Monday Night PIR

Racing Every Monday – April 15-August 26

May 14, 2013
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May Standings

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First two weeks are in the books and the series results are calculated. Top three are below. For the full standings, check out OBRA’s results page. Thanks and congrats to all the racers.

Women’s 4/5
1st Kristi Carver – 22
2nd Susan Koonce – 19
3rd Karen Henry – 15

Women’s 1/2/3
1st Heather VanValkenburg – 32
2nd Lelah O’Shaughnessy – 31
3rd Sarah Brown – 13

Masters’ 1/2/3
1st Tim Reinhart  -  25
2nd Joe Dengel – 21
3rd Antonio Castaneda – 17

Master’s 4/5
1st  Eddie Wang – 27
2nd – Brian Powell – 26
3rd Rick Boston – 25

As a reminder, top three winner for each of these categories receives a gift certificate to Laurelwood Brewery, River City Bicycles, and the winner for the month receives a custom Castelli jersey. Thanks for all the racer, sponsors, and officials for getting the season off to such a great start!

See you next week!

May 3, 2013
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April Series Overall Winner!

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Winners are official! Thank you to all who came out in April for Monday Night PIR. Final results have been posted.

The top three racers overall in the 1/2/3 and 4/5 categories will have River City Bicycles and Laurelwood Brewery gift certificates waiting for them at registration. Congrats to these riders:

Women’s 1/2/3
1. Sarah Tisdale
2. Shelley Dunlop
3. Heather VanValkenburg

Women’s 4/5
1. Deann Garcia
2. AlexandriaSchultz
3. Niina Jamsja

Men’s 1/2/3
1. Tim Reinhart
2. John Walrod
3. Erik Hofland

Men’s 4/5
1. Eddie Wang
2. Robert Brown
3. Rick Boston

Thanks to Castelli, those riders who won the series in April will get to wear a leader’s jersey for the month of May. Make sure to wear them out at PIR for the month of May to show people you are the reigning champ.

A big thank you again to our sponsors River City Bicycles, Laurelwood Brewery and Castelli for making these prizes and our races possible!

April 24, 2013
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April Standings

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It has been a great two weeks so far. The sun is shining and the races are getting faster and longer. Thanks for all that have showed up! Big shout out to the 4/5 women who have showed up to make the new category a success. Let’s keep it rolling!

Results for the nights can be found here. Result for the series can be found here. Here are the top three from each category:

Womens 4/5
1st Garcia – 30
2nd Jamsja – 24
3rd Wohlert – 15

Womens 1/2/3
1st Tisdale – 31
2nd Fletcher – 22
3rd Dunlop – 21

Masters 1/2/3
Reinhart – 26
Hofland – 17
Walrod – 15

Masters 4/5
1st Wang – 27
2nd Brown – 26
3rd Boston – 22

As a reminder, top three winner for each of these categories receives a gift certificate to Laurelwood Brewery, River City Bicycles, and the winner for the month receives a custom Castelli jersey. Thanks for all the racer, sponsors, and officials for getting the season off to such a great start!

See you next week!

April 20, 2013
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4/15 Results

First Monday PIR is in the books. Thanks all for coming out. Results are available on OBRA.org. Congrats to all our winner.

Points and prizes:
Prizes Castelli, River City, and Laurelwood Brewery are awarded to monthly series leaders. If you scored point last week, make sure to come out to increase your lead.

Special thanks
A special thanks to all the 4/5 women who came out to make the new category a success and to all who pre-registered. Just a reminder, if you pre-register, you are all set to show up and race.

THIS MONDAY (4/22):
Weather:
Looks like another fantastic day this Monday: 66 degrees and sunny.

Number side and Course direction:
Numbers will be on the left this week. Course direction is counter clockwise.

Thanks again to all the racers, River City, Upper Echelon Fitness and Rehabilitation, Castelli, Catherine Cooper for making this race possible. For more information on these businesses, please see our sponsor page: http://www.racemondaynight.com/sponsors/

See you this Monday!

April 4, 2013
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2013 Season Annoucements

Welcome to another great season of Monday Night PIR presented by Team Oregon. As always, Monday Night PIR is Portland’s premier race for Women, Masters (ages 30+), and Novice Racers. For 2013 much of the great racing remains the same with a few minor upgrades.

Monthly Series Leader’s Jerseys presented by Castelli:

In their continuing commitment to the Oregon bike racing scene, Castelli has stepped up big yet again to deliver jerseys to the winners for the 4/5 and 1/2/3 fields. These jerseys will be iconic and let everyone in town know you reigned supreme for an entire month at Monday PIR. Not to mention you will get a free jersey from the best technical manufacturer in the business. Huge thanks to Castelli for making this happen.

Online Registration, Season Passes, and Team Passes

Individual:
Tired of showing up late and needing to wait in line every Monday Night? PIR now is offering online registration up to 2pm day of race. That is right, if you register online through OBRA, all you need to do is show up to the start-line. To register, go to the OBRA calendar and select the day you would like to pre-reg for. Your name will automatically be added to our registration and you will be all set to race.

Individual Season Passes:
If you are interested in buying your season pass online for Monday PIR, you can do so here:  https://obra.org/events/21434/register
As always, if you choose to buy your season pass in person, you can do that also by making a check out to Team Oregon for $210 and giving it to us at the race.

Team Passes:
Team passes can now be purchased and used in person or for online as well.
Team passes are available at the following rates:

30 entries = $420 (7% off)
50 entries = $650 (13% off)
75 entries = $900 (20% off)
100 entries = $1100 (27% off)

To register online, please go to the following link: https://obra.org/products/39/line_items/create
You can also buy team passes at the race by dropping cash or check off at registration.

Free Rider Clinic presented by Upper Echelon Fitness and Rehabilitation:
Upper Echelon will once again be out at every Monday Night PIR to offer free clinics to racers. These clinics are taught by professional cycling coaches. In years past, many riders have commented how beneficial they have been. Whether you are an experienced racer or a first timer, come to clinics for advice on registration, pace lining, how to form and echelon, etc.

The first Monday of every month will have a women’s only clinic. These clinics are run by women for women, so if you know any ladies interested in racing, this is a fantastic place to start.

Let’s Race Bikes First Monday:
Those of you that haven’t heard, there is an initiative called Let’s Race Bikes put on by a group awesome women in Oregon. The goal of this organization is to encourage more women racers and help break down the barriers to entry. Every first Monday of the Month, the ladies of Let’s Race Bikes will be out in full force to help new riders and fill-up the categories  If you know any ladies interested in riding seriously and racing, getting in touch with this organization is a must!

Sponsors and Prizes:
Prizes and gift certificates were generously donated by the follow:

Please make sure to thank and support business like these that make our race season possible. Huge thanks to them all!

Schedule:
The schedule will remain mostly the same, however, based off rider feedback from previous years, we have combined the women and men’s novice field and added a 4/5 women’s field. Please help support these changes by coming out to race and filling up the new categories.
5:15 – Registration Opens
6:00 – Free Rider Clinic Hosted by Upper Echelon Fitness
6:15 – Novice Open (all ages, both genders)
6:25 – Women 4/5 (all ages)
6:35 – Women 1/2/3 (all ages)
6:40 – Masters Men 1/2/3 (30+)
6:45 – Masters Men 4/5 (30+)

New Media Outlets:
As with previous year, Monday PIR is on the web at racemondaynight.com. You will find things like course direction, series results, etc on our site weekly. Also, please follow us on Twitter and Facebook for even more up-to-date information.