[OrRando] Fwd: Ed Pavelka and Fred Matheny DNF in the Elite Tour

[3rdwaverider]

You may have heard snippets about the Elite PAC Tour and what happened
to Fred Matheny and Ed Pavelka of RoadBikeRider. Here is a summary of
their situations from John Hughes.

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: UMC... at aol.com
Date: Jun 14, 5:32 pm
Subject: Ed Pavelka and Fred Matheny DNF in the Elite Tour
To: ultramarathon cycling


Many of you subscribe to the most informative e-letter put out by
RoadBikeRider.com and know that Ed Pavelka and Fred Matheny were
training for the PAC
Tour Elite Tour.

On Day 2, June 11,   Coach Fred DNF'd due to extreme heat - 107
degrees

On Day 3, about noon, Ed crashed and broke his hip near Casa Grande,
AZ.   Ed
was scheduled for hip replacement surgery today.

I've known Fred & Ed since we coached together at the first PAC Tour
Desert
Camp in 1996 and I continue to coach with Fred every year and keep in
touch
with Ed at RBR.   Both are great guys to ride with - I've chatted with
each this
year and know how excited they were about doing the Elite Tour.

They are strong supporters of the UMCA - Ed is currently in fifth
place in
the Year-Rounder.   His friendship with John Lee Ellis goes back to
the 1991
PBP.   Ed has done a terrific job of promoting the Year-Rounder, our
Records
program, and the UMCA and RAAM more generallly.

The good news is that Ed is expected to make a full recovery.   More
details
at:

http://www.roadbikerider.com/elitetour.htm

cheers,
John Hughes
Managing Director
UltraMarathon Cycling Association
PO Box 18028
Boulder, CO 80308-1028
direc... at ultracycling.comwww.ultracycling.com

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