Blog Corner

RideClean gives back to the community through cycling. RideClean Volunteers recently conducted safety / orientation meetings for over 1,000 cyclists at the El Tour de Phoenix, connecting and creating positive role modeling for cyclists of all levels that took part in this charity ride on April 4, 2009.

The RideClean Team competed in the 2009 Redlands Bicycle Classic and was able to finish 5 riders which solidified them as the top amateur team at the event. For a quick video interview that was shot after the managers meeting click here http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid17185474001?bclid=172157...

Members of the RideClean team helped out at a public elementary school in Mesa, Arizona by donating their time and also donating helmets for kids at the annual bicycle rodeo. There were over 600 children learning about bicycle safety and getting helmet and safety checks. Always happy to help...

Baseball has had a bumpy road for the past several years, starting with the revelations in Jose Canseco's book "Juiced" and culminating in the Mitchell Report in December 2007. Now fans of sport are disheartened all over again -- this time by the controversy surrounding Alex Rodriguez and his recent admissions of steroid use. Read the Sports Illustrated article here.

You won’t meet a nicer guy than triathlete Simon Whitfield - who just coincidentally happens to be a world class athlete. It has been a pleasure to train with Simon and crew up here in Flagstaff and it looks like it has paid off for the 2 X Olympic Medalist (gold in 2000-Sydney and silver in Beijing). Oh yeah, he’s an advocate of RIDECLEAN.

Here is the CBS story and picture (David Guttenfelder/Associated Press):

Canada’s Simon Whitfield captured the silver medal in the men’s triathlon Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics.

Whitfield, who lives in Victoria, mounted a furious rally to briefly take the lead late in the closing sprint before being overtaken over the final stretch by Germany’s Jan Frodeno.

“I kind of fought my way on there, and I thought there’s no time like the present,” Whitfield said. “I tried to make it a battle of pure willpower. I gave it everything I had.”