General News

August was a busy month for many Momentum Endurance athletes, but Tom Felton got off to the fastest start. On August 4^th he blazed Wisconsin’s 40 km State Time Trial Championship with a time of 54:52,
earning the State Champion jersey. Being relatively new to Time Trial competition, Tom entered and handily won the Men’s Category 4 event with a time faster than that of the Men’s Cat 3 Champion. Undoubtedly Tom possesses skill in the TT discipline that has just started to shine.

With the State Time Trial Championship occurring late in the season we successfully used a second build up phase that allowed Tom to fully hone in his TT positioning while also further developing his ever important Lactate Threshold fitness.  With the goal firmly set and training objectives clearly defined, Tom did an awesome job to execute the plan that we set out with. He knew that with hard work and quality rest along the way things would come together nicely. And they did just that. 

A big congratulations goes out to Tom and all of those who supported his efforts along the way. It was a true pleasure to provide him with Momentum in his successful accomplishment of winning the State Time Trial Championship.

Here’s to more great rides in the future, 

-Travis Woodruff

Mike Phillips – Semi Pro Men’s XC
Chloe Forsman – U23 Women’s XC
Brian Matter – Male Open 4 Person Team 24 Hour

These three Momentum Endurance athletes have recently earned the Stars and Stripes Jerseys at USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championship Events. On July 20th Mike Phillips earned the Semi Pro XC National Championship.  Later that same day, Chloe Forsman convincingly won the Women’s U-23 XC Championship.  These racers excelled on the rugged and challenging Mt. Snow course, proving that they were in fact the best skilled riders. Brian Matter, with the help of his three Gary Fisher 29/Trek-VW teammates followed up on the winning ways with a victory in the Male Open Four Person Category at the 24 Hours of 9 Mile National Championship event. Brian did his fair share of work to help his team put in more laps than any other.
Each of these three National Champions has dedicated great amounts of energy to their causes and it has been a privilege to aid them along the way.  When hard work is aimed directly at the target, wonderful things happen on race day. I’m proud to have shared a part of each of these three victories. Congratulations and here’s to more great rides to come,

TJ Woodruff