[Sportsandrec] road racing

[Lori M. Miller]

Some of my favorite tandem cycling races were the USABA National Road 
Championships that were held in conjunction with the Masters Road Cycling 
Championships in the tandem category. Which BTW tandem races do usually have 
age categories and gender categories.  Tandem races either for the disabled 
or not, are few and far between, so when the events were combined it was 
very exciting to have a big field of competitors and yet with the USABA 
category we also were racing for placements on international teams, etc. It 
also was a great way to get more people involved and to be potential pilots 
and hopefully to serve as an opportunity to make other blind athletes aware 
of the sport. Not to mention the huge opportunity for people to learn more 
about the abilities of blind people.

L...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Fetter" <jfetter at nd.edu>
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Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] road racing


Lucia,
I think that special categories are fine in elite and/or large races.
The main concern is with those situations in which only a few blind
people are racing and people end up with an award that doesn't mean as
much by no fault of their own. The best strategy, in my view, is to race
everyone in a given event, and if you get an award in a special category
that you didn't create, so much the better.
James

On 4/17/2009 10:38 PM, Lucia Alzaga wrote:
> I'm so sorry if I offended anyone but I learned that many people got very 
> excited when CIM created a special category and I haven't heard complaints 
> about the Boston Marathon having a special category either. I also know 
> that the Vision 5K in Boston is the USABA 5K championship. I just though 
> it was a good way to promote awareness.
> Lucía
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