[OrRando] Portland Century

[Ray Ogilvie]

Hey Bert,
 I'm glad you took the lead on this one. Maybe they will get the kinks worked out and I can do it next year.
 Ken Mattina did the ride also. I'm waiting to hear his report.

 On another topic: Are you still interested in another Dart? It sounds good to me, especially since I won't be doing any of the longer Brevets this season.

Ray O.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bert Lutz<mailto:bert_lutz at hotmail.com> 
  To: 'Oregon area Randonneurs'<mailto:orrando at tire.patch.com> 
  Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:39 PM
  Subject: [OrRando] Portland Century


  I rode the inaugural Portland Century today, the 100 mile version (they have 40 and 60 mile lengths as well).  I like to do these rides every once in awhile because they are not brevets.  And with 1400 riders (that's what I heard), cyclists own the road and if you don't like the person you just started a conversation with you can move on to the next one ;-).

   

  The ride started at PSU, headed south to the Springwater trail and east to the Sandy area.  Nice climbing following parts of the Torture 10K..  About 3-4K ft. in 20 miles or so.  Then, it was a fast ride along the Columbia westbound (thankfully there was not much of a headwind) before the return to PSU via Lombard and the Broadway Bridge.  I'm not a big fan of trails but it was a good tour of Portland.

   

  There were long check-in lines, lines at the rest stops, food shortages and a missed rest stop.  I clocked 86 miles on my GPS for the century but hey, maybe I missed a turn or two.  These are the kinds of things you would expect the first time out of the gate.  I had a good time and so did most of the people I talked to.  The volunteers were friendly and worked hard.  Next year will be even better.

   

  Bert

   

   

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