2009 Northbrook Women's Program

I previously mentioned that Blue is sponsoring the Women's Program with a very generous donation of a track frame. And I am now quite excited to say that this year's frame will be going to a woman based on participation rather than placing. We still have details to work out but the general idea is this: if a woman races a certain percentage of Thursday nights, her name will be placed in a drawing for the frame. So all women, no matter what age or category will have the potential to win a really awesome frame!

I've also been talking with Kevin Perez, who is leading the Monday night practices this year, about having a separate women's group once or twice a month on Monday night. This will allow women to ride with each other rather be thrown in with the men. No offense guys, but you can be a little intimidating at times. I'll post more once Kevin and I hash out the details.

And don't forget to cheer on Shelley Olds next week at the Track World Championships. She's racing in both the Scratch and Points Races. Go Shelley! Here's a link to the program. The Scratch Race is on Friday evening, Poland time which means it's Friday afternoon for us and the Points Race is on Sunday afternoon (morning for us). Shelley is the only woman representing the US. There are 3 men on the US squad, Taylor Phinney, Daniel Holloway and Colby Pearce. No sprinters this year. If you want to watch the action, apparently there may be free coverage here. Of for $20 you can watch it on cycling.tv.