Steve Westberg
I agree that the fastest should go last to keep people around - it was great hanging out after my races were over.
My only hope was to swap two race times - the 3/4/5 Juniors and the Master 3/50+. Puts a time gap in so that the Master 3/50+ have a time gap between their race and the 3/Singlespeed race. I don't see too many 3/4/5 Junior men signing up for the singlespeed race. Leaves the fast folk going end of the day to keep folks interested, doesn't redo composition of groups...
And to quantify - if you look at Alpenrose and PIR weekends for 2015 over 10% of the Master B/50+ racers also raced in the B/SS race. If there is a shorter time gap between the two races I bet more will race a second race. But not back to back
rond..@spiritone.com
August 10, 2016 at 6:49 PM Reply
My cat. race time has changed three times over the years. Promoters and OBRA usually change the times to keep the field size of each timeslot balanced. As the cat. numbers go up or down ( 50+ has grown a great deal), this can require moving groups to maintain the best balance. It is never perfect, but they have always attempted to design the best schedule. I just show up and race at the time posted. I do agree with Craig that having the ���top bill��� racers go at the end of the day is one of the things that encourages people to hang around, watch more races, meet other racers / families and support vendors.
ron