UPDATE AS OF 8/27:
First race is TONIGHT! Thank goodness it's not sunny and nice out; we wouldn't want to overheat or get sunburned! Don't forget your bear bell!
Here is a PDF of all the race info. You can print this out and take it with you!
Sunday's XC race course at Hillside has been modified. We decided to move it off the STA trails (at least the downhill portions) to better preserve those trails for future use! Here is the NEW map!
HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY, BRENT! YOU OLD MAN!
UPDATE AS OF 8/26:
Here is the points update!
Bear bells will be required at the Kincaid race and at both Hillside races. I will have a very limited amount of bear bells available for sale during registration. They will be $5 per bell. You can find them at any sporting goods or outdoor store for less, and I bet Fred Meyer carries them as well for even cheaper! GET YOUR BEAR BELL! There will be a time penalty for not having a bear bell... 30 seconds.
UPDATE AS OF 8/23:
Thanks so much to Brent Gorman, Jeff Ellis, Mike Howard, Bob Cox and Tim Berntson for clearing a very messy stretch of singletrack at Hillside this weekend. Now the course for the XC on Sunday will be even better (new map posted below)! Awesome job guys.
Bob rocking the chainsaw chaps/spandex look.
Also, everyone that races in the championships will receive one of these awesome reusable totes!
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I will be posting information as it becomes available, so check back often!
Here's the schedule:
Friday, August 27
7pm, Hillside, Hill Climb ***BEAR BELL REQUIRED***
Registration: will be from 5:30-6:45 to allow folks time to register for the WHOLE series and to sign up for the banquet (just so we know how much food to buy).
Parking: Please park at the north end of the Hilltop Ski Area parking lot. Head east on Abbott Road, pass by Service High School and under the foot bridge, take your next left into the Hillside/Hilltop parking lot - follow the road back past the chalet and park at the far north end. There will be a porta-potty available here!
Pre-race Meeting: 6:50pm
Race Start: 7pm SHARP
Race Format: Experts will leave at 7pm, Masters & Sport at 7:01pm, Beginners & Juniors at 7:02pm. The finish is near the Prospect Heights parking lot, so you can either get picked up there or ride back down to the Hilltop parking lot (MUCH more fun).
Race MAP!
Saturday, August 28
10am, Alaska Pacific University, Short Track
Registration: 9:00-9:45am. Everyone needs to register at this time.
Parking: Please park at the Moseley Sports Center: take 36th Avenue east past Providence Hospital (street now called Providence Drive). At 3-way stop, go straight (large APU log will be on your left at this intersection) onto APU property. Pass the USGS buildings on right. Next building on right will be Moseley Sports Center. The sports center will be open for restrooms, but they ask NO MUDDY SHOES inside. Registration will be in the Sports Center parking lot, but the start/finish area will be down in the soccer field on the other side of the hill behind the sports center... it will all make sense once you get there!
Pre-race Meeting: 9:50am
Race Start: 10am SHARP
Race format:
Expert, Sport, & Master Men + Expert Women will start at 10am. It will be 30 minutes around a 1 mile course, plus one more lap.
Sport, Master, Beginner Women & Beginner Men + ALL Juniors will start at 10:45am. 30 minutes plus a lap.
Race Map: There will be no map for this course as you will be able to easily pre-ride it prior to the race start (one lap will take about 5-8 minutes). The second group will need to pre-ride it BEFORE the first group goes out.
Saturday, August 28
3pm, Kincaid, Time Trial ***BEAR BELL REQUIRED***
Registration: 2:00-2:45pm
Parking: We will be staging from the stadium parking lot, as usual. Take Raspberry Road west until the very end, parking will be at the stadium lot below the chalet (on your right coming in). The start/finish area will be behind the huge scoreboard.
Pre-race Meeting: 2:50pm
Race Start: 3pm SHARP
Race format: Juniors will go out first, followed by the Beginners, then the Sport, Masters and finally the Experts. Racers will go out one at a time, in 15 or 30 second intervals (this will be decided race day). There will be a 5 minute gap between rider categories.
Race MAP!
Sunday, August 29
12 noon, Hillside, XC ***BEAR BELL REQUIRED***
Registration: 11:00-11:45am
Parking: Please park at the north end of the Hilltop Ski Area parking lot. Head east on Abbott Road, pass by Service High School and under the foot bridge, take your next left into the Hillside/Hilltop parking lot - follow the road back past the chalet and park at the far north end. There will be a porta-potty available here!
Pre-Race Meeting: 11:50am
Race Start: 12pm SHARP
Race format: Just like usual... Experts @ 12pm, Sport & Masters @ 12:01pm, Beginners & Juniors @ 12:02pm. EXPERTS WILL DO 4 LAPS, SPORT & MASTERS 3 LAPS, BEGINNERS & JUNIORS 2 LAPS.
Race MAP!
Sunday, August 29
6pm, Dinner & Awards Banquet (it's free!)
The awards banquet will be held at the Abbott Loop Community Park off Elmore (opposite Coventry Drive) between 80th and 84th. We will be using the large covered shelter on the north end of the park. The dinner will be a big grill-out, with hamburgers, hotdogs (or maybe salmon burgers?) & some sort of vegetarian option (don't worry, it won't be tofurky dogs!). We'll also be providing beverages (soda, sports drinks and MIDNIGHT SUN KEGS!) , along with all the trimmings for your grilled option.
We ask that you bring a dish to share: last names A-L, please bring a side dish, last names M-Z, please bring a dessert!
After dinner, we will have awards and tons of schwag give-aways! If it's nice out, we might get a romping game of volleyball going... Bring the whole family!
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COST: $50 for all 4 races (save $10!) or $15 per race, under 18 are always free! The awards dinner is free too - just bring something to share (see above in blue).
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It's going to be an awesome weekend full of racing (obviously), prizes, awards, FOOD!, and fun. Your times in each of the races will be added up, then assigned the appropriate "pointage." That pointage will then be doubled, so if you've been missing races this summer and your points total is looking a tad dismal, make sure you join us for all four races!
If you have questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to shoot me an email at megpiersma@gmail.com!
