P12 - randonneuring.

**azfiddle** · 01-04-2011, 01:45 PM

I don't think there are any certified routes shorter than 200k close to me.

I would be interested if I could do it easily from Tucson......My DH, who is more like biciclista's DH registered me as a member of RUSA but I don't know that I will ever be up to doing a full brevet. My longest rides have been 60-70 miles and then I overdid it and have slowly been increasing my distances again.

**TsPoet** · 01-04-2011, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by azfiddle

I don't think there are any certified routes shorter than 200k close to me.

I would be interested if I could do it easily from Tucson......My DH, who is more like biciclista's DH registered me as a member of RUSA but I don't know that I will ever be up to doing a full brevet. My longest rides have been 60-70 miles and then I overdid it and have slowly been increasing my distances again.

I have the same problem, closest routes are 1.5 hr drive, and they aren't the shorter distances. They are also not organized since the clubs that have set them up have to drive 1.5 hr from the other direction.
Maybe I'll just do one on my own honor for a personal challenge.
I've wanted to go down to Maryhill and do that route, though, so maybe my goal will be to do it by the end of the summer - I think it's a 200k, if I remember right.

**Biciclista** · 01-04-2011, 01:59 PM

we didn't have many 100k routes either but DH made some new ones, including the one we just did that starts 3 miles from my house !
I would be happy to do the same ride 12 times, it's only once a month, i like routine anyway.

TsPoet, you probably can't do it with a shell, but if you get some wheels and stuff in there you should be fine.

Azfiddle, sorry about the typo, 100K or 62 miles..

**Catrin** · 01-04-2011, 02:18 PM

We have no populaires or permanents in Indiana - I wonder what it takes to establish one? Where IS that manual RUSA sent me

I like the idea of such a challenge/goal, it gets me out of the door.

**Biciclista** · 01-04-2011, 07:55 PM

Good luck. No reason why you can't make up some routes. You just have to do it, send it in, and get it approved. Of course there are lots of RULES about how the route should work, but I guess that's part of the fun (not for me) of making a route.

**Susan126** · 01-04-2011, 08:29 PM

Okay Mimi I went and did it. I filled out my RUSA application tonight and will drop it in the mail on my way to work tomorrow morning. It says to allow two weeks for processing. I haven't been riding a lot. My last "good" ride was almost two months ago. I did ride this past Sunday in 34 degree temperatures (as you already know from our FB postings) and got chapped lips from that ride which was only 20 miles long. But what the heck I'm up for a challenge this year. And besides I need to get back in shape I also need to drop 15 pounds! So . . . here we go!

**KnottedYet** · 01-04-2011, 08:37 PM

$20/year. Not bad.

**Velocivixen** · 05-02-2011, 10:55 AM

I just rode my first ever 25 miler yesterday and it happened to be on my hybrid. I'm already looking at "road" type bikes (Surly Cross Check, Salsa Casseroll to name a few). I would totally try it on a different bike than my current one. It sounds like a fun and energetic challenge!

**Velocivixen** · 08-13-2011, 08:30 PM

Wow, that sounds like a challenge that I think you can do! Good for you.

Now, I must admit that I have no clue what you all are talking about. This post sounds so interesting so I've got another browser open to Oregon Randonneurs trying to figure out the terminology. It sounds like something I could get interested in. I wonder if there's a books called "Randonneuring for Dummies"? I would buy one toute suite!

**jobob** · 01-04-2011, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by Biciclista

Good luck. No reason why you can't make up some routes. You just have to do it, send it in, and get it approved. Of course there are lots of RULES about how the route should work, but I guess that's part of the fun (not for me) of making a route.

Hee hee. There are plenty of rules on how to set up and run permanents!
Probably why I so enjoyed designing and running them, I'm so anal retentive.

Here's a starting point if anyone is interested. http://www.rusa.org/perminfo.html

I gave away my 200K permanent routes after my bike crash (they were too much of a hassle to maintain at that point), but perhaps I'll ease my way back into it again with 100K populaires.

Thanks for the inspiration, Mimi!

**Catrin** · 01-05-2011, 03:37 AM

Thank you Mimi! I had not heard this, and I've been working out some good targets for me this year. Last year I did fine with longer distances...until I reached 75 miles - that is when it all went to h*ll in a hand-basket and I developed my overuse injuries

Metrics are in my reach though, and once I renew my 2011 RUSA dues will determine if I want to establish a permanent here, or simply ride my favorite metric once a month unofficially. Where I tend to ride there are very few places in which to have a control.

Thanks for the encouragement

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