Rick C Johnson
And Pacific Crest Triathlon .
Rick Johnson
Bend, Oregon
"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it" - George Santayana
Mike Kerkmann wrote:
> Picketts charge MTB race, Northwest Crossing Criterium, and Road
> Nationals.
>
> --- On *Thu, 6/24/10, Michele Chirgwin
> //* wrote:
>
>
> From: Michele Chirgwin
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] asking about racing in Bend this weekend 6/25/10
> To: "'Don Leet'" , "'obra'"
> Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:19 PM
>
> Anybody know about the racing this weekend in Bend? Something about a
> mountain bike race and tri/crit!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org
>
> [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org
> ] On
> Behalf Of Don Leet
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 4:06 PM
> To: obra
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Pickett's
>
> Here are a few things about Pickett's coming up this weekend. One
> the course
> is awesome, I think it will be the funnest race in Oregon this
> year. COTA
> has built all of the trails we are using with fun and racing in
> mind. We are
> going down Tiddlywinks and up Funner.
> Two, There are some passing lanes these are marked with yellow Ys.
> I have
> ridden both choices many times. There is one Y I am going to mark a
> direction but all of the others will be riders choice. If you are
> behind a
> slower rider you will be able to pass by taking the route they
> don't take.
> Three, There are some jumps in the trail, some are new and some
> are left
> over from some old motorcycle trails. If you hit these jumps at
> full speed
> you will go flying. If you like to fly hit the bumps, if not slow
> down.
> There is nothing dangerous about any of these other than you not
> slowing
> down, they are all obvious. There are some doubles on the course,
> all of the
> doubles have a ride around option. If you don't like doubles ride
> around
> them.
> Four, This course is 95% single track. We have a start loop of
> around 2
> miles that is road and double track. We have the afore mentioned
> passing
> lanes, we have a couple of double track sections on tiddlywinks
> and we have
> a long road section on the uphill part of Funner. If you need to
> pass ask.
> If you are being passed do your best to let them by. We have one
> situation
> that has caused problems in the past. The single speeders start 5
> minutes
> after the Cat 1/Pro women. Some of the single speeders are as fast
> as the
> Pro men (maybe that is where you should start, my opinion), and
> some of the
> singlespeeders are slower than the cat 2 55+ (That is me and I
> pass a lot of
> you). So if you are one of those blazing fast singlespeeders and
> you catch
> some of the top women, remember they are racing for a top place,
> they may be
> going for an overall prize in the series and they deserve your
> respect and
> patience. I have tried to have a start order that minimizes problems.
> Five, It has been wet over here so our trails are in very good
> shape. For us
> rain means good. The lowest part of this course is higher than the
> highest
> part of last years course. This means better and wetter dirt. It
> will still
> be central Oregon soft and dusty though.
> Come on over and have some fun.
> Don Leet
>
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