat 3 men, 1st place
Willamette U Criterium - Cat 3 men, 1st place
Mt. Tabor Series - Cat 4 women, 1st place
Gresham Criterium - Cat 4 women, 1st place
Team Beer Track Race - Cat 3 men, 1st place
State Champion Road Race - Cat 3 women, 1st place
State Champion TT - Men's 30+ - 1st place
State Champion Hillclimb - Cat 3 women, 1st place
Cherry Blossom Stage Race - 3 stage wins, two 2nd place GC finishes
Portland Street Sprints - 1st place, women's fixed gear, 1st place, men's 3's
Franz Bakery Crit - Open Women - 1st place

Dave writes, ”And now we turn our attention to the vibrant cyclocross season here in Portland, and we've a few bullets for these fights as well. Keep your dial tuned to ironcladcycling.com for all the latest updates. Cyclocross will provide a whole other tack to an already successful year.”

OS Performance Nutrition knows that team Ironclad will continue its winning ways in the wonderful mud, grass and tears of the ‘cross season fueled by the best sport drinks for cycling.

Young swimmers clock new personal best

The taste of OS Performance Nutrition drinks is light and pleasing. Those that drink it often crave one particular flavor. When first tasting OS some will say, “It doesn’t have enough flavor.” They change their minds once exertion begins and their taste sense is naturally enhanced. Then you’ll hear them say, “This stuff tastes just right—not too sweet like others I’ve used.” For that reason, the OS engineers searched for just the right level of sweetness, concentrating on flavors that are pleasing and not overpowering when the athlete heats up.
Joey Clemmer Nicole Clemmer

Young athletes with Kool-Aid TM tastes are the most likely to favor sweeter, lower calorie sport drinks focusing only on the flavor and not knowing or caring about the performance benefits to be gained by taking in good fuel before, during and after their sport activities.

Two young swimmers we know learned early on that good sports nutrition is what it takes to give that extra edge they needed to trim time from their personal bests. Nicole and Joey Clemmer swim with EXCEL Aquatics in Mufreesboro , TN. Nicole, a dedicated 12-year-old, makes sure Dad locates a suitable training pool near wherever he’s planning their next vacation. She already knows that an athlete can’t take long vacations from training. She also knows that the OS Pre-load she drinks on the way to swim meets takes away the concern many swimmers have whether or not they ate the right breakfast or did they eat it early enough to digest before they get in the pool. She may not know the exact reason, but when her body begins exercising it makes sure her muscles get all the blood flow they need. If her stomach is trying to digest breakfast, her system needs blood to make that process happen, but it won’t get it while she’s swimming. Her muscles always win this battle. That undigested bacon & eggs sits there and her stomach could get unhappy about that; stomach cramps or at least discomfort result. OS Pre-load has been the answer for Nicole and her swim time improvements show it.

Brother Joey just knocked 20 seconds off of his best 200m time in a June meet. That’s about a 10% improvement—very impressive for any age athlete, but outstanding for a 10-year-old. Like big Sis, Joey loves his OS Pre-load and also, like Nicole, he finds he needs more fuel during the long days of multi-event swim meets. They tell us that cherry flavor OS Sprint provides exactly what they need during the day. Snacking on foods or energy bars between events is better than nothing, but that can cause the same stomach problems as pre-swim meals. The osmotic formula of all OS drinks is the key to intaking the energy fuel an athlete of any kind needs.

Swimmers of all ages can step up their strokes with smart nutrition provided by OS.

It feels good to be independent

OS-sponsored pro-rider Nicky Wangsgard (Rooster’s) is racing independently this season. Lack of a team hasn’t hurt too much judging by her wins to date: Valley of the Sun criterium and road race, Calleville Bay road race and criterium, Tour of Depot stage race overall, Sunny King criterium, Scotts Valley Grand Prix, and second place at Bike Jam. Racing independently, Nicky’s has the “green light to win as many races as possible and increase the possibilities of earning a spot on the 2012 Olympic team” according to her.

This month, Nicky raced the three-criterium weekend in Oklahoma called the Tulsa Tough. The name doesn’t belie the difficult nature of this series.

Nicky’s excerpted report follows:
"I went to Tulsa to podium, but unfortunately fell inches short. My best finish was 4th place on Saturday night. Positioning was the secret this weekend. With most of the big teams in Philadelphia for the Liberty Classic…there were no regular lead out trains. You had to be very crafty in the finishing sprints

There was a hill in the criterium known as “cry baby hill” because of the length and pitch. Yep, there were several tears shed on this hill. Unfortunately, [after a missed break] I missed the counter attack by Vera Bradley’s current Canadian National Champion Allison Testroete. I made two bridge efforts, but fell short. We had only ten laps to go at this point so I was out of luck for a chance to sprint for the win. Coryn Rivera ended up winning this last [Sunday] stage. I ended up finishing 8th overall.

With the hill, only 30 of us ended up finishing this race. With temperature in the 90s and a 3pm race time, this was one of the hottest days on my bike yet this year. The Endurance formula of OS kept me afloat. This picture shows the fastest wheels in the country (Edge 65 tubular wheels) and the most efficient bike I have every raced, the Parlee Z4."

We at OS Performance Nutrition wish Nicky the best this season, and with her long term goal to “found a new women's professional cycling team that has the potential to become the next best cycling team in the nation.” We’ll bet OS Performance Nutrition will be party to that campaign.