Rss/XmlSummer Plans Squeeze Race Calendar
Summer schedules are playing havoc with our team's intended race schedule!
Scott Markham (our strategist and planner) has begun a new quarter of grad school at Portland State University, and his Saturdays are now kaput. Best case scenario, we get him back in September. Worst case...I don't even want to get into the worst case. It literally could be years before Scott races again!
Scott can still organize team trainings on Sundays, but losing his Saturday availability puts us in a bit of a bind, since our next few events have Saturday starts.
There's a domino effect to the evaporation of Scott's participation. Cris Fillis, our original female Rookie, is Scott's wife. It makes sense that if Scott ain't racin,' Cris ain't either. So instead of being down one Rookie, we're actually down two.
Another early member of Rookie Rampage, Ivan Arredondo, will be visiting family in Europe during our next two races, so he's out. Jan Newport will be in the South Pacific.
So who's left? Kim Reinholdt, Lyle Kopnicky and me, Mikey B.
Three is enough for the TRIOBA 12-hour race coming up on July 14 at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. But it's not enough for the Big Blue 24-hour race July 21-22 in Oakridge, Ore. We may end up just volunteering for that one.
Hopefully, more of us will be available by September. There's a possible 24-hour race in Washington state, and one final MOMAR sprint in B.C., Canada, we'd like to do. Those events would basically wrap up our season. We'll see what happens!
