CXpreX 2018

For the last few years the Ann Arbor Velo Club has been hosting the CXpreX series to introduce new riders to cyclocross racing and to give experienced riders a place to get ready for the season. I'm pleased to announce that we're back again for 2018!

The series will be held on Thursday evenings at Hunt Park on August 16 and 23 we move to Leslie Park on August 30 and September .  
6 If you'd like to help out please reach out to the AAVC Board to volunteer.  We're always looking for volunteers to help with setup, registration and for experienced riders to lead the weekly clinics. 

It's the Last One for 2015

As you know Thursday 9/3 is the last session of CXpreX for 2015. This year has been a blast! Thank you all for volunteering, for riding and for supporting CXpreX.

We'd like to invite you to an End Of Series Party! We'll meet in the Gulo Room at Wolverine State Brewing Company after we close down CXpreX #4. Come over, bring your # plate and get a discount on beverages, hang with the cool CX Racers, look at pics from the series and if we can figure out how to connect a laptop to the WSBC Video screens we'll watch For the Love of Mud.

Hope to see ya there!

All Right People! We've had 3 great weeks of 'Cross Training and we're ready for #4. Start your Labor Day Weekend off on the right foot. Leslie Park (off Leslie Park Circle) in Ann Arbor. Thursday 3 September. The course design crew is coming up with something special for the last event, you won't want to miss it.

Week 4 Pre-registration Click the link and Save a Fiver.

A huge Thanks to the riders, volunteers and sponsors, you guys make it all worthwhile. Aberdeen Bike & Outdoors​, Tree Fort Bikes, Wheels In Motion​, fitmi!, Ann Arbor Velo Club​, Morgan and York, Pedalgood​ and Tailwind Racing LLC​

Don't forget the Alma Grand Prix of Cyclocross​ Australian clinic coming up on the 8th. Clink the link for full details: https://www.facebook.com/events/525590464259351/


Results and Photos from Week 3 will be up shortly.

See ya Thursday!

Week 3 The Return to Mt. Sisyphus

photo by Brian Kerns. (when he should have been working)

Week 3! Already Wow. We're at Leslie Park for the next 2 weeks, Mt. Sisyphus has been mowed and it ready for running. Are you?

We could use a bit of help this week with registration. 2 people would be great! We could also use some early arrivals to help set the course, our Tuesday exploration has come up with a great CX course. We'll start setting the course @ 4 come on out if you can.

Here's a link to the volunteer spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/155gjmGJLojEQ9SvMaKcwxH0Zxw6-hjyQ_160gd9Zh4A/edit#gid=0


Thanks!

Week #2 Results

What a great session last night, a great course, some super clinics and a good crowd. Aand we didn't get wet. Thanks to all that came out to play.

A huge THANKS to the volunteers and our sponsors; Morgan and York, Wheels in Motion, Aberdeen Bike and Outdoors, pedalgood.com, Tree Fort Bikes, Wolverine State Brewing Company, fitmi!, Alma Grand Prix of Cyclocross, Tailwinds Racing and the Ann Arbor Velo Club. Without you we couldn't do what we do.

Don't forget the Alma Grand Prix of Cyclocross is hosting a 'Cross clinic on Tuesday, September 8! Chris Aitken, Jack Hogan, Tom Chapman, and Josie Simpson will be leading a clinic on the Alma cyclocross course! If you're planning on racing @ Alma here's a great way to learn the course and get some pre-race practice laps. For more info go to Alma Grand Prix of Cyclocross

Here's the results for the A's and B's. We know the C's and Jr's went out hard and fast. We don't report the results for the you because this event is supposed to be about learning and practice. The harsh reality of racing for results will come crashing down on you soon enough.

Remember next week is at LESLIE Park, off DhuVarren Rd.

Here are the Week 2 Results:

Just so you know that Colin Hebert was on his Single Speed. You B riders have some work to do!

				The A’s The B’s 1st Tom Barrett William Haig 2nd Wade Burch Colin Hebert 3rd Brian Kearns Ryan Slomka 4th Rich Stark Tyler Carlton 5th Kyle Carver Nick Ramsey 6th Ray Auger John Hubbard 7th Chris Winkler Brian Pirrie 8th Alex Monte-Sano Jonathon Vibbart 9th Talbot Hack Jessica Bratus 10th Ken O'Day Bib #141 11th Ben Wright Ryan Makinnie 12th Gabriella Sterne Brian Kupper 13th Huy Tran Sarah Temby 14th Tom Carpenter Bib #142 15th Lucas Wall 16th Sean Geary 17th Adrian O'Day 18th Matt Raezler 19th Heidi Snyder 20th DNP Doug Derdowski DNP Danny Soltan A link to pics from Week 2 @ Hunt Park will follow shortly. Thanks again, See ya next week!

Week #1 Results

Week One Results for the A and B catagories. We don't publish C and Junior results. We feel that CXpreX is a learning experience and that publishing results puts pressure in the wrong place. We want you to to practice what you learn at these races and not just go all out to get the W. When the race season starts you should have a solid base of knowledge and experience and then you can go out and feel confident in your abilities and skills.

	A's	B's
1st	Danny Soltan	Brian Pirrie
2nd	Tom Barrett	Bib #138
3rd	Bib #29	Bib #130
4th	Kyle Carver	Brian Kupper
5th	Bib #32	Matt Raezler
6th	Tom Carpenter	Bib #131
7th	Bib #33	Bib #142
8th	Rich Stark	Bib #136
9th		Bib #141
10th		Adrian O'Day
11th		Bib #140
12th		Heidi Snyder

Something to make your Monday a bit better. Some photo's are up @ CXpreX Week 1 Photo's

Pre-registation for CXpreX week 2 is open until 11:45 Tuesday. $15 if you pre-register or $20 at the door. Please pre-reg it makes life more efficient for everyone.  Pre-register for Week 2

Week One Done!

The first of 4 events is in the bag. Great weather, great course and great riders. We learned, we raced, we had some post race recovery food and many items were won. Much fun was had by all. All the riders from the newest to the most experienced did some serious 'Cross racing in the beautiful Waterhill area of Ann Arbor.

Thanks to all the volunteers for putting this event together, without you we couldn't get it done!

Thanks to the racers, without you it wouldn't be worth doing.

Thanks to the Sponsors without you we wouldn't be eating and giving stuff away.

Aberdeen Bike and Outdoors, Alma Grand Prix of CX, fitmi bicycle fitting, Morgan and York, Pedalgood.com, Tailwind Racing, Wheels in Motion, Wolverine State Brewing Company and Zingerman's Deli

We Thank You. Please support these local business without them CXpreX wouldn't exist.

Photos and results for the A & B will be posted shortly.

See ya next week!