St. Charles, IL--(March 3, 2005)--Revolution Cycling Centers, a unit of the St. Charles-based Head Coach Partners, LLC., is hosting "Girl's Night Out", an evening of exercise, relaxation, dinner, and motivational conversation with TDS-Schwalbe professional women's cyclist Shawn Heidgen on Friday, March 11.

Heidgen, who has been training with the team at its Mallorca, Spain training camp since early February, will return to the U.S. next week before heading off to races across the country and the globe. She is one of a very small and elite group of U.S. women to be invited to race in the prestigious Giro d'Italia bike race, nearly as well-known as the men's Le Tour de France competition.

Heidgen's message to women is: "You can do things you never thought possible if you learn how to control your thoughts and believe in yourself". While directly applicable to an athletic skill in her case, she knows full well how this message rings true for anything a woman wants to accomplish. She should know. Her coach is Robbie Ventura, former member of the U.S. Postal Service men's professional cycling team. Ventura is also the coach for Floyd Landis, last year's U.S. Postal team member that pulled Lance Armstrong to stage victories in the 2004 Le Tour de France when he captured his 6th win; the only time that has happened in the 101 years of the race. While training with Ventura and an intense group of elite men, Heidgen would sometimes soundly put the men to shame with her cycling abilities. At first was she scorned by some in the group as the "only girl". That has become a fearful statement to these humbler male cyclists. The same motivation that drives her to be a top world athlete drove her to overcome debilitating pain that nearly destroyed her life when she became reliant on some of the strongest painkillers that can be prescribed. With the support of her husband and trainer Karl, Shawn enrolled in a program at the Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis that showed her how to take control and get her life back. "The [Mayo] program changed my life in ways I could not imagine", said Heidgen. "All I wanted to do was to stop the pain. I never thought I could go beyond that to become a professional athlete."

Girl's Night Out features a one-hour indoor ride with Heidgen, followed by yoga and relaxation techniques, dinner, videos, and lots of lively and serious discussion about how she took her life to the pinnacle of athletic success when all signs pointed to doom and failure.

Women of all physical abilities are encouraged to attend and learn new ways of taking charge. No cycling skills are necessary. There are no age restrictions, but Heidgen recommends that young women be at least old enough to engage in critical thinking. Some of the concepts and stories of her life may be better understood by the more mature youth.

Event cost is $25 for Revolution members, $30 for non-members. Space is limited and registration is required.

Visit www.headcoachpartners.com/eventcalendar.htm or call 630-524-9413 for details.