Race promoting

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Permalink Reply by Tim Akers on June 27, 2012 at 10:11pm

Honestly your best resources are going to be other promoters. Talk to the ones whos events you like, see what they did.

As a racer my favorite cross races were the ones that were more than just a cross race, but more so an event. Big or small, doesnt matter. Get some food vendors there or do a potluck, have something there so racers stick around and watch other fields. Make it an event for everyone. I have seen a few races that do intro to cyclocross clinics before the Cat4 race to encourage first time racers, always thought that was a good idea.

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Permalink Reply by Booksy on June 28, 2012 at 7:20am

Great advice.  We're on the grounds of a Brewery (yup) and there are music festivals on the property periodically.  The longterm vision is to do a cyclocross festival atmosphere or better yet, a weekend long cycling festival (Gran Fondo, Gravel Grinder, Cross Race, Cross Country Race, pumptrack, kids races, music, beer, food, etc...) but the first step is getting the cross races off the ground.

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