Robert
Exactly my point Steven. Thanks.
On August 18, 2016 9:26:55 AM PDT, Steven Beardsley via OBRA wrote:
>Darell, the heat is part of the issue. Attendance and conflicting
>events is
>the bigger issue this week. Of the 8 Sr. Men that raced last week, I
>know
>at least 5 of them that won't be around. I also think we can cut out
>another 5-6 racers who do not want to race on a Thursday night when it
>is
>98 degrees in the bowl. Some of which may want to save it for the
>masters
>track tracing or the NW Champs at Marymoor this weekend. That leaves an
>extremely low attendance that would probably not even cover the
>officials
>pay for the evening.
>
>I could be 100% incorrect about all of this, but it is a risk I am
>taking,
>especially considering all the other track racing that is available
>this
>weekend.
>
>Perhaps I am soft.
>
>On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Mike Murray
>wrote:
>
>> The one PIR race which was cancelled was due to standing water on the
>> course. This was so many years ago that the person that cancelled the
>event
>> was Randy Shafer. At the time he was a local official and race
>organizer.
>> This week you could see him on TV as he is an official in Rio. If
>> cancelling PIR due to flooding is evidence of being soft then we have
>been
>> that way for a long time, since before many OBRA members were born.
>>
>> Cancelling Thursday racing makes sense given that there is racing
>both
>> days this weekend.
>>
>> Mike Murray
>>
>> On Aug 17, 2016, at 22:15, Darell C. Provencher via OBRA <
>> obra@list.obra.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm. I think that in my 36 yrs of racing this is the first time a
>track
>> race at Alpenrose gets cancelled because of heat (forecast says high
>of
>> 97). We also had a PIR race years ago cancelled because of too much
>rain.
>> Maybe next a cross race will be cancelled because of too much mud.
>Are we
>> getting too soft?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* OBRA on behalf of Steven
>Beardsley
>> via OBRA
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 17, 2016 8:36:05 PM
>> *To:* OBRA
>> *Subject:* [OBRA Chat] THURSDAY NIGHT TRACK - CANCELED
>>
>> Hi All, I am canceling track racing tomorrow.
>>
>> See you all next week for the elite state track championships when it
>gets
>> a little less hot.
>>
>>
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