tackyglueit

you should be racing the senior men field.

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:08 AM, wrote:

> 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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> >
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> >
> > Vice President- Western US
> >
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> >
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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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