Sarah Tisdale
I'll express a different opinion. I didn't race WallaWalla and didn't race
Barton Circuit race either, so it wasn't conflicting races for me.
For me, that hill is just too dang steep for me to have any credible chance
at racing (or even helping a teammate).
Not sure if others share my view, but that's why I didn't race it. I did
make the drive to race both Cherry Pie and Kings Valley. It would be great
to have a close-to-home race, but that dang hill for me is a no-go.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Norrene Godfrey via OBRA <
obra@list.obra.org> wrote:
> Hi, Matt -
>
> I just want to speak on behalf of the women racers in OBRA, Molly
> Cameron's comment was right. The OBRA women's field was a little small due
> to the overlapping of events [tour of walla-walla].
>
> If we look at your numbers, you had 17 ladies.
>
> Dirty circles for the big cash payout was 28 [dirty circles #2]
>
> Kings Valley had 33.
>
> I looked at the registration notes for Tour of Walla-Walla and 12 women
> from Oregon went up there to race.
>
> If these ladies had stayed home, that would have possibly put your women's
> event number at 29 - on par with all the other events in the PNW.
>
> So to say people are unwilling to leave the city limits is kind-of-unfair.
>
> Where was I? It was my birthday weekend, and I had it off.
>
> I hope you continue to support women's racing; every race helps grows the
> sport for women and everyone who rides a bike.
>
> Cheers
> Norrene
>
>
>
>
>
> Matt Ritzow
> April 20, 2016 at 11:24 AM Reply
> Judging from the results of PIR last night there is no shortage of riders
> in PDX just a shortage of riders willing to leave the city limits to race
> bikes.
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 4:59 PM, via OBRA wrote:
>
> > Ladies,
> > I must confess, I'm having a little trouble with this email. How do I get
> > more of you out there?
> > We had a tiny total of 17 women; 9 senior women and 8 cat 4/5 women.
> > I had women ask me to open up the Master's field to cat 3 Masters so I
> did
> > and I didn't get one single Masters racer out there. What gives?
> > I know Walla Walla was the same weekend but isn't there more than 17
> women
> > that can come out to race?
> > I almost hate to ask if I did this or did that if I could get more women
> > out there but I did what I was asked for the Masters and nobody came to
> > play.
> > Is there a field structure that would work where I could get you out
> > there, say:
> > Cat 1/2/3 and Master's 1/2/3 run togther scored separately?
> > Cat 4/5 and Master's 4/5 run together scored separately?
> >
> > Help me out and tell me what I need to do. We can take it don't worry
> > about our feelings. We want you out there.
> >
> > Thank you for your input,
> > Steve Long
> > stevelong@wenzelcoaching.com
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Matt Ritzow
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> Eugene, Or. 97401
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>
> Kristina Hughes
> April 19, 2016 at 11:35 PM Reply
> Steve,
>
> Thank you for your email and questions. I encourage all women who have
> been racing (or have ideas or who would like to race) to personally email
> Steve your feedback. Barton Park is a really nice race and I really had fun
> racing it last year. Thank you Steve for putting it on and asking for our
> feedback.
>
> KH
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 19, 2016, at 6:12 PM, Molly Cameron via OBRA wrote:
> >
> > There are not enough women in the entire Pacific Northwest racing road
> bikes right now to have overlapping/conflicting road (or gravel/road)
> events.
> >
> > Despite all of the fantastic grassroots efforts of programs like Let's
> Race Bikes and the great teams like Olympia and High Five fostering and
> bringing up new women on the road, the numbers are just not there right now.
> >
> > Conflicting with TOWW hurt both races, their number of women racing was
> bad too.
> >
> > MC
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:59 PM, via OBRA wrote:
> >> Ladies,
> >> I must confess, I'm having a little trouble with this email. How do I
> get more of you out there?
> >> We had a tiny total of 17 women; 9 senior women and 8 cat 4/5 women.
> >> I had women ask me to open up the Master's field to cat 3 Masters so I
> did and I didn't get one single Masters racer out there. What gives?
> >> I know Walla Walla was the same weekend but isn't there more than 17
> women that can come out to race?
> >> I almost hate to ask if I did this or did that if I could get more
> women out there but I did what I was asked for the Masters and nobody came
> to play.
> >> Is there a field structure that would work where I could get you out
> there, say:
> >> Cat 1/2/3 and Master's 1/2/3 run togther scored separately?
> >> Cat 4/5 and Master's 4/5 run together scored separately?
> >>
> >> Help me out and tell me what I need to do. We can take it don't worry
> about our feelings. We want you out there.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your input,
> >> Steve Long
> >> stevelong@wenzelcoaching.com
> >>
> >>
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> Molly Cameron
> April 19, 2016 at 6:12 PM Reply
> There are not enough women in the entire Pacific Northwest racing road
> bikes right now to have overlapping/conflicting road (or gravel/road)
> events.
>
> Despite all of the fantastic grassroots efforts of programs like Let's Race
> Bikes and the great teams like Olympia and High Five fostering and bringing
> up new women on the road, the numbers are just not there right now.
>
> Conflicting with TOWW hurt both races, their number of women racing was bad
> too.
>
> MC
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:59 PM, via OBRA wrote:
>
> > Ladies,
> > I must confess, I'm having a little trouble with this email. How do I get
> > more of you out there?
> > We had a tiny total of 17 women; 9 senior women and 8 cat 4/5 women.
> > I had women ask me to open up the Master's field to cat 3 Masters so I
> did
> > and I didn't get one single Masters racer out there. What gives?
> > I know Walla Walla was the same weekend but isn't there more than 17
> women
> > that can come out to race?
> > I almost hate to ask if I did this or did that if I could get more women
> > out there but I did what I was asked for the Masters and nobody came to
> > play.
> > Is there a field structure that would work where I could get you out
> > there, say:
> > Cat 1/2/3 and Master's 1/2/3 run togther scored separately?
> > Cat 4/5 and Master's 4/5 run together scored separately?
> >
> > Help me out and tell me what I need to do. We can take it don't worry
> > about our feelings. We want you out there.
> >
> > Thank you for your input,
> > Steve Long
> > stevelong@wenzelcoaching.com
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > obra@list.obra.org
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> > Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
> >
> >
>
> stevea.lo..@comcast.net
> April 19, 2016 at 4:59 PM Reply
> Ladies,
> I must confess, I'm having a little trouble with this email. How do I get
> more of you out there?
> We had a tiny total of 17 women; 9 senior women and 8 cat 4/5 women.
> I had women ask me to open up the Master's field to cat 3 Masters so I did
> and I didn't get one single Masters racer out there. What gives?
> I know Walla Walla was the same weekend but isn't there more than 17 women
> that can come out to race?
> I almost hate to ask if I did this or did that if I could get more women
> out there but I did what I was asked for the Masters and nobody came to
> play.
> Is there a field structure that would work where I could get you out
> there, say:
> Cat 1/2/3 and Master's 1/2/3 run togther scored separately?
> Cat 4/5 and Master's 4/5 run together scored separately?
>
> Help me out and tell me what I need to do. We can take it don't worry
> about our feelings. We want you out there.
>
> Thank you for your input,
> Steve Long
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