Rick C Johnson

I hadn't even noticed that XC racing has now picked up the worst aspect
of the road series - the ridiculously early start to the season. Let's
see - the cross worlds were just decided, winter's not even over, the
mountains are covered in snow and here we go with racing!
I'm sure that enough people will show up - simply because it's the first
race of the season - to make it a wonderful success. Then maybe next
year we can start the race season in January! Meanwhile, all we'll have
to do in August and September is have OBRA chat debates over why nobody
attends the summer races and all the promoters keep dropping their events.

I'm so excited...

Rick

Ron and Dorothy Strasser wrote:

> Eleven days from now the first XC race in the Oregon Mountain Bike
> Series www.oregonxcseries.org will
> be finished (unless someone is still on the course at 8PM). I keep
> telling myself I will improve my condition before race day. Every
> time I go to get on the bike I trip over my bowling ball bag and do a
> face plant. I think that would hurt even more outside on a cold
> February morning so I just throw on my purple J. Quintana shirt and
> head for the lanes to shoot for a turkey. I am sure the first climb
> on the 22nd will remind me there is a big difference between picking
> up a spare and having to push up a hill everyone else is riding. This
> is the first time Red to Red is in the series. I hope they get strong
> support from the mountain bike community for all their hard work on
> the trail system where the race is held and putting on a race for us
> in February. Hope to see lots of new and familiar smiling faces at
> the start and finish. They learned from Ripley.... Free Burrito.
> Proceeds go to the Echo Kiwanis Youth Programs. So we get to have fun
> while helping them succeed. Check out the OBRA race calendar for
> details. Contact... briancimmiyotti@mac.com
> for information.
> Get out and ride.
> ron
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Ron and Dorothy Strasser

Eleven days from now the first XC race in the Oregon Mountain Bike Series www.oregonxcseries.org will be finished (unless someone is still on the course at 8PM). I keep telling myself I will improve my condition before race day. Every time I go to get on the bike I trip over my bowling ball bag and do a face plant. I think that would hurt even more outside on a cold February morning so I just throw on my purple J. Quintana shirt and head for the lanes to shoot for a turkey. I am sure the first climb on the 22nd will remind me there is a big difference between picking up a spare and having to push up a hill everyone else is riding. This is the first time Red to Red is in the series. I hope they get strong support from the mountain bike community for all their hard work on the trail system where the race is held and putting on a race for us in February. Hope to see lots of new and familiar smiling faces at the start and finish. They learned from Ripley.... Free Burrito. Proceeds go to the Echo Kiwanis Youth Programs. So we get to have fun while helping them succeed. Check out the OBRA race calendar for details. Contact... briancimmiyotti@mac.com for information.
Get out and ride.
ron