Wednesday July 1, 2009
Half Acre Cycling is proud to be among the sponsors for this year’s CAMBR Palos Meltdown. The race, the closest MTB race to Chicago, runs on Cook County Forest Preserves trails that are maintained by CAMBR and the event serves as one of CAMBR’s biggest fundraisers for the year. C’mon out to the race on Sunday, August 30 and support Chicago trail building and maintenance. It’s an awesome fun time.
Race registration opened to all today. In past years the lower categories have filled before race day- so don’t wait! Women, take note: this race’s field limits are based on total racers, so women need to pre-register to guarantee a spot, too.
A few weeks ago I made the decision to race the WEMS Metro Challenge event. It was about time for me to get back in the racing saddle after taking a 2 ½ year break, and the race was going to be held at Crystal Ridge Ski Hill, which is one of my favorite courses from the WORS series.
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— Kristina Meinig
In the second lap of my first track race I thought to myself, “I don’t know what I’m doing”. Three weeks later, on my second night of track racing I put that first nights experience to use. The first race of the night was a 15 lap scratch, my best race. I finished sixth after being edged out at the line by Josh from Team Beer’d. We then had a very short rest while four women did a miss and out and two citizens did a chariot race. The second race, was a devil’s scratch. I was the fifth rider out, which gave me some extra rest. I felt good for the third and final race, a 20 lap points race. I finished somewhere in the bottom half of the 22 man field, but was hanging with the lead group for the first 15 laps. Sprinting on three points laps and for one prime wiped me out. A great night of racing at the velodrome.
Friday June 26, 2009 Journal
Here’s a Friday thought for you— cyclo-cross! It may be 86 days to the first ChiCrossCup race, but we’re crazy for it now. Planning is already beginning for Hopkins Park Cross, the race we’re once again co-hosting with North Central Cyclery, scheduled for October 4.
But it’s never too early to start racing… some HAC riders have their eyes on the New Jersey State Fair’s mid-summer cyclocross racing, SpectraCross. Sure, it’s not exactly in our backyard, but it involves cotton candy and pig barns. You should come.
Fox River Grove, the Subaru Cup, the Lumberjack 100, and Northbrook Velodrome just didn’t offer enough racing for HAC for one week, so Adrian and Julie braved the traffic and crossed the cheddar curtain for some Wednesday night racing at Crystal Ridge, organized by the friendly folks at the Metro Mountain Bikers. The field was small, the race was laid back, the riders were super friendly, and the time on trail was just what the doctor ordered. Julie’s race report is here.
Meanwhile, John Cline, traveling trackman extraordinaire, has been hitting up racing at Kenosha and Major Taylor velodromes. He’s been sharing his results and relating his stories here.
