Ron and Dorothy Strasser

I agree.... Cross and XC are super fun! Usually dusty or muddy but that
just gives me other excuses (other than current state of "pruneness") to not
be very fast.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Long, Steve"
To: "Don Hanson" ;
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OBRA Digest, Over 50 hate hills?

> Huh?
> There's lots of racing for over 50 people...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> Behalf Of Don Hanson
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:42 PM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OBRA Digest, Over 50 hate hills?
>
> You will probably like hillclimbs if you keep cycling till you reach
> 50 and beyond. Us old guys like em because hillclimbs and time trials
> are about all the racing available to us..Not many wheel to wheel races
> for age group racers, and it sucks to have to start with 35 masters if
> you are over 50. At least the organizers sometimes SCORE us by age
> group in a hillclimb..Maybe when all the present day racers get a bit
> older, there will be more racing for you'se guys, but right now, it is
> pretty slim..
> Don Hanson (over 60, still slow on the hills)
>
>
>> Message: 11
>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:42:30 -0700
>> From: Richard Hogan
>> Subject: [OBRA Chat] MT Ashland Hillclimb
>> To: obra@list.obra.org
>> Message-ID: <46e17f76cb159_2408157efb089398309cb@lizard.tmail>
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>>
>> Flyer is up!
>>
>> I've had a lot of over 50 masters so it looks like i'll be adding a
>> mens
> master 50+.
>>
>> Question: When(if I make it)I'm over 50 will i like climbing cuz I
>> hate
> it now?
>>
>> I will also have to remove the Junior start at 4 corners due to lack
>> of
> person power. So MTB juniors will start in the park with everyone else.
>>
>> Richard
>
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jakebigham

Don- It seems like I am catching up to you! When I started (not so
long ago) trying to race bikes there was a 50+ at the Monday night
PIR. Now, by the time I could use it, things have changed and a
"Master" is anyone over 30. Among the 50+ age range there are
actually a lot of really fast guys, so I don't know how much better I
would do in placing anywhere remotely near the top twenty.
But take heart! Maybe I'll see you at Larch Mt. on Sunday or
Kruger's farm next week. both have fields for the grey beards among
us. If not maybe I'll see you out in the Gorge. Anyway, despite the
decade between us you are still faster, Cheers!
-Jake
On Sep 7, 2007, at 2:42 PM, Don Hanson wrote:

> You will probably like hillclimbs if you keep cycling till you
> reach 50
> and beyond. Us old guys like em because hillclimbs and time trials
> are
> about all the racing available to us..Not many wheel to wheel races
> for age
> group racers, and it sucks to have to start with 35 masters if you
> are over
> 50. At least the organizers sometimes SCORE us by age group in a
> hillclimb..Maybe when all the present day racers get a bit older,
> there will
> be more racing for you'se guys, but right now, it is pretty slim..
> Don Hanson (over 60, still slow on the hills)
>
>
>> Message: 11
>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:42:30 -0700
>> From: Richard Hogan
>> Subject: [OBRA Chat] MT Ashland Hillclimb
>> To: obra@list.obra.org
>> Message-ID: <46e17f76cb159_2408157efb089398309cb@lizard.tmail>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>
>> Flyer is up!
>>
>> I've had a lot of over 50 masters so it looks like i'll be adding
>> a mens
> master 50+.
>>
>> Question: When(if I make it)I'm over 50 will i like climbing cuz
>> I hate
> it now?
>>
>> I will also have to remove the Junior start at 4 corners due to
>> lack of
> person power. So MTB juniors will start in the park with everyone
> else.
>>
>> Richard
>
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Long, Steve

Huh?
There's lots of racing for over 50 people...

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Don Hanson
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:42 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OBRA Digest, Over 50 hate hills?

You will probably like hillclimbs if you keep cycling till you reach
50 and beyond. Us old guys like em because hillclimbs and time trials
are about all the racing available to us..Not many wheel to wheel races
for age group racers, and it sucks to have to start with 35 masters if
you are over 50. At least the organizers sometimes SCORE us by age
group in a hillclimb..Maybe when all the present day racers get a bit
older, there will be more racing for you'se guys, but right now, it is
pretty slim..
Don Hanson (over 60, still slow on the hills)

> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:42:30 -0700
> From: Richard Hogan
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] MT Ashland Hillclimb
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Message-ID: <46e17f76cb159_2408157efb089398309cb@lizard.tmail>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Flyer is up!
>
> I've had a lot of over 50 masters so it looks like i'll be adding a
> mens
master 50+.
>
> Question: When(if I make it)I'm over 50 will i like climbing cuz I
> hate
it now?
>
> I will also have to remove the Junior start at 4 corners due to lack
> of
person power. So MTB juniors will start in the park with everyone else.
>
> Richard

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Don Hanson

You will probably like hillclimbs if you keep cycling till you reach 50
and beyond. Us old guys like em because hillclimbs and time trials are
about all the racing available to us..Not many wheel to wheel races for age
group racers, and it sucks to have to start with 35 masters if you are over
50. At least the organizers sometimes SCORE us by age group in a
hillclimb..Maybe when all the present day racers get a bit older, there will
be more racing for you'se guys, but right now, it is pretty slim..
Don Hanson (over 60, still slow on the hills)

> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:42:30 -0700
> From: Richard Hogan
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] MT Ashland Hillclimb
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Message-ID: <46e17f76cb159_2408157efb089398309cb@lizard.tmail>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Flyer is up!
>
> I've had a lot of over 50 masters so it looks like i'll be adding a mens
master 50+.
>
> Question: When(if I make it)I'm over 50 will i like climbing cuz I hate
it now?
>
> I will also have to remove the Junior start at 4 corners due to lack of
person power. So MTB juniors will start in the park with everyone else.
>
> Richard