Peloton, chase, stages, starting line, pro, breakaway, attack, sprint, IBike, leader, teams, pro cyclists, drafting, time trials and cow bells are words that describe my newbie cycling fan experience during Stage 1 & 2 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. The analytical, structural, social, and conceptual parts of my brain enjoyed learning all about the cycling world when the cycling pros rode over Cottonwood Pass and dropped down into my hometown of Buena Vista, CO. Come to think of it we use a lot of these words in our everyday business conversations too. Well, maybe not ‘cow bells’.
It was interesting to watch the peloton working together during the race and you wonder how the riders can group themselves together in such a tight group riding up and down a mountain together. The answer is training. This peloton example reminds me of how important training is in the business world too. If you want a good team don’t offer training. If you want to create professional teams within your own organization offer training. It is important to invest in professional training unique to your teams learning challenges and opportunities.
Here are some photos I want to share where the peloton has left behind only the dust, views, elk and hikers at the beautiful Cottonwood Pass in Colorado.
Karen Lang
www.YourBrainPro.com
Congratulations to American George Hinkcapie of BMC Racing Team for winning the USA Pro Cycling Challenge Stage 2 in Aspen, Colorado.
Our sympathy, from the Social parts of our brains, goes out to the 3 cyclists who were injured during Stage 2 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge due to a crash. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Daniele Callegarin (Italy) with Team Type 1, Andrew Randell (Canada) with Team Spiderteck and Sergio Hernandez (USA) with Team Jelly Belly. This crash was very sad news and it put a shadow over the race for the rest of the day as so many people were concerned for the overall health of these 3 professional cyclists. We know these pros were provided the best medical care possible.
The pro cyclists who made it through the crash travelled over Cottonwood Pass, through my hometown of Buena Vista, CO, pedalled over Indpendence Pass and then dropped down into Aspen, CO to finish the race. Stage 2 of the race has been nicknamed “The Queen’s Stage”.
Buena Vista is a small town of 3,000 people who turned out to cheer for the riders as they passed through town, but our town photos were unfortuately cut on the editing floor of Versus telecast, so here are some pictures for your viewing as the pro cyclists flew past my camera…
It was an exciting day to have these professional cyclists travel through our town and we look forward to them coming back to Buena Vista for the 2nd USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
A big thank you to my fellow Buena Vista Chamber of Commerce members for all the work they did to make this national biking event happen in our small town.
Karen Lang
www.YourBrainPro.com
Stage 1 Starting Line from Salida, Colorado
There they go.
Carin Mari & Pony Express sang the National Anthem at the start of Stage 1
Mt. Antero and Mt. Princeton look like the original mountains posted as the grey mountain backdrop of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge website at www.USAProCyclingChallenge.com These beautiful mountains are located between Buena Vista and Salida, Colorado on Hwy 285.
Traveling with your brain in mind is a blog sharing information about the brain with regards to how people prefer to think and behave using everyday life experiences. For example, the Conceptual part of your brain may enjoy seeing new places and experience the first ever USA Pro Cycling race taking place in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
It was great to hear for the first time Country Music Star Carin Mari & Pony Express sing the National Anthem from the starting line in Salida, Colorado! The Social part of my brain enjoyed having an opportunity to take Carin’s picture during Stage 1 of the race.
Stage 1 photos taken by Karen Lang
www.YourBrainPro.com
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Shawn Hunter, CEO of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge predicts this race to be one of the largest sporting events to ever take place in the United States of America in the beautiful state of Colorado. One of the mountain towns the pro cycle riders will be traveling through is my hometown of Buena Vista, Colorado during the week of August 22-28, 2011.
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge bicycle race starts in Salida, Colorado where 128 professional bike riders from around the world will head out of town and ride their bikes over beautiful Monarch Pass dropping down into Gunnison. From Gunnison the cyclists will head towards Crested Butte and cycle over Cottonwood Pass to drop down into Buena Vista or what we locals prefer to call BV. The pros will then pedal towards Twin Lakes and bike over Independence Pass where they will cycle down into Aspen to continue their Colorado Rocky Mountain bike tour heading further north towards Steamboat Springs and eventually ending their race in Denver.
I posted a picture of my bike and a picture I took from just about the top of the summit at Independence Pass looking southeast towards Twin Lakes and BV.
We invite you to visit www.USAProCyclingChallenge.com to learn more about the official route of this historical and amazing USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
I’m curious how the 128 pro cyclists from around the world are planning their individual race strategy via their unique thinking & behavioral brain patterns.
We invite you to visit www.YourBrainPro.com to learn more about how your brain prefers to think and behave when riding your bike. No strategy is right or wrong, just different.
Karen Lang, Your Brain Pro
