More Cold and Windy

I almost whimped out this morning, but since I had a short ride on Sunday and prospect for the next couple of days don't look a whole lot better, I threw on an extra layer and headed out for the levee this morning to log a few miles. It was pretty cold and very windy, but the sun eventually came over the horizon and it wasn't really all that bad for the 25 miles or so that I was up there. During that time I saw exactly one other bike - the girl who commutes to work on the levee on a mountain bike with full panniers. She looked like she was having a hard time of it, and I presume she has a fairly long commute, judging by her clothes and all, so she definitely gets a gold star today. I kept it one cog lower than usual but tried to keep the effort level steady so I wouldn't get too cold. Thanks to Pearlizumi and DeFeet, I was pretty confortable. It was the first day for the full jacket on my commute to work, though!

So yesterday was the annual LAMBRA meeting. As usual, a few key people were AWOL, so I will need to track down the contact for Tour le Fleur and whoever scheduled the "Prologue Time Trial" before the initial '07 calendar is wrapped up. Also, a couple of events need to get final approval on new dates to which they moved. Here's the Reader's Digest version of my meeting notes. Apparently things don't always go so smoothly with other Local Association meetings. Even so, we were there from 1:00 until about 5:00.

• 2006 LCCS Championship Jerseys: Caroline and Gary Gray need to order more jerseys, and are doing that now. Hopefully they will be ready in time for some sort of awards event in January or February '07.
• Scoring of Category 5 for the LCCS points series is eliminated (Cat. 5s do not score points). Texas eliminated scoring for Cat. 5s a few years ago for similar reasons (difficulties due to 1-day licenses, desire to encourage upgrading to Cat. 4). Cat. 5 races are still required for all LCCS events, however.
• A masters 55+ LCCS category is added as an optional category. Same points and minimum field sizes as 45+. If the event has a separate class for 55+, then 55+ score LCCS points. May be combined with other masters age groups, like 45+.
• Riders have 7 days after updated LCCS points are announced to contact the rankings coordinator about errors in scoring.
• Category 3 minimum field for LCCS scoring lowered from 12 to 6 (now matches Cat. 1,2 minimum field).
• The track committee will put together a complete revision of the Track LCCS rules and regulations by January.
• Suggested new items to add to LAMBRA race kit: Finish line banner (vertical), basic signage (1k, 200M, arrows, etc.), Clock.
• LAMBRA will host a non-competitive (i.e. social) event early in the season, probably coordinated by the new club in Alexandria.
  
• Calendar:
  * Tour de La, 2-man TT, and Rocktoberfest dates are good.
  * First event Feb. 25, Raising Cane's 3-Man Time Trial, Baton Rouge.
  * As usual, no word on Rouge-Roubaix yet.
  * Nobody showed up for Tour le Fleur date, which conflicted with Giro d' Rankin date, so the Giro gets the date since they scheduled first.
  * Hope to be able to post the 2007 Calender before Christmas.
  
• 2007 Officers
  * President: Randy Legeai
  * Vice President: Gary Gray
  * Secretary/Treasurer: Shane Hernandez