Hello,
All is set for 50 miles and lots of ups and downs......I was up at the
course all day doing final prep...ect and no rain.....it missed Blodgett and
I would give the course a 85% dry rating now...just to let you pdx people
know who got dumped on.
See you soon
Thanks
Mike
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Well,
The course is marked and the race is looking great.
Looks like I overestimated the elevation gain and the official distance
is 51 miles and 7800 ft. So those few that are doing the test and the
cream puff will suffer a little bit less.
Speaking of the Cream Puff, I have decided between the race and all of
my effort to put on this event that it would be a good idea for me not
to race the cream puff this year and raffle my entry off to any person
that finishes the Test Of Endurance in under 5 hrs. All who do this and
want to enter the Cream Puff the following weekend will be given a
chance for my spot in the race. You can give the spot away as well but
I must have a name before you leave. I am not sure how many people will
finish in under 5hrs but it is a great time to go for. I rode the
course today and it took me 3 hrs for the first lap all the way back to
the school, 27 miles.
News:
Thule has generously donated 2 full rack systems with two mounts or 2
hitch systems, your choice. We have great burritos after the race(5.00,
Blodgett cafe will be serving) and plenty of Vitamin water, clif bars,
coffee cake, bananas and to refuel your system. Average times should be
around 6 hrs and i look forward to seeing you this saturday or Friday
night at the pre-registration at Cyclotopia in Corvallis. I posted on
mudslingerevents.com the starting list of entrants. Any 20-24 year olds
out there, its wide open.
Thanks,
Mike
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Well,
The course is marked and the race is looking great.
Looks like I overestimated the elevation gain and the official
distance is 51 miles and 7800 ft. So those few that are doing the test
and the cream puff will suffer a little bit less.
Speaking of the Cream Puff, I have decided between the race and all of
my effort to put on this event that it would be a good idea for me not
to race the cream puff this year and raffle my entry off to any person
that finishes the Test Of Endurance in under 5 hrs. All who do this
and <bold>want</bold> to enter the Cream Puff the following weekend
will be given a chance for my spot in the race. You can give the spot
away as well but I must have a name before you leave. I am not sure
how many people will finish in under 5hrs but it is a great time to go
for. I rode the course today and it took me 3 hrs for the first lap
all the way back to the school, 27 miles.
News:
Thule has generously donated 2 full rack systems with two mounts or 2
hitch systems, your choice. We have great burritos after the
race(5.00, Blodgett cafe will be serving) and plenty of Vitamin water,
clif bars, coffee cake, bananas and to refuel your system. Average
times should be around 6 hrs and i look forward to seeing you this
saturday or Friday night at the pre-registration at Cyclotopia in
Corvallis. I posted on mudslingerevents.com the starting list of
entrants. Any 20-24 year olds out there, its wide open.
Thanks,
Mike
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This is going to be a great event, I am looking forward to it.
Hope to see some familar faces as well as some new ones.
Time to Ride,
Richard Sweet
Paul's Bicycle Way of Life Cycling Team
Mike Ripley wrote:
Hi,
The first annual Test Of Endurance is set for this Saturday and with
great support and a great course, 9 different trail sections are on
each loop. For all of you wanting to race go to orbike.com and you can
still sign up through Wednesday. Mountain cycle will be giving away the
Zen Mountain bike and all of you who were at the Mudslinger are in this
drawing as well. Kona Brewing will be giving away a bike. Other
support comes from Clif Bar and Vitamin water, deschutes brewery and
squirrels tavern of Corvallis. The aide stations will have plenty of
great stuff to munch on. Make sure to come by 8am to get your water
bottles to Aide 1 of Aide 2 if you want them on the course. If you need
to register after orbike.com closes registration Wednesday night,
e-mail me and I will get you in and you can pay at the sign in. We all
want a race this long to start on time and I need your info ahead of
time. I don't see anyone breaking 4 hrs. No way! See you either at
Cyclotopia 240 Sw Washington downtown Corvallis from 4-8 pm this Friday
or Saturday morning I will se all of you for 50 miles and 8500 ft of
fun Saturday morning from 6:30-8:30am for sign in for the race. The
race starts at 9:15am.
Thanks
Mike
Hi,
The first annual Test Of Endurance is set for this Saturday and with
great support and a great course, 9 different trail sections are on
each loop. For all of you wanting to race go to orbike.com and you can
still sign up through Wednesday. Mountain cycle will be giving away the
Zen Mountain bike and all of you who were at the Mudslinger are in this
drawing as well. Kona Brewing will be giving away a bike. Other
support comes from Clif Bar and Vitamin water, deschutes brewery and
squirrels tavern of Corvallis. The aide stations will have plenty of
great stuff to munch on. Make sure to come by 8am to get your water
bottles to Aide 1 of Aide 2 if you want them on the course. If you need
to register after orbike.com closes registration Wednesday night,
e-mail me and I will get you in and you can pay at the sign in. We all
want a race this long to start on time and I need your info ahead of
time. I don't see anyone breaking 4 hrs. No way! See you either at
Cyclotopia 240 Sw Washington downtown Corvallis from 4-8 pm this Friday
or Saturday morning I will se all of you for 50 miles and 8500 ft of
fun Saturday morning from 6:30-8:30am for sign in for the race. The
race starts at 9:15am.
Thanks
Mike
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