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More Training Music From/For You

I know a lot of you have complete playlists you use for specific workouts, and if you'd like to share them I'd love to make them part of the GamJams Best Training Music Ever collection.

Here's how:

• Publish your playlist to iTunes as an iMix. iTunes can show you how to do it.
• Send me the URL for the mix, and any notes you have on it - what it's good for, even full workouts in detail, whatever.
• I'll include it in the GamJams Best Training Music Ever collection and attribute it to you.
• This will also mean that any purchases made from these playlists will throw off a commission for USA Cycling Juniors Development.

Publish as many as you want, or only one as big as you want. If the songs are good for cycling, we want to know about them. And the more variety we have, the more money we'll raise for Junior Development programs, which is really what this is all about. (My oldest will hit racing age of 10 in 3 years, and I want USA Cycling's coffers full by then.)

As always, email me with any questions, or leave feedback in the comments.

GamJams Best Training Music Ever Playlist now LIVE

Here they are - the GamJams Best Training Music Ever Playlists, compiled by you. Follow the links below to open iTunes. Remember that any purchases made through the links generate a commission which will go entirely to support USA Cycling Junior Development. (In fact, the commission isn't limited to these playlists - click on the links below and buy anything, and we get the commission.)

The links will open iTunes and take you directly to the link. If you don't have iTunes you can get it here.

GamJams Master Mix
This is all the songs from the playlist - about 5 hours' worth.

Each of the following is a part of the Master Mix, which I've broken down by Beats Per Minute (BPM), so you can work them into specific applications within your training plan. So no need to buy these AND the Master Mix.

GamJams Grinds (50-74 BPM)

Stand up and grind 'em out.

GamJams Climbs (75-84 BPM)

Truth in advertising - for Climbs.

GamJams Endurance (85-99 BPM)
Base building, baby.

GamJams UpTempo (100-119 BPM)
Supple up, Buttercup.

GamJams Frantic (120+ BPM)
Matching the cadence to these is not recommended unless you're a track sprinter or BMX racer.

I'll do another post later on with more mixes (a race-day warmup mix, maybe some specific workouts, etc), but wanted to get these up ASAP. I also owe thanks to more contributors, which I'll do early next week when I have everyone's attention.

Want to know what's in the mix without launching iTunes? Here's its contents:

GamJams Training Mix Update

I promised you the GamJams Best Training Music Ever playlist at the end of last week. It's almost finished. You'll be outside this week anyway so won't need it. But you should have it in a couple of days.

Manny Samaniego of HPC/List went above and beyond, and sent me an iTunes gift certificate worth about half a dozen GamJams water bottles. Thanks, Manny. At about the same time, I got a note from a Junior who reads the site who wanted to contribute, but doesn't have a credit card. So I let him choose  a couple of songs and Manny's gift certificate paid for them.

Any other juniors out there who don't have credit cards and want to contribute, drop me a note with a couple of songs you'd like to see on the list. The offer is also open to anyone else who doesn't have a credit card, but not to anybody who spent all their money on a bike much nicer than mine, and doesn't have enough left to buy a song.

Also, I know a bunch of local hammers were down racing in the Bahamas over the weekend. I can't find results anywhere, but if anyone has some news please share it in the comments. I heard Nick Bax went down  when someone from the Cuban team just had to get past him for 30th in the sprint. Anybody else have some local news from Nassau?

Like which Rite Aid rider this is on the podium, and the homepage of Team Slipstream?

The Most Fashionable People in the Peloton

The Most Fashionable People in the Peloton this season will be:

David Kirkpatrick, NCVC
Jeff Anderson, HPC/List
Todd Bickling, Bike Doctor
Jay Ulfelder, Artemis
Sue Estes, HPC/List
Brad Davis
Scott Cernich, Route 1 Velo / Capitol Hill Bikes
Clarence Dillon
Walter Tyree, Squadra Coppi / IM Saab

How come? On account of they'll be sporting brand new GamJams Water Bottles this season, thanks to their contributions to the GamJams Best Training Music Ever playlist. Final days are today and tomorrow, so if you want to pony up 3 songs, you'll get a bottle too, and also contribute to the playlist that might raise some funds for Junior Development (and give us all some new music to slog away to in our basements and garages).

Details and instructions here. Go now please. If you don't participate I can only assume you don't want a GamJams water bottle, and that hurts my feelings.

WABA.org's relaunch - New Bike Map for a Buck

The WABA launched their new website today. Have at it - WABA.org.

They've also released an updated version of their DC Bike Map, which you can order here. They're asking for a $1 donation to cover postage. You should go ahead and do it - not just to get the map, but to get involved. Like my 3-year-old says about people he likes, "they're on our side."

What if my only black pants are made by Pearl Izumi?

Evelyn Egizi, team director at Artemis (my team), sent out an announcement of an actual event that cyclists should find delightful, even though they're strongly discouraged from bringing a bicycle with them. It's:

The Bike Ball - A Winter Cycling Formal

The event is sponsored by Proteus Bikes and Coppi's Organic Restaurant (two Artemis sponsors as well), and is designed to raise funds to offset the production costs of "The New Woman: Annie Londonderry Kopchovksy," a documentary film about a pioneering Jewish immigrant who, in 1895, became the first woman to cycle around the world. (www.spokeswomanproductions.com)

When: Saturday February 3rd
When (the other when): 8pm
Where: Proteus Bicycles, 9217 Baltimore Blvd, College Park, MD
Wear: Formal attire suggested
What's the damage: $35 in advance, $45 at the door
What else: Live music by Mostly Monkee and a GW a capella group

For ADVANCE TICKETS, please write a check for $35 to:
Film/Video Arts (with "The New Woman" in the memo line.)
The checks can sent to:
Gillian Klempner
Spokeswoman Productions
1651 Lamont Street, NW #3A
Washington, DC, 20010.

Gillian is also your go-to with any other questions: email her or call 202-841-2574.