Pistis Mountain Bike Racing Team
Sounds like you need to do the Return on the Jedi race. It will give you all you are asking for plus a meal.Cliff McCann Pistis MinistriesPistis.us541-659-4104> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 05:51:36 -0700> From: jpweathe@yahoo.com> To: obra@list.obra.org> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Falls City Firecracker AWESOME> > I saw some of the threads about this race and felt compelled to make a post -- something I almost never do. This course was fantastic -- and with this year's improvements (e.g., single track climbs) it couldn't have been better, except to make each amazing lap even longer!> > To those that would like this sport to be more like triathalons, road races, running races, etc. I say feel free to do those events, or the pseudo mtb race stages you can do in the multi-discilpline (jack of all trade, master of none) adventure races. I like mtb racing, have been doing it since 1991, and the OBRA series has it nailed.> > Note to promoters: when I drive two hours each way to race I expect to race at least for two hours -- it just seems 100% wrong to drive more 2x the time you spend on your bike on a Sunday! Pls. don't shorten the expert/pro classes!> > Yes, xc mtb racing is hard, but let's not forget what people were complaining about in the late '90s when the sport fell off of its peak -- Norba courses that were non-technical with short boring laps -- there was nothing "epic" about the racing. OBRA races have "epic" and "varied" in spades compared to the rest of the country (I have lived and/or raced in NorCal, North Carolina, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Colorado), and I love it.> > If you want a shorter race, race Sport or Beginner. If you are too fast for those categories, ask promoters for a new class -- perhaps the "I'm really fast, able and strong but would prefer to not get tired class" -- maybe it will catch on. Just don't expect me to sign up! I want to be wiped out when I finish a race, and I want the course technical enough that there is no chance I will think about anything in my life for that 2 hours except the trail and the race.> > Want to increase attendance? Coordinate the races so they don't conflict with the road season -- that may mean races later into the summer, but hey wouldn't that be a good thing? Wouldn't the turnout at Horning's been higher if it was 75 and partly cloudy with dry trails than the slop we hiked through in March? > > If I have one complaint about the season is that I freeze my a** off and trash my bike for the first 2/3 of the season every year. But hey, that's Oregon and it's why I just got a SS!> > Cheers,> > jw> > _______________________________________________> OBRA mailing list> obra@list.obra.org> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
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