Rocket Science Sports Updates

I wanted to let you all know what Rocket Science Sports has been up to over the last couple of weeks. Here is a quick run down:

April 26th - Had Rocket Science Sports booth for stage 6 of the Tour de Georgia at Brasstown Bald.

Night of April 26th - Drove down for the Athens Twilight Criterium. Special guest of race director Ravi Rajcoomar from Swagger. Defending Athen's Champion Mark Hekman and Crit Series Champion Frank Travieso both from Toshiba-Santo presented by Herbalife went down in an early crash and were unable to contest the finish. Ultimately the race was won by Rock Racing's Rahsaan Bahati who enjoyed flowers, girls, and our new Rocket gear bag.

April 27th - Not only my lovely wife's birthday, but the last stage of the Tour de Georgia. I set up a booth in Atlanta in the infamous Centennial Park where we were rained on for the first half of the day. Luckily the rain held out during my setting up and tearing down. Thank you very much! It was amazing to look around at the buildings downtown and see all the cracked and missing windows from the tornado which hit there only a few weeks before.

Interesting note, two of the pro teams involved in the tour are very interested in our Rocket Bottles and our gear bags. I'll keep you all in suspense of who they are until the details are worked out. :)

May 1st - I flew to Los Angeles where I was picked up from the airport by training coach Robert Keating and whisked away for a 6 hour drive to Lake San Antonio for the Wildflower Triathlon. Robert carried with him what seemed like half the content of Triathlon Lab's store from Redondo Beach for the expo.

Included in that was 2 of the first Rocket race suits to arrive in the country, one medium men's and one medium women's. We dressed up a female mannequin in one and go figure, we got a lot of attention. What especially drew the eyes to our new garment was the very unusual "v" shaped ridges on the back of the shoulders and the lower back. "What are they?" you ask. Well, they are vortex generators, the first ever used on race suits. We also were the first to employ them on a wetsuit.

What happens is that an air bubble is formed behind the shoulders and buttocks while swimming which creates pressure drag. The vortex generators break up this bubble so that there is less of a bubble, and therefore less pressure drag. We are looking at about a 6% reduction in drag. Because the race suit is worn while on the bike, you can bet it aids in drag reduction during this part of the race as well.

Okay, enough tech talk. I've got lots to catch up on. Our next event is luckily in Austin, our home town. Hope to see you all at the Capital of Texas Triathlon May 25th. Cheers!