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*** SPONSORED BY THE ALPINE RACES ***

Sunday Sept. 12, 2004 in Lake Zurich, IL
One of Chicagoland's oldest and most prestigious race days featuring 5K, 10K, and youth mile races. Register early to guarantee a race day sweatshirt, and run quickly to get into the free massage tent and enjoy a post race breakfast. Click here to register:
www.chicagoaa.com/cgi-bin/ messageboard/view.pl

SEEN ON THE WEB

BBC Web site re: Olympic Women's Triathlon:
"Like Kate Allen, Britain's Michelle Dillon also made up ground with the third fastest run of the day to finish sixth. But while Dillon was pleased with her run, she accused fellow-competitors of dirty tricks in the sea: "People were pulling my zipper down in the swim," she revealed. "They were obviously trying to pull me back, which is really disappointing. I couldn't believe people were doing that. Luckily the zipper didn't come down and once I got on to the bike I was OK."

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CYCLING CHAMPS

Wisconsin's Carney Wins USPS/USPRO National Criterium Cycling Championship
www.chicagoaa.com/ news/usprocyclingchampsAug04.html

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NEW RUNNING STORE IN WESTERN SUBURBS

The Runner's Soul, a new specialty retail running store, is set to open at 124 N. York Street in downtown Elmhurst. Here's the scoop: www.chicagoaa.com/news/ runnerssoleAug04.html

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LASALLE BANK CHICAGO MARATHON NEWS

Team Challenge information is due September 3.
www.scenic10.com

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NEW RACE DATE

The MMRF-Ann Landers Race for Research originally scheduled for September 12 has been moved to September 19. All other details remain the same.

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CLIF BAR ATHLETES OF THE MONTH - FOLLOW UP

Congrats to XXX Racing-AthletiCo's Rebecca Much who earned a berth in the World Cycling Championships. Much, an 18-year-old Chicagoan, captured her second gold medal of the Junior National Cycling Championships on Aug. 21, when she won the 17-18 Junior National Road Race. This follows her victory in the Junior National Time Trial Championship on Aug. 19. She's eligible to compete for the U.S. at the 2004 World Cycling Championships in Verona, Italy, on September 27. Much is a recent graduate of St. Ignatius High School in Chicago and is beginning her freshman year at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. For more on Rebecca, check out:
www.chicagoaa.com/features/ athletesmonthMar04.html

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TODDLER BIKE HELMETS RECALLED

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Has announced the recall of 9,000 toddler bicycle that do not meet their impact requirements standard. They were sold at Wal-Mart, Target, Academy and Mills Fleet & Farms stores nationwide. For more details, check out: www.helmets.org/recalls.htm

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HAVE A FAVORITE TRAILS WEB SITE? Nominate it for "The 2004 American Trails Web site Contest" They're looking for Web sites that make trails come alive, provide effective information delivery, support volunteers, and engage the public. Deadline is September 10. For details, visit: www.americantrails.org/webcon04.html

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PUBLIC RESPONSE NEEDED FOR BUTTERFIELD ROAD EXPANSION

Chicagoland Bicycle Federation members in Warrenville and Wheaton are encouraged to contact their village elected officials regarding the expansion of Butterfield Road. Members are requested to ask their village officials to petition the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to include sidewalks and pedestrian crossing in the expansion of the road. It is IDOT's policy not to include these unless requested by local government. For more information, contact Jim McDermott at jamesm@biketraffic.org.

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ROAD TRIP - RACE RESULTS

Half Vineman Triathlon (CA) / August 1, 2004
1.2 Mile swim, 56 Mile Bike, 13.1 Mile Run

Top Midwesterner
* Steve Smith, 56, South Bend, IN, 4:46:15
Top Illinois Finishers
* Josef Schroeder, 27, Crystal Lake, IL, 5:03:59
* Shannon Schroeder, 23, Crystal Lake, IL, 5:29:04

Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile / August 13, 2004
* Scott Anderson, 30, formerly of Chicago, running for the NYAC finished 9th overall in 4:20.

For regional race results, check out:
www.chicagoaa.com/results/searchable.html

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FREE RACE ENTRY WINNERS

Congratulations to the following Chicago Athlete eNewsletter readers who responded to our trivia question a few weeks ago about the American's who have won a gold medal in the Olympic Marathon.

Each won a complimentary entry into this year's LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon:
Julie Branden, Barrie Brejcha, Sanford Ginsburg, David Kleeman, Mike Terry, and Jeff Wagner.

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WEEKEND AHEAD

MOMENTUM TO HOST TREADMILL RELAY

Momentum, a new specialty running store located at 2001 N. Clybourn, in Chicago, will host a 24-hour treadmill relay, starting at 4 p.m. on Friday, August 27, and continuing through 4 p.m. Saturday, August 28. The relay will feature 24 Chicago area runners exhibiting their preparation for the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on October 10, in an effort to raise money for the fight against leukemia and lymphoma. Runners will run non-stop through the night on a treadmill and will be "showcased" in a storefront window visible to Clybourn Avenue traffic.

IT'S TRI TIME!

The staff of Chicago Athlete would like to wish everyone racing in this weekend's Fleet Feet Super Sprint, McDonald,s Kids Triathlon, Accenture Triathlon and the Steak OEn Shalke Mideast Regional Championships in Indianapolis--- GOOD LUCK! Be sure to stop by the Chicago Athlete booth at the Accenture Triathlon Multisport Expo and say hello!

For more Accenture information, check out:
www.chicagoaa.com/news/accenture04.html

Triathlon Tips

www.chicagoaa.com/features/SpectatorTipsChecklistJulyAug04.html

Don't Hesitate - Swim Aggressively
www.chicagoaa.com/features/SwimAggresivelyJulyAug04.html

7 Habits of Highly Successful Triathletes
www.chicagoaa.com/features/ 7habitstriathletes03.html

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CLOSER

Here,s a note from Laura Andersen, Director, Trips for Kids Fox Valley (a non-profit organization that provides mountain bike outings and environmental education for kids who would not otherwise be exposed to such activities.)

"In July when we went to our storage barn to pick up the bikes for a ride we found that nine of them were missing. These were $300+ front suspension mountain bikes. The group that was coming to ride had 12 people; 10 kids and 2 adult staff members ready and willing to ride for the day. How ironic that the kids that were to go on the ride on Saturday were from a juvenile offenders program. We were devastated. We had to cancel and ride. We let everybody we knew, know about what happened and by Wednesday afternoon and thanks to CAMBR (Chicago Area Mountain Bikers Association) an email had gone out to over 300 people in the biking industry along with newspaper and magazine reporters.

Friday afternoon, I received a call from a lawyer in Geneva who was appalled that something like this could happen. He asked if he could buy us nine new bikes. The Village Pedaler in South Elgin was contacted about the sizes, prices and availability and Geoff McGowen met me at the shop on Saturday with a check to cover the cost of the nine new bikes.

On Sunday, at a mountain bike race, held by Bicycles, Etc in Naperville, the Chicago Area Mountain Bikers Assocation presented us with a brand new GT mountain bike. Now we have 10 new bikes! The generosity doesn't stop there. Pacific-Cycle in Madison WI contacted us and offered four more new bikes. We started our losing nine bikes and received 14 new bikes. We couldn't be happier. We were able to call the agency and reschedule the ride for later in the summer. The staff and kids were ecstatic."

For more information on Trips for Kids Fox Valley check out:
www.webcom.com/tfk/TFKNATIONAL/ Fox%20Valley.htm

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Wishing you the best in your training and racing!