Jason Shucker
Saturday races are great, because they do allow for Sunday to be a little more laid back, however if there is a Saturday race, Sunday is usually a training ride so either way, no church for me. Seeing more Saturday races would be nice though, but it probably won't happen, because more people attend Sunday races. I learned in college that Washington, Oregon, and California are the three least "churched" states in the US (or at least all three near the bottom). So it should be no surprise to you that Sundays are race days! People here don't attend church. And those who do, will generally chose bike racing over church.
As for your comment about stacking races at the beginning of the year and instead spreading them out. I have been preaching (yes pun intended) for years that we move our races later so we can ride in the better weather. For whatever reason, the majority of bike racers in the NW like riding their bikes in the crappy, rainny, cold spring instead of the nice dry warm summer. 500 people show up to race in Feb, and 50 will show up in July. I have a theory about why, I'll save for another day, another time.
Sunday is a day for spiritual growth and rest? For you perhaps, for me Sunday's are a day for football and bike racing/riding.
The Shucker
PS. Let's not forget that some people attend church on Saturday's, maybe bike racers are Seventh Day Adventists? Anyone?
Michael Packard <Michael.-@ch2m.com> wrote:
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who goes to Church on Sunday and I would personally like to see more Saturday races.
As has already been pointed out - don't stack them at the beginning or end of the season, but spread them out as evenly as possible.
Are cyclists generally religious? Well, that depends on how fast you're descending that wet, slippery hill with the stop sign at the bottom as cross traffic passes by :)
Personally, I think it's a shame that Sunday has become just another day of the week and not the "day of rest and spiritual growth" as it was intended to be.
Michael
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As a parent of several Junior racers Sunday racing is great. Most juniors have other sports they play on Sat. for their schools such as soccer, basketball etc.
I think the solution is a balance of Sat/Sun races.
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Sounds good as long as we don't wind up with yet more races stacked from late February through May.
Remember the tread from a few months ago discussing why is the race calender so heavily weighted to the earliest part of the season and goes through the doldrums just when the weather is at it's nicest?
Rick
brice-@hotmail.com wrote:
Another vote for more Saturday races.
Evan Plews wrote:
How about some Saturday races for a change. Doesn't anyone go to church
on Sunday anymore? Bunch of heathens anyway :)
Actually that brings up a good point. Are cyclists generally religious
or not???
Kori Kunz wrote:
In an attempt to decide which races to focus on (since I would really
like to do all of them but know that's not a sustainable approach) I'm
wondering what kinds of MTB series are out there this year, and which
one offers the best prize money. Yep, I'm not looking for any more
trophies on my mantel, just going straight for the mercenary incentive.
Of course I'll also be weighing the amount of single track in
proportion to the distance to drive (and conflicting road races), but
the dollars will be a very influential factor. Mike? Randy? Petr?
What are you serving up this year?
Looking forward to it.
Cheers,
Kori
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