Team Ride this Sunday, July 20

All Team Ride—July 20th in San Anselmo

Team Swift All-Team-Ride/Race Details
Parents and friends are invited to join the ride and all youth under the age of 12 are required to have a participating parent or guardian in attendance. For those not currently registered as members of Team Swift you need to bring a signed waiver and release to join the ride which can be found at http://teamswift.org/join/. Be sure to read the Team Swift Riding Rules below so you come prepared.

All Team Ride is July 20, 2008, 9 AM at Paradigm Cycles in San Anselmo
Ride Leaders: Coach Eddy MacLeod & Coach Laura Charameda. Parents are encouraged to join the ride and must abide by the Team Swift Ride Rules.
Skill Level: All levels invited. Riders under 12 years old must have a riding parent in attendance. The ride will be between 2.5-3 hours.

Location:
Paradigm Cycles the Shop
702 San Anselmo Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94960

Contacts:
Eddy Macleod: eddy@paradigmcycles.com
Cory Farrer: cory@paradigmcycles.com

Phone:
415.454.9534 (shop)
415.454.2949 (office and wheels)
877.437.2988 (toll free)

Directions:
From Hwy. 101 take the Sir Francis Drake Exit. Follow exit towards San Anselmo. Stay on Sir Francis Drake Blvd for 3.5 miles. Pass through the Towns of Greenbrae, Kentfield and Ross into the Town of San Anselmo. Immediately after Tunstead Street, make a left at the light on Bank Street. (Tamalpais Bank will be on your right). Bank street takes you into a parking lot, veer right into the parking lot and go to the end. Park anywhere. The back of the shop is right in front of you. Come around front...and come on in!

Ride Schedule:
8:30AM-9:00AM: Arrival. Sign in and Prepare bikes for a 2.5-3 hour ride
9:00AM-12 Noon: All riders will start together then split into different groups determined by your riding ability.

Team Swift Contacts:
Coach: Laura Charameda, c. 707.843.9056
Coach: Eddy McLeod, c. 415.606.7904

Tour of Marin Report

The Tour of Marin on October 29, 2006 was an invitational ride through Marin with some of America's most accomplished riders in the pro peloton including Levi Leipheimer, the Webcor Women’s Team and many more. Team Swift members Tyler Brandt, Ethan Weiss, Lindsay Myers and Ryan Eastman had the opportunity to attend the event with Coach Laura to meet and ride with these top Professionals.

Many other members of Team Swift met the same day in Marin for our All Team Ride. These riders lead by Coach Julia Violich and parents rode the Paradise Island loop. We coordinated the All Team Ride to finish at the same time as the Tour of Marin so we were all able to go to the lunch and hang out together. Lot's of fun!
The Marin Country Day School invited Team Swift to join their ride on October 20, 2007. Due to the success of their fund raising activities the school donors have made a contribution in support of Team Swift for $500. Thanks MCDS!

Great riding gang!
Coach Laura

Cheese Factory--Marshall Ride

Thanks to Coach Laura and Scott Nydam for the great ride Saturday. And also to parents Eric and Dane for helping out.

Team Ride this Saturday

All Team Ride: November 17, 2007

10 am at the Cheese Factory in Petaluma
Ride Leaders: Coach Laura, Jonathan Lee, and Eddy MacLeod along with other Team Swift Alumni members. Parents are invited to join the ride and must abide by the Team Swift Ride Rules.
Skill Level: All levels invited. Riders under 12 years old should have a riding parent in attendance.
Rides will range between 1-3 hours depending on your level.
Heavy nain will cancel the ride, but not if it is just light rain.

The All-Team Ride is a chance for all levels of riders to learn cycling skills and start a ride together. Team Swift alumni members and rider assistants are also often on these rides, which gives upcoming riders a chance to learn from their experience. Parents and supporters of Team Swift are welcome to join as well. We will start together and then break into different groups depending on skill level. There will be a coach and/or parent with each group. The ride will be from approximately 1.5-3.5 hours depending on skill level and age.

Start Location:
Rouge Et Noir Cheese Factory
(707) 762-6001
7500 Red Hill Rd
Petaluma, CA 94952

Start Time: 10am
Parking: In back lot at the Cheese Factory

Team Swift Contact:
Laura Charameda: teamswift@aol.com
P.O. Box 103
Fulton, CA 95439

Phone:
(707) 579-5325
(707) 843-9056

Tour of Marin this Sunday

Tour of Marin Half-Century
October 21st, 2007

NOTE: If you want to attend the Tour of Marin half century you need to register and pay at the Tour of Marin website. Or you can join the Team Swift All Team Ride at no cost which starts at 9AM and will finish at approximately the same time as the Tour. All Team Swift members are invited to attend a free catered lunch and to meet the celebrities.

Team Swift All Team Ride
Sunday, October 21st, 2007—Marin County
Start/Parking: At Paradise Foods Grocery Store
5627 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera

Ride Time: 9:00AM-11:30AM
Ride Plan: The Paradise Loop
Ride Leader: Julia Violich from Paradigm Cycles

Ride Details
8:15AM-9:00AM: Arrival. Sign in and Prepare bikes for a 2+ hour ride.
9:00AM-11:30AM: All riders will start together then split into different groups determined by riding ability.
1:00PM-2:00PM: Ride groups return*

*After the ride Team Swift members and their parents are welcome to have lunch at the Marin Country Day School and to meet some of the Pro’s finishing the Tour of Marin.

Skill Level: All levels invited. Riders under 12 years old should have a riding parent in attendance.Rides will range between 1-3 hours depending on your level.

DIRECTIONS:
From the South: Travel north on 101 across the Golden Gate Bridge approx. 9 miles. Take the Paradise Drive exit. Then proceed along Paradise Drive 1 mile to Paradise Foods on the right.
From the North: Travel south on 101, exit at Paradise Drive and cross over the freeway going east on Paradise. Proceed along Paradise Drive 1 mile to Paradise Foods on the right.

Coach & Parent Contacts: Julia Violich & Scott Nygaard
Julia Violich: (415) 308-1589
Scott Nygaard (Josef’s dad): (415) 722-5805, scottnyg@sbcglobal.net

Coach Laura will be at the Marin Country Day School to meet all the riders after the All Team Ride at the Tour of Marin. (After 11am). Come on down to the school after the ride for lunch and to meet some of the celebrities at the Tour of Marin.