masessa@charter.net
I feel the same way. If you're a Cat 3 and 40-49 you are excluded from racing both days, which I would do.
Dave M
---- Greg Bruce wrote:
> I don't have any feedback on the proposed questions, but I was wondering
> why the Masters 40-49 is the only Masters group that will not really
> have the opportunity to race on both days (Race their category and race
> their age) unless they choose to race the Senior Men category on June
> 14th, which is not a viable option for most Masters men aged 40-49. I am
> guessing that the vast majority of Masters men aged 40-49 are Cat's 3,4
> and 5 and it would have been nice to have the opportunity to race in our
> category at the rehearsal and then in our age group at the OBRA Road
> Race like all of the other Masters age groups get to do.
>
>
>
> If it is a matter of spreading the races out on the two days, why not
> move some of the races/racers who are less likely to race a category
> race over into that Masters 40-49 slot and vice versa? I am pretty sure
> there are a whole lot more Masters Men aged 40-49 that would race their
> category also, if given the chance than there are Masters Men 60+ or
> Womens 50+ or Juniors 10 to 14 who would race a category race at the
> rehearsal.
>
>
>
> I am guessing it may be too late to change anything at this point, but I
> would hope we could think through the format a little better in the
> future and use all of the great statistical information we have
> available to us in making these decisions.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Greg Bruce
>
>
>
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> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> Behalf Of Richard Haight
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:51 AM
> To: obra
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Rehearsal Road Race - Input Asked
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Here's the first installment of information for the upcoming Rehearsal
> Road Race (May 24th) and OBRA Road Race (June 14th) championship events.
>
> The course is the same as last years' Three Rivers Road Race. The
> 16-mile circuit features a long gradual climb and accompanying power -
> descent and a short uphill finish. There are plenty of chances to move
> up in the field, via technical turns and short punchy rollers. Last year
> we saw everything from successful breakaways, to pack finishes, to
> shattered fields.
>
> I would like input on the following:
>
> 1) I have heard the Women 3 may prefer to race in the "Women Senior"
> group. Right now we have them separate, as we were following formats
> from previous years. In any case we will score them separately. I would
> prefer to combine the groups, to have one less field on the
> road.....comments? The combined race would occur at the 10:30 start
> time.
>
> 2) Vendors..... I've often wondered about the racers perception / want
> of vendors at events, and also vendors perceptions as to whether its
> worth their while. I had thought to ask a food vendor (maybe the High
> Schools Booster Club), a nutrition / supplement vendor, a personal coach
> type, a local clothing company....like I've seen at cross races. Do
> people want this? Any vendors out there that are interested? Who have I
> missed?
>
> Our goal is to provide you really fine championship events. Please
> review the flyer (
> http://www.obra.org/flyers/2008/road_race_championships.pdf ), consider
> the above, and give us some feedback to make that goal a success.
>
> We already have plans to add a motion-based link for a map of the route.
>
>
> Thank you and looking forward,
>
> Richard Haight
> Three Rivers Racing
> richardhaight@hotmail.com
>
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