Joseph A. Field
Pre-registration for Wednesday night's Blind Date at the Dairy closes
this Tuesday at 5 pm. If possible, please help us avoid lines, reduce
stress and enhance everyone's enjoyment by pre-registering!
More Castelli Hoodies We ran out of hoodies, but Castelli came through
with more hoodies for us, so we again have availability in all sizes,
first come, first serve at:
https://obra.org/schedule/2014/cyclocross#september. For anyone
ordering now in medium, large or XL, we should have your hoodie
available on or about October 24th for pick up at Alpenrose.
Single Speed OMG - The 2014 Blind Date Single Speed Season Champion
will take home, or display in his or her favorite shop for a year, a
priceless Indonesian sculpture of a Dayak Clyclocross Warrior. This
fellow (the Dayak), will be proudly on display, resplendent in his Blind
Date Leader's Jersey, at an undisclosed location on our course at
Alpenrose. An anonymous donor (may he rest in peace), bequeathed this
priceless antique in perpetuity to all future Blind Date Single Speed
Champions, to be passed on each year from champion to champion!
Stampede Dash for Cash: Have you ever wanted to make money racing your
bike? Well, here's your opportunity! Just watch our two minute
instructional documentary on how to convert yourself from an ordinary
career person into a Pro Blind Dater. http://vimeo.com/105001634.
Next, register for Blind Date's one lap, handicapped, all division, all
ages, all two-wheeled bikes (sorry uni's), "Stampede Dash for Cash,"
which we will run after Kiddie Cross and Juniors, at 5:50 pm each week.
The Stampede Dash for Cash is a "winner take all" event with a payout of
at least $2.50 per participant to the winner. We'll handicap the race
in the following order: beginner women, age 70+, beginner men, age 60+,
B women, BMX and fixies, C men, B men, A women, master A men, and
finally, A men. We'll endeavor to handicap the race each week to give
all racers from 70+ women to A men an equal chance at victory. We'll
tweak the start order and start time intervals each week as needed. Best
of all, Candi, says that you can wear your normal 2014 Blind Date race
number. We will award a Castelli Leaders' Jersey to each week's winner
too!
Wear Your Leaders Jerseys: Any racer at our first race this year, who
races in a prior year's Blind Date leader's jersey (which they won),
will get a call up at Blind Date One.
Castelli Team Competition: Remember, the winning team, defined as the
team with the best overall series finishers in our 12 adult categories,
wins $1,000 cash from Castelli, PLUS 12 custom Castelli cyclocross
skinsuits! The Stampede dash for cash counts as one of the categories!
For each of our four junior series winners, Castelli is awarding $50
plus restaurant gift certificates! More details are below in our FAQ.
Scholorships: We will have a few full scholarships available for the
Stampede each week. Feel free to apply in public forums! Full
scholarship recipient's for our 9/10/14 Stampede are: Ron Strasser,
Alice Pennington, Kelly Ryan, Miele Blomberg, Rich Desmond, Steven
Hunter, Einer Traa, Barbara Thiele, Keelan Ontiveros, Brian Hart, Kent
Johnson, Peter Drake & Zach Mikkelson.
FAQ
Preregistration Number and Castelli Hoodie (& socks and cap) pick up:
Pick up is on the day of the race, at Alpenrose at the officials' booth
inside the Velodrome.
Masters Ages: Our masters categories are age 35+ for B and C and 40+
for A. Our poster has a mistake and will be updated.
Stampede Price: The Stampede costs $5 per race.
Kiddie Cross: Price is free, parents must sign an OBRA waiver onsite.
No registration is necessary for Kiddie Cross. Vanilla Bicycles will
run Kiddie Cross this year!
Juniors: Juniors must be 10 years old to race as a junior and 12 years
old to race with an adult field.
Call Ups: At Blind Date One this Wednesday, call ups will only be for
racers who race in prior years' Blind Date leader's jerseys which they
won. After week one, we will make call ups based on 2014 Blind Date
results. Season Blind Date results will pour over into Cross Crusade
call up calculations.
Castelli Team Competition: You do not need 12 racers to compete. You
do not need to register to compete. We will automatically tabulate team
results for OBRA registered teams based on the results in each category
each week. At the end of the series, the team with the top results
wins. We tabulate the top finisher in each category for each team. So
if your team has ten A Men who finish 1st - 10th, but no participants in
other categories, it will score the same as a team of one who wins the
beginner men's division. The Castelli Team competition is about
diversity and developing racers in all categories.
Prize & Payout Pick Up: 21st Avenue Bicycles will award prizes three
deep in each category (except Stampede) each week from their neutral
support tent near the start area. Elite race payouts will be after
Candi announces official results. The Stampede payout will be just
after the finish. See Joe Field for payouts.
Leader's Jersey Pick Up: We hand out leader's jerseys at registration
the following week, after series standings from the prior week are
finalized.
Hope to see you at the Diary on Wednesday! Joe & Tony
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http://www.obra.org/flyers/2014/2014_Blind_Date.pdf
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