Cool Article in News Paper today about Team!

http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_14698262

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EASY RIDERS

Don't call this group of bikers "Bad to the Bone."
The CoreTechs Staffing Cycling Team is brand new and based in the Peninsula. Their goal is not to finish on the podium. It's to scratch a competitive itch while having fun and helping the community.
"I'm a 43-year-old guy with three young kids, and this is for fun," said founder Andrew Adelman, CEO of CoreTechs Staffing and a member of the racing team. "I'm not getting paid. In fact, I have to pay to do these races."
The original idea was to create a casual team with roughly eight riders — something between "just for fun" and hardcore professional.
"I wanted to have a team, a group, that I could ride with once in a while," said Adelman, who has done over 100 triathlons. "So I wanted to come out for a team to join, and specifically in the Bay Area there wasn't anything that fit what I wanted. ...
"Cycling seems to be a little exclusive, it's a little elitist I've found," Adelman added. "Especially when you're riding in these packs. No one will talk to you and everyone will look straight ahead until you've been riding with them and get good enough."
Adelman approached a 43-year-old friend, who quickly signed up as one of the sponsors — IronKey CEO Dave Jevans of Menlo Park.
"It's just a huge motivator to have a group that you like to train with," said Jevans, who also races on the team. "It makes all the difference in the world for me. You can judge your
fitness level together and find your weaknesses."

Fitness 101 also joined as a sponsor, but the CoreTechs Cycling Team is a nonprofit.
"We don't want to make money with it," Adelman said. "We want to do something good. And we chose a charity that means something to us."
Their cause is the Lucile Packard Foundation, which runs the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. This is particularly personal for Jevans, whose teenage daughter was admitted for heart surgery two years ago. "As you can imagine, it's quite a stressful thing," Jevans said.
The surgery proved a success and the hole in her heart was repaired. Her father is forever thankful. "The doctors are fantastic, the facility is world class," Jevans said. "Living in the Palo Alto-Menlo Park area, we are blessed to have such a facility and I wanted to do anything to support it. It's a small measure, but it's important to raise support and awarenesss."
"So the more people riding in that jersey, the better," Adelman added, "because it raises money for them." Most of the riders are 35 years of age or older. They include men and women who can either join the racing squad or be part of the club team. "It's been amazing who you meet," Jevans said. "You get this diversity of people and you meet together behind one common goal. It's very fun." There is group rides on Sunday, with the team meeting at Starbucks in Menlo Park on Alameda de las Pulgas. Depending on the day, it depends where they ride.
Quick warning: It's not easy as it sounds. "It's been very painful," Jevans said.
"When you very first start, physically it's tough to hang with the group," confirmed Adelman, who asks members to commit to three key races broken down into categories ranging from Cat 5 for novices all the way to Cat 1 before the pros.
"But if you want to separate yourself, I find it's how hard to you want it," Adelman said. "You get to a point where your mind wants to shut down. 'It hurts. It sucks. I don't want to do it.' But you mentally push yourself past that and those are the guys who separate themselves. On the high end, those are the guys that are strongest mentally."
But for the CoreTechs Cycling Team, it's about pushing yourself while still having fun without the pressure of winning.
"You won't see us on top of the podium, I don't think," Adelman said. "Our goal is to have a big presence in the race, to get better and see how it goes."