tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55115566585221217732024-03-17T14:53:16.266-07:00Colorado BrevetsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-68416717089929645112024-02-16T07:51:00.000-08:002024-02-16T07:51:23.873-08:00Remembering John Hughes<p>It is with personal sadness that I report that John Hughes - friend to so many in the rando and ultra communities and to RMCC - passed away unexpectedly on February 4. His widow Carol will be publishing details of a Boulder memorial scheduled for next month, plus his obituary.</p><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">John was my friend, and a wonderful riding partner to me and to others in the RMCC after moving to Boulder County in the 90's from the Bay Area. He also volunteered on Last Chance and other rides of ours. A bit more about John ...<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><i style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">after a brevet, relaxing with friends</i></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><i style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">while sitting in my RAV4</i></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><img alt="hughes_j.jpg" data-id="["5f90262c-35e9-4282-aba5-1461e1d3bb4e",1]" data-iml="480097.09999999404" height="296px" 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I rode a delightful stretch with him at PBP'99 with his "gruppetto" of friendly randos, stopping strategically at bakeries and cafes on the way back from Brest. John set a course record at Boston-Montreal-Boston in 1992 (52:53). His final 1200k was the Rocky Mountain 1200 (in British Columbia) in 2004. John raced solo RAAM (the Race Across AMerica) twice, and won the prestigious Furnace Creek 508, a grueling 508-mile trek across the California desert.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">UMCA</b> - From their early days, John was involved with the Ultra-Marathon Cycling Association (now World Ultra Cycling Association - WUCA), and was the executive director of the UMCA from the 90's through the first decade of the millennium. A full-time job. Aside from RAAM and RAAM-qualifying races, John promoted the UMCA Year-Rounder Challenge, which he lured me into managing in the 1990's. You can see the spillover of UMCA year-rounders to this day, some of them becoming RUSA K-Hounds.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">Tours</b> - John put on a series of western tours, the Red Rocks tours in Utah, and the Pacific Crest tours in California, along and up and over the Sierra Nevada mountains. Challenging, incredibly scenic, but doable. John invited me to help scout out his Red Rocks tour, an experience which I thoroughly enjoyed.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><img alt="distance-cycling.jpg" data-id="["bbf3eaf9-450b-4563-9c53-e944653a608e",1]" data-iml="766803.5" height="281.601px" 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John tried especially to help older cyclists deal with how age impacts performance levels and training. John had a weekly column in Road Bike Rider dispensing free but valuable advice, which he wrote until his passing. And John in collaboration with Dan Kehlenbach wrote the authoritative book you see above, on Distance Cycling. My copy is sitting nearby.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">We will miss this wonderful spirit and companion.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" /></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">-jle </div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-59382725870183399142023-12-28T06:29:00.000-08:002024-01-13T14:58:22.003-08:00Colorado Rando Awardees - Round-Up for 2023!<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Here are Colorado randos who've earned RUSA, RM, and ACP awards in 2023!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;">For some of these awards, you need to apply to be recognized. You don't need to purchase the physical award. What's important is the goal and the accomplishment. For some, the physical award is a nice memento.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Some are challenges within the current year or a twelve-month period. Others recognize achievement over a number of years.<br /><br />We congratulate our fellow randos for their persistence in achieving their goals!<br /><br />You can see our cumulative awardees across the years here:<br /><b><a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetsuperrandonneur.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Super Randonneur</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetaward-r12.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-12 / P-12</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetrandonneur5000.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-5000 / 10000</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetaward-other-rusa.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Others</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><hr /><table style="color: firebrick;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">One-Year Awards</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Super Randonneur</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">R-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">P-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">American Randonneur </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Challenge</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">K-Hound<br />Can-Am Challenge</span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Multi-Year Awards</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">RUSA Cup</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Randonneur 5000</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Randonneur 10000<br /></span><span style="color: black;">RM Challenge Lepertel</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra Randonneur</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Coast-to-Coast</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Mondial</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra R-12<br /></span><span style="color: black;">Ultra P-12<br /></span><span style="color: black;">Ultra Flèche</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">American Explorer<br />Rando Scout<br />Galaxy<br /></span></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">— <b>other awards not covered here </b>—</span></i></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">RUSA Distance Awards</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra K-Hound</span><br /><br /></td><td align="center" valign="top"><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Rouleur</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ACP Super Randonneur</b></span></div><div><i>Complete brevets of 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km in one year.</i><br /><i><br /></i>24 awardees in 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>ALLEN, Colin</b></div><div><b>ANDRE, Mark</b></div><div><b>BUSH, Debbie</b></div><div><b>EHLMAN, Thomas</b></div><div><b>ELLIS, John Lee</b></div><div><b>FEY, Jonathan</b></div><div><b>FOLEY, Paul</b></div><div><b>HARDING, Dustin</b></div><div><b>HOFF, Peter</b></div><div><b>HOWELL, Jim</b></div><div><b>KHAN, Rashid</b></div><div><b>KOVALENKO, Oksana</b></div><div><b>LEDRU, Pascal</b></div><div><b>LONG, Beth</b></div><div><b>MANGIN, L John</b></div><div><b>MOORE, Jennifer</b></div><div><b>MYERS, Brent</b></div><div><b>RAMOS, Mateo</b></div><div><b>SMITH, Vernon</b></div><div><b>TRUESDELL, Doug</b></div><div><b>TUREK, Michael</b></div><div><b>TURNER, Jason</b></div><div><b>WARREN, Corinne</b></div><div><b>WEIGEL, David</b></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>† </b>Longer distances can be substituted - as for RUSA Ultra Randonneur award.</div><div><b>(1)</b> First Super Randonneur award!</div><div><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-YA1kutGohsku2lvvQHZOeQeRYrDm97jOJrOOLhzot4x6_hOp8yrZd3fQyx5RjHek7hkMHf77zkTPMQskUpyFMZzgAQ3LO8nakWvBTu59cabhBoc06Ci2xAm8cct-qR_c5hnPrfw20/s1600/sr+medal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-YA1kutGohsku2lvvQHZOeQeRYrDm97jOJrOOLhzot4x6_hOp8yrZd3fQyx5RjHek7hkMHf77zkTPMQskUpyFMZzgAQ3LO8nakWvBTu59cabhBoc06Ci2xAm8cct-qR_c5hnPrfw20/s400/sr+medal.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><hr /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete a 200km or longer RUSA ride in each of 12 consecutive months.</i><br /><i>Listed in order of achieving.</i><br /><br /><div><div><b>Paul Foley </b>[9]</div><div><b>Bennett Sigmond</b> [4]</div><div><b>John Lee Ellis </b>[16]</div><div><b>Jim Howell </b>[4]</div><div><b>Michael Turek</b> [7]</div><div><b>Corinne Warren </b>[6]</div><div><b>Rashid Khan</b></div><div><b>David Weigel </b>[2]</div></div><div><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWWenxnVUV3N4s4C7sgRzBr5R4vQ8w5TkuyHN5FAcTzquUEnk698DvJnugodsAfvcZSaM81I2Iglmk7nwLwXxMJiP0F9TZB3KlUPgiZlEmTUPuTBhp00G2S-h8FbnYQutkblJbTjCpVU/s1600/rusa2-awards-r-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWWenxnVUV3N4s4C7sgRzBr5R4vQ8w5TkuyHN5FAcTzquUEnk698DvJnugodsAfvcZSaM81I2Iglmk7nwLwXxMJiP0F9TZB3KlUPgiZlEmTUPuTBhp00G2S-h8FbnYQutkblJbTjCpVU/s320/rusa2-awards-r-12.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra R-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete ten R-12's (need not be contiguous)</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCeR5tewNKv_AfKRU1vaNJmbQ0-QLXRjAzJFJRncXSmHpstUTjjrje5664PN280Onh4Eq2rBSO1uFDypoPogwbYGMZHa41otdh7nJQ5GuF0TnAKTR8bvmsW49S5RhY79n3YmYe0xb2hc/s1600/rusa2-awards-ultra-r-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCeR5tewNKv_AfKRU1vaNJmbQ0-QLXRjAzJFJRncXSmHpstUTjjrje5664PN280Onh4Eq2rBSO1uFDypoPogwbYGMZHa41otdh7nJQ5GuF0TnAKTR8bvmsW49S5RhY79n3YmYe0xb2hc/s320/rusa2-awards-ultra-r-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">P-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ride a 100km to 199km RUSA ride in each of twelve consecutive months.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div><b>David Weigel</b></div><div><b>John Lee Ellis </b>[10]</div><div><b>Paul Foley </b>[5]</div><div><b>Dustin Harding</b></div><div><b>Jim Howell</b> [2]</div><div><b>Corinne Warren</b> [2]</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjXELecuwD7oyJo7zFXHVeX0bg-RvcuJ1Ev1NkGXji0qa9f1sLsrSebXgfIlyUeOve8M1XKq-kFCljKZ9CoFcu3-FxLbhe7azZ2LH3vqnRi7PBSRUp1O3ciARgn65QOdeX7chCfldj6w/s1600/rusa2-awards-p-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjXELecuwD7oyJo7zFXHVeX0bg-RvcuJ1Ev1NkGXji0qa9f1sLsrSebXgfIlyUeOve8M1XKq-kFCljKZ9CoFcu3-FxLbhe7azZ2LH3vqnRi7PBSRUp1O3ciARgn65QOdeX7chCfldj6w/s320/rusa2-awards-p-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra P-12</span></b></div><div><i>Complete ten P-12's (need not be contiguous)</i><i>.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrruVzZt5fZSypuI_Y6dMttmtdLMfsLbGUPHxidJ1WeXO4ioT5u3Hs6BmJs_DUNg5Xl-oujlOdSpYUXTiccUWRp887leQLlkZ6oSLfvJl-QY3uLOEzjMUtjG3lsWXe-28ungWLhQahTb40nm1jMmOU-DRCapcb-TFTchtoIHiW2ikWhOfOH1hosD6bQY/s2869/ultra-P12-sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2805" data-original-width="2869" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrruVzZt5fZSypuI_Y6dMttmtdLMfsLbGUPHxidJ1WeXO4ioT5u3Hs6BmJs_DUNg5Xl-oujlOdSpYUXTiccUWRp887leQLlkZ6oSLfvJl-QY3uLOEzjMUtjG3lsWXe-28ungWLhQahTb40nm1jMmOU-DRCapcb-TFTchtoIHiW2ikWhOfOH1hosD6bQY/s320/ultra-P12-sm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>John Lee Ellis</b></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><span><a name='more'></a></span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra Fl</span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>èche</b></span></div><div><i>Complete any combination of ten RUSA-sanctioned ACP Flèche events and RUSA Arrow events. No time limit.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>John Lee Ellis</b> (2019)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHo-Dpc6l6g9-GX7Ez6q51jqQLo0KwYdmHTa9EeAzY4P075tJ-nyJbXTfn_CuqzBn8x5fPozmjvp0eTlYqw3qqd6-QSl9xvjiji1T1gJRzNVtB6loXyKoKJ48KOud7q1q1SIJ-r7LB_F8aSapmdAxg2HtcxlK4-_BkZIVJV1QNLRW-6nN-AY8casSs48/s3293/team.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3293" data-original-width="3248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHo-Dpc6l6g9-GX7Ez6q51jqQLo0KwYdmHTa9EeAzY4P075tJ-nyJbXTfn_CuqzBn8x5fPozmjvp0eTlYqw3qqd6-QSl9xvjiji1T1gJRzNVtB6loXyKoKJ48KOud7q1q1SIJ-r7LB_F8aSapmdAxg2HtcxlK4-_BkZIVJV1QNLRW-6nN-AY8casSs48/s320/team.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span><!--more--></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ACP Randonneur 5000</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ride 5000 km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, and 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets within 48 months. (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b>Rashid Khan</b></div><div><b>Jennifer Moore</b></div><div><b>Corinne Warren</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzgBo6fDzuLfnG_X4etloaNYmfOyBwHccGxisUs9VELSy7mv1FudB2e88EIE-HYnwip9houwS7aJY-WX4qWQefyuFg7DaX-G30StlJQ3ATvJRl-xK_EE4u7vGluWaLj8tWHKrKdgdElMtx2HVEgbkRZRh2MUg8ENr2zcroNJ72gX4AFutueThWFKJ/s708/medal-randonneur5000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="708" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzgBo6fDzuLfnG_X4etloaNYmfOyBwHccGxisUs9VELSy7mv1FudB2e88EIE-HYnwip9houwS7aJY-WX4qWQefyuFg7DaX-G30StlJQ3ATvJRl-xK_EE4u7vGluWaLj8tWHKrKdgdElMtx2HVEgbkRZRh2MUg8ENr2zcroNJ72gX4AFutueThWFKJ/s320/medal-randonneur5000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ACP Randonneur 10000</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ride 10000 km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, two series of 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets, and a Super Randonn</i><span style="text-align: left;"><i>ée 600k </i></span><i>within 72 months (six years). (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4Y5xCPnwGdhWbqe4s4rS1P48zKosEiOf8dXUSh285brQQ15Ys5TDzF5jDK57K1BN33PUq5C42-YPwZpnwKqoI2sPnxN29CDJXXzFrB45aORCziMV2QyIJkJ41eUpQmvT6jUIgQV_OY6VRuwFivC4foPLkduzi4IIweyJE0E6x5H04cGDVCNJQi_Nc=s256" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="256" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4Y5xCPnwGdhWbqe4s4rS1P48zKosEiOf8dXUSh285brQQ15Ys5TDzF5jDK57K1BN33PUq5C42-YPwZpnwKqoI2sPnxN29CDJXXzFrB45aORCziMV2QyIJkJ41eUpQmvT6jUIgQV_OY6VRuwFivC4foPLkduzi4IIweyJE0E6x5H04cGDVCNJQi_Nc" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">LRM Challenge Lepertel</span></b></div><div><i>In</i><i> each of four successive years, c</i><i>omplete a Grand Randonnée, one of which must be Paris-Brest-Paris, and not all of which can start in the same country. This award started in 2019, so 2023 was the first year having awardees.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Can-Am Challenge</span></b></div><div><i>Complete a US grand randonnée and a Canadian grand randonnée in one season.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>No Canadian event in 2023.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_EEzlyQzg6DMwY1P26UlMi63EHF76ERDm82FHw8pcdupJVg7M_N0A6KcJbMaR4I092gSzKKgAW8jxjWiOTenV-LMQqWEKVbN7udwywhQkJCB7vuhLc2SOSz4BcMzhuErRXiqbeoSX-78N7fbmWju31UNWKcEsMJGbBntPH9AoT9Bk4kNHLnpfbz_/s220/brevet-rusa-awards-pix-can-am.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_EEzlyQzg6DMwY1P26UlMi63EHF76ERDm82FHw8pcdupJVg7M_N0A6KcJbMaR4I092gSzKKgAW8jxjWiOTenV-LMQqWEKVbN7udwywhQkJCB7vuhLc2SOSz4BcMzhuErRXiqbeoSX-78N7fbmWju31UNWKcEsMJGbBntPH9AoT9Bk4kNHLnpfbz_/s1600/brevet-rusa-awards-pix-can-am.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><b><br /></b></div></div></div></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And now for RUSA awards that randonneurs can work towards over multiple years ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">American Explorer</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cover at least ten different U.S. states and territories on RUSA rides.</i><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAeIVg3JFFCzkMooY_xW79_ch18bEqOf_t2Q9fKbxnw58gtF2HGYCCr1thO5Mj78g1UynGjK19PMteAUnumxeDUBFKfSWVo3FSDNoM9lxo7ynBXKzgRN1Pt1r5UOmF0r5XbzFVpBydI/s1600/rusa2-awards-american-explorer+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAeIVg3JFFCzkMooY_xW79_ch18bEqOf_t2Q9fKbxnw58gtF2HGYCCr1thO5Mj78g1UynGjK19PMteAUnumxeDUBFKfSWVo3FSDNoM9lxo7ynBXKzgRN1Pt1r5UOmF0r5XbzFVpBydI/s320/rusa2-awards-american-explorer+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Riders new to the American Explorer award, </i><br /><i>or added states in 2023:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Tom Ehlman</b> (10)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Paul Foley </b>(44)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Malcolm Fraser</b> (23)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Cup</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete at least one of each type of RUSA event, accumulating at least 5000km over a two-year period.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gdGQOEBXOMWoEnn37tGNZT_roFwjVKlIU8XbuQ_LOYr6bi6xsWSgVbGIQqCt6Kz157ODCtZv95B3ns_fQM3tdl4MbFOsm_tf8VSETvzfKCBHtht6CxksWMYgEbT1S422NfKRMCyqpLY/s1600/rusa2-awards-rusa-cup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gdGQOEBXOMWoEnn37tGNZT_roFwjVKlIU8XbuQ_LOYr6bi6xsWSgVbGIQqCt6Kz157ODCtZv95B3ns_fQM3tdl4MbFOsm_tf8VSETvzfKCBHtht6CxksWMYgEbT1S422NfKRMCyqpLY/s320/rusa2-awards-rusa-cup.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Rashid Khan</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Jennifer Moore</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Corinne Warren</b> [2]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra Randonneur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete ten Super Randonneur series over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYIKFgZddJ0dRfW3mEWfCxg6TdCzKjn6dkwRCBGeWXp6ej4bwaitIpLBxDQbN3f9c3H0dI_t2KDDNuvQZPIs6hlyMXo7AdL__PMmqBOSGXRjHKkKtkBmt8HA2anpoYkCQ63jTqeyn51Q/s1600/rusa2-awards-ultra-randonneur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYIKFgZddJ0dRfW3mEWfCxg6TdCzKjn6dkwRCBGeWXp6ej4bwaitIpLBxDQbN3f9c3H0dI_t2KDDNuvQZPIs6hlyMXo7AdL__PMmqBOSGXRjHKkKtkBmt8HA2anpoYkCQ63jTqeyn51Q/s320/rusa2-awards-ultra-randonneur.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Corinne Warren</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><hr /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Coast to Coast</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete four different RUSA 1200km or longer events over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pascal Ledru</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>2018 Cascade, 2018 Coulee Challenge, 2021 Colorado High Country, 2023 Colorado Front Range</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiukGRSpJFY2yVSpvMLcZWVN-xlisJPCclNsbrC-puRmtaQaWTArAk9SvThA2zJ9QRKtPzb_qlE2aOALNiE4vq7-DVRrrA5ItjxAhUTrZ3AtThSgOoKVyhZnESM0QNn4afte16ZDGKmCKDwSIrq6YX3rF7cR5yHjlrIXpdA39_KmkXjobxpR2klmLwT=s4515" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4515" data-original-width="3396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiukGRSpJFY2yVSpvMLcZWVN-xlisJPCclNsbrC-puRmtaQaWTArAk9SvThA2zJ9QRKtPzb_qlE2aOALNiE4vq7-DVRrrA5ItjxAhUTrZ3AtThSgOoKVyhZnESM0QNn4afte16ZDGKmCKDwSIrq6YX3rF7cR5yHjlrIXpdA39_KmkXjobxpR2klmLwT=s320" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>The new Coast-to-Coast plaque featuring event logos,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>developed by Dan Driscoll and Pam Wright</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><hr /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Mondial</b></div><div><i>Complete 40,000km in RUSA rides - was a lifetime achievement award,</i><br /><i>but can now be earned multiple times.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div><b>John Lee Ellis</b> [5]</div><div><b>Dustin Harding</b></div><div><b>Jim Howell</b></div><div><b>Pascal Ledru</b></div><div><b>Michael Turek</b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKzbCTkbJHsfMakHrtUGOET3pdB9wAlzLDfP2lv18Vf4tmqoUVtVlcIFfcLyJF2kjrF3YtQvkUtGZpA7aEMZGuMgWet6fh9Kp_TYW0K5ygr103zgJvMWC0UstSp_D4JFYS3Ul6P4DWiY/s1600/rusa-awards-mondial.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKzbCTkbJHsfMakHrtUGOET3pdB9wAlzLDfP2lv18Vf4tmqoUVtVlcIFfcLyJF2kjrF3YtQvkUtGZpA7aEMZGuMgWet6fh9Kp_TYW0K5ygr103zgJvMWC0UstSp_D4JFYS3Ul6P4DWiY/s320/rusa-awards-mondial.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><hr /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Galaxy</b></div><div><i>Complete 100,000km in RUSA rides, over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Paul Foley</b></div><div><b>John Lee Ellis</b> [2]</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98RaTs7T2yw2zl1D0tATwHnPJN5uNatb7uM8k8cR9pxHJm2F46ydl9qDxLh1uigT2H2nyx2Xavmpp2aZ_XfZcD-G3DvoR3LckjkLEre8x8rLo2ts3Td3UjnuiIB9xJE2Uu4blxx-qdZyQiq2HcYdYoVThjxlf52JgyODDVBdr1OGBMKABZl6pn9LioOA/s400/Galaxy%20Award%202010%20DD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="321" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98RaTs7T2yw2zl1D0tATwHnPJN5uNatb7uM8k8cR9pxHJm2F46ydl9qDxLh1uigT2H2nyx2Xavmpp2aZ_XfZcD-G3DvoR3LckjkLEre8x8rLo2ts3Td3UjnuiIB9xJE2Uu4blxx-qdZyQiq2HcYdYoVThjxlf52JgyODDVBdr1OGBMKABZl6pn9LioOA/s320/Galaxy%20Award%202010%20DD.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span><!--more--></span></div><div><i><br /></i></div><b style="color: #cc0000;">American Randonneur Challenge</b><br /><div><i>Complete two or more RUSA 1200km or longer events in one season.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div><b>Vernon M Smith</b> [4]</div><div><i>Quick and Dirty 1200 / Colorado Front Range</i></div></div><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uev4ZscAni7vmy-q7arPMtadYWTVfcZ0S7wJjIvbZnRqojlVBBXogbkAUq9JfmCFTpjDTkkcc6Va5aBhRYroo5-dOB5x_pHLSMK-a7iE6GdTqhP6vqiaLiSg4os3rFF5alpRpvYVEfM/s1600/ARC+Award+2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uev4ZscAni7vmy-q7arPMtadYWTVfcZ0S7wJjIvbZnRqojlVBBXogbkAUq9JfmCFTpjDTkkcc6Va5aBhRYroo5-dOB5x_pHLSMK-a7iE6GdTqhP6vqiaLiSg4os3rFF5alpRpvYVEfM/s320/ARC+Award+2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Courtesy Randonneurs USA</i></td></tr></tbody></table><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">K-Hound</span></b><br /><i>Complete 10,000 km or more in RUSA events in one calendar year. Riders can also count foreign Grand Randonn</i><i>ées if needed. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div><div><b>ELLIS, John Lee</b></div><div><b>FOLEY, Paul</b></div><div><b>HOWELL, Jim</b></div><div><b>SMITH, Vernon</b></div><div><b>WARREN, Corinne</b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvCGeG4O1zAqIJwzGD17RkQCW98dTt6ZK6ZjHYMyBozYZRqsVf-xaDfIkHY0fSfGznNjyrHkQFahDcbIq2T4uTF_3ROG-zuiZzEIWeIXTsP4Fsz0YR455Dyk5uEe7utCROLcbNFpOUNQ/s1600/RUSA+K+Hound+Award.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="276" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvCGeG4O1zAqIJwzGD17RkQCW98dTt6ZK6ZjHYMyBozYZRqsVf-xaDfIkHY0fSfGznNjyrHkQFahDcbIq2T4uTF_3ROG-zuiZzEIWeIXTsP4Fsz0YR455Dyk5uEe7utCROLcbNFpOUNQ/s320/RUSA+K+Hound+Award.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><hr style="text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rando Scout</span></b><br /><i>Ride at least 25 distinct RUSA populaire, brevet, or grand randonnée routes. No time limit. ("+" indicates additional new routes ridden this year.)</i></div><div><i><br /></i><div><table align="center"><tbody><tr><td><b>RUSA#</b></td><td><b>Routes</b></td><td><b>Rider</b></td></tr><tr><td>4653</td><td>34</td><td><b>BRUCE, Robert</b></td></tr><tr><td>5897</td><td>35</td><td><b>CRAMER, Cathy</b></td></tr><tr><td>8770</td><td>60 (+4)</td><td><b>EHLMAN, Thomas</b></td></tr><tr><td>153</td><td>46 (+2)</td><td><b>ELLIS, John Lee</b></td></tr><tr><td>4819</td><td>31</td><td><b>FELDMAN, Tim Foon</b></td></tr><tr><td>1471</td><td>68 (+2)</td><td><b>FOLEY, Paul</b></td></tr><tr><td>3147</td><td>43</td><td><b>FOSS, Ronaele</b></td></tr><tr><td>12631</td><td>29 (+3)</td><td><b>HARDING, Dustin</b></td></tr><tr><td>3230</td><td>25</td><td><b>HOFF, Peter</b></td></tr><tr><td>11754</td><td>32 (+6)</td><td><b>HOWELL, Jim</b></td></tr><tr><td>11754</td><td>30 (+4)</td><td><b>KHAN, Rashid</b></td></tr><tr><td>11133</td><td>32 (+2)</td><td><b>KOVALENKO, Oksana</b></td></tr><tr><td>9094</td><td>33 (+2)</td><td><b>LEDRU, Pascal</b></td></tr><tr><td>2145</td><td>35 (+2)</td><td><b>LONG, Beth</b></td></tr><tr><td>6026</td><td>31 (+1)</td><td><b>LOWE, Mark</b></td></tr><tr><td>1679</td><td>37 (+4)</td><td><b>MANGIN, John</b></td></tr><tr><td>11755</td><td>36 (+5)</td><td><b>MOORE, Jennifer</b></td></tr><tr><td>2129</td><td>36 (+2)</td><td><b>MYERS, Brent</b></td></tr><tr><td>5471</td><td>26</td><td><b>NAKAMURA, Tammie</b></td></tr><tr><td>3112</td><td>27</td><td><b>RUPEL, Ray</b></td></tr><tr><td>3108</td><td>52</td><td><b>SHENK, Catherine</b></td></tr><tr><td>6276</td><td>32</td><td><b>SHLACHTER, Jeremy</b></td></tr><tr><td>1842</td><td>49 (+4)</td><td><b>SMITH, Vernon</b></td></tr><tr><td>3551</td><td>35</td><td><b>SNAVELY, Henry</b></td></tr><tr><td>10173</td><td>37 (+3)</td><td><b>TUREK, Michael</b></td></tr><tr><td>11024</td><td>30 (+2)</td><td><b>TURNER, Jason</b></td></tr><tr><td>2307</td><td>28 (+1)</td><td><b>WALSH, Bryce</b></td></tr><tr><td>7898</td><td>37 (+1)</td><td><b>WARREN, Corinne</b></td></tr><tr><td>2993</td><td>28</td><td><b>WISS, Dick</b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzX1eKfC4meay3BM6ksCYVsv647zB0YKw_c2jsRHrjqjBerE0FnaVIHdvNs-H11VIS5OqYocEnpbz7X4bA5aGEt4tbk8HbNhsDl6tAj4Uffb2MjcCpXGNcX9R7817sH-XNeVdd-_CIFf7WHfRpsFMznVF-r9iOoR5kIZKscXlFxUJl9kPZUy2CZzr/s4291/brevet-rusa-awards-pix-rando-scout.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2853" data-original-width="4291" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzX1eKfC4meay3BM6ksCYVsv647zB0YKw_c2jsRHrjqjBerE0FnaVIHdvNs-H11VIS5OqYocEnpbz7X4bA5aGEt4tbk8HbNhsDl6tAj4Uffb2MjcCpXGNcX9R7817sH-XNeVdd-_CIFf7WHfRpsFMznVF-r9iOoR5kIZKscXlFxUJl9kPZUy2CZzr/s320/brevet-rusa-awards-pix-rando-scout.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /><hr style="text-align: left;" /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Final Thought</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">RUSA has created these awards over time to give you more and more diverse goals to shoot for. Maybe you don't have the personal time to achieve K-Hound mileage, but have the grit to complete an R-12 ride each month for a year in hot and cold, sun and snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set your own goals, and let your imagination and determination be your guides!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can find details on each of these awards via the <a href="http://www.rusa.org/awards.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Awards page</span></a>, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">including all those who've applied for recognition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Bonne route!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-jle</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-67112476681473868172023-12-22T15:45:00.000-08:002023-12-22T19:03:45.628-08:00Grand Randonnée Round-Up for 2024!<p><em style="text-align: center;">It's December, and the snow is flying in Colorado - a good time to be inside planning, so it's time to take a look at next year's </em><i><span style="text-align: center;">Grand </span>Randonnées</i><em style="text-align: center;">!</em></p><div style="text-align: center;">Nine US <span>Grand </span><span style="text-align: left;">Randonnées are</span> scheduled for 2024:</div><div><ul><li><span><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>3/21</b></span> - <b><a href="https://www.cyclingforever.com/nefr1200" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Golden Falcon</span></a> </b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> FL </span></b> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #38761d; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> FOUR-LOOP</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #38761d; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>5/30</b></span> - <span><b><a href="http://www.cyclingforever.com/nvr1200" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Shenandoah 1200</span></a></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> VA </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"> </span><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"> TWO-LOOP </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>6/23</b></span> - <a href="https://www.rmccrides.com/brevet-chc-main.htm" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Colorado High Country</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> CO </span></b> </span><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"> TWO-LOOP </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>6/24</b></span> - <b><a href="https://air.bikeavl.com/lots1300" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Land of the Sky 1300km</span></a></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NC </span></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b></span></b></span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>7/19</b></span> - <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.seattlerando.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=928629&module_id=6%E2%80%A6" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Glacier 1300</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> WA </span></b> </span><b><span style="background-color: #38761d; color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"> POINT-TO-POINT </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>9/5 </b></span> - <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.njrandonneurs.org/ny-m-ny-1200k.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>New York - Montréal - New York 1200k</b></span></a><b> </b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NY </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>9/11</b></span> - <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://distancerider.net/WNYWaterfalls1200-2024/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Waterfalls</b></span></a><b> </b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NY </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #38761d; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> FOUR-LOOP</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #38761d; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>9/25</b></span> - <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://parando.org/info/event/2024-09-25/1234" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Endless Mountains Liberty Bell 1234km</b></span></a><b> </b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> PA </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>11/7</b></span> - <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://floridarandonneurs.com/wordpress/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Cracker Swamp 1200km</b></span></a><b> </b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> FL </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #38761d; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> <b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: xx-small;">FOUR</span></b>-LOOP </span></b></li></ul></div><div align="center"><b style="text-align: left;">Route Shapes ... and Logistics</b><span style="text-align: left;"> - Three are four-loop events, which have become more and more popular. The start, finish, and intermediate overnights are all at the same venue. The advantages for riders and organizers are the same: easier logistics, and easier to support. The "two-loop" events have many of the same advantages, with the three intermediate overnight checkpoints at the same spot.</span></div><div align="center"><span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span>At the other end of the spectrum is point-to-point (such as the Glacier 1200), where riders need to think about getting back to the start, or home.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><strong style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong>♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">♦</span></strong></span></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here are "award motivations" for riding a </i><span><i>Grand Randonnée</i></span><i>:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_arc.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA American Randonneur Challenge</span></a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish two US grand randonnées in the same year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_c2c.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Coast-to-Coast</span></a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish four different US grand randonnées - over any number of years<br /><br /><div><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_c2c.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Cup</span></a></strong></div><div>Finish a US grand randonnée, a populaire, a team event, 200k, 300k, 400k, 600k, and 1000k, and enough extra to add up to 5000 km in 24 months. <i>(Extra time allowance for series spanning Covid timeframe.)</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_r10000.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ACP Randonneur 10000</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish PBP, another grand randonnée, two Super-Randonneur series (with 1000k's), an additional ACP 600k brevet with at least 8,000 m (26246 ft.) of climbing, a Fl<span style="text-align: left;">èche,</span> and other ACP/RM events within six years. <i>(Extra time allowance for series spanning Covid timeframe.)</i><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.randonneursmondiaux.org/50-Challenge_Lepertel.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RM Challenge Lepertel</span></a></b><br />A 1200 km or longer event in each of 4 consecutive calendar years, one of which must be PBP.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And now details on the US </em><i>grand randonnées</i><em> ...</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br /></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXWHzWyCaNHpq75qXZ92IknFP_gakog9vMXjt07G53Yz2YU0MtXcntGSLOJ7H52mBhe1rSjHM1VvCXuL8aDSTYTuJDA0c7APjBCunuthdIiCuw68BceNxLPDK3tlO0XfP4hwTQLRs4Q6IcM78XnkFcCuhyVeW4CGPM6WwuvCgl5xIoRupW4yd8MC-pp4/s361/GoldenFalconLogo-2024b.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="303" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXWHzWyCaNHpq75qXZ92IknFP_gakog9vMXjt07G53Yz2YU0MtXcntGSLOJ7H52mBhe1rSjHM1VvCXuL8aDSTYTuJDA0c7APjBCunuthdIiCuw68BceNxLPDK3tlO0XfP4hwTQLRs4Q6IcM78XnkFcCuhyVeW4CGPM6WwuvCgl5xIoRupW4yd8MC-pp4/s320/GoldenFalconLogo-2024b.png" width="269" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />The <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.cyclingforever.com/nefr1200" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Golden Falcon: Rise of an Empire</span></a></b> is organized by the Northeast Florida Randonneurs, led by Hamid Akbarian, who is also RBA of the Northern Virginia region and organizing the Shenandoah 1200 in 2024 as well. The route includes considerably revised segments from last year's inaugural Golden Falcon. We should expect easy logistics for riders, since the route is a cloverleaf, and limited support during the event, mainly at the overnight venue. (The event is designed to be self-supporting.) About the name: the event page says, "The Golden Falcon symbol was used during the first dynasty of Persian Empire to recognize the freedom of all the people under the Persian Empire, especially women & minorities."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxkgqXDAc5gfVZi9GWZi5wiXlF1E-vW2gHMOAzMgwl0Yz0YkBvDzVf3D79T6rd9cC7dBhU8g6hJ9hpJse-xgunhJBegWYIWRufQ-KXUFJjK8YWaINumi35MEMuJcpNRfOpx3T00cKG6la79CB70djJE0NYBLkI0c0NM0hN8BtP7CAdqxGqheZIt94AGw/s200/logo-Shenandoah1200-sm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="153" data-original-width="200" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxkgqXDAc5gfVZi9GWZi5wiXlF1E-vW2gHMOAzMgwl0Yz0YkBvDzVf3D79T6rd9cC7dBhU8g6hJ9hpJse-xgunhJBegWYIWRufQ-KXUFJjK8YWaINumi35MEMuJcpNRfOpx3T00cKG6la79CB70djJE0NYBLkI0c0NM0hN8BtP7CAdqxGqheZIt94AGw/w320-h245/logo-Shenandoah1200-sm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.cyclingforever.com/nvr1200" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Shenandoah 1200: The Return of the Randos</span></a> </b><span style="text-align: left;">offers different routing from the classic course last used in 2013</span>. Instead, it will have two intermediate loops, with three overnights in the same spot. The classic Shenandoah 1200 had quite a bit of climbing. The new prelim route has about 44,000 ft. per RideWithGPS.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9o0MUMJy3p5zn5q5ZukuXiFYPiqUXcsHFP818uiwp4LJwTWvIEdid9J9GL-SxsG8dsNSBKWPQUh0H9aMvbZCZdwOcmw3kYzQ5eafMnWT4IXcKjlcwJ5oMhzjtbKyWU5zP7qKEEabHXT5h2yCvL6AANLWt-w8sQIwRfegJOlRAGJW4tDKtcl6if4IPqw/s347/colorado1200-logo2x.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="347" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9o0MUMJy3p5zn5q5ZukuXiFYPiqUXcsHFP818uiwp4LJwTWvIEdid9J9GL-SxsG8dsNSBKWPQUh0H9aMvbZCZdwOcmw3kYzQ5eafMnWT4IXcKjlcwJ5oMhzjtbKyWU5zP7qKEEabHXT5h2yCvL6AANLWt-w8sQIwRfegJOlRAGJW4tDKtcl6if4IPqw/s320/colorado1200-logo2x.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;">The <a href="https://rmccrides.com/brevet-chc-main.htm" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Colorado High Country</span></b></a> is most likely the world's highest grand randonnée, topping out above 10,000 ft. three times. The climbs are prolonged but fairly gentle. The scenery is expansive, varying from Continental Divide outcroppings and forests to high sage parks. Again this year all three overnights are in Walden, CO, making logistics easier for most riders. <strong style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">Stage 1 is a climb up Poudre Canyon. Stage</span></strong> 2 is a loop through Wyoming's Snowy Range. Stage 3 is a loop over Rabbit Ears Pass to Gore Pass and back via Willow Creek Pass. Stage 4 is back over Cameron Pass, descending Poudre Canyon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><br /></div></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0i4NbSjqbH2V0csWjd3M1OpgZuE6L4kXNY_mQNZMevFcUV6b0Kx3ov0Q9YcpThgvFBL7xHORUaKFgdz3F7HVCJg-hjx64VigsTW6LIKqoHL8RqWfVHrIOLPONTq6K_c2_upPpO3bEJCO082zT_Tk3vJXBwQivf-VHnTihgJYKKIyf_gWodfh8UVyH13Q/s1061/land-of-the-sky-1300-logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1061" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0i4NbSjqbH2V0csWjd3M1OpgZuE6L4kXNY_mQNZMevFcUV6b0Kx3ov0Q9YcpThgvFBL7xHORUaKFgdz3F7HVCJg-hjx64VigsTW6LIKqoHL8RqWfVHrIOLPONTq6K_c2_upPpO3bEJCO082zT_Tk3vJXBwQivf-VHnTihgJYKKIyf_gWodfh8UVyH13Q/s320/land-of-the-sky-1300-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">The <a href="https://air.bikeavl.com/lots1300" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Land of the Sky 1300km</span></a> is a new event organized by the Asheville International Randonneurs. The preliminary route has a number of loops and an out-and-back transiting Asheville, NC. Looks like an immersive tour of that part of the Blue Ridge mountains, plus a scenic visit to the hilly foothills near Lake Lure. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The prelim route shows nearly 55,000 ft. of climbing pre RideWithGPS.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">As the organizers state, "</span>This is a hard ride."</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRFUrbND57EO0KIW03rSLjJ2Tc7buQbtWwL8FJm-KJuI4TKN5qMvPSB1Qk3Tp79ChWxSwk8FsPOH83smk4JVqcVgkOa15umNFKHP3g86lsxmNbEhy2xjtwLeygFPwTOZQdOkLoMCl6sgyfZbOQpp5cMlHIpUhOeU3pHQ-5G-Fip8amdT3q72DMCYFX7e4/s339/seattle-randonneurs-logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="339" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRFUrbND57EO0KIW03rSLjJ2Tc7buQbtWwL8FJm-KJuI4TKN5qMvPSB1Qk3Tp79ChWxSwk8FsPOH83smk4JVqcVgkOa15umNFKHP3g86lsxmNbEhy2xjtwLeygFPwTOZQdOkLoMCl6sgyfZbOQpp5cMlHIpUhOeU3pHQ-5G-Fip8amdT3q72DMCYFX7e4/s320/seattle-randonneurs-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span><span style="text-align: left;"><span>The <a href="https://www.seattlerando.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=928629&module_id=6%E2%80%A6" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Glacier 1300</span></a> - organized by Seattle International Randonneurs - is understood to be a point-to-point grand randonn</span></span></span></span>ée with a fairly small rider limit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTO3MqGNSDcoVvkxf9swUE8oj02iGxW3Er6xxnoOHKGu-i3UBs-X4y88v54pTT2kwfFBadq640yvboDPlhBzfUZC_ljemgMpbN0MP94X9G7-m1IsjwHXc3QaO7-Zugik00JdUrzFOG5hFyM4b0hMT3bMKe4sWZlYL1OCkP8woY5mJ1ryxtv7J-ufl23o/s202/nymnylogo2024_cropped.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="200" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTO3MqGNSDcoVvkxf9swUE8oj02iGxW3Er6xxnoOHKGu-i3UBs-X4y88v54pTT2kwfFBadq640yvboDPlhBzfUZC_ljemgMpbN0MP94X9G7-m1IsjwHXc3QaO7-Zugik00JdUrzFOG5hFyM4b0hMT3bMKe4sWZlYL1OCkP8woY5mJ1ryxtv7J-ufl23o/s1600/nymnylogo2024_cropped.png" width="200" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.njrandonneurs.org/ny-m-ny-1200k.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>New York - Montréal - New York 1200k</b></span></a> is, according to the event page, "a long skinny loop, visiting six ranges of the Northeast Appalachians." It starts in the New York City suburbs and turns around near the New York - Québec border (no international travel). It shares a segment near Lake Champlain to Middlebury VT with the historic <a href="https://rusa.org/pages/gr-boston-montreal-boston" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Boston-Montreal-Boston</span></a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJaxW80hWbpYAue2xiaAbOvx01YIepqRE2MPW6q4ots_QpC28Us7s9fb98EbMJp-ch2Kq8bGMSaT2KnXv2XDjCC11aWK-fnuG9I4Y-Oy5maYVu4XwVVKNI30xMmninMGteYI67BtiOag/s200/Waterfall1200kMedal-annotated+R1.0.jpg" style="font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJaxW80hWbpYAue2xiaAbOvx01YIepqRE2MPW6q4ots_QpC28Us7s9fb98EbMJp-ch2Kq8bGMSaT2KnXv2XDjCC11aWK-fnuG9I4Y-Oy5maYVu4XwVVKNI30xMmninMGteYI67BtiOag/s0/Waterfall1200kMedal-annotated+R1.0.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span>The</span><strong> </strong><a href="http://distancerider.net/WNYWaterfalls1200-2024/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>WNY Waterfalls 1200</b></span></a> showcases some of the waterfalls of Western New York (including Niagara Falls) and surrounding Finger Lakes country. Folks have spoken favorably of this ride, the roads, and the landscape, and of Pete Dusel as organizer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLMzer_YQK-ld-7HnMbq3mRaCRrXpHgqsccbyM7PWVBVRKTqTNm1O2CWvKbW3Qloc83fMPA6GGJ_ZCNQOKHvXdI_O714NJiahyphenhyphenZ8UbSvp7VOLrQ0MM4-vFhRyfe7Vnb-LM09Pv1kHJ-KeTVQxYStKlhi44uDjGvD6Lo-w4hXkTM_rj9INVYamMjWZk3U/s1024/endless-mountains-liberty-bell-1234k-logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="1024" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLMzer_YQK-ld-7HnMbq3mRaCRrXpHgqsccbyM7PWVBVRKTqTNm1O2CWvKbW3Qloc83fMPA6GGJ_ZCNQOKHvXdI_O714NJiahyphenhyphenZ8UbSvp7VOLrQ0MM4-vFhRyfe7Vnb-LM09Pv1kHJ-KeTVQxYStKlhi44uDjGvD6Lo-w4hXkTM_rj9INVYamMjWZk3U/s320/endless-mountains-liberty-bell-1234k-logo.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><strong style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">The </span></strong><strong style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://parando.org/info/event/2024-09-25/1234" style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Endless Mountains Liberty Bell 1234km</b></span></a> </strong><strong style="font-weight: 400;">is a revival of the Endless Mountains 1200k last held in 2013, but with an added Philadelphia historical aspect. Similar to the Asheville 1300k event, organizers intone, "This is a challenging ride, </strong><strong>not </strong><strong style="font-weight: 400;">for beginners." (The classic Endless Mountains came in at 50,000 ft. of climbing, and there's no reason to think this new route will be less demanding.)</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: 400; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong>♦</strong></strong></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><br /></strong></strong></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQNSUoIWMR9M3AnlXcm3wbKIF3kunnTn7GeGtNoVeSfFSaVQzZI1_0QCmLkYUdl2iXZPNNiUniNi8mRSbDbz-MRLJsegrt56q_8i5GysRNz1CqjtfTCShJMeWOAqsmOttTt2X3aheAXJ7slrLZAOtenVeyRd-KoVFsYNfhO10g84qyPPCHhluQGsK8fg/s200/crackerswamp1200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="200" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQNSUoIWMR9M3AnlXcm3wbKIF3kunnTn7GeGtNoVeSfFSaVQzZI1_0QCmLkYUdl2iXZPNNiUniNi8mRSbDbz-MRLJsegrt56q_8i5GysRNz1CqjtfTCShJMeWOAqsmOttTt2X3aheAXJ7slrLZAOtenVeyRd-KoVFsYNfhO10g84qyPPCHhluQGsK8fg/w320-h283/crackerswamp1200.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></strong></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><strong style="font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;">The </span></strong></strong></strong><a href="http://floridarandonneurs.com/wordpress/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Cracker Swamp 1200km</b></span></a><span><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-weight: 400;"> is back! Paul Rozelle and the Central Florida Randonneurs have done a great job with this four-loop event in past years. The days are short but the temperatures have a better chance of being moderate. It's not clear if those hours of darkness mean more hours of not being able to catch sight of alligators easily.</span></strong></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: 400; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong>♦</strong></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;">Foreign Randonneurs Mondiaux Grand Randonnées</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n3Pm8B_ZuYnAuodfTY1lJGZAih-OZ2lANlGlx-lEZfd3zRH8XzE9S9J2ElMNwEXUylYeYzI5Bs_CCnn3Y94nPaZtYyw-EmNyT92EBiW7V6QA-mkYUjzTB_s5tehKqsLDXf5f23obBmr0BFh4fRgEmF_icVO2yguV67ZGcTDY069TTwYDARsGl9yx/s717/logo-LRM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="717" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n3Pm8B_ZuYnAuodfTY1lJGZAih-OZ2lANlGlx-lEZfd3zRH8XzE9S9J2ElMNwEXUylYeYzI5Bs_CCnn3Y94nPaZtYyw-EmNyT92EBiW7V6QA-mkYUjzTB_s5tehKqsLDXf5f23obBmr0BFh4fRgEmF_icVO2yguV67ZGcTDY069TTwYDARsGl9yx/s320/logo-LRM.png" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;">Have a look at the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRU8adejamxip0ue6pMMGgRjPDNrboJp6SWYlf_k7HmhLyXSjEIMqOetBS5MSiRHZ96r9K7nzgtU9uc/pubhtml?gid=1480200001&single=true" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Les Randonneurs Mondiaux calendar for 202</span></b></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>4</b></span> for listings of Grand Randonnées worldwide. There are 73 events for 2024 in 33 countries. Countries offering the most events:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-weight: 400;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">10 in Australia</li><li style="text-align: left;">10 in India</li><li style="text-align: left;">9 in the US</li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Some of these could be really evocative events and something new for you!</span></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: 400; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong>♦</strong></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Choosing and Riding a Grand Randonn</span></strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ée</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>My traditional advice ...</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While all grand randonnées aim to provide you a memorable experience, there are many styles of events, kinds of challenges, services, and what you get for your fee. So investigate and find which ones suit your personal goals!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Scenic and Challenging or Social ... or All of the Above?</strong></span> - Each of these events is challenging, of course, and any can be social with the right attitude and discipline. But it can be easier to stick together as a group if the route is more moderated in its climbs, exposure, etc. Riding with a group may be important to you. Or you may be longing for that special, bracing experience, and willing to ride stretches alone or with a few friends who've agreed to stick together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Your Ride Plan?</strong></span> - Some events provide a pretty definitive idea of where you should sleep. Others provide some accommodations at a number of controls. Still others leave you totally to your own devices.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><b>» Stage-Oriented</b> </em></span>events have suggested riding segments per day, with overnight facilities provided at the ends of those segments. They have become more popular over the years. This scheme promotes rider cohesiveness, and allows riders to regroup on successive morning starts. They also allow the organizers to concentrate their lodging and food support at fewer points, making for upgraded lodging options and cost savings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><b>» "Freestyle" </b></em></span>events come in variations on two themes: many staffed controls with sleep options (some of which may be limited, but still a place to sleep), such as Paris-Brest-Paris and the Rocky Mountain 1200; or no event-provided lodging, leaving you to research ahead of time, and make your own arrangements based on your ride plan, likely with a more economical entry fee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It can be satisfying to tune your ride to how things are going, or to your own personal way of riding. It can also be comforting not to have to think about that, and just ride well-thought-out stages. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><em>Pre-visualize how you'd ride the event you've chosen or are considering, and how the event structure supports or can accommodate your needs.</em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Services / Lodging Provided?</strong></span> - Are there regular opportunities to get food (either event-supplied or in stores) and shelter / lodging (either event-supplied or motels en route)? The Big Wild Ride 1200k in Alaska, for example, advised riders there could be stretches up to 200km where you'd need to be self-contained (except for water). This requires more planning on your part, but the reward could be a remote, scenic trip hard to match.</div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Effort and Expense</strong> </span>- Finally, while it may not affect which event you choose, research the total cost of riding the event. The entry fee may a small part, when added to transportation and lodging - and the logistics of getting to the start line and back home. International events clearly can be more trouble and expense, and some US events are easier to get to than others, too. If it's a trade-off between economizing and the exotic, you may find the new or exotic worth the extra cost and trouble, or not. It all depends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- - - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plenty to whet your appetite and take you to new places in 2024. So start imagining, planning, ... and training!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>-jle</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-51625925775970470122023-12-09T09:10:00.000-08:002023-12-09T09:12:38.493-08:00Roggen Roundabout with Culinary Note<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I had the good fortune to pre-ride the Roggen Roundabout 200k on a very pleasant day. In fact not only was the weather pleasant; everyone from store clerks to truck drivers to a locomotive engineer were friendly.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On a culinary note, I verified that the Hudson Barn Store still offers a good variety of fried and otherwise cooked food, including this corn dog:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7xbF4tqj4J9868pG-FMbeh1gHJXWJxjoQOoqVLHh_Mr2YvbppEx4wQmCHUI0F46jQEu93ysz4Dtggxtfm5zkqqilouLkyOyUbzBwglp7RhNYINW2JZEx7GecdZTmFH1elFHfFE4btrkLMKTT7xbOgCNf2LHJLGrpb0ieRCMsPraiAMckYfM1pmx-uvI/s4000/brevet20231209-pix01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7xbF4tqj4J9868pG-FMbeh1gHJXWJxjoQOoqVLHh_Mr2YvbppEx4wQmCHUI0F46jQEu93ysz4Dtggxtfm5zkqqilouLkyOyUbzBwglp7RhNYINW2JZEx7GecdZTmFH1elFHfFE4btrkLMKTT7xbOgCNf2LHJLGrpb0ieRCMsPraiAMckYfM1pmx-uvI/w300-h400/brevet20231209-pix01.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The staff at the Roggen store was as friendly as always, and remembers everyone from past brevets and permanents. And yes, as the window proclaims, they are still open.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAabJBhZ43z0CF6Bq5svX2WvH_GjCty-Qj8P3kkI-Qr6MaDe1_6D9C70TuB8bCFlHzlOXY5QPhI86lCo1oFM3peroC8MVaP9K0BFqBjIUJKrFgLg1FD-YBglanCB02QT-sBcPWY-l_clzcJutDrKS_QUXUqaKQI7te5A6zsUw8gbXh22ZuPyV7kEPcTk/s4000/brevet20231209-pix02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAabJBhZ43z0CF6Bq5svX2WvH_GjCty-Qj8P3kkI-Qr6MaDe1_6D9C70TuB8bCFlHzlOXY5QPhI86lCo1oFM3peroC8MVaP9K0BFqBjIUJKrFgLg1FD-YBglanCB02QT-sBcPWY-l_clzcJutDrKS_QUXUqaKQI7te5A6zsUw8gbXh22ZuPyV7kEPcTk/w300-h400/brevet20231209-pix02.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My token calories there were this Snickers bar.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaTcmHkpqZK69fqIrTb_mf2iG1Qzq_9bATyafzv7iUIDB9xmrzIxT_sCqkGMeQn2IX7ql5w2baNpAQw91P5VCrIP7Fta067ihxJPH3d8U8SNBARyUvwWpSq9kJJ_OjxZpBWTqAhI8lWv9MGUILqUKvMFUr3fXc96j7jBIDV2eQbEBj8GqWb9huMt07P4/s4000/brevet20231209-pix03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaTcmHkpqZK69fqIrTb_mf2iG1Qzq_9bATyafzv7iUIDB9xmrzIxT_sCqkGMeQn2IX7ql5w2baNpAQw91P5VCrIP7Fta067ihxJPH3d8U8SNBARyUvwWpSq9kJJ_OjxZpBWTqAhI8lWv9MGUILqUKvMFUr3fXc96j7jBIDV2eQbEBj8GqWb9huMt07P4/w300-h400/brevet20231209-pix03.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heading northeast on I-76 I'd seen a long freight train stopped on the tracks. Fortunately, it wasn't blocking the road south from Roggen (which has happened before, on a 1000k).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I got back to Keenesburg just as the freight train, now on the move, reached my crossing. However, the engineer gave a friendly wave.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7ktHJ7lgwtSQ3YZIKSBOdZkBj1Aft8Tq-SNEMAw_22aZ-eZC-7Xy0-u2JsDHDU6FtfioWQUhtwKeu3Af8fJX8FcgxkjVOAR4P6M9_YRkY_jdpZIp10tx3MKwltLEQdpA307xeCXdrkzdY_nIbrobAfqz61Id_M7sel4yiqgqoB1becFPgA8ZW2ZbuP0/s4000/brevet20231209-pix04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7ktHJ7lgwtSQ3YZIKSBOdZkBj1Aft8Tq-SNEMAw_22aZ-eZC-7Xy0-u2JsDHDU6FtfioWQUhtwKeu3Af8fJX8FcgxkjVOAR4P6M9_YRkY_jdpZIp10tx3MKwltLEQdpA307xeCXdrkzdY_nIbrobAfqz61Id_M7sel4yiqgqoB1becFPgA8ZW2ZbuP0/w400-h300/brevet20231209-pix04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Up Rd. 6, the Front Range presents a welcoming view!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ih1UKFQb8_mgoPCjrnxsH80nDRDsuSey9vR3ZEFpn_5ThSyMUzYrkNbN3trtOzwHa3bmGAZ56EVJRasKirHmqsKDOj3MH9vrUKNWTLUuqPqpto1gHkPyiLuNHE1HstP9imSZHRHWcYbQaCQwtotvaJzzGZXVM_EBVyS1uDIrD3JS-cdciKKAlFu9RBk/s4000/brevet20231209-pix05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ih1UKFQb8_mgoPCjrnxsH80nDRDsuSey9vR3ZEFpn_5ThSyMUzYrkNbN3trtOzwHa3bmGAZ56EVJRasKirHmqsKDOj3MH9vrUKNWTLUuqPqpto1gHkPyiLuNHE1HstP9imSZHRHWcYbQaCQwtotvaJzzGZXVM_EBVyS1uDIrD3JS-cdciKKAlFu9RBk/w400-h300/brevet20231209-pix05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And nearing Erie, the mountains are enveloped in a pre-evening haze, as the temperature drops. New green in the fields could be winter rye.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBxwYWEl6-8yu-3tqFoqefTLQWus2WZn26kqKL2F0mabh1KnjeoS5ZIr0B4sMsFbdbn0RkzUbzefBMLFUWVclvwKQQ4KuRk4MQx7fI08-Vh-N47_f82eSck0FnKujupF_rGDvQ83th51ZBPiSUbeQrQiNXTZc5WpUa162UboGcU32k9xXY33yi70npQA/s4000/brevet20231209-pix06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBxwYWEl6-8yu-3tqFoqefTLQWus2WZn26kqKL2F0mabh1KnjeoS5ZIr0B4sMsFbdbn0RkzUbzefBMLFUWVclvwKQQ4KuRk4MQx7fI08-Vh-N47_f82eSck0FnKujupF_rGDvQ83th51ZBPiSUbeQrQiNXTZc5WpUa162UboGcU32k9xXY33yi70npQA/w400-h300/brevet20231209-pix06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roggen is always a nice getaway from the Front Range, and much of the distance is on very quiet roads. <i>Bonne route</i> to the riders on the official brevet!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-jle</div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-63759113419740434692023-06-26T15:21:00.005-07:002023-06-26T15:22:58.613-07:00CFR 1200 Report #3 - Glen Haven (Stage 2)<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Scenes from Stage 2 - Glen Haven</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Dustin Harding photos from Glen Haven</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Deciding how many delicious cinnamon rolls to buy.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7vmmJ_gnqAUCyjlLcnGvFb2x0fIHLW6bt6KqbViia4GBUVNwJCK-k2ouj_VQl31utFO2B_z36UgQXxZ4eswJum023qFbGGFEWNH5pKHe1hdb8G30VHDEGrkY5HAEq5fcQGiFjBmqC3Gom942LuRVl7gVWuXS6BRaWXVzfXELd0QDZzev2uLM4Jm1RJjI/s720/glen-haven-00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Vernon Smith resting comfortably ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjQSnt5dWtc4aVwbiaGm6jhrI481Do5lGe4GWRWAFu2AigNXexWtX49NpHao2O4NthjlXiN9UDorH-cQhbpoL-greSnpTU-LeEVEbd9O8ZCtv1YQ03vmXSCRC9aRb4Nm8Bgx0HDjJgEPEZhojzUwYnGQvFZ03T-H2w67qa9eTMm8fGQON-Fu238GCO8Y/s720/glen-haven-02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="333" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjQSnt5dWtc4aVwbiaGm6jhrI481Do5lGe4GWRWAFu2AigNXexWtX49NpHao2O4NthjlXiN9UDorH-cQhbpoL-greSnpTU-LeEVEbd9O8ZCtv1YQ03vmXSCRC9aRb4Nm8Bgx0HDjJgEPEZhojzUwYnGQvFZ03T-H2w67qa9eTMm8fGQON-Fu238GCO8Y/w296-h640/glen-haven-02.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1848" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEJMZPaAfxgFkIUXEBa54N4pUVA0aCk9R-mySjZj-Mqb1bo02qpRPs1oPfHGZqLCYbCiav1b9XiwXz1ePAB2xiZwC6FNOGr5ds8mYxNKmxuE6VuplRXfocOP2xqvQR2_jeGoHlnB_VrjrQ4KjCzj86bbv2pNohIG9rmEGs666BZfHFdbqq5b81I0TTdI/w296-h640/glen-haven-04.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over the halfway point!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-jle</div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-45971859836165427142023-06-24T13:54:00.006-07:002023-06-24T14:26:28.641-07:00CFR 1200 Report #2 - Lefthand at Sawmill Rd.<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Colorado Front Range 1200 - Report #2</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">Brilliant sun, but brisk winds climbing Lefthand Canyon!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWsB_CCJrAj4y61TwHCEosFxI-jfkXhhi108U-o-Z4MbUqNPVEevpTKP8gKQirBRisA10WvX0I8fSRTqbvKwqcWZDojlRyAikq-ewYTFRG9zVXKetSCiSSYeRzBCTzyMWFPgY3ORILPheQ83lkY9kX3oY0KckXVKxUIQZ0NIr3B2MNjwPPyY-gU451LU/s4896/cfr-lefthand-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWsB_CCJrAj4y61TwHCEosFxI-jfkXhhi108U-o-Z4MbUqNPVEevpTKP8gKQirBRisA10WvX0I8fSRTqbvKwqcWZDojlRyAikq-ewYTFRG9zVXKetSCiSSYeRzBCTzyMWFPgY3ORILPheQ83lkY9kX3oY0KckXVKxUIQZ0NIr3B2MNjwPPyY-gU451LU/w480-h640/cfr-lefthand-01.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Turnaround before the stiff climb up to Ward.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>A smile at turning around here?</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Winds supposed to diminish later today, with a tailwind coming back from Wellington.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Will be cross-posting on the CFR Blog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- - -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">jle</div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-88772032638765078052023-05-25T07:49:00.006-07:002023-05-25T07:52:42.490-07:00Flèche Report: Team Wild Cat Ptarmigans<p style="text-align: center;"> Some photos from Vernon, Oksana, Tom, and Dustin!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We started with a rafter of Turkeys with the Tom’s in full display attempting to entice some hens. As always there were glorious song birds and a few eagles along the way. We also saw pelicans and herons around some of the lakes. Early in our ride, a trio of horses danced with us along a stretch of dirt road before disappearing into the trees. Many deer and elk were seen in various locations. Our night ride into Hudson saw tiny field mice scatter along the road as our bike lights startled them from their usual routine. We even road with cows grazing along the sides of the South Boulder Creek Trail, and also providing obstacles to avoid on the path itself. Perhaps the most significant animals were the many bunnies who seemed to delight in the sight of our team mascot Egon Bernal, whom our team captain carried for the entire ride.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbWEJWhO5EhaJF1Nz4lG6R-xYL-rXwdjPGqYwTb5RAHt0ylygcdXwXWEoLXvAp7aZaXw9Au4VOK3_wMOvdWX2vddoUMwu5MUAl4qTNlQK2ebxVixmG0iQGUBUHn6tDh4-NCd6O7mzgpvaDPAZwiJZlDb1gGunb1rWR-xWMhjeO9RciP0z8yO29mMb/s4032/qlr-00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbWEJWhO5EhaJF1Nz4lG6R-xYL-rXwdjPGqYwTb5RAHt0ylygcdXwXWEoLXvAp7aZaXw9Au4VOK3_wMOvdWX2vddoUMwu5MUAl4qTNlQK2ebxVixmG0iQGUBUHn6tDh4-NCd6O7mzgpvaDPAZwiJZlDb1gGunb1rWR-xWMhjeO9RciP0z8yO29mMb/w300-h400/qlr-00.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_Aqw90ejU_0K7pCwZiPowIc67Zs6Ct6vWX2SwfcRMrmAoe0p53QMQI8kEjJAuM4zz9Ln2_bWu2giVjMT0elyIqAN1y23GgNnRnKrMCrx5u9TXEttWWel7WGf0wvzthD6FEoJcz93LmAmmA9flupAeq1-vTTnsIgYfI_ccKbEeT21t1nAkRva3-JI/s4032/qlr-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_Aqw90ejU_0K7pCwZiPowIc67Zs6Ct6vWX2SwfcRMrmAoe0p53QMQI8kEjJAuM4zz9Ln2_bWu2giVjMT0elyIqAN1y23GgNnRnKrMCrx5u9TXEttWWel7WGf0wvzthD6FEoJcz93LmAmmA9flupAeq1-vTTnsIgYfI_ccKbEeT21t1nAkRva3-JI/w300-h400/qlr-01.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_0FmlFvEMlDr9TfhMdI5j3nc8mirDfTWYNs6QB2coziSKlaY1GGJFXW3pdhNl-PWp1w60rh9FreITAWiErbArcEn-h8jJ15MPkctuOMPG887D0hPa0Od8mWI7PMMh1yLEU8DSrJI7b2vp0oZNYULuVJPI230csNRv3O33Rs_M0-ZramZFxa_i4EM/s4080/qlr-02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3072" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_0FmlFvEMlDr9TfhMdI5j3nc8mirDfTWYNs6QB2coziSKlaY1GGJFXW3pdhNl-PWp1w60rh9FreITAWiErbArcEn-h8jJ15MPkctuOMPG887D0hPa0Od8mWI7PMMh1yLEU8DSrJI7b2vp0oZNYULuVJPI230csNRv3O33Rs_M0-ZramZFxa_i4EM/w301-h400/qlr-02.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Pascal Ledru</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><b style="text-align: left;">- </b><span style="text-align: left;">The highlight of Flèche numero six happened even before the ride started! John, being so considerate and remembering my fall last year in Pawnee grassland where the team almost left me for dead, gifted me with... a bicycle belt! Even more considerate, the box actually contained a can of Skrewball Peanut Butter whiskey (never had it before and highly recommended) ... which we enjoyed at mile 150.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UGFCLyGsYwPgI3piKqDaOXovrNvGTMpKUmwP7hBmIN_LPjIQn9JYNS8u9JsFp7yaGkfx_CN4PCPtlilvwZGJR0Kny8QpgPGaQxmQpppWkLHcLbzzzCqWA3DPgOPqiuqPsG8cF0BcmMfWyeM7gz9mpiO8N-OQVQAOFrkGMy2pV77vrt7iogplrnhS/s640/pauls%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UGFCLyGsYwPgI3piKqDaOXovrNvGTMpKUmwP7hBmIN_LPjIQn9JYNS8u9JsFp7yaGkfx_CN4PCPtlilvwZGJR0Kny8QpgPGaQxmQpppWkLHcLbzzzCqWA3DPgOPqiuqPsG8cF0BcmMfWyeM7gz9mpiO8N-OQVQAOFrkGMy2pV77vrt7iogplrnhS/w400-h300/pauls%20photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Debbie Bush</b> <b>-</b> The highlight for me in this Fleche, though my teammates may not have believed it, was riding on the beautiful dirt roads that our Capitan chose for our ride. Instead of using 25'' tires, I used my Unicorn 30'' tires. I could feel the freedom of riding without fear of falling, even at night and have gotten by surprise riding among cows on the South Boulder Creek Trail in the early morning. And the best of all really, it is to be riding in a team where everybody cares about each other, laugh together (these guys kept me laughing all the time), go throught the challenge together, and share the passion of cycling.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwmI7PrIhcAapZoIDKwOF2kyHvQzmalU--YdJ822uKBEYQJizNqwYHUqCjSj0XpJcYlf5pcwtokiQ7NLgmtZbBhSGqLAmwu4hvKcriU9_DXXGY2B4UsJQXoxRgfpHK-EGwUy-yFvIq-qG_A4DBNQP0wel-kn_36HbwzHFCjyC9qVlCmkOJ9nzzOEM/s4032/qlr-05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwmI7PrIhcAapZoIDKwOF2kyHvQzmalU--YdJ822uKBEYQJizNqwYHUqCjSj0XpJcYlf5pcwtokiQ7NLgmtZbBhSGqLAmwu4hvKcriU9_DXXGY2B4UsJQXoxRgfpHK-EGwUy-yFvIq-qG_A4DBNQP0wel-kn_36HbwzHFCjyC9qVlCmkOJ9nzzOEM/w400-h300/qlr-05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-A-M2KUOd5fy45MNZPvw_RFCgJDdPVMUy54dFH2iFiNQDaB9Ms0yIkJIrd4trsZhPY27TH21Y3jdIyY1Zo5HVplse9KYqlI0Mew1ZZihSCfm3SzG60O32h3msV2m2R6NlbpOAzpT0H5CNqMiqxiWG58VOt68FDaTQmyF6MxYfUF9OwRGpS_TXLgc/s4080/qlr-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4080" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-A-M2KUOd5fy45MNZPvw_RFCgJDdPVMUy54dFH2iFiNQDaB9Ms0yIkJIrd4trsZhPY27TH21Y3jdIyY1Zo5HVplse9KYqlI0Mew1ZZihSCfm3SzG60O32h3msV2m2R6NlbpOAzpT0H5CNqMiqxiWG58VOt68FDaTQmyF6MxYfUF9OwRGpS_TXLgc/w400-h301/qlr-06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><b>Mike Turek</b> (Captain)<b> - </b>Agree with my teammates; animals, route and butter whiskey were all fantastic…all while celebrating L. John’s big 50. But, what made this flèche super special was the positive attitude the team always had no matter the adversity. (Sandy dirt in the dark, car buzzing us, late night fatigue, horses and cows blocking us, spilled milk). As my wife has said many times, I’m fortunate to have such good folks ride with me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aPtr-6YYG7Czfr2Xl1P8LO_6TFQib8IEQabs-5ULOkFgf6cGx3-UgvPrKXl7Q4Zhx_wIywBzGlF_q3RjQ64YrSFrxb90ttC-8l13Q1eKvV0ksRR2vdSui_GlKcm884f7NdhTc8mIAfhg7jfNXtmHfFC4sD4lb0mGlFgiqiIZjok_WwQREsKKV7_F/s1544/mike-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1544" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aPtr-6YYG7Czfr2Xl1P8LO_6TFQib8IEQabs-5ULOkFgf6cGx3-UgvPrKXl7Q4Zhx_wIywBzGlF_q3RjQ64YrSFrxb90ttC-8l13Q1eKvV0ksRR2vdSui_GlKcm884f7NdhTc8mIAfhg7jfNXtmHfFC4sD4lb0mGlFgiqiIZjok_WwQREsKKV7_F/w400-h300/mike-01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Encountering JLE pre-riding the 300k</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGdl2OFe9LwZ0IRPousDuY9xyDIShMLVXuz7FE03Wb9ysd7StGvWW0k90OjkIL-Y2hxwXu10n6H2UD8tq-6AiuBJl728GlVMBe8THkfiUmJw4tK-qHWZl76ochWy3G1XQmyaTDJ8tTNHpWwgM2r_U9CCAvKb98AxCsXm2SIVmH7q6CIiHSMdbFHtN/s4032/qlr-99.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGdl2OFe9LwZ0IRPousDuY9xyDIShMLVXuz7FE03Wb9ysd7StGvWW0k90OjkIL-Y2hxwXu10n6H2UD8tq-6AiuBJl728GlVMBe8THkfiUmJw4tK-qHWZl76ochWy3G1XQmyaTDJ8tTNHpWwgM2r_U9CCAvKb98AxCsXm2SIVmH7q6CIiHSMdbFHtN/w400-h300/qlr-99.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><i>At the Louisville finish!</i></div></div><p><u><b>Team Quartier Lanternes Rouges</b></u><br />Mike Turek (Captain)<br />Debbie Bush<br />Paul Foley<br />Pascal Ledru<br />John Mangin</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-52833657514530947862023-05-06T16:53:00.005-07:002023-05-08T12:34:26.529-07:00Flèche Report: Team Dirty Francing - Rashid Khan<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Hard things can be fun, but frustrating things, while hard, are almost never fun. We set out to have a good ol’ hard time on this year’s flèche by engaging in the borderline excessive climbing that everyone on the team relished, while keeping logistics to a minimum by starting somewhat near the finish.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Setting off at a fashionably late 8:10am we traded warm-up for straight-up on Olde Stage Rd headed towards Lefthand Canyon. After nabbing 700ft in the first 3 miles we would proceed to pile on another 6500ft before lunch, stopping only briefly to admire the peaks blanketed in snow, and to fill our bottles with ice cold spring water in Allenspark.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4C-jwEuF3BNa5ihcoeoKD7ZuejZa36XuMl7MqyLe9ThQl2HGMpImdOW_8i-MmZ1zTi557l1oJlZhtPa88uLLUV5BU2LBFhISRlOCcV3S_34vGb740QxG7L3dB9pcLXBy1pkM-gKn18g_94XHWmmp5HvMEd0sM2n-SvRlxNxKehOjShxX6tgJXDqEd/s640/dfx01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4C-jwEuF3BNa5ihcoeoKD7ZuejZa36XuMl7MqyLe9ThQl2HGMpImdOW_8i-MmZ1zTi557l1oJlZhtPa88uLLUV5BU2LBFhISRlOCcV3S_34vGb740QxG7L3dB9pcLXBy1pkM-gKn18g_94XHWmmp5HvMEd0sM2n-SvRlxNxKehOjShxX6tgJXDqEd/w400-h300/dfx01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQ3hwLI8-jp0n6OFecCG11d2Y9xrtvWBKmi5E1nbjRy9U0KhXxYlhoFSa4WCvJG5XIfXNSm0ZvvIAHOECfZLVg2_U108X8fJXdUBeNRYP47c3ez6pnmFEk5NjBx3-nQn70aT2P_s1qzW1pzcQXwnhhcLo_qkeLRXjbJSzuF47pysQatTx2Uuyo333/s640/dfx02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQ3hwLI8-jp0n6OFecCG11d2Y9xrtvWBKmi5E1nbjRy9U0KhXxYlhoFSa4WCvJG5XIfXNSm0ZvvIAHOECfZLVg2_U108X8fJXdUBeNRYP47c3ez6pnmFEk5NjBx3-nQn70aT2P_s1qzW1pzcQXwnhhcLo_qkeLRXjbJSzuF47pysQatTx2Uuyo333/w400-h300/dfx02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;">After a leisurely sit down lunch at the always fast and delicious Notch Top Cafe in Estes Park we began the tight and fast descent through Glenhaven at full speed, the road having been, surprisingly, freshly swept of grit despite the recent snow storms. We took a moment at the Glenhaven store to note that they would in fact be open for next weekend’s 300k. Maybe we’ll get there early enough for cinnamon rolls, though I wouldn’t bet a full stomach on it.</span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4FGfuRjRCXewkgSP1e2BCzMi3M8-fM3PABZwcAiFT-g9ktZs1x8gBRTTBwz3YsPxpbGzzDAwLZ3MBrlTjMFiOdAqA-prgTjZv8YriCZA8NZh3XDGI6N_pIC4Go772eoSDn3cYWPL5MctaIno3-VWduCJT_AwV-h4TU_E5ZHxHlmFyHOInVQHSBRx/s640/dfx03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4FGfuRjRCXewkgSP1e2BCzMi3M8-fM3PABZwcAiFT-g9ktZs1x8gBRTTBwz3YsPxpbGzzDAwLZ3MBrlTjMFiOdAqA-prgTjZv8YriCZA8NZh3XDGI6N_pIC4Go772eoSDn3cYWPL5MctaIno3-VWduCJT_AwV-h4TU_E5ZHxHlmFyHOInVQHSBRx/w400-h300/dfx03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">After a jaunt down a smooth dirt road we took a familiar turn past Masonville and headed up the south side of the climb to Stove Prairie, joined by herd of elk galloping through a sun kissed meadow. The elevation map hardly tells the whole story of this climb, which rolls through 2700ft with 10-15% sections every few miles. By the top we were ready the long descent; the golden hour sun turning the usual cool stone walls a warm yellow and casting long shadows through Poudre Canyon.</span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK-ErxErZHqQLwKMafx8Z_9-KbbFZVnb5AWLhm0k10pLbv0zhmRLanC1QSfv_eEbRJIUl2eftfh-c5nnF0S64PLXG-IOYYrBC74QGggroIBUWnbDEL8q_wec4zV6Ed65zaFHEchGK7bvGhOmGAl_BB9gQNZZTWh-0VhU0fZDH1vXQY8W561YSE1OB/s640/dfx04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK-ErxErZHqQLwKMafx8Z_9-KbbFZVnb5AWLhm0k10pLbv0zhmRLanC1QSfv_eEbRJIUl2eftfh-c5nnF0S64PLXG-IOYYrBC74QGggroIBUWnbDEL8q_wec4zV6Ed65zaFHEchGK7bvGhOmGAl_BB9gQNZZTWh-0VhU0fZDH1vXQY8W561YSE1OB/w400-h300/dfx04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHI5ObPAc2iDDI9exoGy8Q-nsN8oEodzaLpfJTLfzlvV8-I596M49LziGlebD5Mrqerc17VtQD08yShXp24LeSUm7IzMy528i4dxUhIe71qP3O-LmZhMy6OZu3JJ64WTZY196PGWqPGC_NNDuBf5bGYJO0RhUk8uM4yiaaIvixxRqfQz1gXXUmk9wQ/s640/dfx05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="640" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHI5ObPAc2iDDI9exoGy8Q-nsN8oEodzaLpfJTLfzlvV8-I596M49LziGlebD5Mrqerc17VtQD08yShXp24LeSUm7IzMy528i4dxUhIe71qP3O-LmZhMy6OZu3JJ64WTZY196PGWqPGC_NNDuBf5bGYJO0RhUk8uM4yiaaIvixxRqfQz1gXXUmk9wQ/w400-h283/dfx05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>While tired from the climb, we were, by now, running a bit ahead of schedule. We calculated, if we hustled a bit, we could roll into Fort Collins before 8pm, in time for dinner at Tasty Harmony, a favorite of Jenn and I, and of Corinne’s son who would meet us there for a wonderful meal to guide us from day to dark. After dark we rolled slowly through the wooded bike paths of Fort Collins before popping out onto the roads east of town. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbrH0wdIz0rzh9flmk8E81lsTKBE6R8R5YbBqvw7NnQBeEXwg9dgFnditoRzbvfdOnkdNoHSuoM5ImG8S0VzGq65Edz78qrZPBGbcW9FGlZ4f0q4nH_m0bxiLKp-tFK_XrNoBd8Tvq1-xP6EVgVXY88SD0E976e4lHd_lmJaoi5BJ06SZhVgjHzZP/s640/dfx06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbrH0wdIz0rzh9flmk8E81lsTKBE6R8R5YbBqvw7NnQBeEXwg9dgFnditoRzbvfdOnkdNoHSuoM5ImG8S0VzGq65Edz78qrZPBGbcW9FGlZ4f0q4nH_m0bxiLKp-tFK_XrNoBd8Tvq1-xP6EVgVXY88SD0E976e4lHd_lmJaoi5BJ06SZhVgjHzZP/w300-h400/dfx06.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Save for a too busy highway, a misguided attempt at gravel bike path and a skipped turn to Windsor the rest of the night was thankfully uneventful. We would make a brief stop at a closed service station to layer up, grab some late night grub from a very cheerful 24-hour Taco Johns, and swing past the Boulder home of Jenn and I’s to clean up and don street clothes before the ride to breakfast. We departed a bit later than planned, but with plenty of time to complete 25km, even if someone had a mechanical.</p><p>My tire went first and fast, a large chunk of glass embedded in the tread. Quick teamwork had us back on the road in a few minutes, still with plenty of time to spare. Jenn’s tire went next less than a mile later. Two flats in the final, time contained 25km! Again teamwork saves the day as I dealt with the old tube while Jenn prepped the new one. Finding nothing in the tire, we simply crossed our fingers it wouldn’t go flat again. Now crunched for time we picked up the pace, past the Sunday morning dog walkers, quickly through an empty downtown Louisville, and along curving neighborhood streets to the finish with 10 minutes to spare!</p><p>— Rashid</p><u><b>Team Dirty Francing</b></u><br />Rashid Khan (captain)<br />Jenn Moore<br />Corinne Warren</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-82019322978975511202023-01-14T17:59:00.002-08:002023-01-15T07:43:43.692-08:00Picacho Flyer 100k Permanent Populaire<p>On January 10, I rode the Picacho Flyer 101k Permanent Populaire. The start/finish is about 10 miles from where we stay in Tucson, so I rode to the start and back. </p><p>More importantly, while the official route turns around at the base of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picacho_Peak_State_Park" target="_blank">Picacho Peak</a>, there's plenty of time to go into the park and enjoy the scenery, and the only real climbing on the route. I wonder if that was the original idea the route designer had, that folks could optionally tour through the park.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOfP4u-h9DSp9OWUujwVYJG2_wlqtDxzzQWyXofvIWcJ1-RebYeddFR2ZuQ6VMEHZwAqy8jtKRd12HhSOHNog0EKB-BpcuwKZztLhxSz3cAX5Z4uYNxizgO9tSVUKdqEetE8cZBPwYco6pWxUvy2qhbUoxgYanWz-Dl0EzYCwYszteq4GClFhpj6f/s419/picacho-flyer-route.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="419" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOfP4u-h9DSp9OWUujwVYJG2_wlqtDxzzQWyXofvIWcJ1-RebYeddFR2ZuQ6VMEHZwAqy8jtKRd12HhSOHNog0EKB-BpcuwKZztLhxSz3cAX5Z4uYNxizgO9tSVUKdqEetE8cZBPwYco6pWxUvy2qhbUoxgYanWz-Dl0EzYCwYszteq4GClFhpj6f/w400-h399/picacho-flyer-route.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The start is at the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Park, which is related to the Cañada del Oro Path. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9Dm_muRbRdzFlEkR8o9dm4AIXlFNMdcqGr_tOisqR_mVPCZWfsM10UgISJNzjelwHtuA9MemheObQddRLJUwAxZQXntmchvlutBrQ6VtcYMDeMIe8Hg3hDpDUCU-NnlaewRFoODFSrrPXGDq1VcTj2i_sBGdYhDF-tC6Ir6XRXjPZpvO49XzNKRX/s4000/picacho-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9Dm_muRbRdzFlEkR8o9dm4AIXlFNMdcqGr_tOisqR_mVPCZWfsM10UgISJNzjelwHtuA9MemheObQddRLJUwAxZQXntmchvlutBrQ6VtcYMDeMIe8Hg3hDpDUCU-NnlaewRFoODFSrrPXGDq1VcTj2i_sBGdYhDF-tC6Ir6XRXjPZpvO49XzNKRX/w400-h300/picacho-01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Much of the route is on the I-10 Frontage Road heading NW in the direction of Phoenix. En route you can peer west to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinal_Airpark" target="_blank">Pinal Airpark</a>, a facility in the desert that is a boneyard for airliners and other aircraft (and may rehabilitate some).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4-YreWtRWJ7I-vwTtSbKyPCqiZB5hpcLZmlaBZd0UJE3qh3KmW_JlhyOHnPGGNKRM1Pw7gGKzjIHbitklHvCOkJzHceku_qYD2e3DHRmnJdoZTA56xwvr7wkWVgfhOZ_FeAQsSgDmfhvWR49HlrAOtD_5x20JYu-CJVApKHHrqs-pKXt3GnNloVW/s3927/picacho-02-pinal-airpark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="3927" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4-YreWtRWJ7I-vwTtSbKyPCqiZB5hpcLZmlaBZd0UJE3qh3KmW_JlhyOHnPGGNKRM1Pw7gGKzjIHbitklHvCOkJzHceku_qYD2e3DHRmnJdoZTA56xwvr7wkWVgfhOZ_FeAQsSgDmfhvWR49HlrAOtD_5x20JYu-CJVApKHHrqs-pKXt3GnNloVW/w400-h225/picacho-02-pinal-airpark.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you proceed outbound, you see the ever growing image of Picacho Peak before you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQ9-sSdd0qb6jeoOEed84nHJQ5wGtjrU4Xpb0vOZz6503Ra1BCivvvi2b9lU_JognVE5BjhjcMXEblyNYsM2tSWGrd8eVXQaCWvwPm0EWZ56E_dCPjWzP8nRVlMED-Z7iASeMswRlaOkSS-vTh4tdM4H2TagSrXCVbdw_HVcJRFmFiZhW9DsS3g0i/s4000/picacho-03-frontage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQ9-sSdd0qb6jeoOEed84nHJQ5wGtjrU4Xpb0vOZz6503Ra1BCivvvi2b9lU_JognVE5BjhjcMXEblyNYsM2tSWGrd8eVXQaCWvwPm0EWZ56E_dCPjWzP8nRVlMED-Z7iASeMswRlaOkSS-vTh4tdM4H2TagSrXCVbdw_HVcJRFmFiZhW9DsS3g0i/w400-h300/picacho-03-frontage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the entrance to Picacho Peak State Park, I paid my $3, got the stub below, and some advice from the ranger - also a road-bike rider - as to some particularly steep stretches within the park (Barrett Loop) that a cyclist might enjoy. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDA-3mW2Geu8eU2QO_XJZ6FVRRjMxLAepXJgkv-gwpchCAjRobVrMNEgHQ7y3QEnv0JFqUvuMUimT4iA_CdYyj7vqVv05e8EjjKAMFz2fGJTXhd2Gx4DFfsmjBFYJYx2_SYCYA3gIO6ZDQoRr32q5iH4YG8V0tdCIeJ2WxTzfpD8IA84eD7DK5Bmad/s4000/picacho-03b-ticket.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDA-3mW2Geu8eU2QO_XJZ6FVRRjMxLAepXJgkv-gwpchCAjRobVrMNEgHQ7y3QEnv0JFqUvuMUimT4iA_CdYyj7vqVv05e8EjjKAMFz2fGJTXhd2Gx4DFfsmjBFYJYx2_SYCYA3gIO6ZDQoRr32q5iH4YG8V0tdCIeJ2WxTzfpD8IA84eD7DK5Bmad/w320-h240/picacho-03b-ticket.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice vistas from Barrett Loop ... which does have its steep spots.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1bvMpeUs2KcpLO88Dg9fnZ2lKCXmHgrzwFK5hXtougA3GcbV4qIaBgCEnrUezfNEaGNISiIWY6S3xOx5I5lNjs6FpCi-mwbK8z6QX_UwZcWjZFC1-f4MCaNXlKBcvKCt6y0E4bGb4G3i5l5W_0H6uaiENp4SJHCEgu9O2aDhuZxKhkzwL6kZjkj0/s4000/picacho-04-barrett-loop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1bvMpeUs2KcpLO88Dg9fnZ2lKCXmHgrzwFK5hXtougA3GcbV4qIaBgCEnrUezfNEaGNISiIWY6S3xOx5I5lNjs6FpCi-mwbK8z6QX_UwZcWjZFC1-f4MCaNXlKBcvKCt6y0E4bGb4G3i5l5W_0H6uaiENp4SJHCEgu9O2aDhuZxKhkzwL6kZjkj0/w400-h300/picacho-04-barrett-loop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygQw7UTahb1OdtPpgg3kb-EURktaFO1m-M2IG-UJJAFRHbBwwtcWRPhm-BsvBffuT6XLHJGkfVLk2f7mekC31L0_7yWiFbjgpMkokeBxxM2HWQxOogwMv4hACMwxk3wVKYsUmdn6bEUjeA6sF9cpXGrH_xo-jAyOtmug09Nn06ai0Od8P-kJTfnXf/s4000/picacho-05-barrett-loop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygQw7UTahb1OdtPpgg3kb-EURktaFO1m-M2IG-UJJAFRHbBwwtcWRPhm-BsvBffuT6XLHJGkfVLk2f7mekC31L0_7yWiFbjgpMkokeBxxM2HWQxOogwMv4hACMwxk3wVKYsUmdn6bEUjeA6sF9cpXGrH_xo-jAyOtmug09Nn06ai0Od8P-kJTfnXf/w400-h300/picacho-05-barrett-loop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next touring down the main park road.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmVAp5Wz2HWEKkNPAro0Nqd8376Rv1ZpuxNyHckoVVga1LNifppHMH-Patf8G9qRP5t_ikGFVag2kjCUdQj4wbIi2Qv1lSkOyLePKJM6pPbb7iS-wjKv4AqU2W1q-nhFXiuJFI7Wa6QHp0tmRiBM2fglxBj2TS8dz5Do1VjqWyvLErrrV4s8FqCqc/s4000/picacho-06-park-road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmVAp5Wz2HWEKkNPAro0Nqd8376Rv1ZpuxNyHckoVVga1LNifppHMH-Patf8G9qRP5t_ikGFVag2kjCUdQj4wbIi2Qv1lSkOyLePKJM6pPbb7iS-wjKv4AqU2W1q-nhFXiuJFI7Wa6QHp0tmRiBM2fglxBj2TS8dz5Do1VjqWyvLErrrV4s8FqCqc/w400-h300/picacho-06-park-road.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view across the valley.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4S41vUEflNUfPKLe4f4fg_KdrDYv076JBCO90pkmLBoBxCb67XdW3pue-9mR1kyN4TdX3i6P0JL2_MEoeDNB4ufO2NU5UtlRd7rVWAS17pNEPxZb2Loy06ykd0-1oxDGU8PiyFraPS91WcplAXgaSf_KDDKaOFu9x99GNIwkRCF0t4DmoF60aOJv/s4000/picacho-07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4S41vUEflNUfPKLe4f4fg_KdrDYv076JBCO90pkmLBoBxCb67XdW3pue-9mR1kyN4TdX3i6P0JL2_MEoeDNB4ufO2NU5UtlRd7rVWAS17pNEPxZb2Loy06ykd0-1oxDGU8PiyFraPS91WcplAXgaSf_KDDKaOFu9x99GNIwkRCF0t4DmoF60aOJv/w400-h300/picacho-07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nice assortment of saguaro and other cacti. And lush green grass, after New Year's rain.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaRXFU2Lg2hBS64Cf99nmKDERZHVD4rw6hpPkhjnCR2x6uxYGpqfCaDoT7_PZRwSpbKl6aCDp3hfaP6y6tuqaF42vu7XsILxgDrox4-ODv-fLdZVFX3ElicH3yd0I-AFnM0e7Q4CfAQKj4-_GWSO933MFFveVK6_UHrQ6vMGXkKuBRyCJ2n6wweQl/s4000/picacho-08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaRXFU2Lg2hBS64Cf99nmKDERZHVD4rw6hpPkhjnCR2x6uxYGpqfCaDoT7_PZRwSpbKl6aCDp3hfaP6y6tuqaF42vu7XsILxgDrox4-ODv-fLdZVFX3ElicH3yd0I-AFnM0e7Q4CfAQKj4-_GWSO933MFFveVK6_UHrQ6vMGXkKuBRyCJ2n6wweQl/w400-h300/picacho-08.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspbp5EnwCkevvu9U7U97b2XrEGbCU_LdsuI6macFidWrRGx1ZMi6_xuxj8YjFgjeCTeqg64mM8I_fcSWbMTcbOQFYDX7hXSs80XtqrVY2MpTsMW4QZI3SIFWLQnMH2NnnL1gkbbyuYWG_E0o4K9-WAjZ_yyGWzXofiC5fZI5d_etY2cBB3nl8v4vd/s4000/picacho-09.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspbp5EnwCkevvu9U7U97b2XrEGbCU_LdsuI6macFidWrRGx1ZMi6_xuxj8YjFgjeCTeqg64mM8I_fcSWbMTcbOQFYDX7hXSs80XtqrVY2MpTsMW4QZI3SIFWLQnMH2NnnL1gkbbyuYWG_E0o4K9-WAjZ_yyGWzXofiC5fZI5d_etY2cBB3nl8v4vd/w400-h300/picacho-09.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAA6-d4_MyyjcKVJntskJj99llPdMS-82M_C7S69KlUidJOYS0bWO6XlDM3n3hz7WTbVDdVQvQ_YpGTOZ9eJDZsfx0vBpczgBlt6mBDgIPkdn0z6Ys3_0Hj0FnG2vf8W-NiCLPtDdu_-puMK1PyxvuIjkXRv_J3SBAE0UFzhnmVhEIyAYA_rnepzQ/s4000/picacho-10-kestrel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAA6-d4_MyyjcKVJntskJj99llPdMS-82M_C7S69KlUidJOYS0bWO6XlDM3n3hz7WTbVDdVQvQ_YpGTOZ9eJDZsfx0vBpczgBlt6mBDgIPkdn0z6Ys3_0Hj0FnG2vf8W-NiCLPtDdu_-puMK1PyxvuIjkXRv_J3SBAE0UFzhnmVhEIyAYA_rnepzQ/w300-h400/picacho-10-kestrel.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heading back south into a headwind, it was comforting to have aerobars. It was a reminder of some earlier perms I rode here, the Picture Rocks 100k and the Old Pueblo 200k, which also went through Marana NW of Tucson.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nice perm finish back at this artful bench. And then it's on back to our dwelling.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5w1EFjEPsCkrISNQDIo_XYvXzLbhGgWJmlrloXEbkiMUbtyFa_yuHv91_60d75lZuXjuPZeVEnjqwVpAY30nKoeZaCMvCyatB1jhLZsx9retTH3q_Aee3hRJb8wzOZtpzL0cyfN6JcR-16NjcyXu-tHULZtMEDOE6Tdzwti2D0e1QMTRVPHk9aBw/s4000/picacho-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5w1EFjEPsCkrISNQDIo_XYvXzLbhGgWJmlrloXEbkiMUbtyFa_yuHv91_60d75lZuXjuPZeVEnjqwVpAY30nKoeZaCMvCyatB1jhLZsx9retTH3q_Aee3hRJb8wzOZtpzL0cyfN6JcR-16NjcyXu-tHULZtMEDOE6Tdzwti2D0e1QMTRVPHk9aBw/w300-h400/picacho-11.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a surprisingly fun and pleasant ride, especially Picacho Peak, the figurative high point of the experience. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><!--<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was also the inaugural ride for my new jersey for 2022, the cheerful and tropical Central Florida Randonneurs jersey.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4maK_e8qq3Cb8Z-9Ik8HfKfXCyRgXoRhi-rH81rW9gJPSY6EYlTIYkdxXnuBH2NrtDJedpTbmgOwxlOPzHEOjSgY3VUQJtvgTrAKADeliKfKHi0eGvZWH-VOC45WDrBboIupHzo5iwGA09mkdKlzrdTBnjNpyizNt9eDZAvUi4Fo4IF3BwkorKaui/s4000/picacho-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4maK_e8qq3Cb8Z-9Ik8HfKfXCyRgXoRhi-rH81rW9gJPSY6EYlTIYkdxXnuBH2NrtDJedpTbmgOwxlOPzHEOjSgY3VUQJtvgTrAKADeliKfKHi0eGvZWH-VOC45WDrBboIupHzo5iwGA09mkdKlzrdTBnjNpyizNt9eDZAvUi4Fo4IF3BwkorKaui/s320/picacho-12.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>--><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">-jle</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-6516331321082804952022-12-25T15:50:00.000-08:002022-12-25T15:50:03.041-08:00Last Chance 2022 photos<p style="text-align: center;"> <i style="text-align: center;">Riders at the 4:00 am start, Louisville, CO</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcbynodnphqr0zzLYJ1-rQXiSPtVrNQxUJX1jrjieNBxslpOi29HMxZbVFnXuSbbc0VCeh8MKpyw1-5781aDg-cetfQIX4f5129uA366cvAMlor01fOm8d5K2C5IkCQHJjQj7Etk8jg-AJ9947kFTJ-R0qIyLS6D2VUz_e2RRA3FXEBYT5R-8ITs_/s4896/P1110396.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3672" data-original-width="4896" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcbynodnphqr0zzLYJ1-rQXiSPtVrNQxUJX1jrjieNBxslpOi29HMxZbVFnXuSbbc0VCeh8MKpyw1-5781aDg-cetfQIX4f5129uA366cvAMlor01fOm8d5K2C5IkCQHJjQj7Etk8jg-AJ9947kFTJ-R0qIyLS6D2VUz_e2RRA3FXEBYT5R-8ITs_/w400-h300/P1110396.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>John Lee Ellis, Osvaldo Colavin, Charlie Martin, Man-Fai Tam -- all members of the RUSA Web Team -- at event start</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9ZxiLtkj-YLp00M3VUHY7j5AQsA0wJ7wiuOFNMtYYz8XRl5qNXQZ-dcczvJl0UQzP6gHBm1FAcf9trZpkQDnQUYR4X1PlWxsma88uJGs_34YTvnxKHEsKm3Dk4ondAcCfqFKb4S8QZxQd6orHt3v0TMvEBhcakQkFhZfn1qmCQTAabY5h5qJph_D/s4000/20220908_035303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9ZxiLtkj-YLp00M3VUHY7j5AQsA0wJ7wiuOFNMtYYz8XRl5qNXQZ-dcczvJl0UQzP6gHBm1FAcf9trZpkQDnQUYR4X1PlWxsma88uJGs_34YTvnxKHEsKm3Dk4ondAcCfqFKb4S8QZxQd6orHt3v0TMvEBhcakQkFhZfn1qmCQTAabY5h5qJph_D/w400-h300/20220908_035303.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>Brent Myers and Beth Long w/ Family Members, Atwood, KS</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa73DQE5U_uWAkRBBFEjvTa88siIixJucVS3G0dDXUOt4VSMSsX7UFgZE-vfyZBuTPx2w4zAQ290n7F27aLSzcSPac6tLOGqdufle0tFq7lH2gPJCMIaXOCn4XteanR8NYNJG1HuXwbaWfMITdBMH1MxAFuSCFBPmkWKpoLG_SWdLf-9MVlnqc3hX/s4000/20220909_103033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGa73DQE5U_uWAkRBBFEjvTa88siIixJucVS3G0dDXUOt4VSMSsX7UFgZE-vfyZBuTPx2w4zAQ290n7F27aLSzcSPac6tLOGqdufle0tFq7lH2gPJCMIaXOCn4XteanR8NYNJG1HuXwbaWfMITdBMH1MxAFuSCFBPmkWKpoLG_SWdLf-9MVlnqc3hX/w300-h400/20220909_103033.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Charlie Martin at breakfast, displaying patched tube, after multiple thorn punctures</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i>Gabrielle & Carl Andersen at pre-ride check-in</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA45xo5nxuPKZBpBbv5At8XmjNgIuhiUOKLQPH5_M6TGuJs4mlCDLZGwSc-T477W46lih9iqczGm1WgUhJ_XGVtat32DQcBJoXrRMvU8uBiUYNM9k4INZLS1lHO-FmmrVLo5M0uJw1uWQ6PG886kY5P74vBOkMHvEZ6a7zS5o-ZQJqK05T11d41AG/s4896/P1110386.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA45xo5nxuPKZBpBbv5At8XmjNgIuhiUOKLQPH5_M6TGuJs4mlCDLZGwSc-T477W46lih9iqczGm1WgUhJ_XGVtat32DQcBJoXrRMvU8uBiUYNM9k4INZLS1lHO-FmmrVLo5M0uJw1uWQ6PG886kY5P74vBOkMHvEZ6a7zS5o-ZQJqK05T11d41AG/w300-h400/P1110386.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gabrielle and Carl Andersen, with finishers' medals -- they wrote one of the rider reports</i></div></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeKIG9XT3nvK9sDhUlOPVi2V6APKOGzMMBfPAnavbhB-EfWyBweVCPQ85eeejmDJGHICh-0arH1NL8TIQfEeBVu62j8Mi2S4ldlpzeGsxMKV_C6LQKToCDfgufNSvolC0B1kCavLi5CZi4w7LYsBn22pXN9lgA9eYnVyl2heHPXrq0iRDNgXaxW5g/s4896/P1110412.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeKIG9XT3nvK9sDhUlOPVi2V6APKOGzMMBfPAnavbhB-EfWyBweVCPQ85eeejmDJGHICh-0arH1NL8TIQfEeBVu62j8Mi2S4ldlpzeGsxMKV_C6LQKToCDfgufNSvolC0B1kCavLi5CZi4w7LYsBn22pXN9lgA9eYnVyl2heHPXrq0iRDNgXaxW5g/w300-h400/P1110412.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-64072550103010215872022-12-21T10:10:00.006-08:002022-12-26T05:29:34.975-08:00Colorado Rando Awardees - 2022 Round-Up!<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Here are Colorado randos who've earned RUSA and ACP awards in 2022!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Once again this year, w</i><i>e recognize you, our friends, </i><i>because you have pursued this or that challenge, and through commitment, persistence, and discomfort, have managed to achieve it!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />For some of these awards, you need to apply to be recognized. You don't need to purchase the physical award. What's important is the goal and the accomplishment. For some, the physical award is a nice memento.<br /><br />Some are challenges within the current year or a twelve-month period. Others recognize achievement over a number of years.<br /><br />We congratulate our fellow randos for their persistence in achieving their goals!<br /><br />You can see our cumulative awardees across the years here:<br /><b><a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetsuperrandonneur.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Super Randonneur</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetaward-r12.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-12 / P-12</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetrandonneur5000.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-5000 / 10000</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetaward-other-rusa.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Others</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><hr /><table style="color: firebrick;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">One-Year Awards</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Super Randonneur</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">R-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">P-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">American Randonneur </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Challenge</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">K-Hound<br />Can-Am Challenge</span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Multi-Year Awards</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">RUSA Cup</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Randonneur 5000</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Randonneur 10000<br /></span><span style="color: black;">RM Challenge Lepertel</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra Randonneur</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Coast-to-Coast</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Mondial</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra R-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">American Explorer<br />Rando Scout</span></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">— <b>other awards not covered here </b>—</span></i></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">RUSA Distance Awards</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra K-Hound</span><br /><br /></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra P-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Galaxy</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Rouleur</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ACP Super Randonneur</b></span></div><div><i>Complete brevets of 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km in one year.</i><br /><i><br /></i>10 awardees in 2022.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>BUSH, Debbie †</b></div><div><b>ELLIS, John Lee</b></div><div><b>HARTOKOLIS, Nyssa</b></div><div><b>KHAN, Rashid</b></div><div><b>LEDRU, Pascal</b></div><div><b>MANGIN, John</b></div><div><b>MOORE, Jennifer</b></div><div><b>TUREK, Michael</b></div><div><b>WARREN, Corinne</b></div><div><b>WEIGEL, David (1)</b></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>† </b>Longer distances can be substituted - as for RUSA Ultra Randonneur award.</div><div><b>(1)</b> First Super Randonneur award!</div><div><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-YA1kutGohsku2lvvQHZOeQeRYrDm97jOJrOOLhzot4x6_hOp8yrZd3fQyx5RjHek7hkMHf77zkTPMQskUpyFMZzgAQ3LO8nakWvBTu59cabhBoc06Ci2xAm8cct-qR_c5hnPrfw20/s1600/sr+medal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-YA1kutGohsku2lvvQHZOeQeRYrDm97jOJrOOLhzot4x6_hOp8yrZd3fQyx5RjHek7hkMHf77zkTPMQskUpyFMZzgAQ3LO8nakWvBTu59cabhBoc06Ci2xAm8cct-qR_c5hnPrfw20/s400/sr+medal.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><hr /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete a 200km or longer RUSA ride in each of 12 consecutive months.</i><br /><i>Listed in order of achieving.</i><br /><br /><div><div><b>Henry Snavely </b>[7]</div><div><b>John Lee Ellis </b>[15]</div><div><b>Jim Howell </b>[3]</div><div><b>Paul Foley </b>[8]</div><div><b>Michael Turek </b>[6]</div><div><b>Corinne Warren </b>[5]</div><div><b>Trent Cooper</b></div><div><b>David Weigel</b></div></div><div><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWWenxnVUV3N4s4C7sgRzBr5R4vQ8w5TkuyHN5FAcTzquUEnk698DvJnugodsAfvcZSaM81I2Iglmk7nwLwXxMJiP0F9TZB3KlUPgiZlEmTUPuTBhp00G2S-h8FbnYQutkblJbTjCpVU/s1600/rusa2-awards-r-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">P-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ride a 100km to 199km RUSA ride in each of twelve consecutive months.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div><b>Jim Howell</b></div><div><b>Dustin Harding</b></div><div><b>John Lee Ellis </b>[9]</div><div><b>Paul Foley </b>[4]</div><div><b>Malcolm Fraser </b>[5]</div><div><b>Corinne Warren</b></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjXELecuwD7oyJo7zFXHVeX0bg-RvcuJ1Ev1NkGXji0qa9f1sLsrSebXgfIlyUeOve8M1XKq-kFCljKZ9CoFcu3-FxLbhe7azZ2LH3vqnRi7PBSRUp1O3ciARgn65QOdeX7chCfldj6w/s1600/rusa2-awards-p-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjXELecuwD7oyJo7zFXHVeX0bg-RvcuJ1Ev1NkGXji0qa9f1sLsrSebXgfIlyUeOve8M1XKq-kFCljKZ9CoFcu3-FxLbhe7azZ2LH3vqnRi7PBSRUp1O3ciARgn65QOdeX7chCfldj6w/s320/rusa2-awards-p-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ACP Randonneur 5000</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ride 5000 km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, and 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets within 48 months. (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>LEDRU, Pascal</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>RAMOS, Mateo</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzgBo6fDzuLfnG_X4etloaNYmfOyBwHccGxisUs9VELSy7mv1FudB2e88EIE-HYnwip9houwS7aJY-WX4qWQefyuFg7DaX-G30StlJQ3ATvJRl-xK_EE4u7vGluWaLj8tWHKrKdgdElMtx2HVEgbkRZRh2MUg8ENr2zcroNJ72gX4AFutueThWFKJ/s708/medal-randonneur5000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="708" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzgBo6fDzuLfnG_X4etloaNYmfOyBwHccGxisUs9VELSy7mv1FudB2e88EIE-HYnwip9houwS7aJY-WX4qWQefyuFg7DaX-G30StlJQ3ATvJRl-xK_EE4u7vGluWaLj8tWHKrKdgdElMtx2HVEgbkRZRh2MUg8ENr2zcroNJ72gX4AFutueThWFKJ/s320/medal-randonneur5000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ACP Randonneur 10000</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ride 10000 km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, two series of 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets, and a Super Randonn</i><span style="text-align: left;"><i>ée 600k </i></span><i>within 72 months (six years). (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>TUREK, Michael</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4Y5xCPnwGdhWbqe4s4rS1P48zKosEiOf8dXUSh285brQQ15Ys5TDzF5jDK57K1BN33PUq5C42-YPwZpnwKqoI2sPnxN29CDJXXzFrB45aORCziMV2QyIJkJ41eUpQmvT6jUIgQV_OY6VRuwFivC4foPLkduzi4IIweyJE0E6x5H04cGDVCNJQi_Nc=s256" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="256" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4Y5xCPnwGdhWbqe4s4rS1P48zKosEiOf8dXUSh285brQQ15Ys5TDzF5jDK57K1BN33PUq5C42-YPwZpnwKqoI2sPnxN29CDJXXzFrB45aORCziMV2QyIJkJ41eUpQmvT6jUIgQV_OY6VRuwFivC4foPLkduzi4IIweyJE0E6x5H04cGDVCNJQi_Nc" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">LRM Challenge Lepertel</span></b></div><div><i>In</i><i> each of four successive years, c</i><i>omplete a Grand Randonnée, one of which must be Paris-Brest-Paris, and not all of which can start in the same country. This award started in 2019, so this is the first year having awardees.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>FOLEY, Paul</b></div><div><b>SMITH, Vernon</b></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><hr style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Can-Am Challenge</span></b></div><div><i>Complete a US grand randonnée and a Canadian grand randonnée in one season.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>SMITH, Vernon </b>-- Treasure Cove (VA) + Granite Anvil (ON)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_EEzlyQzg6DMwY1P26UlMi63EHF76ERDm82FHw8pcdupJVg7M_N0A6KcJbMaR4I092gSzKKgAW8jxjWiOTenV-LMQqWEKVbN7udwywhQkJCB7vuhLc2SOSz4BcMzhuErRXiqbeoSX-78N7fbmWju31UNWKcEsMJGbBntPH9AoT9Bk4kNHLnpfbz_/s220/brevet-rusa-awards-pix-can-am.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_EEzlyQzg6DMwY1P26UlMi63EHF76ERDm82FHw8pcdupJVg7M_N0A6KcJbMaR4I092gSzKKgAW8jxjWiOTenV-LMQqWEKVbN7udwywhQkJCB7vuhLc2SOSz4BcMzhuErRXiqbeoSX-78N7fbmWju31UNWKcEsMJGbBntPH9AoT9Bk4kNHLnpfbz_/s1600/brevet-rusa-awards-pix-can-am.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><b><br /></b></div></div></div></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And now for RUSA awards that randonneurs can work towards over multiple years ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">American Explorer</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cover at least ten different U.S. states and territories on RUSA rides.</i><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAeIVg3JFFCzkMooY_xW79_ch18bEqOf_t2Q9fKbxnw58gtF2HGYCCr1thO5Mj78g1UynGjK19PMteAUnumxeDUBFKfSWVo3FSDNoM9lxo7ynBXKzgRN1Pt1r5UOmF0r5XbzFVpBydI/s1600/rusa2-awards-american-explorer+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAeIVg3JFFCzkMooY_xW79_ch18bEqOf_t2Q9fKbxnw58gtF2HGYCCr1thO5Mj78g1UynGjK19PMteAUnumxeDUBFKfSWVo3FSDNoM9lxo7ynBXKzgRN1Pt1r5UOmF0r5XbzFVpBydI/s320/rusa2-awards-american-explorer+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Riders new to the American Explorer award, </i><br /><i>or added states in 2022:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Tom Ehlman</b> (10)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Paul Foley </b>(44)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Malcolm Fraser</b> (23)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Cup</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete at least one of each type of RUSA event, accumulating at least 5000km over a two-year period.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gdGQOEBXOMWoEnn37tGNZT_roFwjVKlIU8XbuQ_LOYr6bi6xsWSgVbGIQqCt6Kz157ODCtZv95B3ns_fQM3tdl4MbFOsm_tf8VSETvzfKCBHtht6CxksWMYgEbT1S422NfKRMCyqpLY/s1600/rusa2-awards-rusa-cup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gdGQOEBXOMWoEnn37tGNZT_roFwjVKlIU8XbuQ_LOYr6bi6xsWSgVbGIQqCt6Kz157ODCtZv95B3ns_fQM3tdl4MbFOsm_tf8VSETvzfKCBHtht6CxksWMYgEbT1S422NfKRMCyqpLY/s320/rusa2-awards-rusa-cup.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>John Lee Ellis</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Paul Foley</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Michael Turek</b></div></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra Randonneur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete ten Super Randonneur series over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYIKFgZddJ0dRfW3mEWfCxg6TdCzKjn6dkwRCBGeWXp6ej4bwaitIpLBxDQbN3f9c3H0dI_t2KDDNuvQZPIs6hlyMXo7AdL__PMmqBOSGXRjHKkKtkBmt8HA2anpoYkCQ63jTqeyn51Q/s1600/rusa2-awards-ultra-randonneur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYIKFgZddJ0dRfW3mEWfCxg6TdCzKjn6dkwRCBGeWXp6ej4bwaitIpLBxDQbN3f9c3H0dI_t2KDDNuvQZPIs6hlyMXo7AdL__PMmqBOSGXRjHKkKtkBmt8HA2anpoYkCQ63jTqeyn51Q/s320/rusa2-awards-ultra-randonneur.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><hr /><b style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Coast to Coast</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete four different RUSA 1200km or longer events over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Corinne Warren</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiukGRSpJFY2yVSpvMLcZWVN-xlisJPCclNsbrC-puRmtaQaWTArAk9SvThA2zJ9QRKtPzb_qlE2aOALNiE4vq7-DVRrrA5ItjxAhUTrZ3AtThSgOoKVyhZnESM0QNn4afte16ZDGKmCKDwSIrq6YX3rF7cR5yHjlrIXpdA39_KmkXjobxpR2klmLwT=s4515" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4515" data-original-width="3396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiukGRSpJFY2yVSpvMLcZWVN-xlisJPCclNsbrC-puRmtaQaWTArAk9SvThA2zJ9QRKtPzb_qlE2aOALNiE4vq7-DVRrrA5ItjxAhUTrZ3AtThSgOoKVyhZnESM0QNn4afte16ZDGKmCKDwSIrq6YX3rF7cR5yHjlrIXpdA39_KmkXjobxpR2klmLwT=s320" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>The new Coast-to-Coast plaque featuring event logos,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>developed by Dan Driscoll and Pam Wright</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><hr /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Mondial</b></div><div><i>Complete 40,000km in RUSA rides - was a lifetime achievement award,</i><br /><i>but can now be earned multiple times.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Vernon Smith</b></div><div><b>Corinne Warren</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKzbCTkbJHsfMakHrtUGOET3pdB9wAlzLDfP2lv18Vf4tmqoUVtVlcIFfcLyJF2kjrF3YtQvkUtGZpA7aEMZGuMgWet6fh9Kp_TYW0K5ygr103zgJvMWC0UstSp_D4JFYS3Ul6P4DWiY/s1600/rusa-awards-mondial.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKzbCTkbJHsfMakHrtUGOET3pdB9wAlzLDfP2lv18Vf4tmqoUVtVlcIFfcLyJF2kjrF3YtQvkUtGZpA7aEMZGuMgWet6fh9Kp_TYW0K5ygr103zgJvMWC0UstSp_D4JFYS3Ul6P4DWiY/s320/rusa-awards-mondial.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><hr /><br /><b style="color: #cc0000;">American Randonneur Challenge</b><br /><div><i>Complete two or more RUSA 1200km or longer events in one season.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Vernon Smith</b></div><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uev4ZscAni7vmy-q7arPMtadYWTVfcZ0S7wJjIvbZnRqojlVBBXogbkAUq9JfmCFTpjDTkkcc6Va5aBhRYroo5-dOB5x_pHLSMK-a7iE6GdTqhP6vqiaLiSg4os3rFF5alpRpvYVEfM/s1600/ARC+Award+2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uev4ZscAni7vmy-q7arPMtadYWTVfcZ0S7wJjIvbZnRqojlVBBXogbkAUq9JfmCFTpjDTkkcc6Va5aBhRYroo5-dOB5x_pHLSMK-a7iE6GdTqhP6vqiaLiSg4os3rFF5alpRpvYVEfM/s320/ARC+Award+2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Courtesy Randonneurs USA</i></td></tr></tbody></table><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">K-Hound</span></b><br /><i>Complete 10,000 km or more in RUSA events in one calendar year. You can also count foreign Grand Randonn</i><i>ées if needed. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><div><b>John Lee Ellis</b></div><div><b>Rashid Khan</b></div><div><b>Jennifer Moore</b></div><div><b>Vernon Smith</b></div><div><b>Corinne Warren</b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvCGeG4O1zAqIJwzGD17RkQCW98dTt6ZK6ZjHYMyBozYZRqsVf-xaDfIkHY0fSfGznNjyrHkQFahDcbIq2T4uTF_3ROG-zuiZzEIWeIXTsP4Fsz0YR455Dyk5uEe7utCROLcbNFpOUNQ/s1600/RUSA+K+Hound+Award.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="276" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvCGeG4O1zAqIJwzGD17RkQCW98dTt6ZK6ZjHYMyBozYZRqsVf-xaDfIkHY0fSfGznNjyrHkQFahDcbIq2T4uTF_3ROG-zuiZzEIWeIXTsP4Fsz0YR455Dyk5uEe7utCROLcbNFpOUNQ/s320/RUSA+K+Hound+Award.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><hr style="text-align: left;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rando Scout</span></b><br /><i>Ride at least 25 distinct RUSA populaire, brevet, or grand randonnée routes. No time limit.</i></div><div><i><br /></i><div><table align="center">
<tbody><tr><td><b>RUSA#</b></td><td><b>Routes</b></td><td><b>Rider</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>4653</td><td>34</td><td><b>BRUCE, Robert</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>5897</td><td>35</td><td><b>CRAMER, Cathy</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>8770</td><td>56</td><td><b>EHLMAN, Thomas</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>153</td><td>44</td><td><b>ELLIS, John Lee</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>4819</td><td>31</td><td><b>FELDMAN, Tim Foon</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>1471</td><td>66</td><td><b>FOLEY, Paul</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>3147</td><td>43</td><td><b>FOSS, Ronaele</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>12631</td><td>26</td><td><b>HARDING, Dustin</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>11847</td><td>27</td><td><b>HOWELL, Jim</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>11754</td><td>26</td><td><b>KHAN, Rashid</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>11133</td><td>30</td><td><b>KOVALENKO, Oksana</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>9094</td><td>31</td><td><b>LEDRU, Pascal</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>2145</td><td>33</td><td><b>LONG, Beth</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>6026</td><td>30</td><td><b>LOWE, Mark</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>1679</td><td>33</td><td><b>MANGIN, John</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>11755</td><td>31</td><td><b>MOORE, Jennifer</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>2129</td><td>34</td><td><b>MYERS, Brent</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>5471</td><td>26</td><td><b>NAKAMURA, Tammie</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>3112</td><td>27</td><td><b>RUPEL, Ray</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>3108</td><td>52</td><td><b>SHENK, Catherine</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>6276</td><td>32</td><td><b>SHLACHTER, Jeremy</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>1842</td><td>45</td><td><b>SMITH, Vernon</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>3551</td><td>35</td><td><b>SNAVELY, Henry</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>10173</td><td>34</td><td><b>TUREK, Michael</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>11024</td><td>28</td><td><b>TURNER, Jason</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>2307</td><td>27</td><td><b>WALSH, Bryce</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>7898</td><td>34</td><td><b>WARREN, Corinne</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>2993</td><td>28</td><td><b>WISS, Dick</b></td></tr>
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Maybe you don't have the personal time to achieve K-Hound mileage, but have the grit to complete an R-12 ride each month for a year in hot and cold, sun and snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set your own goals, and let your imagination and determination be your guides!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can find details on each of these awards via the <a href="http://www.rusa.org/awards.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Awards page</span></a>, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">including all those who've applied for recognition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Bonne route!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-jle</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-3209203946103547742022-12-16T16:03:00.081-08:002023-01-02T10:05:11.547-08:00Grand Randonnée Round-Up for 2023!<p><em style="text-align: center;">It's December, and the snow is only flying in the mountains, but it's cold enough here to be inside planning, so it's time to take a look at next year's </em><i><span style="text-align: center;">Grand </span>Randonnées</i><em style="text-align: center;">!</em></p><div style="text-align: center;">Six US <span>Grand </span><span style="text-align: left;">Randonnées are</span> scheduled for 2023:</div><div><ul><li><span><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>3/16</b></span> - <b><a href="https://www.cyclingforever.com/nefr1200" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Golden Falcon</span></a></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> FL </span></b> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> 4-LOOP </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>3/31</b></span> - <span><b><a href="https://hcrwebsite.appspot.com/EventPage?EventId=agxzfmhjcndlYnNpdGVyEwsSBkJyZXZldBiAgIDQ_JuYCww" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Quick and Dirty</span></a></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> TX </span></b> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> 4-LOOP </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>4/13</b></span> - <a href="http://tc1200.bicycleforlife.org/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Carolina Spring</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NC </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>5/18</b></span> - <b><a href="https://cascade1400.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Northern Virginia Cloverleaf</span></a></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> VA </span></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"><b style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> 4-LOOP </span></b></span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>6/20</b></span> - <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.rmccrides.com/brevet-cfr-main.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Colorado Front Range</span></a></span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b style="color: black;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> CO </span></b> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> 4-LOOP </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>9/8 </b></span> - <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.seattlerando.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Craters 1200</span></a> </span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #b45f06; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> WA </span></b></li></ul></div><div align="center"><span><b>Some Early Season Events! - </b>The Texas and Florida 1200k's in March are the earliest in the year in US history. And only two had been scheduled in April - two prior editions of Carolina Spring. </span></div><div align="center"><span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span><b>Route Shapes ... and Logistics</b> - Four of the events are four-loop events, which have become more and more popular. Three of these are genuinely "cloverleaf" - loop emanating to the four points of the compass from the ride finish. Ours (the Colorado Front Range 1200) is less so, because we are bounded by the Denver Metro Area, so we only go in certain directions. But the advantages for riders and organizers are the same: easier logistics, and easier to support.</span></div><div align="center"><span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span>At the other end of the spectrum is point-to-point (such as the Craters 1200), where riders need to think about getting back to the start, or home.</span></div><div align="center"><span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span><b>Paris-Brest-Paris - That Other Event</b> - Each of our US 1200k's prior to PBP can be ridden with lots of space between them and PBP. Either as prep, or just more 1200k fun! Some of you may choose one or more of these (or the Craters 1200, or a foreign <span>Grand </span><span style="text-align: left;">Randonnée </span>other than PBP) <i>instead of </i> PBP. Plenty of options!</span></div><div align="center"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="center"><strong style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong>♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">♦</span></strong></span></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here are "award motivations" for riding a </i><span><i>Grand Randonnée</i></span><i>:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_arc.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA American Randonneur Challenge</span></a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish two US grand randonnées in the same year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_c2c.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Coast-to-Coast</span></a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish four different US grand randonnées - over any number of years<br /><br /><div><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_c2c.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Cup</span></a></strong></div><div>Finish a US grand randonnée, a populaire, a team event, 200k, 300k, 400k, 600k, and 1000k, and enough extra to add up to 5000 km in 24 months. <i>(Extra time allowance for series spanning Covid timeframe.)</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_r10000.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ACP Randonneur 10000</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish PBP, another grand randonnée, two Super-Randonneur series (with 1000k's), an additional ACP 600k brevet with at least 8,000 m (26246 ft.) of climbing, a Fl<span style="text-align: left;">èche,</span> and other ACP/RM events within six years. <i>(Extra time allowance for series spanning Covid timeframe.)</i><br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.randonneursmondiaux.org/50-Challenge_Lepertel.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RM Challenge Lepertel</span></a></b><br />A 1200 km or longer event in each of 4 consecutive calendar years, one of which must be PBP.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Les Randonneurs Mondiaux has relaxed the requirement to complete a grand randonnée in each of four successive years. You can make up the year 2020 and 2021 by riding an extra </i><i>grand randonnée </i><i>in a successive year.</i></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And now details on the US </em><i>grand randonnées</i><em> ...</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br /></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI5IRBXR8pT4X06YbYaCqGlcIiybgZV-61Y_OvI9qx7Hb7XrvTuNeCyLFrSvBHep9wGNVd5_vVIz7uzGBjschW11CIYBtFig3bvmeQoeiXMkl8i4738LeSIcwAfQ4gNUrhsvI8I8zr2nShyQ2aDzL0WyeyOv_5kLJCExuAXFvRbrMf38m9svAf3Rx/s500/golden-falcon-1200-logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="500" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI5IRBXR8pT4X06YbYaCqGlcIiybgZV-61Y_OvI9qx7Hb7XrvTuNeCyLFrSvBHep9wGNVd5_vVIz7uzGBjschW11CIYBtFig3bvmeQoeiXMkl8i4738LeSIcwAfQ4gNUrhsvI8I8zr2nShyQ2aDzL0WyeyOv_5kLJCExuAXFvRbrMf38m9svAf3Rx/s320/golden-falcon-1200-logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />The <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.cyclingforever.com/nefr1200" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Golden Falcon</span></a></b> is a new event organized by the Northeast Florida Randonneurs. This is a new region, led by Hamid Akbarian, who is also RBA of the Northern Virginia region, and who has organized two 1200k's there. We should expect easy logistics for riders, since the route is a cloverleaf (based out of Jacksonville), and limited support during the event, mainly at the overnight venue. (The event is designed to be self-supporting.) Could be a benign way to ride an early-season 1200k. About the name: the event page says, "The Golden Falcon symbol was used during the first dynasty of Persian Empire to recognize the freedom of all the people under the Persian Empire, especially women & minorities."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthBeUJQS5WvewAyqeCE7GApP34zQ897pqlYBMUYB-A0Z6kkAISa2RCDSobSQr7KaGitn2FqxW9hseLCy3ayOL0X-Hadggtmw0vRF3X3bDa-XIl1Z2uuMS4aHvSQ_QZ9W9DTLrJumDMX914U-lH_3-HIDLdMXkk0hrCN6H8PzIA0F12JDF0IZjba88/s2950/quick-and-dirty-1200-logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2568" data-original-width="2950" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhthBeUJQS5WvewAyqeCE7GApP34zQ897pqlYBMUYB-A0Z6kkAISa2RCDSobSQr7KaGitn2FqxW9hseLCy3ayOL0X-Hadggtmw0vRF3X3bDa-XIl1Z2uuMS4aHvSQ_QZ9W9DTLrJumDMX914U-lH_3-HIDLdMXkk0hrCN6H8PzIA0F12JDF0IZjba88/s320/quick-and-dirty-1200-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://hcrwebsite.appspot.com/EventPage?EventId=agxzfmhjcndlYnNpdGVyEwsSBkJyZXZldBiAgIDQ_JuYCww" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Quick and Dirty</span></a></b> is a new event organized by the Hill Country Randonneurs. It will be a cloverleaf-route tour of the Texas Hill Country - one of the most attractive areas in Texas - based out of Austin. This is an attractive, hilly and wooded area with many quiet roads. Folks who've ridden the Texas Rando Stampede have sampled this area. Pay attention to the lodging setup and recommendations such as the "Host hotel deadline." This should be a good, scenic event with opportunities for camaraderie.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ6eHO4ECvEad_l_qVcbImD1Abw13j9a8xOri42Qb0EmlAghgx9XQuanir8elOpPT9GueI2niXNNs3DLVI4aBlKKVcA65fD9T8dI27QIdoE2oDSbgvwmIXZ5ZVtkXKabUF8v7Aw4r28Q2CWRw3rQgm3MJwcbhsyLgjd2G5Tk_Zld6Y5UEGSNVA7Bv/s200/carolinaspring.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="200" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQ6eHO4ECvEad_l_qVcbImD1Abw13j9a8xOri42Qb0EmlAghgx9XQuanir8elOpPT9GueI2niXNNs3DLVI4aBlKKVcA65fD9T8dI27QIdoE2oDSbgvwmIXZ5ZVtkXKabUF8v7Aw4r28Q2CWRw3rQgm3MJwcbhsyLgjd2G5Tk_Zld6Y5UEGSNVA7Bv/s1600/carolinaspring.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tc1200.bicycleforlife.org/" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Carolina Spring</span></a> continues the series of spring 1200k's organized by Tony Goodnight that have been well received, with a variety of routes over the years. Tony says, "There will be 3 sections into the Foothills of NC or VA, then to Sandhills of NC." All of these areas are attractive for cycling with nice terrain (some climbing in the foothills, and rolling terrain in the Sandhills). You are responsible for lodging, including en route, under the philosophy that one set of stages does not fit all riders. When I rode the Taste of Carolina, I made my own reservations a few hours beyond the third day's supported checkpoint because it made more sense for me. Worked out great.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTC_AB_7OQPlZDJA7cmijHnkK2KaYVg-arziVUuKXTY7ftI870ApBTeNAcFfyZ4J-N_H-f2X_BZxtVimbF49cu3x_lXyKpBzbPXtbkFdHo-7d4aAAtMd4OC4Te4VR386pQsHY1UzpbmLCYGgEZ8EYtxITM_DSRdtvkmyrq4YfZoBYSA98wgpyAD0Ny/s216/NVC1200Logo2021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="200" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTC_AB_7OQPlZDJA7cmijHnkK2KaYVg-arziVUuKXTY7ftI870ApBTeNAcFfyZ4J-N_H-f2X_BZxtVimbF49cu3x_lXyKpBzbPXtbkFdHo-7d4aAAtMd4OC4Te4VR386pQsHY1UzpbmLCYGgEZ8EYtxITM_DSRdtvkmyrq4YfZoBYSA98wgpyAD0Ny/s1600/NVC1200Logo2021.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <a href="https://www.cyclingforever.com/nvr1200" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Northern Virginia Cloverleaf 1200K</span></a> - based out of Sterling, VA - is the second edition of this challenging but logistically friendly ride. Limited support as is typical of the cloverleaf format, but expect excellent organization and a warm welcome from Hamid and Shab Akbarian. Christine Newman wrote a ride report of the first edition for the RUSA magazine, <i>American Randonneur.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_30PP6d3Pl65Uw51-5am3YBe9Chfd1uSg6yQhMPR6DYq2NHjQFsgAYPR_kuXYZrtWVHVEw7Ih18ZSybPlDUfjPxIy5pL0zn8HnkawYR_cnFiKiq-p7F66r8KAq_rUjEUMTFvWBLsCbwreMwqLd_0Tst8d9UdTU6iCpvKCvShY05c33VYgLrR512jJ/s2340/brevet-cfr-pix-logo-white-rmcc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="1538" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_30PP6d3Pl65Uw51-5am3YBe9Chfd1uSg6yQhMPR6DYq2NHjQFsgAYPR_kuXYZrtWVHVEw7Ih18ZSybPlDUfjPxIy5pL0zn8HnkawYR_cnFiKiq-p7F66r8KAq_rUjEUMTFvWBLsCbwreMwqLd_0Tst8d9UdTU6iCpvKCvShY05c33VYgLrR512jJ/s320/brevet-cfr-pix-logo-white-rmcc.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.rmccrides.com/brevet-cfr-main.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;" target="_blank">Colorado Front Range 1200</span></a></b> is a new event organized by Rocky Mountain Cycling Club. It is based out of Louisville, CO in Boulder County. Unlike the Colorado Last Chance 1200 and the Colorado High Country 1200, it uses the four-loop format like the cloverleaf 1200k's, but with the loops skewed to avoid population centers. It's a mix of canyons, Front Range mountains, and plains riding. It is based on the Solstice 1000k brevets (tacking on a 200k perm route), which can be ridden self-supported. Expect light event support but a scenic and challenging, and very doable event!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pYSlk_HjjpthYz2_K6wF-jthjtP2L0hPcE4z_KmkgJnIkVpgrOl0fkGIFj0e0HwtVa48vEbHp8b4DZ6FQBJQ6jGNCnHUirgQATRJl5eYepoXPv8rlnniyc850sYMsiGOg1FJe4RUIsU_iHJOOqEBU4FzEw2Jxl4dFA5cxLctO0eDogUBd4aST8HB/s1000/craters-logo-2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="612" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pYSlk_HjjpthYz2_K6wF-jthjtP2L0hPcE4z_KmkgJnIkVpgrOl0fkGIFj0e0HwtVa48vEbHp8b4DZ6FQBJQ6jGNCnHUirgQATRJl5eYepoXPv8rlnniyc850sYMsiGOg1FJe4RUIsU_iHJOOqEBU4FzEw2Jxl4dFA5cxLctO0eDogUBd4aST8HB/s320/craters-logo-2023.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seattle International Randonneurs' <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.seattlerando.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Craters 1200</span></a> </b><span style="text-align: left;">is the second edition of this evocative event, although 1000k versions had been held earlier. With segments along the Pacific Coast, culminating at Crater Lake in Oregon, it is definitely alluring. Expect good organization, from one of the largest rando clubs in the nation. It is the only point-to-point US 1200k this year, so pay attention to the logistics issues of getting back home from the finish.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000;">Foreign Randonneurs Mondiaux Grand Randonnées</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n3Pm8B_ZuYnAuodfTY1lJGZAih-OZ2lANlGlx-lEZfd3zRH8XzE9S9J2ElMNwEXUylYeYzI5Bs_CCnn3Y94nPaZtYyw-EmNyT92EBiW7V6QA-mkYUjzTB_s5tehKqsLDXf5f23obBmr0BFh4fRgEmF_icVO2yguV67ZGcTDY069TTwYDARsGl9yx/s717/logo-LRM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="717" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n3Pm8B_ZuYnAuodfTY1lJGZAih-OZ2lANlGlx-lEZfd3zRH8XzE9S9J2ElMNwEXUylYeYzI5Bs_CCnn3Y94nPaZtYyw-EmNyT92EBiW7V6QA-mkYUjzTB_s5tehKqsLDXf5f23obBmr0BFh4fRgEmF_icVO2yguV67ZGcTDY069TTwYDARsGl9yx/s320/logo-LRM.png" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a look at the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQEKjmKDVfUEqPK5hDBYK56IaS5BEmW5L9QseDHJfjtV0FvtxhOuNp9oGRLeoAklNy8hDyGAxxp8fdn/pubhtml?gid=1480200001&single=true" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Les Randonneurs Mondiaux calendar for 202</span></b></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>3</b></span> for listings of Grand Randonnées worldwide. There are 68 events for 2023, despite it's being a PBP year. Some of these could be really evocative events and something new for you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;">22 in India</li><li style="text-align: left;">11 in Australia</li><li style="text-align: left;">6 in the US (as mentioned above)</li><li style="text-align: left;">1 or 2 in other countries</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk2AqgcgIIO6yxmnZwJoDR4_O_y-AAtavNO2CH7HH67S-NzPFjjm2zPMYnCjaTOCU8Q42e6sHNZwd_1Tyoz_gQFzer0eU8bew8KDhd_w73cBYJ5dI4Q6VaK_WoVH3tpCiMSukrMhH1TCmTVPYrXvYLJrButq-JJwEmc4qIdPXbjpVrY_bHBaehbQZ/s459/pbp23-logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="72" data-original-width="459" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk2AqgcgIIO6yxmnZwJoDR4_O_y-AAtavNO2CH7HH67S-NzPFjjm2zPMYnCjaTOCU8Q42e6sHNZwd_1Tyoz_gQFzer0eU8bew8KDhd_w73cBYJ5dI4Q6VaK_WoVH3tpCiMSukrMhH1TCmTVPYrXvYLJrButq-JJwEmc4qIdPXbjpVrY_bHBaehbQZ/s320/pbp23-logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;">The 20th edition of </span></span></span><a href="https://www.paris-brest-paris.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Paris Brest Paris</span></b></a> kicks off on August 20, 2023. This grandest of Grand Randonnées requires a fair amount of thought, preparation and planning, everything from which start group and starting wave to where to sleep during the ride to where to stay before and after the event. In addition to the ACP's PBP website, See the <a href="https://rusa.org/pages/pbp" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA PBP main page</span></a> and <a href="https://rusa.org/pages/pbp-faq" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">PBP FAQ page</span></a> for more info.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong><strong>♦</strong><strong> </strong></span></span><strong style="color: #cc0000;">♦</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Choosing and Riding a Grand Randonn</span></strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ée</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My traditional advice ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While all grand randonnées aim to provide you a memorable experience, there are many styles of events, kinds of challenges, services, and what you get for your fee. So investigate and find which ones suit your personal goals!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Scenic and Challenging or Social ... or Both?</strong></span> - Each of these events is challenging, of course, and any can be social with the right attitude and discipline. But it can be easier to stick together as a group if the route is more moderated in its climbs, exposure, etc. Riding with a group may be important to you. Or you may be longing for that special, bracing experience, and willing to ride stretches alone or with a few friends who've agreed to stick together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Your Ride Plan?</strong></span> - Some events provide a pretty definitive idea of where you should sleep. Others provide some accommodations at a number of controls. Still others leave you totally to your own devices.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><b>» Stage-Oriented</b> </em></span>events have suggested riding segments per day, with overnight facilities provided at the ends of those segments. They have become more popular over the years. This scheme promotes rider cohesiveness, and allows riders to regroup on successive morning starts. They also allow the organizers to concentrate their lodging and food support at fewer points, making for upgraded lodging options and cost savings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><b>» "Freestyle" </b></em></span>events come in variations on two themes: many staffed controls with sleep options (some of which may be limited, but still a place to sleep), such as Paris-Brest-Paris and the Rocky Mountain 1200; or no event-provided lodging, leaving you to research ahead of time, and make your own arrangements based on your ride plan, likely with a more economical entry fee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It can be satisfying to tune your ride to how things are going, or to your own personal way of riding. It can also be comforting not to have to think about that, and just ride well-thought-out stages. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><em>Pre-visualize how you'd ride the event you've chosen or are considering, and how the event structure supports or can accommodate your needs.</em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Services / Lodging Provided?</strong></span> - Are there regular opportunities to get food (either event-supplied or in stores) and shelter / lodging (either event-supplied or motels en route)? The Big Wild Ride 1200k in Alaska, for example, advised riders there could be stretches up to 200km where you'd need to be self-contained (except for water). This requires more planning on your part, but the reward could be a remote, scenic trip hard to match.</div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Effort and Expense</strong> </span>- Finally, while it may not affect which event you choose, research the total cost of riding the event. The entry fee may a small part, when added to transportation and lodging - and the logistics of getting to/from the start line. International events clearly can be more trouble and expense, and some US events are easier to get to than others, too. If it's a trade-off between economizing and the exotic, you may find the new or exotic worth the extra cost and trouble, or not. It all depends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- - - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plenty to whet your appetite and take you to new places in 2023. So start imagining, planning, ... and training!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>-jle</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-6765032819954945952022-03-05T11:02:00.002-08:002022-03-05T11:10:32.311-08:00Colorado Rando Awardees - 2021 Round-Up!<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Here are Colorado randos who've earned RUSA and ACP awards in 2021!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Once again this year, w</i><i>e recognize you, our friends, </i><i>because you have pursued this or that challenge, and through commitment, persistence, and discomfort, have managed to achieve it!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">2021 - Rebounding After a Difficult Year </span>- </b>For a time through 2020, there were no events and perms to ride. We can happily see that things are pretty much back to normal in 2021, with plenty of new awardees and the usual overachievers!<br /><br />For most of these awards, you need to apply to be recognized. You don't need to purchase the physical award. What's important is the goal and the accomplishment. For some, the physical award is a nice momento.<br /><br />Some are challenges within the current year or a twelve-month period. Others recognize achievement over a number of years.<br /><br />We congratulate our fellow randos for their persistence in achieving their goals!<br /><br />You can see our cumulative awardees across the years here:<br /><b><a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetsuperrandonneur.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Super Randonneur</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetaward-r12.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-12 / P-12</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetrandonneur5000.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-5000 / 10000</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetaward-other-rusa.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Others</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><hr /><table style="color: firebrick;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">One-Year Awards</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Super Randonneur</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">R-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">P-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">American Randonneur </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Challenge</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">K-Hound</span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Multi-Year Awards</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">RUSA Cup</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Randonneur 5000</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Randonneur 10000</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra Randonneur</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Coast-to-Coast</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Mondial</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra R-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">American Explorer</span></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">— <b>other awards not covered here </b>—</span></i></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">RUSA Distance Awards</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra K-Hound</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Rando Scout</span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra P-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Galaxy</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Rouleur</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Super Randonneur</b></span></div><div><i>Complete brevets of 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km in one year.</i><br /><i><br /></i>16 awardees in 2021,</div><div>up from 0 in 2020.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>ELLIS, John Lee</b></div><div><b>FEY, Jonathan</b></div><div><b>FOLEY, Paul A</b></div><div><b>HARTOKOLIS, Nate</b></div><div><b>HOWELL, Jim</b></div><div><b>KHAN, Rashid</b></div><div><b>LEDRU, Pascal</b></div><div><b>LOWE, Mark</b></div><div><b>MANGIN, John</b></div><div><b>MOORE, Jennifer</b></div><div><b>RAMOS, Mateo</b></div><div><b>SMITH, Vernon</b></div><div><b>TUREK, Michael</b></div><div><b>TURNER, Jason</b></div><div><b>WARREN, Corinne</b></div><div><b>WITTER, Erin</b></div></div><div><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-YA1kutGohsku2lvvQHZOeQeRYrDm97jOJrOOLhzot4x6_hOp8yrZd3fQyx5RjHek7hkMHf77zkTPMQskUpyFMZzgAQ3LO8nakWvBTu59cabhBoc06Ci2xAm8cct-qR_c5hnPrfw20/s1600/sr+medal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-YA1kutGohsku2lvvQHZOeQeRYrDm97jOJrOOLhzot4x6_hOp8yrZd3fQyx5RjHek7hkMHf77zkTPMQskUpyFMZzgAQ3LO8nakWvBTu59cabhBoc06Ci2xAm8cct-qR_c5hnPrfw20/s400/sr+medal.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><hr /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete a 200km or longer RUSA ride in each of 12 consecutive months.</i><br /><i>Listed in order of achieving.</i><br /><br /><div><b>Henry Snavely</b> [6]</div><div><b>Jim Howell</b> [2]</div><div><b>Paul Foley</b> [7]</div><div><b>Michael Turek</b> [5]</div><div><b>Len Szmurlo</b> [2]</div><div><b>John Mangin</b> [3]</div><div><b>Jennifer Moore</b> (F)</div><div>J<b>eremy Shlachter</b> [2]</div><div><b>Nate Hartokolis</b></div><div><b>Dustin Harding</b> [3]</div><div><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWWenxnVUV3N4s4C7sgRzBr5R4vQ8w5TkuyHN5FAcTzquUEnk698DvJnugodsAfvcZSaM81I2Iglmk7nwLwXxMJiP0F9TZB3KlUPgiZlEmTUPuTBhp00G2S-h8FbnYQutkblJbTjCpVU/s1600/rusa2-awards-r-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWWenxnVUV3N4s4C7sgRzBr5R4vQ8w5TkuyHN5FAcTzquUEnk698DvJnugodsAfvcZSaM81I2Iglmk7nwLwXxMJiP0F9TZB3KlUPgiZlEmTUPuTBhp00G2S-h8FbnYQutkblJbTjCpVU/s320/rusa2-awards-r-12.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra R-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete ten R-12's (need not be contiguous)</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCeR5tewNKv_AfKRU1vaNJmbQ0-QLXRjAzJFJRncXSmHpstUTjjrje5664PN280Onh4Eq2rBSO1uFDypoPogwbYGMZHa41otdh7nJQ5GuF0TnAKTR8bvmsW49S5RhY79n3YmYe0xb2hc/s1600/rusa2-awards-ultra-r-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCeR5tewNKv_AfKRU1vaNJmbQ0-QLXRjAzJFJRncXSmHpstUTjjrje5664PN280Onh4Eq2rBSO1uFDypoPogwbYGMZHa41otdh7nJQ5GuF0TnAKTR8bvmsW49S5RhY79n3YmYe0xb2hc/s320/rusa2-awards-ultra-r-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">P-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ride a 100km to 199km RUSA ride in each of twelve consecutive months.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b>Paul Foley</b> [3]</div><div><b>Malcolm Fraser</b> [4]</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjXELecuwD7oyJo7zFXHVeX0bg-RvcuJ1Ev1NkGXji0qa9f1sLsrSebXgfIlyUeOve8M1XKq-kFCljKZ9CoFcu3-FxLbhe7azZ2LH3vqnRi7PBSRUp1O3ciARgn65QOdeX7chCfldj6w/s1600/rusa2-awards-p-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjXELecuwD7oyJo7zFXHVeX0bg-RvcuJ1Ev1NkGXji0qa9f1sLsrSebXgfIlyUeOve8M1XKq-kFCljKZ9CoFcu3-FxLbhe7azZ2LH3vqnRi7PBSRUp1O3ciARgn65QOdeX7chCfldj6w/s320/rusa2-awards-p-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ACP Randonneur 5000</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ride 5000 km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, and 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets within 48 months. (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Paul Foley</b> [3]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ACP Randonneur 10000</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ride 10000 km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, two series of 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets, and a Super Randonn</i><span style="text-align: left;"><i>ée 600k </i></span><i>within 72 months (six years). (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>John Lee Ellis</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>- plus these from 2018 -</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Paul Foley</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>John Mangin</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4Y5xCPnwGdhWbqe4s4rS1P48zKosEiOf8dXUSh285brQQ15Ys5TDzF5jDK57K1BN33PUq5C42-YPwZpnwKqoI2sPnxN29CDJXXzFrB45aORCziMV2QyIJkJ41eUpQmvT6jUIgQV_OY6VRuwFivC4foPLkduzi4IIweyJE0E6x5H04cGDVCNJQi_Nc=s256" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="256" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4Y5xCPnwGdhWbqe4s4rS1P48zKosEiOf8dXUSh285brQQ15Ys5TDzF5jDK57K1BN33PUq5C42-YPwZpnwKqoI2sPnxN29CDJXXzFrB45aORCziMV2QyIJkJ41eUpQmvT6jUIgQV_OY6VRuwFivC4foPLkduzi4IIweyJE0E6x5H04cGDVCNJQi_Nc" width="256" /></a></div><br /></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And now for RUSA awards that randonneurs can work towards over multiple years ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">American Explorer</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cover at least ten different U.S. states and territories on RUSA rides.</i><br /><i>New to the American Explorer award, </i><br /><i>or added states in 2021</i><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAeIVg3JFFCzkMooY_xW79_ch18bEqOf_t2Q9fKbxnw58gtF2HGYCCr1thO5Mj78g1UynGjK19PMteAUnumxeDUBFKfSWVo3FSDNoM9lxo7ynBXKzgRN1Pt1r5UOmF0r5XbzFVpBydI/s1600/rusa2-awards-american-explorer+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAeIVg3JFFCzkMooY_xW79_ch18bEqOf_t2Q9fKbxnw58gtF2HGYCCr1thO5Mj78g1UynGjK19PMteAUnumxeDUBFKfSWVo3FSDNoM9lxo7ynBXKzgRN1Pt1r5UOmF0r5XbzFVpBydI/s320/rusa2-awards-american-explorer+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Cup</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete at least one of each type of RUSA event, accumulating at least 5000km over a two-year period.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gdGQOEBXOMWoEnn37tGNZT_roFwjVKlIU8XbuQ_LOYr6bi6xsWSgVbGIQqCt6Kz157ODCtZv95B3ns_fQM3tdl4MbFOsm_tf8VSETvzfKCBHtht6CxksWMYgEbT1S422NfKRMCyqpLY/s1600/rusa2-awards-rusa-cup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gdGQOEBXOMWoEnn37tGNZT_roFwjVKlIU8XbuQ_LOYr6bi6xsWSgVbGIQqCt6Kz157ODCtZv95B3ns_fQM3tdl4MbFOsm_tf8VSETvzfKCBHtht6CxksWMYgEbT1S422NfKRMCyqpLY/s320/rusa2-awards-rusa-cup.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra Randonneur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete ten Super Randonneur series over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYIKFgZddJ0dRfW3mEWfCxg6TdCzKjn6dkwRCBGeWXp6ej4bwaitIpLBxDQbN3f9c3H0dI_t2KDDNuvQZPIs6hlyMXo7AdL__PMmqBOSGXRjHKkKtkBmt8HA2anpoYkCQ63jTqeyn51Q/s1600/rusa2-awards-ultra-randonneur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYIKFgZddJ0dRfW3mEWfCxg6TdCzKjn6dkwRCBGeWXp6ej4bwaitIpLBxDQbN3f9c3H0dI_t2KDDNuvQZPIs6hlyMXo7AdL__PMmqBOSGXRjHKkKtkBmt8HA2anpoYkCQ63jTqeyn51Q/s320/rusa2-awards-ultra-randonneur.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><hr /><b style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Coast to Coast</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete four different RUSA 1200km or longer events over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>John Lee Ellis </b>[3]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>- from 2019 - just applied for -</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiukGRSpJFY2yVSpvMLcZWVN-xlisJPCclNsbrC-puRmtaQaWTArAk9SvThA2zJ9QRKtPzb_qlE2aOALNiE4vq7-DVRrrA5ItjxAhUTrZ3AtThSgOoKVyhZnESM0QNn4afte16ZDGKmCKDwSIrq6YX3rF7cR5yHjlrIXpdA39_KmkXjobxpR2klmLwT=s4515" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4515" data-original-width="3396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiukGRSpJFY2yVSpvMLcZWVN-xlisJPCclNsbrC-puRmtaQaWTArAk9SvThA2zJ9QRKtPzb_qlE2aOALNiE4vq7-DVRrrA5ItjxAhUTrZ3AtThSgOoKVyhZnESM0QNn4afte16ZDGKmCKDwSIrq6YX3rF7cR5yHjlrIXpdA39_KmkXjobxpR2klmLwT=s320" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The new Coast-to-Coast plaque featuring event logos,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>developed by Dan Driscoll and Pam Wright</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><hr /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Mondial</b></div><div><i>Complete 40,000km in RUSA rides - was a lifetime achievement award,</i><br /><i>but can now be earned multiple times.</i></div><br /><b>John Mangin</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Henry Snavely<br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKzbCTkbJHsfMakHrtUGOET3pdB9wAlzLDfP2lv18Vf4tmqoUVtVlcIFfcLyJF2kjrF3YtQvkUtGZpA7aEMZGuMgWet6fh9Kp_TYW0K5ygr103zgJvMWC0UstSp_D4JFYS3Ul6P4DWiY/s1600/rusa-awards-mondial.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKzbCTkbJHsfMakHrtUGOET3pdB9wAlzLDfP2lv18Vf4tmqoUVtVlcIFfcLyJF2kjrF3YtQvkUtGZpA7aEMZGuMgWet6fh9Kp_TYW0K5ygr103zgJvMWC0UstSp_D4JFYS3Ul6P4DWiY/s320/rusa-awards-mondial.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><hr /><br /><b style="color: #cc0000;">American Randonneur Challenge</b><br /><div><i>Complete two or more RUSA 1200km or longer events in one season.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Paul Foley</b></div><div><b>Vernon Smith<br /></b><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uev4ZscAni7vmy-q7arPMtadYWTVfcZ0S7wJjIvbZnRqojlVBBXogbkAUq9JfmCFTpjDTkkcc6Va5aBhRYroo5-dOB5x_pHLSMK-a7iE6GdTqhP6vqiaLiSg4os3rFF5alpRpvYVEfM/s1600/ARC+Award+2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uev4ZscAni7vmy-q7arPMtadYWTVfcZ0S7wJjIvbZnRqojlVBBXogbkAUq9JfmCFTpjDTkkcc6Va5aBhRYroo5-dOB5x_pHLSMK-a7iE6GdTqhP6vqiaLiSg4os3rFF5alpRpvYVEfM/s320/ARC+Award+2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Courtesy Randonneurs USA</i></td></tr></tbody></table><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">K-Hound</span></b><br /><i>Complete 10,000 km or more in RUSA events in one calendar year. You can also count foreign Grand Randonn</i><i>ées if needed. </i><br /><br /><b>Paul Foley</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dustin Harding</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jim Howell</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Vernon Smith<br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvCGeG4O1zAqIJwzGD17RkQCW98dTt6ZK6ZjHYMyBozYZRqsVf-xaDfIkHY0fSfGznNjyrHkQFahDcbIq2T4uTF_3ROG-zuiZzEIWeIXTsP4Fsz0YR455Dyk5uEe7utCROLcbNFpOUNQ/s1600/RUSA+K+Hound+Award.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="276" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvCGeG4O1zAqIJwzGD17RkQCW98dTt6ZK6ZjHYMyBozYZRqsVf-xaDfIkHY0fSfGznNjyrHkQFahDcbIq2T4uTF_3ROG-zuiZzEIWeIXTsP4Fsz0YR455Dyk5uEe7utCROLcbNFpOUNQ/s320/RUSA+K+Hound+Award.jpg" width="237" /></a><br /><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></div><hr style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Final Thought</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">RUSA has created these awards over time to give you more and more diverse goals to shoot for. Maybe you don't have the personal time to achieve K-Hound mileage, but have the grit to complete an R-12 ride each month for a year in hot and cold, sun and snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set your own goals, and let your imagination and determination be your guides!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can find details on each of these awards via the <a href="http://www.rusa.org/awards.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Awards page</span></a>, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">including all those who've applied for recognition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Bonne route!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-jle</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-40490227963838405392021-11-12T12:07:00.006-08:002021-11-15T12:29:04.343-08:00Grand Randonnée Round-Up for 2022!<p> <em style="text-align: center;">It's November, and although the snow is only flying in the mountains so far, it's time to take a look at next year's </em><i><span style="text-align: center;">Grand </span>Randonnées</i><em style="text-align: center;">!</em></p><div style="text-align: center;">A record nine US <span>Grand </span><span style="text-align: left;">Randonnées are</span> scheduled for 2022:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>5/19</b></span> - <b><a href="http://www.cyclingforever.com/treasurecove.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Treasure Cove 1200</span></a></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>6/1</b> </span> - <b><a href="https://davisbikeclub.org/ultra-distance-brevets-and-randonneuring/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gold Rush Randonnée</span></a></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>6/9</b> </span> - <b><a href="https://masondixon1200.org/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mason Dixon 1200k</span></a></b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>6/24</b></span> - <b><a href="https://cascade1400.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cascade 1400</span></a></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>7/13</b></span> - <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.distancerider.net/LOL1200/LOL1200Index.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lap of the Lake</span></a> </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b> *</li><li><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: courier;">7/31</span></span></b> - <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.njrandonneurs.org/ny-m-ny-1200k.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">New York - Montréal - New York</span></a> </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b> *</li><li><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: courier;">8/15</span></span></b> - <b><a href="https://couleechallenge.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Coulee Challenge</span></a></b></li><li><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>9/3 </b></span> - <b><a href="http://rmccrides.com/lastchance.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Colorado Last Chance</span></a></b></li><li><b style="font-family: courier;">9/7 </b> - <b><a href="http://distancerider.net/WNYWaterfalls1200/Waterfalls1200Index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">WNY Waterfalls</span></a></b></li></ul><div>* First scheduled in 2020 and then in 2021, but cancelled both times because of COVID.</div></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="center"><strong style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong>♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">♦</span></strong></span></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Here are some "award motivations" for riding a </i><span><i>Grand Randonnée</i></span><i>:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_arc.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA American Randonneur Challenge</span></a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish two US grand randonnées in the same year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_c2c.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Coast-to-Coast</span></a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish four different US grand randonnées - over any number of years<br /><br /><div><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_c2c.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Cup</span></a></strong></div><div>Finish a US grand randonnée, a populaire, a team event, 200k, 300k, 400k, 600k, and 1000k, and enough extra to add up to 5000 km in 24 months.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_r10000.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ACP Randonneur-10000</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish PBP, another grand randonnée, a Super Randonnée 600, two Super-Randonneur series (with 1000k's), a Fl<span style="text-align: left;">èche,</span> and other events within six years.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.randonneursmondiaux.org/50-Challenge_Lepertel.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RM Challenge Lepertel</span></a> </b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b><br />A 1200 km or longer event in each of 4 consecutive calendar years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Les Randonneurs Mondiaux has relaxed the requirement to complete a grand randonnée in each of four successive years. You can make up the year 2020 and 2021 by riding an extra </i><i>grand randonnée </i><i>in a successive year.</i></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And now some details on the US </em><i>grand randonnées</i><em> ...</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF6W8FCX8sN8PnT4XWt9BKLvJlxcI6OjEhyoLDrc8ECN_CLAsyfgtLFrU9w7xiIVxuFQUGmudEA5jOo_7fX_zCZrGkwhiCenf3_RQrfpGb8IVBLRctJafnTqJeWUmAdc1276rIvYdK0E/s209/nvr-logo-fromjersey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="200" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF6W8FCX8sN8PnT4XWt9BKLvJlxcI6OjEhyoLDrc8ECN_CLAsyfgtLFrU9w7xiIVxuFQUGmudEA5jOo_7fX_zCZrGkwhiCenf3_RQrfpGb8IVBLRctJafnTqJeWUmAdc1276rIvYdK0E/s0/nvr-logo-fromjersey.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.cyclingforever.com/treasurecove.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Treasure Cove 1200</span></a></b> is a new event organized by Northern Virginia Randonneurs, who organized the inaugural Northern Virginia Clover 1200k in 2021. This one claims to have much less climbing, starting out with a visit to the coastal plains are of the Virginia Tidewater, and incursing into North Carolina. Riders will get their share of hills, though in western Virginia and West Virginia. The NVR 1200 was well organized in 2021, and we can only expect the same of this one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span><span style="text-align: left;">─</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61KS8IU3GogBGV88rX0uR8Bts-NAxvbxNIbux28N14a_RCPZjmacbf4-urCqeih5du7bAf491v3JnwFTYLYoBuOvWJvJg9VGdhGOxjUXdB4KwzR4oNiAFlx55wj0_SdMZ1oQTFb-mfDI/s181/GrrLogo.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="135" data-original-width="181" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61KS8IU3GogBGV88rX0uR8Bts-NAxvbxNIbux28N14a_RCPZjmacbf4-urCqeih5du7bAf491v3JnwFTYLYoBuOvWJvJg9VGdhGOxjUXdB4KwzR4oNiAFlx55wj0_SdMZ1oQTFb-mfDI/s0/GrrLogo.gif" width="181" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is the 6th edition of the <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://davisbikeclub.org/ultra-distance-brevets-and-randonneuring/" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gold Rush Randonnée</span></a>, featuring a beautiful and rugged exploration of Northern California, including the Feather River Canyon. The GRR is the second oldest US </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Grand </span>Randonnée, dating back to 2001. Davis Bike Club provides excellent and comprehensive support, with plenty of staff and a numerous sleep venues, so you can tailor your own ride, or adapt as you go.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihS2wl-1BP-p0zIOEgqIsG60GlbjR6k8Dva79k3UQjLX0EmRFcnw76i25QSB541KAJSd9ykwMyjwe-rm7lutonXvLWzqQNRbVw_kqypz6YyOgDFIgrPGKdtslRZbHyFGB1ICfIhzrs9d4/s200/masondixon1200logo72_600bug2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihS2wl-1BP-p0zIOEgqIsG60GlbjR6k8Dva79k3UQjLX0EmRFcnw76i25QSB541KAJSd9ykwMyjwe-rm7lutonXvLWzqQNRbVw_kqypz6YyOgDFIgrPGKdtslRZbHyFGB1ICfIhzrs9d4/s0/masondixon1200logo72_600bug2022.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="text-align: left;">The <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://masondixon1200.org/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mason Dixon 1200k</span></a> </b><span style="text-align: left;">is a new event organized by DC Randonneurs, who organized the successful Blue Ridge to Bay 1200 in 2018. "</span>The route includes the Blue Ridge and South mountains, Shenandoah Valley, the iconic Antietam and Gettysburg battlefields, and Pennsylvania Dutch Country, all in the Mason Dixon region that functionally separated Union and Confederate territories." So, an historic bent to this event, and sounds like similar locales covered to the Shenandoah 1200 of earlier times.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9E8X168gEK8rI_h3TSR5mmWwkITXOOMuOA0VqrXuojYgdmeDIt0qQrDc3ohdKxS7KTIDo1XZCvC8u3i0QiyOlr1nfLGWVapYXf1RcwiANcrthGKhvZ6nFyGCViZI5ITmgerCwaGU0uo/s200/cascade-1400-2022.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9E8X168gEK8rI_h3TSR5mmWwkITXOOMuOA0VqrXuojYgdmeDIt0qQrDc3ohdKxS7KTIDo1XZCvC8u3i0QiyOlr1nfLGWVapYXf1RcwiANcrthGKhvZ6nFyGCViZI5ITmgerCwaGU0uo/s0/cascade-1400-2022.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seattle International Randonneurs is offering a new, and longer route for the <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://cascade1400.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cascade 1400</span></a>. Preliminary route info suggests a point-to-point route starting on the <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Peninsula"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Olympic Peninsula</span></a>,</span> crossing to the east side of the Cascades, and returning over the North Cascade Highway to finish north of Seattle. Could be an epic and expansive ride, opening up new territory for this event!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGUtXs2TzA52RGGcTa3YqU72nRYNa-VfyjD3pblRUSiLW2NdrOR7Voc8JCjAqlYPPJ-kDRaGZ62CyeFwZJcQobUP8LY8gtD7nuin9nzUpgyEbAjhtZ3m5EHKTMh1JsBRgDemx6q_8xqo/s1600/LOL1200k-Logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGUtXs2TzA52RGGcTa3YqU72nRYNa-VfyjD3pblRUSiLW2NdrOR7Voc8JCjAqlYPPJ-kDRaGZ62CyeFwZJcQobUP8LY8gtD7nuin9nzUpgyEbAjhtZ3m5EHKTMh1JsBRgDemx6q_8xqo/s1600/LOL1200k-Logo.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.distancerider.net/LOL1200/LOL1200Index.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lap of the Lake 1200</span></a> </span></b>is a circuit of Lake Ontario. So a portion of the route is in Ontario, Canada. It is based on the Lap of the Lake 1000k, which Pete Dusel has organized for years. "Please make your plans assuming this is a self supported ride."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGfrrMl7NkTiSZkx4RwYYJ5BtQduZxL75lrjnE-nrAK8XG2aLWfX83Uhr7mqBFO-OdcPoOEwsHFtyMrxtGEnAwmfRlLHrOwM74rOc_gC183uC5jigezAX_kHK2QjgF0Ka1sCY5Nee9ZY/s200/NJ1200.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGfrrMl7NkTiSZkx4RwYYJ5BtQduZxL75lrjnE-nrAK8XG2aLWfX83Uhr7mqBFO-OdcPoOEwsHFtyMrxtGEnAwmfRlLHrOwM74rOc_gC183uC5jigezAX_kHK2QjgF0Ka1sCY5Nee9ZY/s0/NJ1200.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.njrandonneurs.org/ny-m-ny-1200k.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">New York - Montréal - New York</span></a></span></b> is "a long skinny loop, visiting six ranges of the Northeast Appalachians." It starts in the New York City suburbs and turns around near Montréal in Québec.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2j85cDo47aymuw7tWIT2m2o4wBbO_64P00Dn4xMLDW7ol58vnHt9aYeVa_6tQNwTSdUA1NxTgkKLz5EjlHYw5eB2LKPMm0_IuIxC0RCP6Tk4-cwOhnEE0mXM3m7aViNynR-rCdv3W6M/s200/Coulee+Challenge+Final+Logo-01.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="200" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn2j85cDo47aymuw7tWIT2m2o4wBbO_64P00Dn4xMLDW7ol58vnHt9aYeVa_6tQNwTSdUA1NxTgkKLz5EjlHYw5eB2LKPMm0_IuIxC0RCP6Tk4-cwOhnEE0mXM3m7aViNynR-rCdv3W6M/s0/Coulee+Challenge+Final+Logo-01.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the second edition of the <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://couleechallenge.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Coulee Challenge</span></a>, organized by Minnesota Randonneurs. A number of us rode the inaugural event in 2018 and had a great time! Yes, there are some stiff climbs up the coulees, but plenty of pastoral scenery to calm the experience, and great support. Plus the chance to sample, compare, and debate about the virtue of Minnesota vs. Wisconsin cheese curds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsICeFck5qexAobDRXuwNoMQrRo3KNqldL6T01gDX2fdS5bXh5BMFeUL9wdGfgGCmZ4m7ESAyxCCgrQjrBWIWR2bhtLh5eK_M33cxXAGWg9ckm26upxY6jDBMrGz5YV_Eghkuw7ammykk/s364/logolastchance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="364" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsICeFck5qexAobDRXuwNoMQrRo3KNqldL6T01gDX2fdS5bXh5BMFeUL9wdGfgGCmZ4m7ESAyxCCgrQjrBWIWR2bhtLh5eK_M33cxXAGWg9ckm26upxY6jDBMrGz5YV_Eghkuw7ammykk/s320/logolastchance.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the 12th edition of the <span style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://rmccrides.com/lastchance.htm" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Colorado Last Chance</span></a>. We may return to our pre-2017 two-state format (east on US-36 until some point in Kansas), but may have some new things in store. This is a good ride to do in a group, because the terrain makes it easy to stay together, and the possible wind makes it inviting to do so.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJaxW80hWbpYAue2xiaAbOvx01YIepqRE2MPW6q4ots_QpC28Us7s9fb98EbMJp-ch2Kq8bGMSaT2KnXv2XDjCC11aWK-fnuG9I4Y-Oy5maYVu4XwVVKNI30xMmninMGteYI67BtiOag/s200/Waterfall1200kMedal-annotated+R1.0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJaxW80hWbpYAue2xiaAbOvx01YIepqRE2MPW6q4ots_QpC28Us7s9fb98EbMJp-ch2Kq8bGMSaT2KnXv2XDjCC11aWK-fnuG9I4Y-Oy5maYVu4XwVVKNI30xMmninMGteYI67BtiOag/s0/Waterfall1200kMedal-annotated+R1.0.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the second edition of Pete Dusel's <b style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://distancerider.net/WNYWaterfalls1200/Waterfalls1200Index.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">WNY Waterfalls</span></a> </b><span style="text-align: left;">1200k. Pete created this event in 2021 to substitute for LOL, since the Canadian border was closed. Riders loved the waterfalls and other nice scenery of Western New York. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong>♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">♦</span></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Foreign Grand Randonnées</span></b> - Have a look at the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTVPNLvQkJDKwO4axHHy4P7DnibG9bd8IA-bvz31ah_N1BZogM7Wo3CMrDhT3FyIdadJfltwcqjEpn3/pubhtml?gid=1480200001&single=true" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Les Randonneurs Mondiaux calendar for 2022</span></b></a> for listings of Grand Randonnées worldwide. Among the 93 events for 2022:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><ul><li style="text-align: left;">13 in India</li><li style="text-align: left;">11 in Australia</li><li style="text-align: left;">9 in the US (as mentioned above)</li><li style="text-align: left;">1 in Canada</li></ul></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Highlighting a couple of events ...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQf-aCc_CHGzkLzdgQSMxw2BhT7Axnhw9RMb-EPN9P9pVpn0uqNYr_jVMM2iAQGN1z4GjZri9ZDZlzJKtYvcUMp_zRgp_e7FBgizO4h71ZK4atqwL6anuBw82nnSplozvyHZtsFvezoA/s1077/granite+anvil+2017+logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="1077" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQf-aCc_CHGzkLzdgQSMxw2BhT7Axnhw9RMb-EPN9P9pVpn0uqNYr_jVMM2iAQGN1z4GjZri9ZDZlzJKtYvcUMp_zRgp_e7FBgizO4h71ZK4atqwL6anuBw82nnSplozvyHZtsFvezoA/s320/granite+anvil+2017+logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>August 25</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the fourth edition of the <b><a href="http://www.ontariograniteanvil1200.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Granite Anvil</span></a></b>, organized by our friend Dave Thompson under the rubric of Ontario Randonneurs. The event has been well received, especially the 2nd and 3rd editions. For 2022, instead of one big loop, it will be topologically like this year's High Country: out to a common overnight point, two loops from there, and back. That should make logistics easy for riders and maximize scenic route appeal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">───────────────────────</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;">─</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo98lSgDyYlGAlorMMJ4kVQ1QRHAkbA1Vl3jx-ZNCp15xFIgcWZHBe66IiiXfaEhK43fq_dJO837h-ttSXGHROdZjL7eEgLdQWvrgQW3t9wDcIN32MLxCwaghitoYi6_UqrJuZCAtZoU/s1173/Alienor+1200+logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="1173" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgo98lSgDyYlGAlorMMJ4kVQ1QRHAkbA1Vl3jx-ZNCp15xFIgcWZHBe66IiiXfaEhK43fq_dJO837h-ttSXGHROdZjL7eEgLdQWvrgQW3t9wDcIN32MLxCwaghitoYi6_UqrJuZCAtZoU/s320/Alienor+1200+logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>July 3</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The third edition of the <b><a href="http://1200desraa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ronde Aliénor d'Aquitaine</span></a></b>, in southwest France should be a good, scenic event, judging from the positive opinions of friends who've ridden it before. They offer, "the forests and lakes of the Périgord Vert, the medieval fortified towns, the legendary passes of the Pyrenees (including the Aubisque), the verdant Basque Country, the dramatic Atlantic coast, and finally the prestigious Médoc (Bordeaux ) wine route."</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong>♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong>♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">♦</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Choosing and Riding a Grand Randonn</span></strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ée</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My traditional advice ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While all grand randonnées aim to provide you a memorable experience, there are many styles of events, kinds of challenges, services, and what you get for your fee. So investigate and find which ones suit your personal goals!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Scenic and Challenging or Social ... or Both?</strong></span> - Each of these events is challenging, of course, and any can be social with the right attitude and discipline. But it can be easier to stick together as a group if the route is more moderated in its climbs, exposure, etc. Riding with a group may be important to you. Or you may be longing for that special, bracing experience, and willing to ride stretches alone or with a few friends who've agreed to stick together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Your Ride Plan?</strong></span> - Some events provide a pretty definitive idea of where you should sleep. Others provide some accommodations at a number of controls. Still others leave you totally to your own devices.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><b>» Stage-Oriented</b> </em></span>events have suggested riding segments per day, with overnight facilities provided at the ends of those segments. They have become more popular over the years. This scheme promotes rider cohesiveness, and allows riders to regroup on successive morning starts. They also allow the organizers to concentrate their lodging and food support at fewer points, making for upgraded lodging options and cost savings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><b>» "Freestyle" </b></em></span>events come in variations on two themes: many staffed controls with sleep options (some of which may be limited, but still a place to sleep), such as Paris-Brest-Paris and the Rocky Mountain 1200; or no event-provided lodging, leaving you to research ahead of time, and make your own arrangements based on your ride plan, likely with a more economical entry fee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It can be satisfying to tune your ride to how things are going, or to your own personal way of riding. It can also be comforting not to have to think about that, and just ride well-thought-out stages. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><em>Pre-visualize how you'd ride the event you've chosen or are considering, and how the event structure supports or can accommodate your needs.</em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Services / Lodging Provided?</strong></span> - Are there regular opportunities to get food (either event-supplied or in stores) and shelter / lodging (either event-supplied or motels en route)? The Big Wild Ride 1200k in Alaska, for example, advised riders there could be stretches up to 200km where you'd need to be self-contained (except for water). This requires more planning on your part, but the reward could be a remote, scenic trip hard to match.</div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Effort and Expense</strong> </span>- Finally, while it may not affect which event you choose, research the total cost of riding the event. The entry fee may a small part, when added to transportation and lodging - and the logistics of getting to/from the start line. International events clearly can be more trouble and expense, and some US events are easier to get to than others, too. If it's a trade-off between economizing and the exotic, you may find the new or exotic worth the extra cost and trouble, or not. It all depends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- - - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plenty to whet your appetite and take you to new places in 2021. So start imagining, planning, ... and training!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>-jle</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-47198914794921477972021-10-06T15:05:00.001-07:002021-10-06T15:05:23.038-07:00Golden Gate Coal Creek Conniption 100k (perm route #4190)<p>This classic loop - climbing Golden Gate Canyon and descending Coal Creek, or the reverse - is now a 100km RUSA Permanent Populaire, the <a href="https://rusa.org/cgi-bin/permview_GF.pl?permid=4190">Golden Gate Coal Creek Conniption 100k</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_gIydL-0iCr7npIL1xh-IHUKPCi-DJIInH9FMJRjf6r7l4HmViYysq-s4KYzflJh0ns5bihdeiQD1A3VUCY_t_AcqZ4prsavABkA4efZFVzpqKd2mrsOSl8stRM5BJISXl70P7C5klU/s681/gg-cc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="681" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_gIydL-0iCr7npIL1xh-IHUKPCi-DJIInH9FMJRjf6r7l4HmViYysq-s4KYzflJh0ns5bihdeiQD1A3VUCY_t_AcqZ4prsavABkA4efZFVzpqKd2mrsOSl8stRM5BJISXl70P7C5klU/w400-h258/gg-cc.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Both canyon roads have the added bonus that they have climbing in both directions!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A bright start in Arvada ... this is a convenient location to start and also get snacks and beverages before and after the ride.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXV2gQjaG99ug7OWlX99WTAAjdC8XpJl2ZsozO1gdzSMAEfUabU06Wdfm2LZb19XbHGDN2Hnb1xptoE1tSPFkLrDhzTMS0b7inGgKFoLdup-PC7mSKgV5frx1UDM8YHZbB4EpG0ZKCZE/s2048/ggcc01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXV2gQjaG99ug7OWlX99WTAAjdC8XpJl2ZsozO1gdzSMAEfUabU06Wdfm2LZb19XbHGDN2Hnb1xptoE1tSPFkLrDhzTMS0b7inGgKFoLdup-PC7mSKgV5frx1UDM8YHZbB4EpG0ZKCZE/w400-h225/ggcc01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are generally familiar with these canyon roads, so I'm not showing many images. These "stairs to nowhere" seemed photoworthy, though.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBDw20LlIVWwkLSl7j2AqkekSvi7gZBsaW-sP3wfWbtZiM6VZnUwNarM3irSI6IsBzNweJbCKIMJ7q6Atg1F93-hMWR7OIuNfwE_fWZXJhXMoEXvX8poNPdLewxV1IubQLrmni_MWWzg/s2048/ggcc02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBDw20LlIVWwkLSl7j2AqkekSvi7gZBsaW-sP3wfWbtZiM6VZnUwNarM3irSI6IsBzNweJbCKIMJ7q6Atg1F93-hMWR7OIuNfwE_fWZXJhXMoEXvX8poNPdLewxV1IubQLrmni_MWWzg/w225-h400/ggcc02.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are a couple of switchbacks towards the upper end of the canyon road, with good views looking downcanyon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJq0vpa5eWhsU43fNjW5moEyBlt-FXX01yahMno_UjtmSamWdriDJbgGXHGIFkto22FcxSqvinCK69dk1in_ZT_OMZDIa-B7ZFOxVrUDsPaTiSyD3Aw1MmQYp63pne1wULiW-_-LJO7E/s2048/ggcc03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJq0vpa5eWhsU43fNjW5moEyBlt-FXX01yahMno_UjtmSamWdriDJbgGXHGIFkto22FcxSqvinCK69dk1in_ZT_OMZDIa-B7ZFOxVrUDsPaTiSyD3Aw1MmQYp63pne1wULiW-_-LJO7E/w400-h225/ggcc03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Possible checkpoint photo for the intersection of the Golden Gate Canyon road with Peak-to-Peak Highway. (Notice Hwy. 46 sign in background.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxlOoznB0Jm6Nlv-idIMRdEb0bk3SH6DMI-bYMNPUV5eY_azzvLD5TV199N2zsDWtjYnSgDUjY5VqyvWp3C3_f13G4AhyphenhyphenRn5ZMSVUiGAogmrJdPxvkR72TNyIK5OlNt0TCH0jtNFNv6U/s2048/ggcc04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxlOoznB0Jm6Nlv-idIMRdEb0bk3SH6DMI-bYMNPUV5eY_azzvLD5TV199N2zsDWtjYnSgDUjY5VqyvWp3C3_f13G4AhyphenhyphenRn5ZMSVUiGAogmrJdPxvkR72TNyIK5OlNt0TCH0jtNFNv6U/w225-h400/ggcc04.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Foliage just starting to turn here, at the high point, 9,300 ft. on this mid-September foray.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUP2eK_3ocjzAxtlac6YcWTetgoVt0SHCmOyhkdgRC8st4NuyfH4OMD76Yov5wMHqf5uZfIR2hSAKx2PA0PBBTCZ2psF0HrELSu8yn4I_XYCiJAgRSSRHc9tvYzWFgGgZgKFqE-xLT1PQ/s2048/ggcc05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUP2eK_3ocjzAxtlac6YcWTetgoVt0SHCmOyhkdgRC8st4NuyfH4OMD76Yov5wMHqf5uZfIR2hSAKx2PA0PBBTCZ2psF0HrELSu8yn4I_XYCiJAgRSSRHc9tvYzWFgGgZgKFqE-xLT1PQ/w225-h400/ggcc05.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sweeping views of the Front Range from this stretch of the Peak-to-Peak Highway!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTCauGw5lOVS649f5vftFIm6MNBkjuFG6Oat4yZkMytRaPlaL_OCsF22UMlXvr46nA-nATg0skqLtNwae_pEXu0UrwsXF7nhJq9aQPtS6mioCvZE0Xe5hQiWUbORtUr4zyRKwxszuEyY/s2048/ggcc06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTCauGw5lOVS649f5vftFIm6MNBkjuFG6Oat4yZkMytRaPlaL_OCsF22UMlXvr46nA-nATg0skqLtNwae_pEXu0UrwsXF7nhJq9aQPtS6mioCvZE0Xe5hQiWUbORtUr4zyRKwxszuEyY/w400-h225/ggcc06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fRVbRAWLeC6H91XYvnvUvh1PnzcNUe8-iNTmhVMf6iKcGCMZgUP1vxlVXCOmgv2cX9pCfoWBaNdBXdaryJ85oBtWhv-afrCdMhreFNpNFqa9WkounLKrgofpW0Qmv-IWneZenKLjQqA/s2048/ggcc07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fRVbRAWLeC6H91XYvnvUvh1PnzcNUe8-iNTmhVMf6iKcGCMZgUP1vxlVXCOmgv2cX9pCfoWBaNdBXdaryJ85oBtWhv-afrCdMhreFNpNFqa9WkounLKrgofpW0Qmv-IWneZenKLjQqA/w400-h225/ggcc07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The establishments at Rollinsville continue to spell jollity and fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapZU5XG6cATBVS6SuuNj6RlpxP2sXuLj2Y2DBAV3gO9umhHPKNYrckOQlTNKNc1fyFD86-I7WjZqwj48mdJqIP2GA56xm0GeIrYXOavz8arl1St4tq4Qtz0p7TrGWFP-OMh8LBiZEgzU/s2048/ggcc12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapZU5XG6cATBVS6SuuNj6RlpxP2sXuLj2Y2DBAV3gO9umhHPKNYrckOQlTNKNc1fyFD86-I7WjZqwj48mdJqIP2GA56xm0GeIrYXOavz8arl1St4tq4Qtz0p7TrGWFP-OMh8LBiZEgzU/w400-h225/ggcc12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good checkpoint photo of junction with Coal Creek Canyon Rd.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBD7vZEtPQi8Hgo7rFZkS4zFLrp7qEEr7SYGfWRYRnhNVq1vfjcngoMNKcF_NrouZ3HxEm6N31qM84U5JSjNyZiCX97bcY65zLIYxw_6ttfOB1Uc4XKP7NOWovpvOcm-iMJqWbyMhZYl8/s2048/ggcc13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBD7vZEtPQi8Hgo7rFZkS4zFLrp7qEEr7SYGfWRYRnhNVq1vfjcngoMNKcF_NrouZ3HxEm6N31qM84U5JSjNyZiCX97bcY65zLIYxw_6ttfOB1Uc4XKP7NOWovpvOcm-iMJqWbyMhZYl8/w225-h400/ggcc13.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you climb the switchbacks towards Wondervu, very nice vistas!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEANaKGk3wsvjTQ1p9VtgIVUekDnHKm3BZ2IWuwmAALOchyphenhyphenCxPqxC6V-WJJwFUF6p0Y-aeWJzT5G2dSt3E_KqVwT38cBHv6-c-g-E6VYh_STD4F9pjMJks3eCdSEi_MxugMnEc4DVvUoI/s2048/ggcc14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEANaKGk3wsvjTQ1p9VtgIVUekDnHKm3BZ2IWuwmAALOchyphenhyphenCxPqxC6V-WJJwFUF6p0Y-aeWJzT5G2dSt3E_KqVwT38cBHv6-c-g-E6VYh_STD4F9pjMJks3eCdSEi_MxugMnEc4DVvUoI/w400-h225/ggcc14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Post-flood reconstruction has added a "climbing lane" of sorts for bikes for the few miles up to the canyon store. That's a help.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYVwWyhlCXJu78QQjxBhuvYyrFn4vyMIAiE052IOpfge5taSIuNBa2DJfryzLKVwKYO-dLmCkxXBZ0RHd-1e9OBvsGxVQHhIGyD1rpU_Le1KBZUL6pJQJAIhiNZ6OF2tIjMT27-GYOK8/s2048/ggcc00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYVwWyhlCXJu78QQjxBhuvYyrFn4vyMIAiE052IOpfge5taSIuNBa2DJfryzLKVwKYO-dLmCkxXBZ0RHd-1e9OBvsGxVQHhIGyD1rpU_Le1KBZUL6pJQJAIhiNZ6OF2tIjMT27-GYOK8/w300-h400/ggcc00.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then past the railroad underpass (a line you cross in Rollinsville, Cliff, exiting the canyon, and then on Hwy. 93) the road broadens out, pointed towards a view of downtown Denver.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWLZwAoi9G757q1pg3XHthAxwpuAgZjNSWJ08Dwa2nBeeO8Bwv9MewlsnktsMrr3KesIxJaeOlISEIHahFWavad7GHZ0kLVe8wT1Pc85WTncAWxHqTrnzQJb3eiIkpF35zQ3jg5Masiw/s2048/ggcc08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWLZwAoi9G757q1pg3XHthAxwpuAgZjNSWJ08Dwa2nBeeO8Bwv9MewlsnktsMrr3KesIxJaeOlISEIHahFWavad7GHZ0kLVe8wT1Pc85WTncAWxHqTrnzQJb3eiIkpF35zQ3jg5Masiw/w225-h400/ggcc08.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A final geological treat is the hogback on Leyden Road as you leave Hwy. 93.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7Dwq4fzZYSc4XbXP6B052RFKjj12ukU6ulSjoCRRID2hhyphenhyphend-Jovfe9dM5cuvjAIil1zgUZPZXiRsYnI73M9upNXSsIBqly9WJasGzLjiusZNs4gVOp19EMXXEspzwozrU0064n3nSsA/s2048/ggcc09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7Dwq4fzZYSc4XbXP6B052RFKjj12ukU6ulSjoCRRID2hhyphenhyphend-Jovfe9dM5cuvjAIil1zgUZPZXiRsYnI73M9upNXSsIBqly9WJasGzLjiusZNs4gVOp19EMXXEspzwozrU0064n3nSsA/w400-h225/ggcc09.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Old 93 used to hug the western flank of this hogback before being rerouted. You can see two previous alignments to the east of the current highway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MOahnyhCV7OfeR53T3-_AmVNugAB2TRteNgtgDwQEb8l75hsqY7BQgfRSpnk-92Yvm0WBG1IYLqmUA1xYTXxpEUum5pisQ44u-D5H7OpfcQQTKWoUpfivWb2EGGHqBms6Vr5FcHBcbc/s2048/ggcc10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0MOahnyhCV7OfeR53T3-_AmVNugAB2TRteNgtgDwQEb8l75hsqY7BQgfRSpnk-92Yvm0WBG1IYLqmUA1xYTXxpEUum5pisQ44u-D5H7OpfcQQTKWoUpfivWb2EGGHqBms6Vr5FcHBcbc/w400-h225/ggcc10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then it's on to a serene finish through shady neighborhoods in Arvada!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCaVju_oCmL0Dzg9Tr-4nATLS6jVGo5min1A3FAkMURqQgpj-U_t9Os9SPCDaMIXA-4EO4dp2H1HqmcgCCjL32a5EUxN6eP6d_np5YrFIWxv4mFJO-lTgkt9GN-gz_3F_hLT1su_yb2I/s2048/ggcc11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCaVju_oCmL0Dzg9Tr-4nATLS6jVGo5min1A3FAkMURqQgpj-U_t9Os9SPCDaMIXA-4EO4dp2H1HqmcgCCjL32a5EUxN6eP6d_np5YrFIWxv4mFJO-lTgkt9GN-gz_3F_hLT1su_yb2I/w400-h225/ggcc11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-jle</i></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-84099359554330551762021-05-10T15:44:00.000-07:002021-05-10T15:44:08.152-07:00Lake Forest Park - Index 200km Permanent<p style="text-align: center;"><i>by Pascal Ledru</i></p><p>I spent April working remotely from Seattle. We drove from Colorado to Washington state and I took advantage of having a car to take my bike and bike gear with me. The weather turned out fantastic and I rode several permanents:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Lawyers, Guns and Vikings</li><li>Green Gold and Red</li><li>U Village-Carnation</li><li>Lake Forest Park - Index</li><li>Cable Car</li></ul><p></p><p>This reminded me how useful the permanent library is. I am not looking to achieve K-Hound status, log more miles than anyone else but riding a route created by a local and knowledgeable cyclist is so valuable. In Seattle, this means exiting the city on a safe route (often riding the Burke-Gilman trail or the ferry!) connecting to roads with low traffic.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WY8ToxZ15GbiyfDQ5Mkon6s-LDIQUCf3t5dfFHjfe4faXrlPzG6yp8s-z7Im1x3FHmfwJwg3riEjabg4J_w8lCQkDSmXN3V58OuXuopAIazlpCuKZ2dWcOd7jStXT5xs6j9gs_xFc8k/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="628" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WY8ToxZ15GbiyfDQ5Mkon6s-LDIQUCf3t5dfFHjfe4faXrlPzG6yp8s-z7Im1x3FHmfwJwg3riEjabg4J_w8lCQkDSmXN3V58OuXuopAIazlpCuKZ2dWcOd7jStXT5xs6j9gs_xFc8k/w393-h247/image.png" width="393" /></a></div><br /><p>The <a href="https://rusa.org/cgi-bin/permview_GF.pl?permid=1075">Lake Forest Park - Index 200km</a> starts just North of Seattle on the Burke-Gilman trail. I start from downtown at 5:15 to reach the control start about 40 minutes later. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTopc93tcs5x3wKBO21JsEwap21p1p9yj1PEWyX7nzL6YdE4pFGc2KuWZbFEqewhki4bANrGj-OvQYisrEKHPZzUz2nftRdxwyB6EIlSqZUXHs4N1xvtXN12-hsmJBSmrXHvruEMDnaCs/s1340/forest_to_index.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1005" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTopc93tcs5x3wKBO21JsEwap21p1p9yj1PEWyX7nzL6YdE4pFGc2KuWZbFEqewhki4bANrGj-OvQYisrEKHPZzUz2nftRdxwyB6EIlSqZUXHs4N1xvtXN12-hsmJBSmrXHvruEMDnaCs/w300-h400/forest_to_index.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>After about 20 minutes, the route leaves the trail to go through Bothell, then Woodinville (home of the Chateau St Michelle winery). Quickly the road leaves suburbia and the section from Woodinville to Snohomish goes through farm lands. I take a few pictures in Snohomish which was where the Cascade 1200k ended in 2018. Good memories.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnDnSMYheV1wA1Utnq-a5p6ofe6W-s-EBivVBcFSbFM9aT457RHHAKNnUlS4WkokcHbDqFL5JgZ-DD_KQBUutwfYpGtnUo9wqIKr4Q5PVi3bXy5pKUN2wnF_OZ2KpU7Qn_CYHwbXTgKA/s1939/snohomish.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="1939" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnDnSMYheV1wA1Utnq-a5p6ofe6W-s-EBivVBcFSbFM9aT457RHHAKNnUlS4WkokcHbDqFL5JgZ-DD_KQBUutwfYpGtnUo9wqIKr4Q5PVi3bXy5pKUN2wnF_OZ2KpU7Qn_CYHwbXTgKA/w400-h300/snohomish.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Snohomish</i></div><p>From Snohomish, the route progressively climbs and leaves the farm lands to reach the Cascade. I stop in Sultan for an espresso along the way. One of my favorite things in the Northwest: all the small coffee huts along the way. The section from Gold Bar to Index is on a narrow forest road very scenic; I keep stopping to take pictures. I reach Index: it looks like the typical movie picture: a river running through the forest with the mountain in the background. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoKzonI9FyNc6jiT_0aEEd_-iecE2DhGd31_Q7gWi0zwIPInB_O7H0VYrfmvJtgr-Gyt1gWOx82UsESUK6ES8B7pjcDC0nEnxzNncoU7dQJ83aRJKWdOsbFiCBE2zjXz1CnjDgGgAhGQ/s1340/index_general_store.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1005" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoKzonI9FyNc6jiT_0aEEd_-iecE2DhGd31_Q7gWi0zwIPInB_O7H0VYrfmvJtgr-Gyt1gWOx82UsESUK6ES8B7pjcDC0nEnxzNncoU7dQJ83aRJKWdOsbFiCBE2zjXz1CnjDgGgAhGQ/w300-h400/index_general_store.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Index General Store</i></div><p>Several artists are painting with their easels directly set up on the road! Control at the small convenience store; the owner is watching a Korean soap opera. I hesitate to show off my 2 words of Korean... but with Covid going on... decide not to try to be funny and exit the store.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvhbJRa3bQdOMJaXLtTA4nwSsiqe5kC978cD_XdmzBKETm45u8o43Xbcyn-dO-xb3Rl2sZauOLCqCjv926gmKMXpz9EY0wFD0rh4yJvaiWiun9kiZqSDhuKIAlqarsvtvi-5Bf80KN2c/s1787/index.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1787" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvhbJRa3bQdOMJaXLtTA4nwSsiqe5kC978cD_XdmzBKETm45u8o43Xbcyn-dO-xb3Rl2sZauOLCqCjv926gmKMXpz9EY0wFD0rh4yJvaiWiun9kiZqSDhuKIAlqarsvtvi-5Bf80KN2c/w400-h300/index.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>From Index, the route goes back to Sultan then turns South to follow the Skykomish river unto the Snoqualmie valley to Carnation (apparently a SIR base). Stop at Sandy's for lunch. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKAZCKF3sIdrmQwIHVUKEjM-3CgmFP37ez9_FWG1t6KE_1MUE5fDD3MTItZuDD1ebajGPf1joMmckWaMmI1KkZRdnps-OnoXNts8UQO906sAAchy0kG_lUkEWXyGJlWzN3fB-IHGstMM/s1340/sandys.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1005" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKAZCKF3sIdrmQwIHVUKEjM-3CgmFP37ez9_FWG1t6KE_1MUE5fDD3MTItZuDD1ebajGPf1joMmckWaMmI1KkZRdnps-OnoXNts8UQO906sAAchy0kG_lUkEWXyGJlWzN3fB-IHGstMM/w300-h400/sandys.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sandy's Espresso</i></div><p>From Carnation, the road climbs back through the forest to very suddenly reach suburbia again in Redmond. Then, the ride ends on the bike trail from Redmond to Lake Forest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJe6yRcTUSxunkBxc58YsZRCkRHHJZqWgSC6vY0k7ucscISZ8UmvGsDH09EmZZTTUf4eejBPD0OMPlzZ7e8cfWzCpItmTTRqEEKYs9No_q4LLvALIm0OlA0l3AJlIBl3nfhyZbOWuqyE/s1340/Sultan_coffee_hut.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1005" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJe6yRcTUSxunkBxc58YsZRCkRHHJZqWgSC6vY0k7ucscISZ8UmvGsDH09EmZZTTUf4eejBPD0OMPlzZ7e8cfWzCpItmTTRqEEKYs9No_q4LLvALIm0OlA0l3AJlIBl3nfhyZbOWuqyE/w300-h400/Sultan_coffee_hut.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sultan Coffee Hut</i></div><p>The scenery on this ride is fabulous: it follows first the shore of Lake Washington, then goes through some farmland, then forests, then climbs in the mountain to a small village.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrddOdxrTqU6UPDJZDV8U7raBrrzBeSNEPGZvv4pYGRQNxJrvtOctElUXH8N68vfhWq9H4SkH7PA7DRUPOduonUs7AnNi8Cbjrl7-pRjVu-Qbt_tDfWQfuNo3RPFiw3qimuZ5nIMfuRbA/s1787/seabase_base_next_to_start_end_control.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1787" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrddOdxrTqU6UPDJZDV8U7raBrrzBeSNEPGZvv4pYGRQNxJrvtOctElUXH8N68vfhWq9H4SkH7PA7DRUPOduonUs7AnNi8Cbjrl7-pRjVu-Qbt_tDfWQfuNo3RPFiw3qimuZ5nIMfuRbA/w400-h300/seabase_base_next_to_start_end_control.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Seaplane Base - next to start/finish control</i></div><p>Did I mention too: the weather on this ride was just fantastic! Perhaps, do not trust the people who tell you it always rains in Seattle!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiif-WXP8SGXVyUaPXcFkljE_nXlH2iN-U-CbRbIKZl83XTKlbbwlzyr969blkAB04gZEi8DnHoxkgyw9UPuJyfYMpWSy0Rz4xMxqUIH_F-1WmGaPFrMHI9p_rzF2lF0bDySHEYa-wfQCY/s1340/on_the_road.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1005" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiif-WXP8SGXVyUaPXcFkljE_nXlH2iN-U-CbRbIKZl83XTKlbbwlzyr969blkAB04gZEi8DnHoxkgyw9UPuJyfYMpWSy0Rz4xMxqUIH_F-1WmGaPFrMHI9p_rzF2lF0bDySHEYa-wfQCY/w300-h400/on_the_road.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>- Pascal</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-16610591617172936872021-03-14T16:45:00.001-07:002021-03-14T16:45:25.740-07:00Sea to Stars 200k - Mike Turek Reports!<p style="text-align: center;"> <i>On February 28, Mike Turek rode the<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="https://rusa.org/cgi-bin/permview_GF.pl?permid=1665"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sea to Stars 202 km Permanent</span></a> </span>on the Big Island of Hawaii. This perm - originally created by RUSA member Scott Taylor - boasts 12,300 ft. of climbing. It starts along the NW coast near sea level, topping out at 3,530 ft. on the beautiful Kohala Mountain Highway, and 9,160 ft. where the pavement ends on the climb up the Mauna Kea volcano.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Here is Mike's story!</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>- - -</i></p><p>Here is the <a href="https://strava.app.link/dESVhgw5heb">link to strava results</a>, 12 hrs flat. Not a perm I’d bet my R12 on! Lots could go wrong to cost me another 88 minutes...</p><p>I’ll update a few things in ridewithgps...but not much...Most important: With COVID, the only water at rest area on saddle road is handwash water, hard to get a bottle under and it’s a trickle. Army base has a gate...could be used in duress, but recommend stashing at rest area.</p><p>Started 5:30, recommend early as possible due to afternoon showers, but minitmart opens at 5a.</p><p>Riding in dark from minit mart Kawaihae to Hawi was glorious warmup. Kohala coffee open when I reached at 6:30a ... but opted for minit mart. Then the fun began.</p><p>Fresh legs made the 7% glorious as I inhaled fresh garden flowers ...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkD5MfTFks7tX933Qcuduf8xjCfSRaGJzlcIlNF3P_QkGm7B4k8uvQ-MXhI2Zr08FO9ypRrcQDYGXqEpeQuVlPFuCyEjlCzuxSp9mv8iM_xj0cj_wSSh9923W5MRCO-bCw7mjEpELZjo/s2048/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkD5MfTFks7tX933Qcuduf8xjCfSRaGJzlcIlNF3P_QkGm7B4k8uvQ-MXhI2Zr08FO9ypRrcQDYGXqEpeQuVlPFuCyEjlCzuxSp9mv8iM_xj0cj_wSSh9923W5MRCO-bCw7mjEpELZjo/w300-h400/01.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kohala Mtn road is stunning in the morning, green rolling ranches...wow! Summit was breath taking with views of Mauna Kea...and 40mph gusts! Wow! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlGisuxNR7jIwok0PrwMWm3Qao1GuPxfDkmhcGmSi6zu4A-qk10B8R2t3BpXS7qfBJsKnHCZA87HGhEtCb5Lj7I6p-wxASgeMr93HZT2JgsK1MhrJKSb9CzDRGdbsmBcwadN6Btt8Zv8/s2048/02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlGisuxNR7jIwok0PrwMWm3Qao1GuPxfDkmhcGmSi6zu4A-qk10B8R2t3BpXS7qfBJsKnHCZA87HGhEtCb5Lj7I6p-wxASgeMr93HZT2JgsK1MhrJKSb9CzDRGdbsmBcwadN6Btt8Zv8/w400-h300/02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOL086s0kDl4BpxTbIF6Ul7MAUxkOKa2qNlO2sHh5zpGyZcsJApm1lD5IDD_mfs9cLRUgJqqFykYUXMaPfCQKfb65lAirpj8RsmHhIz8uCCWuX1Lv2cYlSIKYs-LTbhlumwbJiRuUUwI/s2048/03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOL086s0kDl4BpxTbIF6Ul7MAUxkOKa2qNlO2sHh5zpGyZcsJApm1lD5IDD_mfs9cLRUgJqqFykYUXMaPfCQKfb65lAirpj8RsmHhIz8uCCWuX1Lv2cYlSIKYs-LTbhlumwbJiRuUUwI/w400-h300/03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Descent to Waimea treacherous. I checked weather.gov again for saddle road forecast and it still said SE 6-10 ... otherwise I would have bailed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Fuel up good in Waimea. If you don’t stash, you need 7 hours of water. Really ... I used 5 bottles up and back ... and I had favorable wind largely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ranch on saddle road: </div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNHVNk3K2OlVaYTxK8dR_OuJpWRlJEETljeV2KZTUB4AdK0cvofu9AH4QRGB5R6DPDXGbE0PtBdqSjT0t2RZPtpw9S0ZyxuuxM1DFQvNEYHn8guPdCnE2ezUhZ8AtTA5Xw-aLsFVhqbo/s2048/04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNHVNk3K2OlVaYTxK8dR_OuJpWRlJEETljeV2KZTUB4AdK0cvofu9AH4QRGB5R6DPDXGbE0PtBdqSjT0t2RZPtpw9S0ZyxuuxM1DFQvNEYHn8guPdCnE2ezUhZ8AtTA5Xw-aLsFVhqbo/w300-h400/04.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goats on saddle after rest area:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-EWNgJJqSLZEKrpHzsbE_V0KD2KFnx7f0O97kvZJVxCtFNy51ga6I1U6hdny1_hVfaBTYFV8-kWF_7HB3VkPeINj7HW0up62DVFVTgdI5KRqgj64_rvFgdaoZjwM94a3XTq6MKPKtZw/s2048/05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-EWNgJJqSLZEKrpHzsbE_V0KD2KFnx7f0O97kvZJVxCtFNy51ga6I1U6hdny1_hVfaBTYFV8-kWF_7HB3VkPeINj7HW0up62DVFVTgdI5KRqgj64_rvFgdaoZjwM94a3XTq6MKPKtZw/w400-h300/05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the rain finally arrives: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmx_jY_ZXZL7zizP2i32Wc0_tZmy_r13cMiIJsE4f0PVlGeEmM4r1PfvWwlxbVsPlUxYTFIqTPb-KjIYMtuzQKbhqMeDDTN9DvT5jLZisli7JGg1JYEgmPQwyELCnDCmwQlebqNXZkv-g/s2048/06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmx_jY_ZXZL7zizP2i32Wc0_tZmy_r13cMiIJsE4f0PVlGeEmM4r1PfvWwlxbVsPlUxYTFIqTPb-KjIYMtuzQKbhqMeDDTN9DvT5jLZisli7JGg1JYEgmPQwyELCnDCmwQlebqNXZkv-g/w400-h300/06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tailwind to saddle from Waimea, rear quarter saddle to Inouye Hwy, which shifted over summit prior to army base, but didn’t really impact me. Weather cool, rainy up steeps to visitor center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Onizuke plaque:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7PtwwfJuCLUUQikw7wlz3PMIR8H39FTn0K_5R14kXAIfkgbEcmZIQkpQVRXum-snN5k0TqS-tHyJev4O72YJ4BsLYNSP8WGHT-40DMv7-EqiKIDPXRy0agf7Nnnz49dd2KTYKg0uLGQ/s2048/07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7PtwwfJuCLUUQikw7wlz3PMIR8H39FTn0K_5R14kXAIfkgbEcmZIQkpQVRXum-snN5k0TqS-tHyJev4O72YJ4BsLYNSP8WGHT-40DMv7-EqiKIDPXRy0agf7Nnnz49dd2KTYKg0uLGQ/w300-h400/07.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Coming back down, I’d planned for all easy, but the 6 miles from saddle to Waimea was horrific 20 - 30 headwind, actually safer than cross wind ... but sucked my life energy out. (And I’m the club guy who likes headwinds).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Roller coaster back down saddle: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQxW0vATMyWjo3iZa3DA81w9g2QxJk-F5977_oA68M7ghEbtb2pH1VMY_cOUNoBE6W5KVI6kzDo_TTTbAqM1iktY76n-Wz-_j49gcxqUamASriL0uPDfQxDFHtl_c9TsOu1f_loZUwgY/s2048/08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQxW0vATMyWjo3iZa3DA81w9g2QxJk-F5977_oA68M7ghEbtb2pH1VMY_cOUNoBE6W5KVI6kzDo_TTTbAqM1iktY76n-Wz-_j49gcxqUamASriL0uPDfQxDFHtl_c9TsOu1f_loZUwgY/w300-h400/08.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No stop in Waimea on return, just wanted to descend. And what a descent! Wow, all she promised and more! Just warm, humid air greeting me as I ripped back down to Kawaihae!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-MZfqwJXKOnAOfjFZNprgap6Xc9bAy9O9owUes-FeBQAE52mFZHqvQqYeiX0WaeUabweX9HghjmK6fOqgenAUV5SHlNES_WOK1Dz7NGGbob7gao2RSng0FJINCg9CNRz4vHbDQ3Ji0Y/s2048/09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-MZfqwJXKOnAOfjFZNprgap6Xc9bAy9O9owUes-FeBQAE52mFZHqvQqYeiX0WaeUabweX9HghjmK6fOqgenAUV5SHlNES_WOK1Dz7NGGbob7gao2RSng0FJINCg9CNRz4vHbDQ3Ji0Y/w300-h400/09.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thought of following up with a 100k only, my legs are shot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>- Mike Turek</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-49890251532084077492021-01-25T07:52:00.002-08:002021-01-25T07:56:06.879-08:00Colorado Rando Awardees - 2020 Round-Up!<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Here are Colorado randos who've earned RUSA and ACP awards in 2020!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Once again this year, w</i><i>e recognize you, our friends, </i><i>because you have decided on this or that challenge, and through commitment, persistence, and discomfort, have managed to achieve it!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">2020 - A Difficult Year </span>- </b>The awardee lists are pretty short this year, with some awards - e.g., Super Randonneur - having zero recipients. Permanents weren't available until August,. events (brevets, populaires, etc.) were suspended April through August; there were no Team Events (Darts, Flèches) and no RUSA-sanctioned Grand Randonnées (so no ARC or Coast-to-Coast awardees). Those who racked up R-12 or P-12 did so by finishing off series begun in 2019. Still, I'm keeping the full list of awards below, as a reminder of what we may strive for in the new year!<br /><br />For most of these awards, you need to apply to be recognized. You don't need to purchase the physical award. What's important is the goal and the accomplishment. For some, the physical award is a nice momento.<br /><br />Some are challenges within the current year or a twelve-month period. Others recognize achievement over a number of years.<br /><br />We congratulate our fellow randos for their persistence in achieving their goals!<br /><br />You can see our cumulative awardees across the years here:<br /><b><a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetsuperrandonneur.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Super Randonneur</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetaward-r12.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-12 / P-12</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetrandonneur5000.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-5000</span></a> · <a href="http://rmccrides.com/brevetaward-other-rusa.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Others</span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"><hr /><table style="color: firebrick;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">One-Year Awards</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Super Randonneur</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">R-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">P-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">American Randonneur </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Challenge</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">K-Hound</span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Multi-Year Awards</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">RUSA Cup</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">ACP Randonneur 5000</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra Randonneur</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Coast-to-Coast</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Mondial</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra R-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">American Explorer</span></td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="2"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">— <b>other awards not covered here </b>—</span></i></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">RUSA Distance Awards</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra K-Hound</span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Ultra P-12</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #134f5c;">Galaxy</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Super Randonneur</b></span></div><div><i>Complete brevets of 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km in one year.</i><br /><i><br /></i>No awardees in 2020,</div><div>down from 20 in 2019.<br /></div><div><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-YA1kutGohsku2lvvQHZOeQeRYrDm97jOJrOOLhzot4x6_hOp8yrZd3fQyx5RjHek7hkMHf77zkTPMQskUpyFMZzgAQ3LO8nakWvBTu59cabhBoc06Ci2xAm8cct-qR_c5hnPrfw20/s1600/sr+medal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0G-YA1kutGohsku2lvvQHZOeQeRYrDm97jOJrOOLhzot4x6_hOp8yrZd3fQyx5RjHek7hkMHf77zkTPMQskUpyFMZzgAQ3LO8nakWvBTu59cabhBoc06Ci2xAm8cct-qR_c5hnPrfw20/s400/sr+medal.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><hr /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">R-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete a 200km or longer RUSA ride in each of 12 consecutive months.</i><br /><i>Listed in order of achieving.</i><br /><br /><b>Catherine Shenk </b>[12]<br /><b>John Lee Ellis </b>[14]<br /><b>Dustin Harding</b><b> </b>[2]<br /><b>Bennett Sigmond </b>[3]<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWWenxnVUV3N4s4C7sgRzBr5R4vQ8w5TkuyHN5FAcTzquUEnk698DvJnugodsAfvcZSaM81I2Iglmk7nwLwXxMJiP0F9TZB3KlUPgiZlEmTUPuTBhp00G2S-h8FbnYQutkblJbTjCpVU/s1600/rusa2-awards-r-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWWenxnVUV3N4s4C7sgRzBr5R4vQ8w5TkuyHN5FAcTzquUEnk698DvJnugodsAfvcZSaM81I2Iglmk7nwLwXxMJiP0F9TZB3KlUPgiZlEmTUPuTBhp00G2S-h8FbnYQutkblJbTjCpVU/s320/rusa2-awards-r-12.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra R-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete ten R-12's (need not be contiguous)</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCeR5tewNKv_AfKRU1vaNJmbQ0-QLXRjAzJFJRncXSmHpstUTjjrje5664PN280Onh4Eq2rBSO1uFDypoPogwbYGMZHa41otdh7nJQ5GuF0TnAKTR8bvmsW49S5RhY79n3YmYe0xb2hc/s1600/rusa2-awards-ultra-r-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCeR5tewNKv_AfKRU1vaNJmbQ0-QLXRjAzJFJRncXSmHpstUTjjrje5664PN280Onh4Eq2rBSO1uFDypoPogwbYGMZHa41otdh7nJQ5GuF0TnAKTR8bvmsW49S5RhY79n3YmYe0xb2hc/s320/rusa2-awards-ultra-r-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">P-12</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ride a 100km to 199km RUSA ride in each of twelve consecutive months.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>John Lee Ellis </b>[8]<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjXELecuwD7oyJo7zFXHVeX0bg-RvcuJ1Ev1NkGXji0qa9f1sLsrSebXgfIlyUeOve8M1XKq-kFCljKZ9CoFcu3-FxLbhe7azZ2LH3vqnRi7PBSRUp1O3ciARgn65QOdeX7chCfldj6w/s1600/rusa2-awards-p-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjXELecuwD7oyJo7zFXHVeX0bg-RvcuJ1Ev1NkGXji0qa9f1sLsrSebXgfIlyUeOve8M1XKq-kFCljKZ9CoFcu3-FxLbhe7azZ2LH3vqnRi7PBSRUp1O3ciARgn65QOdeX7chCfldj6w/s320/rusa2-awards-p-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ACP Randonneur 5000</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ride 5000km in events including Paris-Brest-Paris, a Flèche, and 200km, 300km 400km, 600km and 1000km brevets within 48 months. (An Audax Club Parisien award, not RUSA.)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Paul Foley</b> [3]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONCA7-BnJSBSl8RqwU8unCOQom3rRWVPW_YU_RcbKL-p2O4yrbHXIddnGjYKzdgY7OFkgDksvSi3y4Tu6PUwyA06wDD8sK6Ty_dCtVshmjqx4YrkmDKzmA-S9PlOgrctMNWoPgGtTvZ8/s1600/medal-randonneur5000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONCA7-BnJSBSl8RqwU8unCOQom3rRWVPW_YU_RcbKL-p2O4yrbHXIddnGjYKzdgY7OFkgDksvSi3y4Tu6PUwyA06wDD8sK6Ty_dCtVshmjqx4YrkmDKzmA-S9PlOgrctMNWoPgGtTvZ8/s320/medal-randonneur5000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>And now for RUSA awards that randonneurs can work towards over multiple years ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">American Explorer</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cover at least ten different U.S. states and territories on RUSA rides.</i><br /><i>New to the American Explorer award, </i><br /><i>or added states in 2020</i><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAeIVg3JFFCzkMooY_xW79_ch18bEqOf_t2Q9fKbxnw58gtF2HGYCCr1thO5Mj78g1UynGjK19PMteAUnumxeDUBFKfSWVo3FSDNoM9lxo7ynBXKzgRN1Pt1r5UOmF0r5XbzFVpBydI/s1600/rusa2-awards-american-explorer+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAeIVg3JFFCzkMooY_xW79_ch18bEqOf_t2Q9fKbxnw58gtF2HGYCCr1thO5Mj78g1UynGjK19PMteAUnumxeDUBFKfSWVo3FSDNoM9lxo7ynBXKzgRN1Pt1r5UOmF0r5XbzFVpBydI/s320/rusa2-awards-american-explorer+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Cup</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete at least one of each type of RUSA event, accumulating at least 5000km over a two-year period.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gdGQOEBXOMWoEnn37tGNZT_roFwjVKlIU8XbuQ_LOYr6bi6xsWSgVbGIQqCt6Kz157ODCtZv95B3ns_fQM3tdl4MbFOsm_tf8VSETvzfKCBHtht6CxksWMYgEbT1S422NfKRMCyqpLY/s1600/rusa2-awards-rusa-cup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gdGQOEBXOMWoEnn37tGNZT_roFwjVKlIU8XbuQ_LOYr6bi6xsWSgVbGIQqCt6Kz157ODCtZv95B3ns_fQM3tdl4MbFOsm_tf8VSETvzfKCBHtht6CxksWMYgEbT1S422NfKRMCyqpLY/s320/rusa2-awards-rusa-cup.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ultra Randonneur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete ten Super Randonneur series over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Paul Foley [2]</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYIKFgZddJ0dRfW3mEWfCxg6TdCzKjn6dkwRCBGeWXp6ej4bwaitIpLBxDQbN3f9c3H0dI_t2KDDNuvQZPIs6hlyMXo7AdL__PMmqBOSGXRjHKkKtkBmt8HA2anpoYkCQ63jTqeyn51Q/s1600/rusa2-awards-ultra-randonneur.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYIKFgZddJ0dRfW3mEWfCxg6TdCzKjn6dkwRCBGeWXp6ej4bwaitIpLBxDQbN3f9c3H0dI_t2KDDNuvQZPIs6hlyMXo7AdL__PMmqBOSGXRjHKkKtkBmt8HA2anpoYkCQ63jTqeyn51Q/s320/rusa2-awards-ultra-randonneur.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><hr /><b style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Coast to Coast</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Complete four different RUSA 1200km or longer events over any number of years</i><i>.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpQha9e07_98fd3AfhI_13M1zlJAaNiSDXwO2SSpWjjpovokD-3hc4qKKOWf-S3a85DQPPsdOjJOnKNk5FcIP9N9mnAYe7WJ9M8FZMX1kk9OPlBbb51HOzrEmO1Qt2OArUinfaIWiHBY/s1600/rusa-awards-coast-to-coast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjpQha9e07_98fd3AfhI_13M1zlJAaNiSDXwO2SSpWjjpovokD-3hc4qKKOWf-S3a85DQPPsdOjJOnKNk5FcIP9N9mnAYe7WJ9M8FZMX1kk9OPlBbb51HOzrEmO1Qt2OArUinfaIWiHBY/s320/rusa-awards-coast-to-coast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><hr /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">Mondial</b></div><div><i>Complete 40,000km in RUSA rides - was a lifetime achievement award,</i><br /><i>but can now be earned multiple times.</i></div><br /><b>Paul Foley </b>[2]<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKzbCTkbJHsfMakHrtUGOET3pdB9wAlzLDfP2lv18Vf4tmqoUVtVlcIFfcLyJF2kjrF3YtQvkUtGZpA7aEMZGuMgWet6fh9Kp_TYW0K5ygr103zgJvMWC0UstSp_D4JFYS3Ul6P4DWiY/s1600/rusa-awards-mondial.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKzbCTkbJHsfMakHrtUGOET3pdB9wAlzLDfP2lv18Vf4tmqoUVtVlcIFfcLyJF2kjrF3YtQvkUtGZpA7aEMZGuMgWet6fh9Kp_TYW0K5ygr103zgJvMWC0UstSp_D4JFYS3Ul6P4DWiY/s320/rusa-awards-mondial.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><hr /><br /><b style="color: #cc0000;">American Randonneur Challenge</b><br /><div><i>Complete two or more RUSA 1200km or longer events in one season.</i><br /><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uev4ZscAni7vmy-q7arPMtadYWTVfcZ0S7wJjIvbZnRqojlVBBXogbkAUq9JfmCFTpjDTkkcc6Va5aBhRYroo5-dOB5x_pHLSMK-a7iE6GdTqhP6vqiaLiSg4os3rFF5alpRpvYVEfM/s1600/ARC+Award+2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uev4ZscAni7vmy-q7arPMtadYWTVfcZ0S7wJjIvbZnRqojlVBBXogbkAUq9JfmCFTpjDTkkcc6Va5aBhRYroo5-dOB5x_pHLSMK-a7iE6GdTqhP6vqiaLiSg4os3rFF5alpRpvYVEfM/s320/ARC+Award+2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Courtesy Randonneurs USA</i></td></tr></tbody></table><hr /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">K-Hound</span></b><br /><i>Complete 10,000 km or more in RUSA events in one calendar year. You can also count foreign Grand Randonn</i><i>ées if needed. </i><br /><i><br /></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvCGeG4O1zAqIJwzGD17RkQCW98dTt6ZK6ZjHYMyBozYZRqsVf-xaDfIkHY0fSfGznNjyrHkQFahDcbIq2T4uTF_3ROG-zuiZzEIWeIXTsP4Fsz0YR455Dyk5uEe7utCROLcbNFpOUNQ/s1600/RUSA+K+Hound+Award.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="276" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvCGeG4O1zAqIJwzGD17RkQCW98dTt6ZK6ZjHYMyBozYZRqsVf-xaDfIkHY0fSfGznNjyrHkQFahDcbIq2T4uTF_3ROG-zuiZzEIWeIXTsP4Fsz0YR455Dyk5uEe7utCROLcbNFpOUNQ/s320/RUSA+K+Hound+Award.jpg" width="237" /></a><br /><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></div><hr style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Final Thought</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">RUSA has created these awards over time to give you more and more diverse goals to shoot for. Maybe you don't have the personal time to achieve K-Hound mileage, but have the grit to complete an R-12 ride each month for a year in hot and cold, sun and snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Set your own goals, and let your imagination and determination be your guides!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can find details on each of these awards via the <a href="http://www.rusa.org/awards.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Awards page</span></a>, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">including all those who've applied for recognition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Bonne route!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>-jle</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-78597784493676351722020-12-14T12:04:00.011-08:002020-12-14T15:51:53.275-08:00Foreign Grand Randonnée Round-Up for 2021!<p>Les Randonneurs Mondiaux (LRM) has published their <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS4cc4MaMWkvnnFpoFRFOJGKE2v8PX72l8Auyv4OuIVxD8udJJsl3a_NI3x7aH8DEcOsmCbxh976yg7/pubhtml?gid=1480200001&single=true"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>2021 calendar of Grand Randonnées</b></span></a>. It lists 71 events in 30 countries. They caution:</p><p style="text-align: center;">DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, LRM EVENTS MAY BE UNCERTAIN. IF YOU WANT TO RIDE ANY OF THESE, PLEASE CONFIRM THE STATUS OF THE EVENT WITH THE ORGANIZER.</p><p>A sampling around the globe:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>15 in <b>Australia </b>(including the Great Southern Randonnée, and five Trans Oz 4000k's)</li><li>3 in <b>Brazil</b></li><li>3 in<b> <b>Canada </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Ontario and British Columbia)</span></b></li><li>6 in <b>Russia</b></li><li>3 in <b>Spain</b></li><li>7 in <b>Ukraine</b></li><li>2 in the<b> <b>UK </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Inverness, and Land's End to John O'Groats)</span></b></li><li>7 in the <b>US</b>, as described in our <a href="http://coloradobrevets.blogspot.com/2020/10/grand-randonnee-round-up-for-2021.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">US Grand Randonnée Roundup</span></a>.</li></ul><div>India has none on the calendar yet (vs. 18 in 2020), which may reflect the current status of the virus, as their events are early in the calendar year.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Great Southern Randonnée in Australia is listed as two events - an evening start and a morning start - so it will be interesting to see how the separate rider pools are managed, and how easy it would be to switch between one and the other.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Finding Out More</b> - The links and info vary. Some links go directly to dedicated pages for those events. Others go to the country organization's home page or the organizing club's home page, where you may have to dig a little to find event info. And details may be understandably in flux, or not yet updated for 2021.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAi9BNIEW_clNWnyjtffQpuJqfEDbGf43IixTsxqTWO6KV8ROH_U86oGhzeuu6WCkvXNVTYQKs7ytiovqCUTrxVi2NgjfVr11QFO8vGOvYwVItIHZw22qi49TjuvBXhWftYt4TChq_r8/s1000/header003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="1000" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAi9BNIEW_clNWnyjtffQpuJqfEDbGf43IixTsxqTWO6KV8ROH_U86oGhzeuu6WCkvXNVTYQKs7ytiovqCUTrxVi2NgjfVr11QFO8vGOvYwVItIHZw22qi49TjuvBXhWftYt4TChq_r8/w378-h94/header003.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The AJ Hokkaido club site says they've already </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>postponed the </i><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://sappwind.sakura.ne.jp&sa=D&ust=1607871810164000&usg=AFQjCNHoRwTkKzUkfkt0U1Tb4v9jc-cvBA">Okhotsk 1300k</a></span></i><i> to 2022</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Travel Considerations </b>- It will remain a challenging and changing travel landscape as 2021 unfolds. For example, as of this writing, most travelers to Australia - including residents of Australia - must quarantine for 14-days at a government approved hotel. Policies everywhere will evolve, of course, as will travelers' comfort level. It all means extra planning to do and added decisions to make.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPDUVTYDM7G_tkDCVUoG0Drg7c6_o9lGW7rxQTR8gCUR6BxIIsr6g_rZWkJlFD3XRKyvHXpiNrlLfru0A0Q4EI5UZXdYRKbdzYMf3I_MyXhQkYeJZ5YNO4X6VrmzJQzIMcTqferVfS0w/s842/normandie.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="842" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPDUVTYDM7G_tkDCVUoG0Drg7c6_o9lGW7rxQTR8gCUR6BxIIsr6g_rZWkJlFD3XRKyvHXpiNrlLfru0A0Q4EI5UZXdYRKbdzYMf3I_MyXhQkYeJZ5YNO4X6VrmzJQzIMcTqferVfS0w/w365-h232/normandie.png" width="365" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Visit the <a href="https://www.cyclo-club-montebourg-saint-germain-de-tournebut.com/longue-distance/2021/le-trio-normand-route-gravel-ou-grimpeur/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Trio Normand</span></a> page </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>to find out about the Normandie 1200</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Calendar Volatility</b>- In their fall update, LRM reports: "In 2021 LRM will be very liberal about allowing changes, postponements, cancellations, or even new events." (The same holds for the Audax Club Parisien regarding brevets and flèches, so if you are thinking about a foreign ACP-sanctioned event, make sure to keep up on when/if it's being scheduled. And our domestic ones, too, of course.)</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">- - -</div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Stepping Outside the Normal Paradigms </b>- We think of Grand Randonnées as following a few typical patterns, over the most typical distances (1,200 km to 1,400 km). But some are much longer - such as the Trans Oz 4000k's. Others have certain concepts - such as the Scandinavia 1200 which visits all the Scandinavian countries and features successive ferry crossings to reach them. A few examples ...</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><b style="background-color: #3d85c6;"> CASE STUDY </b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="https://www.cyclo-club-montebourg-saint-germain-de-tournebut.com/longue-distance/2021/la-reconciliation/" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Les traversées de France - La Réconciliation</span></a><b> </b></span>- Each year, "Les traversées de France" offer a randonnée "following a route linked to a certain historical theme and to discover various points of interest (landscape, architecture, memorial, geographical or gastronomy)." La Réconciliation (2021) is 1,607 km and is linked to French-German reconciliation after the wars. </div><div><br /></div><div>You can ride 280 km per day for RM credit, or 200 km per day as a Permanent. You can start on the official date, or choose this or another date to ride it as a Permanent. Their <a href="https://www.cyclo-club-montebourg-saint-germain-de-tournebut.com/longue-distance/2021/la-reconciliation/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">webpage</span></a> is interesting reading. (The German description has the most info; the English is the sparsest; French is in between. It helps to read all three to piece everything together.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> CASE STUDY </span></b><b style="font-size: small;"> </b><b><a href="https://lejog1400audax.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Land’s End to John o’ Groats (LEJOG) 1400 km</span></a></b> - Land's End to John o' Groats is a longstanding route from the southwest tip of the UK to the northern tip. It's an even more expansive experience than LEL, because being point-to-point it covers more regions - from Cornwall through the Cotswolds, the Midlands, the North, and finishing off in the Scottish Highlands, a windswept land of glacial lakes and an economy of trees. A succession of different terrains, architectures, and history. And Celtic lands at the start and finish.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfeKumrnvCR30xhWdPa3r7UMp2NzlJd-9lZAJlEAUffhCetXFCT5EBSOFyS56o68nQmbhGMMsRAIz7_x6B-8q3Ii8lPq317UvSX4UnotB4t7MmJrrmByP9mqiRqs7qmRT6E2tZSrPKBHE/s1920/john-o-groats-scotland-1471276574BAv.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfeKumrnvCR30xhWdPa3r7UMp2NzlJd-9lZAJlEAUffhCetXFCT5EBSOFyS56o68nQmbhGMMsRAIz7_x6B-8q3Ii8lPq317UvSX4UnotB4t7MmJrrmByP9mqiRqs7qmRT6E2tZSrPKBHE/w213-h320/john-o-groats-scotland-1471276574BAv.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>John o' Groats </i></div><br /><div>You can ride it with Audax UK as a grand randonnée. But there are also tour outfits that take you on the route, or you can ride it independently (with friends, or alone as I did). Back then, I wrote to the CTC (Cycle Touring Club, now CyclingUK) who sent me a route packet. I overnighted mainly in B&B's. Today, <a href="https://www.cyclinguk.org/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cycling UK</span></a> will send you a packet and they have online info and a chat forum. Here is <a href="https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/cycling-guide/lands-end-to-john-ogroats"><span style="color: #cc0000;">their info</span></a>. This is by no means to detract from the rando event option, an alluring opportunity to ride an iconic route as a randonnée event!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><b style="background-color: #3d85c6;"> CASE STUDY </b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="http://www.transoz.bike/"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Trans Oz 4000k's</b></span></a> </span>- An unsupported grand randonnée from Fremantle on the SW coast to Bondi Beach on the SE coast. The website tells us, "Be prepared to suffer long daily distances, endless flat and straight roads, boredom, loneliness, cold, rain, headwinds, tailwinds, road trains, wandering cattle, camels, emus, wombats, and kangaroos, overpriced accommodation, average food, and sometimes questionable water quality." No intermediate checkpoints, but you'll need minimum average pace of 200 km/day to finish officially. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdp1es4Y9K_OwuUeLcICwzsbq8EEspBFgKJJ_PfJ0ZXbU2Lk_GLBv_bIProkN61puhRSBkql-MwzQkxHjl9LJnM0ZCCv7SbNIoKEsbhGxHU0C9ksBLemLXzKUW3Kt9LxK_OE0dxjsr_m4/s1276/aus-great-eastern.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1276" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdp1es4Y9K_OwuUeLcICwzsbq8EEspBFgKJJ_PfJ0ZXbU2Lk_GLBv_bIProkN61puhRSBkql-MwzQkxHjl9LJnM0ZCCv7SbNIoKEsbhGxHU0C9ksBLemLXzKUW3Kt9LxK_OE0dxjsr_m4/w409-h197/aus-great-eastern.png" width="409" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Great Eastern Highway, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>courtesy of Google Street View</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">- - -</div><div><br /></div><div>So, lots to think about if you're considering a foreign randonnée in 2021. We hope that it will be possible to make good plans and have memorable rides this coming year!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">-jle</div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-87735860112938076662020-10-27T07:27:00.002-07:002020-10-27T07:27:53.687-07:00Grand Randonnée Round-Up for 2021!<p><em style="text-align: center;">It's only October and yet the snow has already been flying- so it's time to ponder and plan for next year!</em></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">This year's Grand </span>Randonnée Round-Up for the US is easy to produce, because it's six of the <a href="https://coloradobrevets.blogspot.com/2020/03/grand-randonnee-round-up-for-2020.html" target="_blank">eight <span style="text-align: center;">Grand </span>Randonnées scheduled for 2020</a>. All of the six were cancelled, so they're coming back for a second try (including ours!). Of the other two, one actually took place in 2020, sans RUSA sanctioning, and the other isn't scheduled for 2021. I'm still flagging as <b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b> the ones whose inaugural edition will (hopefully) be in 2021.</p><div style="text-align: center;">The six US 1200k's scheduled for 2021:</div><br /><div align="center"><table><tbody><tr><td><div><a href="https://rmccrides.com/brevet-chc-main.htm"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Colorado High Country</span></b></a></div></td><td><div>July 12</div></td></tr><tr><td><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.distancerider.net/LOL1200/LOL1200Index.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lap of the Lake</span></a> </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b></div></td><td><div>July 14</div></td></tr><tr><td><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.njrandonneurs.org/ny-m-ny-1200k.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">New York - Montréal - New York</span></a> </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b> </div></td><td><div>August 1</div></td></tr><tr><td><div><b><a href="http://www.cyclingforever.com/nvc1200k.html/" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Northern Virginia Cloverleaf</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b></div></td><td><div>September 16</div></td></tr><tr><td><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.seattlerando.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=928629&item_id=1094541"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Crater Lake</span></a> </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b></td><td>September 17</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.crackerswamp.org/"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cracker Swamp</span></b></a></td><td>November 4</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Foreign Grand Randonnées</b></span> - The <a href="http://www.randonneursmondiaux.org/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Randonneurs Mondiaux</span></a> calendar for 2021 has not yet been published. After it is, I will update this space. Meanwhile, two Canadian Grand Randonnées are planned:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a BC Randonneurs 1200k (July 10)</div><div style="text-align: center;">the Manitoulin 1200k in Ontario (August 12)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">- - -</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you are riding a </i><span style="text-align: -webkit-center;">Grand Randonnée</span><i>, some awards for extra motivation:</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_arc.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA American Randonneur Challenge</span></a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish two US grand randonnées in the same year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_c2c.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Coast-to-Coast</span></a></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish four different US grand randonnées - over any number of years<br /><br /><div><strong><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_c2c.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RUSA Cup</span></a></strong></div><div>Finish a US grand randonnée, a populaire, a team event, 200k, 300k, 400k, 600k, and 1000k, and enough extra to add up to 5000 km in 24 months.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rusa.org/award_r10000.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ACP Randonneur-10000</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finish PBP, another grand randonnée, a Super Randonnée 600, two Super-Randonneur series (with 1000k's), a Fl<span style="text-align: left;">èche,</span> and other events within six years.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.randonneursmondiaux.org/50-Challenge_Lepertel.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">RM Challenge Lepertel</span></a> </b><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #3d85c6; color: white; font-size: xx-small;"> NEW </span></b><br />A 1200 km or longer event in each of 4 consecutive calendar years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Les Randonneurs Mondiaux has relaxed the requirement to complete a grand randonnée in each of four successive years. You can make up the year 2020 by riding an extra </i><i>grand randonnée </i><i>in a successive year.</i></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>And now some details on the US </em><i>grand randonnées</i><em> ...</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br /></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9MK2hkxv4KEseFOT94FpFQM16AYMtqbJjaQ5jqa9-qT6D2UU4w1tdfFg9Ty4Vwf3WJYo4Hqr5pNGJGXIU7eBKDrh8soQZMYEM-c2y7cv2BF10LfuVrRvprVmbwXbRPXHbLjk1guUWhg/s1600/colorado1200.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9MK2hkxv4KEseFOT94FpFQM16AYMtqbJjaQ5jqa9-qT6D2UU4w1tdfFg9Ty4Vwf3WJYo4Hqr5pNGJGXIU7eBKDrh8soQZMYEM-c2y7cv2BF10LfuVrRvprVmbwXbRPXHbLjk1guUWhg/s1600/colorado1200.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The <a href="https://rmccrides.com/brevet-chc-main.htm" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Colorado High Country</span></b></a> is most likely still the world's highest grand randonnée, topping out above 10,000 ft. three times. The climbs are prolonged but fairly gentle. The scenery is expansive, varying from Continental Divide outcroppings and forests to high sage parks. This year all overnights are in Walden, CO, making logistics easier for most everyone. Day 2 is a loop through Wyoming's Snowy Range. Day 3 is a loop over Rabbit Ears Pass to Gore Pass and back via Willow Creek Pass.</div><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGUtXs2TzA52RGGcTa3YqU72nRYNa-VfyjD3pblRUSiLW2NdrOR7Voc8JCjAqlYPPJ-kDRaGZ62CyeFwZJcQobUP8LY8gtD7nuin9nzUpgyEbAjhtZ3m5EHKTMh1JsBRgDemx6q_8xqo/s1600/LOL1200k-Logo.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGUtXs2TzA52RGGcTa3YqU72nRYNa-VfyjD3pblRUSiLW2NdrOR7Voc8JCjAqlYPPJ-kDRaGZ62CyeFwZJcQobUP8LY8gtD7nuin9nzUpgyEbAjhtZ3m5EHKTMh1JsBRgDemx6q_8xqo/s1600/LOL1200k-Logo.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.distancerider.net/LOL1200/LOL1200Index.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lap of the Lake 1200</span></a> </span></b>is a circuit of Lake Ontario, and thus a portion in Ontario, Canada. It is based on the Lap of the Lake 1000k, which Pete Dusel has organized for years. "Please make your plans assuming this is a self supported ride."</div><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGfrrMl7NkTiSZkx4RwYYJ5BtQduZxL75lrjnE-nrAK8XG2aLWfX83Uhr7mqBFO-OdcPoOEwsHFtyMrxtGEnAwmfRlLHrOwM74rOc_gC183uC5jigezAX_kHK2QjgF0Ka1sCY5Nee9ZY/s200/NJ1200.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGfrrMl7NkTiSZkx4RwYYJ5BtQduZxL75lrjnE-nrAK8XG2aLWfX83Uhr7mqBFO-OdcPoOEwsHFtyMrxtGEnAwmfRlLHrOwM74rOc_gC183uC5jigezAX_kHK2QjgF0Ka1sCY5Nee9ZY/s0/NJ1200.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.njrandonneurs.org/ny-m-ny-1200k.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">New York - Montréal - New York</span></a></span></b> is "a Long skinny loop, visiting six ranges of the Northeast Appalachians." It starts in the New York City suburbs and turns around near Montréal in Québec.</div><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qEpMXn2VKKMrhy0qjbEIW1XlICjXseJIvV7yKBwPbJkDka879D8CaQUDl-oDU5QJ7YhaHxqDn_4oxYQRhHLhnVK3jBfROuG6xqx_jnrlFY_lHt3HVugPFNZMfYyFAgB2KhwplqPAGrw/s315/NVC1200Logo2021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="292" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qEpMXn2VKKMrhy0qjbEIW1XlICjXseJIvV7yKBwPbJkDka879D8CaQUDl-oDU5QJ7YhaHxqDn_4oxYQRhHLhnVK3jBfROuG6xqx_jnrlFY_lHt3HVugPFNZMfYyFAgB2KhwplqPAGrw/w175-h189/NVC1200Logo2021.png" width="175" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="http://www.cyclingforever.com/nvc1200k.html/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Northern Virginia Cloverleaf</a><b> </b></span></span>is four loops emanating from Leesburg, VA and covering VA, WV, PA, and MD. This is Hamid and Shab's first time organizing a 1200k and it promises to be a scenic tour of the Shenandoah Valley, Appalachian foothills, and Virginia coastal plain.</div><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRIpNWoZvqbqbjsRfHL4RxjLn2lFDAuNNfpPDK9OvrU4bT1DXgXx8b1gwmotgE6UHK-QXrl9ZNzBrlnpvTf4v1XBaHc2lMTHocMYV5il2SOuq-jVdJPjBnOH_GFjYQUgCGYXrbP_aBys/s1202/logo-crater-lake-1200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="1202" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRIpNWoZvqbqbjsRfHL4RxjLn2lFDAuNNfpPDK9OvrU4bT1DXgXx8b1gwmotgE6UHK-QXrl9ZNzBrlnpvTf4v1XBaHc2lMTHocMYV5il2SOuq-jVdJPjBnOH_GFjYQUgCGYXrbP_aBys/w241-h164/logo-crater-lake-1200.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.seattlerando.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=928629&item_id=1094541"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Crater Lake</span></a></span></b> - Details to follow ...</div><span><!--more--></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6JHNS8vIkApyINoOmNjvlPQw9iv8RiOI7CwswnLiDXU9zGxplceRm7j0LFBuwUGPihNk4CebKx-HkT-qQ4K4Bo3OF3vJ8vw2X6oe_OsKULjYN3Xv1_QQGatTqKcbH4QawOyzyhdItLw/s1600/crackerSwamp1200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="200" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6JHNS8vIkApyINoOmNjvlPQw9iv8RiOI7CwswnLiDXU9zGxplceRm7j0LFBuwUGPihNk4CebKx-HkT-qQ4K4Bo3OF3vJ8vw2X6oe_OsKULjYN3Xv1_QQGatTqKcbH4QawOyzyhdItLw/w218-h193/crackerSwamp1200.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.crackerswamp.org/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cracker Swamp 1200km</span></a> </span></b>is a cloverleaf of four loops out of Tavares in Central Florida. Folks who rode the inaugural Cracker Swamp in 2016 liked the event: the simple logistics, great organization, and lots of quiet roads on this late-season 1200k.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong>♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><strong>♦ </strong><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">♦</span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Choosing and Riding a Grand Randonn</span></strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ée</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My traditional advice ...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While all grand randonnées aim to provide you a memorable experience, there are many styles of events, kinds of challenges, services, and what you get for your fee. So investigate and find which ones suit your personal goals!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Scenic and Challenging or Social ... or Both?</strong></span> - Each of these events is challenging, of course, and any can be social with the right attitude and discipline. But it can be easier to stick together as a group if the route is more moderated in its climbs, exposure, etc. Riding with a group may be important to you. Or you may be longing for that special, bracing experience, and willing to ride stretches alone or with a few friends who've agreed to stick together.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Your Ride Plan?</strong></span> - Some events provide a pretty definitive idea of where you should sleep. Others provide some accommodations at a number of controls. Still others leave you totally to your own devices.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><b>» Stage-Oriented</b> </em></span>events have suggested riding segments per day, with overnight facilities provided at the ends of those segments. They have become more popular over the years. This scheme promotes rider cohesiveness, and allows riders to regroup on successive morning starts. They also allow the organizers to concentrate their lodging and food support at fewer points, making for upgraded lodging options and cost savings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em><b>» "Freestyle" </b></em></span>events come in variations on two themes: many staffed controls with sleep options (some of which may be limited, but still a place to sleep), such as Paris-Brest-Paris and the Rocky Mountain 1200; or no event-provided lodging, leaving you to research ahead of time, and make your own arrangements based on your ride plan, likely with a more economical entry fee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It can be satisfying to tune your ride to how things are going, or to your own personal way of riding. It can also be comforting not to have to think about that, and just ride well-thought-out stages. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><em>Pre-visualize how you'd ride the event you've chosen or are considering, and how the event structure supports or can accommodate your needs.</em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Services / Lodging Provided?</strong></span> - Are there regular opportunities to get food (either event-supplied or in stores) and shelter / lodging (either event-supplied or motels en route)? The Big Wild Ride 1200k in Alaska, for example, advised riders there could be stretches up to 200km where you'd need to be self-contained (except for water). This requires more planning on your part, but the reward could be a remote, scenic trip hard to match.</div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>Effort and Expense</strong> </span>- Finally, while it may not affect which event you choose, research the total cost of riding the event. The entry fee may a small part, when added to transportation and lodging - and the logistics of getting to/from the start line. International events clearly can be more trouble and expense, and some US events are easier to get to than others, too. If it's a trade-off between economizing and the exotic, you may find the new or exotic worth the extra cost and trouble, or not. It all depends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- - - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plenty to whet your appetite and take you to new places in 2021. So start imagining, planning, ... and training!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>-jle</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511556658522121773.post-75733796711622709872020-07-19T15:06:00.000-07:002020-07-19T15:36:00.914-07:00Rillito - Pantano - Saguaro Sashay 100k - inaugural ride!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
On February 20, 2019, I tried out my new Rillito-Pantano-Saguaro 100k perm populaire in Tucson!</div>
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<i>I'm only publishing now, 16 months later - because I forgot it hadn't been finished and published.</i></div>
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The preponderance of the route is on the river park trails (Rillito River Park Path and Pantano Wash Park Path) plus the delightful Cactus Forest loop in Saguaro National Park (East).</div>
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So while on a map the route may look urban, that's not the riding experience. And this was my goal in designing the route. Smooth pavement, tranquil miles, and a scenic cactus experience.</div>
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<i>Catalina Mountains to the north-northeast, and Rincon Mountains to the east / southeast, which borders Saguaro National Park (East).</i></div>
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After the mile on Ft. Lowell Rd. and mile plus on Mountain Ave., we're welcomed by the Mountain Avenue Bridge (no motorized vehicles) onto Rillito River Park Path (north bank).</div>
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<i>This gateway is just one example of artwork along the trail.</i></div>
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<i>Catalina Mountains in the background.</i></div>
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<i>Serene spur down the Rillito path to Mile 0 (and a checkpoint).</i></div>
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<i>Sand on path after high water from rains. </i></div>
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<i>This isn't on the actual route, so I don't know why I included it,</i></div>
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<i>but that's how it is on the river park trails.</i></div>
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<i>This gets cleared away quickly by park staff.</i></div>
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<i>Heading back east on the Rillito River Park trail.</i></div>
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<i>Pantano Wash trail has a sequence of evocative <a href="https://tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org/other-programs/commemorative-tree-parks/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Commemorative Tree Parks</span></a> where folks can sign up and plant a plant in honor of someone (with a numbered plaque in front - the photo above shows the key to the plots - and often a photo of the honored person). </i></div>
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<i>Here's one with some Christmas decorations left over.</i></div>
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Next it's the two miles up Golf Links Road, with places for food and drink. Then the sinuous Old Spanish Trail Road, such a departure to the grid system of Tucson proper.</div>
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At the entrance to <a href="https://www.nps.gov/sagu/index.htm"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Saguaro National Park</span> </a>(East), there is a visitors center with water, restrooms, and brochures. At the entrance, show your pass or pay your entrance fee. (Or if it's before 9am or 8am, there's no staffing.)</div>
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This was the original Saguaro National Park tract. At the time, the cactus and other vegetation was in decline, from livestock and from a big freeze one winter in the early 20th century. But now it is a lush Sonoran Desert landscape.</div>
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<i>Actually a dawn view. </i></div>
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My friend Lynne Fitzsimmons, from Portland, OR, rode this route when she was visiting Tucson. Here is her write-up with photos!</div>
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<i>Poudre Canyon past Mishawaka</i></div>
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A giant burger the night before on a jalapeño - cheese bun provided nutritional inspiration.</div>
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3:57 and a mild start from the Dale Estate, swinging by the brevet start in Louisville. Temps in the mid to upper 50's under clear skies. Pretty much perfect.</div>
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<i>Pre-dawn light descending 95th St.</i></div>
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<i>A sunny morning on Glade Road to Masonville</i></div>
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<i>Quiet on Horsetooth ... both on the water and on the roads!</i></div>
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A warm, tailwind climb up a quiet Poudre Canyon. The rafting companies have plenty of business, but it's not as frenetic as on the weekends.</div>
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Around the bend, flaggers were pausing traffic for scaling work at the rock tunnel. After waiting a few minutes, I asked the flagperson about wait time. He said he couldn't tell - could be five minutes , fifteen, etc. Some of the notations on the rockface indicated possible explosive work in its future.</div>
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This turned out to be a mile or two less of Poudre Canyon than on the Stove Prairie 200k from April. Oh, well. </div>
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And the exciting snake warnings at the Rawhide Plant, a reminder from the winter Rawhide Ramble 200k brevet, when the snakes would probably have been in torpor.</div>
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<i>Rillito River Park Path - Mountain Ave. bridge - at dawn</i></div>
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Services and precautions at the Kum & Go in Wellington were very good. Widespread mask usage, and the pizza slices were fully enclosed and wrapped up tight. Also, to fill your water bottle, they gave you your own large plastic cup to get water from the vending machine - no direct contact with your suspect water containers. Nicely done.</div>
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I always love the quiet stretch of Weld County Road 23 heading down to Severance, after getting off busy Hwy. 14 (albeit with nice concrete shoulder).</div>
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Here is a picture of the wetlands along CR 23, where I stopped to photograph a <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-headed_Blackbird/overview"><span style="color: #cc0000;">yellow-headed blackbird</span></a>. </span>It's one of my favorite birds, and reliably found right here during migration. By the time I had coaxed my phone camera into action, however, the yellow-headed blackbird had (predictably) departed.</div>
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In Severance, already out of water, I stopped at the store, where the clerk was extremely polite and helpful, really a welcoming store and friendly small town.</div>
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Climbing past Milliken, virga had started to form above the foothills. That was ok, because the weather people had predicted that storms would stay in the mountains.</div>
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Showers began moving down the foothills. Good thing the forecast was for dry on the plains!</div>
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<i>Bike shoes drying in the sun</i></div>
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On May 26, I made my first-of-season climb to Brainard Lake.</div>
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<i>My first-of-season bird up there was the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/nature/gray_jay.htm">gray jay</a> - even before I took out my sandwich, which is a magnet for gray jays, a reliable denizen of this altitude. I heard tweets that were probably migrating warblers, but didn't see them.</i></div>
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It's an ideal time to be at Brainard, since the campgrounds and day use areas aren't open - under 10 feet of snow at the moment - and perhaps wouldn't be open anyway, in this Time of the Virus.</div>
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Climbing up to Ward, you reach the early bright green just-unfolded foliage near Ward at 9,000 ft.</div>
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The evidence that spring is finally here! </div>
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The snowfield provided warming rays while I took a moment for a sandwich.</div>
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Among the few folks on bikes were (1) an angler with fishing gear headed to the lake and (2) a mountaineering skier with backcountry skis heading to a trailhead.</div>
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<i>Heading back for a chilly but delightful descent.</i></div>
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Here's hoping you can enjoy a cool get-away on this eve of summer!</div>
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-jle</div>
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