February 2008

ACTC Wednesday, Feb. 6 General Meeting

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Agenda: Pedestrian & Bicycle Funding Issues, SVBC & VTA will be providing speakers.

7:00pm Speaker, 8:00pm General Meeting

Place: First Congregational Church

Leigh & Hamilton, San Jose

Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7:00pm, First Congregational Church, Leigh and Hamilton

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Ken Emerson completed 10 doubles in 2007. This photo taken on the Long Distance Traing Ride (LDTR) of March 10, 2007. Ken

is shown here on top of Sierra Road at 8am. Photo by Brian Chun

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When I fi rst starting riding ten years ago,

I would be done in after 30 miles, unable

to function. It was hard to know what to eat

before, during, and after a ride: How to avoid

hitting a wall during a ride? How to improve

my next-day recovery? I had to fi gure out

what worked for me.

The beauty of bike riding for me is getting

to know my body and my mind. Working the

body and the mind together as a fi ne machine

is what keeps me challenging myself with

Endurance Sports Nutrition:

Eating plans for optimal training, racing and

recovery

harder and harder rides. Each year I grow

older, but I also grow stronger each year on

the bike.

I came across a book called Endurance

Sports Nutrition by Suzanne Girard Eberle,

which has been a great help. This book is not

only for endurance riding, but basic riding as

well. Some contents are: Endurance Nutrition

Checkup, Energy for Hardcore Training, Tim-

ing Fuel for Peak Racing, Supplements for

ACTC Partnership with

Turning Wheels for

Kids at Christmas

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For the second year, ACTC members

generously contributed both funds and labor

to TWFK (www.turningwheelsforkids.org).

Our efforts helped provide new bicycles at

Christmas to children of low-income parents

in the Bay Area.

The TWFK BikeBuild2007 was held at the

San Jose Convention Center on December

15th. About 500 volunteers, including more

than 37 ACTC members, assembled over

1800 bicycles in less than 4 hours. The bikes

ranged from tiny ones with training wheels

to 26-inch-wheel mountain bikes for teens.

The fi nished bicycles were loaded onto trucks

furnished by the local charities responsible for

distributing them to families registered with

their organizations.

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ACTC Membership Card

Valid only with member’s mailing label

The Black &

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Almaden Cycle Touring Club, Inc.