First Race Weekend Coming Up!

Next weekend is the first race weekend of the '09 Collegiate MTB Season. Everybody is welcome to come and race and enjoy some camping Saturday night. It'd also be great to have someone come along who's not racing to help with feeds. From what I've heard, I expect about 8 people to go, but more would be great. We're going to try and leave Saturday with enough time to pre-ride the course, camp, and race Sunday morning. A car could also leave later if some people are working Saturday. Here's a little information about the event, cost, camping, licenses, and carpools.

• Please let me know this weekend if you're thinking of going so we can set up a separate e-mail list.
• General race info: http://nmors.org/
• Map to Las Cruces, NM: http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=E+University+Blvd,+Tucson,+AZ+(University+of+Arizona)&daddr=Las+Cruces,+NM&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.826758,79.013672&ie=UTF8&z=8
• Trip cost: $25 (registration fees + gas+dinner)
• Camping: Last year we camped at the race venue which worked out great. If you don't have any camping gear, you can rent some equipment from Outdoor Adventures at the Campus Rec: http://campusrec.arizona.edu/outdoor/equip.html . Some of us probably have some extra equipment, so don't let the camping keep you from going.
• Carpools: We'll work this out later, once we know who's going. If you end up driving, you won't have to pay as much for the trip.
• Collegiate race licenses: You need one to race. The license will cost between Free-$30. If you have another USA Cycling license, it's $15, if you purchase another licence you can add the collegiate license on for free, or it's $30 all by itself. Here's where you start: http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=579

If you want to go, or are thinking about it, please e-mail me your name (first and last). Thanks,

Chloe