[OrRando] 200/400 & 300/600

[Phil Varner]

Thanks to Susan for her hard work organizing the ride.

My more-amusing-than-comprehensive ride report:

http://www.philvarner.com/bikes/blog/2007/05/20/covered-bridges-200k-2007/

--Phil

On 5/20/07, Susan France <susanfrance at teleport.com> wrote:
>
>  This weekend 68 riders started the Covered Bridges 200 & 400k. 18 started
> (& finished) the 200k version including Matt Dalton who is barely off
> crutches from a crash earlier this year. 50 started (49 finished) the 400k
> version. Somehow most riders managed to find the break in the weather this
> weekend. Friday night and Sunday morning it was wet. Saturday was mostly
> "perfect" except for the blustery winds. The constant stream of riders
> checking in, kept us busy at the Travelodge from 2pm Saturday until 7 am
> Sunday. Thanks to Marcello and Rick for preriding the 400k route, refining
> the cuesheet instructions, and then for helping me register and checkin
> riders Sat & Sun. This crowd was over 2x the size of last years 200/400.
> Results will be posted when I catch up on some sleep.
>
> The route for the 300/600k will be the same as last year with tweaks. I do
> not plan to preride either distance. Based on this years attendance on the
> ACP events I will once again need volunteers. If you can preride the weekend
> before (June 2/3) and help for a shift of 6-8 hrs sometime during the
> weekend it would be appreciated. Getting a small group of riders with
> similar speeds to preride is always the way to go. Contact your riding
> buds... let me know. I've been known to deliver midnight pizza & drinks on
> the road to preriders ;-)
>
> Next Monday is the Memorial Day populaire (106k) starting a 9am from
> Cornelius Pass Roadhouse. These roads are lightly traveled and you should
> not need to be concerned about heavy Mem Day traffic clogging the roads.
> I'll be including Rickey's preride report soon... again when I catch up on
> some sleep.
>
> Sleepy Susan.
>
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