Cycling
Dear Cycling Competitor:
One note of clarification regarding the last email--the bicycle transportation is provided to you as a convenience in getting your equipment to North Park. If you have your own transportation, there is no need for you to turn in your bicycle to our transportation team. Please be sure, however, to arrive in North Park before 8:30 a.m. so that you will not be affected by road closures. Parking will be available where the bicycle transport trucks will be located., and in small lots in the general area.
Also, we have received an invitation from the UPMC Cycling Club for cyclists attending the Transplant Games to participate in the UPMC Time Trial and Community Cycling Day on Saturday, July 12th, at the Club's Washington Boulevard oval. The Club's invitation follows:
"Please let the participants know that we have individual and team time trials scheduled for July 12 in Pittsburgh at our fantastic bicycling track near the zoo. Our team web page has all the details, directions, and registration information:
http://www.upmccycling.com
We would love to have their participation! Our contact information is included and we would be happy to answer any questions. Thank you."
Luke Dembosky
UPMC Cycling Performance Team
Dear Cycling Competitor:
Click here to find maps of the 5K Time Trial (scheduled to begin at 9:30 am) and the 20K Road Race (tentatively scheduled for 12 noon).
Getting There--Bicycles will be picked up at 6:30 am on Tuesday from two locations--the David Lawrence Convention Center (10th Street East Lobby Side) and the Holiday Inn Select Oakland. After leaving your bicycle, you may board Games transportation from the same location for the 30-40 minute trip to North Park. Upon arrival at North Park, you will pick up your bicycle at the North Park Football Stadium Parking Lot on Lake Shore Drive.
After the cycling competition is over, you will return your bicycle to the same truck where you picked it up. The trucks will then return to the same pick up locations in Oakland and Pittsburgh at the conclusion of the event. Any bikes not picked up after the return trip will be dropped off at the Convention Center and kept in the lost and found room in the west lobby. Please do not miss your truck's return or you will have to deal with recovering your bicycle on your own.
Food and Concessions
There will be a mobile catering truck for breakfast and lunch in North Park, but no cash exchange is allowed in North Park. Participants MUST buy a voucher before the day of cycling in the Games store if they want food. Items will not be sold a la carte; you must purchase a breakfast and/or a lunch ticket. Breakfast will be from 7:00 AM -9:00 AM. Lunch will be 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Breakfast and lunch are:
BREAKFAST
CHOICE OF BAGEL, DANISH OR MUFFIN
ALL CONDIMENTS
JUICE
FRESH CUT FRUIT CUP
COFFEE OR TEA
$5.00
LUNCH
CHOICE OF TURKEY, HAM, ROAST BEEF OR GRILLED VEGETABLE SANDWICH
ALL CONDIMENTS
BAKED CHIPS OR PRETZELS
APPLE, OR ORANGE
COOKIE
SODA OR WATER
$7.00
Water and PowerAde will be available for everyone including spectators at the cycling venue only.
If you have any additional questions on cycling arrangements, please contact your team manager or transplant@kidney.org.
Golf
The correct age group assignments, as were reported to you in April are: Men 30-59 (30-39, 40-49, 50-59) at Pittsburgh National (formerly Deer Run); all other men and all women are at North Park.
The Pittsburgh National web site is here (under its former name):
North Park course info is here:
