Woot! Woot! We had a blast on Sunday and hope you did too. We were tickled to discover that MFG#4 Magnuson Park was the third largest CX race in the country so far this year. Just pedaling past our friends to the south in Portland, Cross Crusade. Thank you–you made this happen.
Will Woodland Park be #1?
Hey MFG Fans,
Seattle Parks has a policy to charge for any corporate logos displayed during a permitted event (like a cyclocross race) at a Seattle Park. This applies to MFG and our logos as well as anyone at our event.
So, if you have a team tent with a corporate logo, like Taco Time or Recycled Cycles and you plan to attend either the Magnuson Park race this weekend or Woodland Park on Nov 20, you either need to pay the fee (contact us and we’ll arrange payment to the city) or cover up your logo.
Yes, we agree this feels like extortion. Please feel free to write the City of Seattle and/or the Seattle Parks Department to voice your complaint. You might dig up some contact info here: Contact Us – Parks | seattle.gov
See the fee structure below.
Hey Teams!
We’ve got a great team competition going.
Kudos to Breakfast Racing Team for a great race!
Hey MFG Fans!
At MFG#1 StarCrossed Marymoor we had some challenges getting results out in a timely and accurate manner. These issues were a very unpleasant surprise for us after 17 successful races this season.
What happened? The RFID timing had problems in both hardware and software that led to missed lap reading. Missed lap reading led to bad race placings, incorrect lap counts, and fake DNSs/DNFs. Basically, every possible timing issue that keeps a race promotor’s life interesting.
How about next time? We now understand how to prevent and detect these things. We have and will continue to use a video backup system. This is what enabled us to clean up our StarCrossed results. That video review is time intensive – hence the delay. The sharp eyed and/or accountants out there will notice that lap times/ranks may seem off. That is an outcome the fix process and can’t be avoided, but we believe most of the overall results are accurate.
And are the results final? Well, as of Tuesday 9/20, results are final. The race results have been fixed and reviewed multiple times. Thank you to everyone who helped by submitting a results review form and by sending us email. Your input was very helpful in getting this right.
Did you land on the podium, but not get to stand on the podium and receive your podium pin? Come to any of the podium presentations and let us know! We’ll give you a chance to take a podium pic and don you our fancy podium pins.
Maybe there are a few incorrect results still lurking… If you see anything that looks incorrect, let us know (results@mfgcross.bike).
Finally, thanks for the patience and kind help as we worked to repair these issues and prevent future ones.
We are pleased to share that Adrienne Banks and Ella Dorband from Breakfast Racing Team will be race ambassadors for StarCrossed for Beginner Women, Trans, Femme, and Non-binary racers!
Adrienne and Ella will be at Women’s Beginner staging pre-race (around 2:35) to help with any last-minute questions or issues you might have. Post-race, they will lead a debrief for those who are interested. The post-race debriefing location will be shared at staging.
Breakfast Racing Team will be doing a course preview lap for women, trans, femme, and non-binary racers from the start line at 2:15 – look for their distinctive kit and get the beta!
MFG will have some changing tents for all racers to use near the registration tents. No need to change in your car this season!
Adrienne Banks (she/her or they/them pronouns) started racing cyclocross and XC mtb in 2022 after joining Breakfast Racing Team. Adrienne is now one of the cyclocross squad leads for Breakfast.
Ella Dorband is a co-captain for Breakfast Racing Team and races CX, XC, and track. Their first ever bike race was MFG’s Marymoor in 2016.
MFG cyclocross is back under the lights at Starcrossed this Saturday! The action is right in the center of the velodrome and over the barriers at the Water1st International Beer Garden presented by Team Booger.
With the support of New Belgium Brewing Company, we are able to donate all the proceeds from the beer garden to Water1st! In addition, you can get a limited edition MiiR mug for a donation of $5. Two amazing organizations doing awesome things- drink beer and do some good at the same time.
Team Booger is a NW based junior cycling team that uses cycling as a catalyst to teach kids to give back to our communities and support charities that we care about. Part of our mission statement is giving back!
Water1st International is a Seattle-based organization working to end the global water crisis. For over a decade, Water1st has been implementing complete, long-lasting piped water systems with communities in Honduras, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Kenya. Lack of access to clean water is a burden that impacts health, time, education, and dignity for millions globally.
Working in partnership with communities, Water1st is able to install faucets, toilets, and showers directly to households. With >4,000 projects more than 250,000 lives have been impacted. It can take up to 5 hours each day to collect water for a household. With water available at the turn of a tap, women and girls in our project communities have gained 100 million more hours for school, earning an income, food production, and spending time with friends and family.
Learn more about Water1st International at water1st.org
Have a gander at this little teaser! StarCrossed has an iconic history in PNW bike racing.
Join us this Saturday to be a part of bringing this legendary race back to life.
