Hello OBRA,
The weather is looking perfect for a TT hill climb on Sunday: high of 79 with morning clouds (just like our last few weeks).
We are less than a week away from the last race in this year's Oregon TT Cup; the Wildcat Mtn Uphill Challenge and the number we are seeing for registration so far are very low. We want to continue this beautiful venue and race but we need to see the love from OBRA to make it feasible. So, if you are planning on doing this race, please register ASAP as if the number don't come up pretty dramatically by tomorrow evening, we may be forced to cancel.
Registration closes at Midnight Friday and I will send out a start list Saturday afternoon.
As an Oregon TT Cup event, this is an pre-registration only (limited day of for non-TT cup competitors only) event so you'll need to get to the OBRA website and sign up. The first 50 people that pre-register will get a swag bag of goodies from our sponsors including:
Sellwood Cycle Repair,
Probar Energy bar,
Trane of Oregon,
Belgium Bikes
The Uphill Challenge, while being a hill climb, is not the traditional hill climb. There are sections for every type of climber; steep sections for the pure climber, flat, fast sections for the speed demons, milder sections for the power climbers and technical sections for the bike handlers in the crowd. This is a venue not to be missed I promise!
Reviews from last year's race, our inaugural race, were all very good and people loved this venue. This year we are please to be located in the picnic area that is front and center, picnic area #1, so you'll see us immediately upon entering the park.
Eagle Fern Park is located just outside of Estacada and must be one of the most beautiful staging venues in all of OBRA racing. Not only does Eagle Creek run through the park but picnic site #1 has lots of room for the family to enjoy a beautiful day at the park as well. There are beautiful hiking trails for the family and/or the racer that didn't get enough work on the climb. There is wonderful water at the park and the bathrooms are located right next to site #1.
The park is a Clackamas County park and it does have limited parking available so please car pool if at all possible. If the race grows to more than the park can handle at one time, we'll split the start times, with a break in the middle, so that some people start later giving the park some relief in term of cars needing parking at any one time.
Please, please, please pay attention to any signs that the park may have up in terms of parking also. We do not want to loose this venue. If one of our staff asks you to move your car, as it is not in compliance with a park sign, please be considerate and do so politely. We are just trying to protect the venue for the future.
I will send out a couple more updates as we get closer to the event but please start signing up now to get your grab bag.
Steve Long
SteveLong@wenzelcoaching.com