[ORRando] Re: ORRando Digest, Vol 36, Issue 8

[Scott Peterson]

According to "another" (my) altimeter it was "only" 12,179 feet.  No wonder 
I had such an easy time of it.  ;-)

Scott P
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>   1. Kings Valley 600k & 200k (Susan France)
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> From: Susan France <susanfrance at teleport.com>
> Subject: [ORRando] Kings Valley 600k & 200k
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> Results are posted:
> http://www.orrandonneurs.org/results/2008-results.html
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> Thanks to Michael Rasmussen for helping with the start & passing out the 
> Fleche trophies (we had a lovely backroads ride to Martha's Tacos for 
> breakfast after registration). Barb Ogilvie and Nate Armbrust handled the 
> overnight control, checking riders in, feeding them, running for burgers, 
> fixing flats, getting them up and off in the morning.
>
> On the 200k 9 started, 7 finished. Brian List and Dan Fender took a R on 
> SR 20 instead of a S. They turned around when they started smelling the 
> Ocean some 20 miles later. Unfortunately, not being locals they were 
> riding SR 20 and SR 18 (rumble strips) and didn't know there was some 
> great little side roads they could be on if they wanted to go to the 
> ocean. This route featured 3700 ft of climbing according to 1 altimeter.
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> On the 600k 15 started, 11 finished. For 5 individuals this was their 
> first 600k and all of them finihed: Jennifer Chang, Steven Davis, Mike 
> Johnson, John Henry Maurice, and Cecil Reniche-Smith.  Four individuals 
> earned the first Super Randonneur awards in the NW (3 of them women): 
> Jennifer Chang, Steven Davis, Lesli Larson, and Peg Winczewski. All of 
> these rider rode the tough (& hot) SIR 400 last weekend and finished the 
> new ORR 600k this weekend.  All 600k riders earned extra credit miles on 
> day two, with some bad cues in Salem and a missing turn coming in... still 
> they all managed to smell, call for instructions (or flag down and ask) 
> their way to the next town.  Congrats to all!  This route featured 15,200 
> ft of climbing according to 1 altimeter. Please let me know if your 
> reading if you kept track of the elevation gain.
>
> See you all for the Covered Bridges 200 or 400.
>
> Susan.
> Lost and Found: 200k rider... red sunglasses & bk gloves... contact the 
> RBA
> ** This is Peg's 14th SR... I'm not able to convince her to fill out the 
> Ultra-Randonneur paperwork so I thought I'd tell her entire club (SIR) so 
> they can start pestering her --she's not on these elists ;-)
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