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Well 30 miles might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I did look it up and there is a Road race by St. Cloud that Saturday . Even though we're in ND does anyone think it would be possible to get our race on the MCF (MN Cycling Fed) calendar? I mean were like a few miles from the boarder haha... This calendar is where most people find out about races...
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Yesterday I put up the website, put up the message board thread, and emailed everyone on our list about the race. Sometime this weekend I will put out a call for volunteers and a press release UNLESS someone else SHOULD to do it.
20 April 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEUND CYCLING TEAM AND BLUE MOOSE TO HOST CYCLING RACE WEEKEND, APRIL 30-MAY 1Road Race and Team Time Trial Criterium Championships Included in Two Days of RacingThe University of North Dakota Cycling Team will be hosting three road cycling race events on the weekend of April 30th and May 1st, 2011, open to collegiate and non-collegiate riders alike. Championship events for the North Central Collegiate Cycling Conference (NCCCC) will be held in the team time trial and road race; a post-conference-championship/pre-nationals criterium (short track race) will also be held. The NCCCC is made up of teams representing schools from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota as well as North Dakota.“It's really exciting for our program to be able to host this event for the second year running,” says Matt Burton-Kelly, Race/Event Coordinator for the UND Cycling Club, “and we're really happy to offer non-collegiate riders the opportunity to race a sanctioned USA Cycling event here in Grand Forks.” This is the second event of 2011 for the club, which hosted “Bikecicle” (a winter mountain bike race) in February.Saturday will begin with a series of criterium races, during which riders will race on a course around the Ralph Engelstad Arena for a prescribed amount of time (from 30 to 60 minutes). This course is spectator-friendly and will showcase high speeds and sharp corners. The day will end with the team time trial, where teams of three or more riders work together to get the fastest time over a 10-mile out-and-back course on Merrifield Road.The road race will be held on Sunday morning and is the namesake for the race weekend title “Too Flat, Too Furious,” with only 172 feet of elevation change over a 31.64 mile course. Advanced riders will complete two laps.Volunteers are requested to contact the team and spectators of all ages are welcomed and encouraged at all races. The official race flyer, maps, and additional information are available from the UND Cycling Club website at http://www.und.edu/org/cycling.The UND Cycling Club and Team is a recognized student organization at the University of North Dakota. Their mission is to promote cycling and the cycling lifestyle throughout the Grand Forks area by holding scheduled rides, helping fellow students with bicycle maintenance, and representing UND in races throughout the region.Contact: Matt Burton-Kelly Mobile: 802-922-3696Email: [email protected]
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