[ORRando] Fwd: [SIR] September 20 1000km brevet

[Susan France]

Info on the SIR 1000
This should be a nice route. I'm familiar with most everything south of Oly.
Join them if you can.

I put ziptie along Skate Creek Rd about 10 years ago. Let me know if
you find it ;-)

Susan.

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From: Mark Thomas <mark at muthomas.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:21:37 -0400
Subject: [SIR] September 20 1000km brevet
To: "seattlerando at googlegroups.com SIR Email List"
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Rick and I rode the 1000km course last weekend. We thought it was a
glorious ride. The first day took us around the sound, including a
nice loop of Point Defiance in Tacoma, up to Mason/Limerick Lakes,
before heading out to the coast for a nice dinner stop in Westport and
a peaceful nighttime jaunt along the ocean and Willapa Bay.

The second morning, we took a detour around the peninsula at Bay
Center before riding out to the Pacific in Ocean Park on the Long
Beach peninsula. After a lunch stop with some liquid carbs, we rode
along the Columbia past the Astoria Bridge and then over KM Mountain
and through the Whitetail Deer refuge to a early dinner in Cathlamet
above the Columbia. A wonderful detour around Longview provided great
views of Saint Helens, Adams, and Rainier on the way to Castle Rock.
The climb up to Toutle was rewarded with a butter-smooth pavement
descent to Toledo with the Big Dipper guiding the way. The late night
trip into Morton under the Milky Way was surprisingly enjoyable, even
the sections on US-12, which was largely deserted.

Mount Rainier kept an eye on us for just about all of the last day.
The backroads that kept us off US-12 for most of the way from Morton
to Packwood were wonderful. Quiet and peaceful, although with some
rough pavement. Skate Creek Road from Packwood to the huckleberry ice
cream at Whittaker's in Ashford was a delight - a mostly gentle climb
along a mountain stream on one of my favorite roads. Ashford to Elbe
to Alder Lake was nice despite the headwinds. Not so nice was the
Alder Cutoff Road into Eatonville. With WA-7 closed, this is the
detour route and the traffic was fairly unpleasant. After Eatonville,
it was calm again along Ohop and Kapowsin lakes on Orville Rd.
Milkshakes and dinner at Wally's in Buckley fueled the trip home,
which included the climb out of the Green River valley that we all
"loved" from Greg's Chili Feed 200k all those years. And then the
usual ride back through Black Diamond, Ravensdale, Hobart, Issaquah,
and Redmond.

In summary, a nice tour of southwest Washington, with a good variety
of roads and scenery. Hope many of you can make it. Any questions,
feel free to ask. Pre-registration will be appreciated.

Some notes about support:

You should plan to be able to ride 100 kilometers without services on
this ride. It's 100k from South Bend to Long Beach and it's 100k from
Castle Rock to Morton.

On the scouting ride, we refueled at

Mile 52 - Sumner control in coffee shop. They have pastries and drinks.

Mile 83 - Lunch in Gig Harbor. This may be less necessary during the
regular ride because there will be support at mile 121.

Mile 143 - Food at Matlock store. Note that this store closes at 8PM.
You can get services before at mile 128.7 and after at mile 166.5.

Mile 200 - Dinner at Half Moon Bay in Westport. They probably close at
10PM, but we expect to provide support there for later-arriving
riders.

Mile 240 - South Bend overnight control.

Mile 304 - Lunch at Pioneer Tavern. The stretch to here was probably
the leg between services that seemed longest.

Mile 330 - Snacks at grocery store before Naselle.

Mile 363 - Early dinner at diner in Cathlamet.

Mile 397 - Snacks at convenience store WA-504 and I-5. The store at
the control spot in Toutle (mile 408) was closed when we got there.

Mile 459 - Morton overnight control.

Mile 497 - Diner breakfast in Packwood.

Mile 523 - Ice cream in Ashford.

Mile 542 - Snacks at convenience store in Eatonville.

Mile 573 - Dinner at Wally's drive-in in Buckley. They close at 9PM.
24 hr services are available a short way off course at mile 576.


The longest stretches (40 miles or more) that will be without
services, especially if you are running close the time limits:

Mile 121 - 166 (Vinny's cabin to 24hr convenience store in Montesano)

Mile 200 - 240 (Westport to South Bend. There is a 24hr convenience
store in Raymond, but that's only about 3 miles from control.)

Mile 240 - 304 (South Bend to Pioneer Tavern or Pioneer Market in Long Beach)

Mile 397 - 459 (Castle Rock to Morton)

Mile 573/576 - 622 (Buckley/Enumclaw to finish. You may find stuff
along the way, but not sure.)


Hope to see you there.

Mark



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