Freyensee, James P
Cherry Pie is a good course...there is a good hill strategically placed
not too far from the finish that can sort some good and not-so-good
riders out but the course is not overly brutal...I don't think if it
were ever to move, say two weeks later, it would affect turnout.
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From: hutchsraceteam [mailto:hutchsr-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 10:24 AM
To: pat.s-@alldata.net; ob-@topica.com
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Historical perspective - was Summer Race Turn
Out
The answer to your question is the Tour of Willamette. This early
season Pro stage race in April bumped up the OBRA calender to start in
February so that riders would be fit by April. The February 28th Cherry
Pie race is one of the best attended races all year. By the middle of
the season there are only about 30 Category 2 riders at each race. I
would love to see the calender push back a few weeks or a month so that
some of the best racing of the year were not in 45 degrees and rain
weather. This will never happen. The promoters are set on their dates,
and they are probably too afraid to move them in fear that they would
loose participants due to change.
My two cents .. AP
Pat Sagers <pat.s-@alldata.net> wrote:
I have been road racing a little for the last 3 - 4 years and
this last year it really hit home on how hard it is to get adequate base
miles in the legs so early in the year. We had a miserable, seemingly
endless winter out here in central Oregon and just when the weather
settled down and it was more of a pleasure to be out and riding, nearly
all the racing was completely done. If I lived in the Portland area, I
would definitely hit the midweek offerings, but midweek races in the
evenings with a 3 hour drive is a killer. Just can't do it.
This is my question: Why or how did Oregon racing become so much
a winter/spring sport and not a summer sport? I realize that a couple
road races have dotted the calendar after the Cascade Classic, but why
the long dead space after that. Summer starts on June 21 and we have
the Cascade stage soon after and then very little. I want to thank the
Plummer's and everyone else who helped with the Bend High Desert as it
was a great, great event. But it seems there's plenty of weeks in July
and August when nothing at all is going on. I would actually make the 4
hour each way trips to the Banana Belt series if they were held in July,
when it's dry and warm.
Thanks
Pat Sagers
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