| Subject: | RE: Piece of Cake Rap Up |
| Date: | 03/27/2001 12:36 AM |
| From: | Russ Humberston, Jr. |
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Great race, David (and Dave). Classic edition this year, too, with the weather. Just glad I couldn't make the front group on that day.... Keep it up, look forward to next year. Russ Humberston -----Original Message----- From: DaViD AuKeR [mailto:dav-@hevanet.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:58 AM To: ob-@topica.com Subject: [OBRA Chat] Piece of Cake Rap Up ============================================================ Need it? Get it. Sign up to hear about new tools, code, and tutorials on Java, XML, Linux, Open Source, and more. All in our weekly newsletter for IBM developerWorks. http://click.topica.com/aaabE6aVxiDpaVGvzga/developerWorks ============================================================ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . Greetings, Piece of Cake Road Race Participants and Supporters: Piece of Cake Racers Oak Park Farms Sarah Auker - Cake Maker Springfield Creamery/Nancy's Yogurt River City Bicycles Bike 'N Hike Mark Bocci - Attorney at Law Kool Stop/Everett Manufacturing CZ Becker Company -Wood Floors Higgins Restaurant & Bar Great Northwest Bicycle Supply Bike Gallery I would say, “The smoke has barely cleared from the 2001 competition,” but it’s more like, “The roads have dried...and are probably wet again!” Our March 25 race has entered into the record books. I always hope for some wind, and “token” rain shower perhaps, but this year, during the morning races anyway, it was a fairly brutal test of rider and bicycle. As I drove down I-5 at 7:00 a.m., the sun brightly beamed warmth in its 3-hour window, teasing clouds and rain from the south to appear precisely at the 10:00 for the start of the Pro/1/2 70+miler and the Cat 3's and Cat 4/5's swim. Lest I sound disappointed, let me paint the bright side! Our staging facilities at Oak Park Farms, courtesy the Coon Family, were better than ever, with parking on the ultra smooth concrete, and shelter in the super-huge “garages” in the side of the grass seed storage building providing a fine registration area and a party-like atmosphere for prize presentation AND consuming vast quantities of Sarah’s cake and Nancy’s Yogurt Drink (the cake being one of the main reasons some attend this race...). The Oregon Bicycle Race Association’s truck with all the essential supplies (video camera, road signage, radios, etc.) now has a very fine tent-shelter which rolls out from the truck’s side, so Candi Murry, Nancy Magnus, Shelly Peterson, Terri Camp and crew had a cozy spot right next to the finish line to keep tabs officially. David Beede, PoC’s main organizer, gave racers final instructions, and sent each group out with lead and follow cars. He’d done his homework well, and the day went smoothly, but the real heroes were the corner marshals, who were out in the weather longer than any racer! Let's do it again in 2002 - thanks for helping keep this neat event on the Oregon bicycle racing calendar! David Auker Co-promoter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . ============================================================ "So many interesting emails. So little time to read them. Thanks to myTopica, I can find what I want, when I want it." So can you. http://click.topica.com/aaabBCaVxiDpaVGvzgc/register ============================================================ To respond to the whole group send to ob-@topica.com. To respond to the list manager send to ob-@teleport.com To unsubscribe send to obra-uns-@topica.com ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 |
