last minute but awesome: INTRO CLINICS! SUNDAY!

[Megan Kelly]

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the extremely late notice on this, but we have a cool opportunity at the crit on Sunday: in several other conferences, people are leading Intro clinics each week for the lowest category men and women. In these clinics, new riders can learn skills and techniques to improve your speed, safety, and overall enjoyment of bike racing. This Sunday, we are going to have Intro clinics for the D men and C women, starting a half hour prior to their races' start times, in the parking lot just north of the student center (see this map, with legend on the left sidebar: http://z.umn.edu/criterium). The clinics will be led by 2008 D2 national collegiate road race champion Emma Bast, Jeffrey, and myself. Although it is the conference championship, and sadly our final race weekend this year, there will still be something for everyone to take away from the clinic. 

So, to recap: learn new stuff from awesome people for free!

D men: meet at 9:20.

C women: meet at 9:55.

I'd like to see this implemented at most or all of the races next year; I think our riders stand to gain plenty from it, as well as our clubs. Hopefully this will be a nice way for people to get a taste of it so we have enthusiasm and momentum for the idea going into next year.

Spread the word to your clubs! See you tomorrow at the road race!

-Megan