Randy Dreiling

I would like to invite all women to try mountain bike

racing. There are a number of different classes for

women, with different amounts of milage depending on

your class. It is great, just ask the women that

already race.



Take Care

Randy

--- Susan Otcenas <sus-@teamestrogen.com> wrote:



   On the topic of women racers

OK, I have a question/comment.



At the Banana Belt, for example, the men pro/1/2

will be doing 5 laps the

first week, while the 3s (and I guess 4/5s?) are

doing 4. More experience =

more laps. On the other hand the women 1/2/3 and

the women 4 all do 4 laps.

Why aren't the 4s doing fewer laps? I may be alone

here, but I gotta say

that as a 4 who has done nothing other than time

trials and PIR, the idea of

racing 4 laps around the relentlessly hilly Hagg

Lake is too daunting. I'm

not picking on Banana Belt. Other races, Piece of

Cake for example, also

expect the beginner women to do the same number of

laps as the more

experienced women.



I saw that at the Cherry Pie, the women 4s will be

doing only one lap

instead of the two that the rest of the women are

doing. If I'm not too

sore after Jack Frost, I may consider giving this a

try. But 44 hilly miles

around Hagg Lake for a beginner?   It seems like too

much. Last year I

volunteered at 2 banana belt races and the slower

women were spread out for

MILES. That has got to be discouraging.



Just my thoughts. All the women who have been

lobbying for MORE laps will

probably want to beat up on me now. :)



Susan



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