Jenn Levo

Thanks for everything that you've done Jim!
It's been a great series and hopefully some fresh blood can pick it up - if
not though - I thank you for giving us ladies a place to race and our own
categories to race with.
Best wishes in your other endeavors!
-jenn

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 1:52 PM, pwnllc@gmail.com wrote:

> RACERS:
>
> 2016 Monday Night Bike Race Series - It's a wrap! Come on out and race the
> next 2 Monday Nights!
>
>
> As a side note....
>
> I am retiring from organizing Monday Night PIR Bike Race Series in 2017.
> My time of organizing has come to an end after "stepping in" as race
> organizer way back in 1996 (as a Senior in High School and taking it on as
> a "project"). This race series was the longest one I organized after many
> other bike race events in the Portland-Metro area and Willamette Valley
> area. As a note, I did take about 4 yrs off when I handed it to my racing
> team, Team Oregon from about 2009-2012.
>
> You may have seen the writing on the wall. After endless attempts and
> literarily pounding the pavement with postcard flyers, mailers, marketing,
> social media, press releases, publicity, ads and broadcast media the race
> series suffered greatly. The lack of participants has crippled the race
> series financially. On the plus side, April and May were nearly record
> turnout and almost had a 20 yr record! The end of May till current time the
> entries has been well below my break even point with many times nearly not
> enough to run categories.
>
> I am in process of looking for a replacement organizer.
>
> Thanks for support. I need to focus on my other two careers and my ever
> demanding work-travel schedule with Axeon Hagens Berman Professional
> Cycling Team. Along with focusing more effort as Team President of Team
> Oregon.
>
> My last race in attendance will be August 22, 2016. The race series
> continues on August 29, however I will be gone.
>
> Best Regards
> Jim Anderson
>
>
>

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