[ORRando] Alsea Falls 400

[Keith Kohan]

I don't know when the last store or facility closes in Brownsville but this could be a serious problem.  Alex and I were just talking about it and if you think this could be an issue we could man the control in Brownsville Saturday evening with water, snacks, whatever..  

We both competed in the Race Across Oregon, I won in my class and beat all the other over 50 bunch by the way, and then the next week we did a 540 mile bike tour in Canada so we're really not up for the 400k this weekend anyway.

Keith & Alex Kohan

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Susan France <susanfrance at teleport.com> wrote:

From: Susan France <susanfrance at teleport.com>
Subject: Re: [ORRando] Alsea Falls 400
To: "Michael Wolfe" <cyclotouriste at gmail.com>, "philippe_cycliste at hotmail.com" <philippe_cycliste at hotmail.com>
Cc: "ORRando" <orrando at orrandonneurs.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 5:58 PM

#yiv322124187 {font-family:Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}#yiv322124187 p{margin:0px;}Well, not exactly encouraged. I told Phil not to DQ anyone who was late to the control at the top of the mtn, so early in the ride.

This is the problem we have with having one of the fastest riders, preriding the route, whereas whenever the slowest rider prerode (that's me!), I always run head long into service problems and being in the wrong place at the wrong time of night.  As a general rule organizers must assure there is "staff" at a control when all the businesses are closed for the night. A gap of 1.5 hrs is pretty significant and you must have some alternative for riders who arrive after closing.  Is there a tavern or ATM? When do services in Harrisburg close? Jefferson? Turner?

You do have slower riders signed up... a couple almost as slow as me.

Hmmm now that I studied the route sheet. Where are riders to go in these towns? Or if there are multiple places, where do you recommend?


-----Original Message-----

From: Michael Wolfe 

Sent: Aug 5, 2009 7:21 PM

To: John Henry Maurice 

Cc: ORRando 

Subject: Re: [ORRando] Alsea Falls 400



I think Phil has been encouraged to offer liberal amnesty wrt the closing time of the first control.  And you will make up a LOT of time over the subsequent 30 miles.
The rest of the ride is not particularly hard. You're a 508 vet, you'll be fine.
Michael
On Aug 5, 2009, at 4:00 PM, John Henry Maurice <jmaurice at easystreet.net> wrote:

What have I gotten myself into? The Alsea Falls 400 is 252 miles long
and I have to climb nearly 2500 feet in the first 25 miles. And I have
to do this in 2 hours and 40 minutes! That is nearly 10 mph! If I do
not meet the time limit, then it is a DNF.



If I do make the time limit, I have to make it to Brownsville before
11:30 pm so I can refuel (calories, not gasoline) at he Chevron station
(which I am sure is stocked with nice, healthy food). If not, then
there are no services along the route until Salem, 45 miles later. If I
do reach the Chevron station after it closes, and I need calories, then
that means a six mile off route detour to I-5.



Yes, I am suffering from a confidence melt down.

-- 
John Henry Maurice
www.onyourleft.net

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