Month: October 2017

Mississippi Cyclocross Project Week 6 Update

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Parents/Supporters,

Hello. Are the weekend approaches we would like to inform you that this Saturday and remaining sessions will be held at our home base, Freedom Ridge Park. 

We will continue to work on the new skills; 1) dismount and going over a barrier and 2) Race starts simulations. Kids are natural! Our goal from this weekend on is to get the kiddos ready our Ridgeland Cyclocross Festival, www.ridgelandcyclocrossfestival.com on November 18th. 

Registration is open and free to all kids. Please register them early so that you can clock your family calendar. Make sure to invite your family to come celebrate with you as well! I have attached the event flyers, please post and share with friends. 

Finally, if you are know of a business (or if you have a business) that might be interested in donating gift cards or some items for our swag prizes or monetary sponsorship options available (very minimum to help us offset the production cost). Please share with them the attached flyers. We will highlight all event sponsors/supporters via our race announcer and during the podium presentation. 

Take care and Let me know you thoughts.

Mississippi CX Project: Week 5 and Gear Update

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Parents/Supporters,

Good morning!  We had a great practice yesterday. The kids are progressing very well! This week covered a few new skills; 1) dismount and going over a barrier and 2) Race starts simulations. Kids are natural! They are going to be so ready for the Ridgeland Cyclocross Festival, www.ridgelandcyclocrossfestival.com on November 18th. Registration is open and free to all kids. Please register them early so that you can clock your family calendar. Make sure to invite your family to come celebrate with you as well! I have attached the event flyers, please post and share with friends. 

Also, our clothing partner Ridebiker Alliance is offering the club a one-time window for new orders to receive free shipping! If you are not yet registered on our Ridebiker store, go to https://www.ridebiker.com/invite/partner/MSCXProject and do so. You’ll get a confirmation link sent to you that needs to be clicked on. Be sure to check your spam filters for that mail! If you’ve ordered from them before, just login!

Once logged in, shop for your items and place in your cart. Click “checkout”. From there you’ll see the ability to select “Ship to club” from the shipping address dropdown, which will combine all of our orders in the next two weeks and they will get shipped to us together… at no charge! This is great because you’ll save from $15-20 shipping per order! All items are made to order and take from 4-5 weeks from the end of our window. If you miss out on this window though, the store remains open and they’ll even ship you just one jersey if that’s what you like – you’ll just have to pay the shipping.
See you all next Saturday!
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Healthy Regards,

Mississippi Cyclocross Project Team
www.mscxproject.org

Week 5- Mississippi Cyclocross Project: Practice this week and Gear. T-shirts are in!

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Parents/Supporters,

Hello. I hope this email finds you well. Thank you for working with us as we had to move practice last week. This week we will meet again at the field behind the Ridgeland City Hall at Ridgeland City Hall, 304 US-51, Ridgeland, MS 39157   as they will be hosting another softball and soccer tournament. We will not meet at Freedom Ridge Park.

All coaches should be at practice to support the kids. We will be covering a new skill; dismount and going over a barrier… It will be fun to see them take what they have learned over the past weeks and practice a specific Cyclocross skill. For those who pre-ordered the program t-shirts, they will be available for pick up at practice!

Also, our clothing partner Ridebiker Alliance is offering the club a one-time window for new orders to receive free shipping! If you are not yet registered on our Ridebiker store, go to https://www.ridebiker.com/invite/partner/MSCXProject and do so. You’ll get a confirmation link sent to you that needs to be clicked on. Be sure to check your spam filters for that mail! If you’ve ordered from them before, just login!

Once logged in, shop for your items and place in your cart. Click “checkout”. From there you’ll see the ability to select “Ship to club” from the shipping address dropdown, which will combine all of our orders in the next two weeks and they will get shipped to us together… at no charge! This is great because you’ll save from $15-20 shipping per order! All items are made to order and take from 4-5 weeks from the end of our window. If you miss out on this window though, the store remains open and they’ll even ship you just one jersey if that’s what you like – you’ll just have to pay the shipping.
See you all this Saturday!
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Healthy Regards,
 
Mississippi Cyclocross Project Team

 

Mississippi Cyclocross Festival: Week 3, 10/7 Update and T-Shirt Order Deadline

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Parents/Supporters,

Hello. I hope this email finds you well. Another great turn-out yesterday. We experimented setting up the three small group stations and it worked very well. The kids were great listeners and help the transitions every 10-15 minutes work smoothly! With only three weeks in, we are seeing great improvement and all kids are embracing the new skills we have been teaching them. Congratulations to all!

Reminders:

  1. Don’t forget that the deadline to order the t-shirts will be today, Sunday, October 8th as we are placing the order on Monday, October 9th. See details below. Please note that we have two different pages to order the cycling gear and t-shirts.
    • Mississippi Cyclocross Project T-shirt  Pre-Order: As mentioned at practice, we will pre-order t-shirts this week.The kids sizes are $6.50 and adult sizes are $13.50. All t-shirts will be ordered on Monday, October 9th. The t-shirt pre-order page will close on Sunday, October 8th. Pre-order the t-shirts at http://mscxproject.org/store/.
    • Mississippi Cyclocross Project Cycling Gear Pre-Order: If you wish to have the cycling gear before our Ridgeland Cyclocross Festival (November 18th), you will need to order soon as it will take 4 weeks to produce and deliver. No minimums, adult (men & women) sizes as well as kids gear.  They will ship directly to you. Pre order the cycling gear at http://ridebiker.com/club/MSCXProject/store.
  2. Practice Makes you Better: Please make sure your kids get to ride their bike around the neighborhood or park at least 1-2 times this week as home work. Perhaps this can be a family event after school! Thank you for your support!.

Please email me if you have any questions. Take care and make it a great day!

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Healthy Regards,

Mississippi Cyclocross Project Ambassadors 
Rolando@MSCXProject.org
www.mscxproject.org

Mississippi Cyclocross Project Gear: Cycling Jersey & T-Shirts Pre-Order

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Parents/Supporters,

Hello. I hope this email finds you well. We have created a page to pre-order the cycling gear or t-shirts. Please note that we have two different pages to order the cycling gear and t-shirts. See details below:

  • Mississippi Cyclocross Project Cycling Gear Pre-Order: If you wish to have the cycling gear before our Ridgeland Cyclocross Festival (November 18th), you will need to order soon as it will take 4 weeks to produce and deliver. No minimums, adult (men & women) sizes as well as kids gear.  They will ship directly to you. Pre order the cycling gear at http://ridebiker.com/club/MSCXProject/store.
  • Mississippi Cyclocross Project T-shirt  Pre-Order: As mentioned at practice, we will pre-order t-shirts this week. The kids sizes are $6.50 and adult sizes are $13.50. All t-shirts will be ordered on Monday, October 9th. The t-shirt pre-order page will close on Sunday, October 8th.  Pre-order the t-shirts at http://mscxproject.org/store/.

Please email me if you have any questions. Take care and make it a great week!

Mississippi Cyclocross Festival: Week 2, 9/30 update and more

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Parents/Supporters,

Hello. Many thanks to those who dropped off items for the, “Central Mississippi Unites for Puerto Rico”. I truly appreciate your support.

Also, what a great group we had today! Thank you to all parents, kids and ambassadors who were able to join us today for the 2nd session of our Mississippi Cyclocross Project. Our focus today was working on getting on and off the bike or red light/green light. This drill requires practice, so please remind the kiddos as it will be part of all remaining practices.

To accommodate our group size,staring next week we will set three stations. These stations will cover different skills with smaller groups. These groups will rotate every 10-15 minutes so that they can experience each station. The last part of the session we will go through all stations as a group. Our goal is to allow the kiddos to experience the station in a smaller setting and be observed by the ambassadors, which he/she will provide feedback/tips.

Finally, please make sure your kiddos get to ride their bike around the neighborhood or park at least 1-2 times this week as home work. Perhaps this can be a family event after school! Thank you for your support and see you next week.

Week 2 Session Re-cap: 

  • Warm Up for 10-15 minutes around the park or designated practice area.
  • Break: Hydration and discussion of drills. 5-10 minutes:
  • Drills: 20-25 minutes
    • Cone Cornering: Tight cornering requires that you lean the bike over a bit. To help the kids practice, have him/her weave through a line of four or five safety cones or similar objects, each spaced about 8 feet apart. As his/her skill improves, encourage her to go faster, or move the cones out of a straight line so that they are staggered, and she has to turn more to get around each cone.
    • Getting on and off the bike or red light/green light. This skill breaks down getting on and off the bike from both; from the left and right side. We started walking (red light) and we gradually moved into a faster trot/jog.
    • Follow the Leader: This is a fun, easy way to get things going following our peers and ride the entire park. The idea here is not speed but dexterity. Impose a maximum speed limit and focus on supporting each teammate via a long train line.

Important Notes:

  • Pre-Order the Mississippi Cyclocross Project cycling kits (gear):
    • We have designed a cool jersey for our program in partnership with RideBike Alliance. This is not required, however if you wish to purchase them, please visit the club store via our partner RideBiker Alliance, where you can register and shop our on-line store. Please allow 3-5 weeks for the gear to be produced and shipped to you.
    • Program T-shirts: We will be ordering t-shirts for participants.  The cost for the shirts for the kiddos is ~$6.25-$7.00.  Our goal is to find a sponsor(s) which could partially subsidize the kids shirts and in return we will highlight on the back of the shirt with, “T-shirt provided by…”. Please let me know if you know of a local company who might be willing to can help us with this fund raising campaign. Our goal is to have a pre-order form by the week of October 9th. Adults will also have a chance to get a t-shirt!
  • Ridgeland Cyclocross festival, Program Celebration/Graduation:  We will celebrate the culmination of our program with a Cyclocross race. This will be an opportunity for the participants to showcase the newly learned skills. The celebration, Ridgeland Cyclocross Festival, will take place on Saturday, November 18th, at Freedom Ridge Park. You can register your kiddos and if you would like, you can also participate as we will have adult categories.  The registration and event details are available at www.RidgelandCyclocrossFestival.com. If you are interested in being part of our Ridgeland Cyclocross Festival planning committee, please reach Coach Rolando at rolando@mscxproject.org.
  • Bike Shop Partner Discounts. Present the program coupon at any of our partner bike shops; The Bike Crossing, Indian Cycle, Bicycle Revolution and The Bike Rack. Your kiddos will receive 10% off your purchase, and an additional 10% will be donated to the Mississippi Cyclocross Project! Please shop locally and support our brick & mortar shops! Access coupon at http://mscxproject.org/partner-benefits/.
  • Our Hydration Sponsor. Nuun will provide us product that will be available at all training sessions and a discount code for parent to purchase their product at a special Mississippi Cyclocross Project rate. Discount code details below:

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Healthy Regards,

Mississippi Cyclocross Project Ambassadors
www.mscxproject.org