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Annual Board Elections
La Grange Solo Cup Is Not Over
Mandeville Canyon Blood Drive
SOS: Support Our Sponsors
New Bike Day
New Members
Annual Board Elections
Once a year our Club votes to elect members to serve on the Board, and that time starts one week from today!
This year, in accordance with the bylaws of VCLG, we will be holding elections for five (5) seats; each seat holds a two (2) year term on the Board of Directors. The five seats, in alphabetical order, are currently held by:
Marco Fantone
Marc Lewinstein
Tracy Paaso
Katie Rollins
One vacant seat
Current seat holders may choose to run for re-election to the Board but any Club member in good standing may run for one of the open seats. If you are passionate about La Grange and would like to be involved in shaping the direction of the Club I strongly encourage you to run. You can “enter the race” simply by submitting a self-nomination statement – nothing fancy, just a few words about yourself and why you’d like to be on the Board. (Since this is a volunteer position you can’t nominate someone else.)
The elections will run on the following schedule:
Self-nomination period runs from Tuesday, September 8th through Wednesday, September 16th. Details will be sent out to members on all the usual communication channels.
La Grange Solo Cup Is Not Over!
By popular demand, the La Grange Solo Cup will continue through the end of September. Why? Because it is 2020 and nothing goes according to the original plan. The La Grange Solo Cup is a 2020 version of the La Grange Cup featuring two of the same great segments but all rides must be solo. With Covid-19 and safety on our minds, we would like to offer an alternative for those up for the annual La Grange challenge so we are pleased to present The La Grange Solo Cup!
The Rules:
Must be a current member of La Grange.
Effort must be done solo - no drafting!
Complete any or all of the 3 segments listed below.
After completing a segment fill out the corresponding survey to report your time
Piuma Hill Climb Survey - https://forms.gle/LQRiLxjUzpQufacB7
PCH Time Trial Survey - https://forms.gle/e9SbQXowpwkFxnUp9
La Grange Sprint Survey - https://forms.gle/J4YqR5n34ABPGtVL8Only efforts made between August 1st through September 30th will qualify. Segments can be done more than once. Fastest times will be counted.
A 5-second bonus will be awarded if you email a selfie of yourself in 2020 LG kit before, during or at the finish line to Tina at tinakgrant@gmail.com
We will break down the event winners by gender and age group as well as overall winners.
Winners will also be crowned for “Most Improved.” This will be based on your time from last year's event. If you weren’t able to participate last year please email your PR to Emily at emily.conant23@gmail.com
Segment 1: La Grange Piuma Hill Climb https://www.strava.com/segments/762793
This segment starts about 200m after turning off Malibu Canyon onto Piuma. After 6.3-miles turn left onto Schuren. WARNING - this is a very sharp turn. It comes up fast because you’re going downhill so it’s easy to miss or slip out on. Please use extreme caution on this corner! Another couple of miles of suffering and you’re at the top of Saddle Peak!
Segment 2: La Grange Time Trial https://www.strava.com/segments/1703364
This segment starts just north of the northern exit of the gas station at Trancas and PCH. It ends 12.44-miles heading north on PCH. If you hit the rock you’ve gone too far! Star the segment and give yourself a half mile buffer to be safe. There aren’t any unique markers at the end of this time trial, you’ll have to rely on your cycling computer to tell you when it’s time to stop suffering.
Segment 3: La Grange Sprint https://www.strava.com/segments/24957119
You’re right, this isn’t the Encino Velodrome. But it is close to a Blue Bottle Coffee Shop and a really great place to get tacos - Homestate Tacos. Two laps at Encino is .310686ish-miles so we went ahead rounded up. The segment begins at the intersection of Campus Center Drive and W. Bluff Creek. It ends 0.4-miles at Artisan and W. Bluff Creek Drive. This is a quiet two lane road with a bike lane. Put in a few good efforts here and you’ve definitely earned yourself some tacos.
This event will not and cannot ever replace the real La Grange Cup. Challenging times call for creative solutions, so it’s time to have a little type 2 fun and earn some bragging rights!
See you out on the road!
Thank you, in alphabetical order, to Jaycee Cary, Emily Conant, and Tina Grant for their creativity and time in putting the first ever La Grange Solo Cup together.
Mandeville Canyon Blood Drive
On Saturday, August 29th, La Grange held a blood drive, which was one of the community relations events that came out of our meeting with local Mandeville Canyon residents. The drive was organized by Marco Fantone and 25 La Grangers donated blood. What can you do to help give back to our local community?!
Jaycee Cary
Bruce Malarky
Nigel Stewart and TomFitzgibbons
SOS: Support Our Sponsors
gentle jaw helps TMJ and muscle pain
Dr. Rich Hirschinger, is a club sponsor. He treats patients with acute and chronic head and neck pain including migraines, head and neck muscle and nerve pain, obstructive sleep apnea and snoring, and TMJ. One of the main causes of what people think is “TMJ,” is muscle pain due to clenching, grinding, chewing too much gum, stress, etc. He has always had his patients stretch, which always helps sore muscles and after 3.5 years of research and development, he invented the gentle jaw® and it is now available for anyone in the United States and Canada to purchase. He calls it “yoga for the jaw®” and it is available at www.gentlejaw.com, and on Amazon. If you suffer from more than just jaw pain, Dr. Hirschinger extends a 15% courtesy to La Grange members and their immediate family. Please visit www.facepaindr.com to learn more.
New Bike Day
This is such an awesome story and it reminds us of the joy of riding. Click the image to view the video.
New Members
Please welcome our 8 new members who joined in August 2020: Chuong, Trudi, Eric, Conor, Ashtin, Morten, Anthony, and Peter.