Wednesday, July 16, 2008

This Sunday in Chicagoland

Enjoy a beautiful day of bicycle racing this Sunday (July 20). Evanston is putting on its annual Northwestern Healthcare Grand Prix, part of the prestigious International Cycling Classic/Superweek series.

The organizers have put together an excellent website, including a guide on how to watch a criterium race. The course is smack in the middle of town, so you'll have plenty of coffee shops and outdoor seating to enjoy the festivities in comfort. (Leave the sweating and puffing to the racers...)

I would say that this is one of the two big events within rideable distance of Hyde Park this summer, so don't miss it! (The other one is the Chicago Criterium, on July 27.)

The morning and early afternoon will see the lower category races. Tati will be present at the Men's Cat 4/5 race at 9:00am, with its trio of creamsicles Liam, Dan and Bernard, provided that the former two recover from their recent injuries (I am not ok yet). (Warning: the race might be delayed a few minutes.) Then the duo of tangerines Carly and Liz will make their appearance at 1:00pm in the women's 3/4 race. I presume that our stars Devon and Aspen will be there too, albeit in Get a Grip colors. And we might even have one or two guys racing for UCVC. Cheer for them all.

There will be some sort of concert/dancing with live music at 3.00pm, kids races also at 3.00pm, and the pro races after 4.00pm.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As one of the organizers of the Evanston Grand Prix I do hope you all enjoy the course and enjoy the race on July 20th. It will only be our second year but we are striving to make this one of the best bike races in the series.

One plug... we need volunteers to help make the day go smoothly. If your friends or family are interested in this please go to the volunteer page on www.enhgrandprix.com. We really like bike minded people to help out because they make good ambasadors to the crowds, plus we bribe you with a cool t-shirt and other goodies.

J/tati said...
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J/tati said...

Tatito Lewis will be doubling Sunday, racing both M4s and M4/5s. He's hard to miss in his cartoonish orange mushroom helmet. We might a couple of others in M4/5s and one more in the W4s.