Fredwina does a brvet! (is this old news?)

[Fredwina]

Geez, you're not do the Rancho to hemet one on 11/24 wah! wah! wah! It has a totallly excellent route(it's estianlly one of my perm routes with less controls )
I'm never posting here agian!
on a serious note, i found a Fellow Rando rider (am I the only one who hate the term "Randonouse" for Female Brevet ride? Makes me feel like should sprout wings and start honking!) in Rancho, and he trying to get to do the AZ series, plus we're working on a Fleche route from cucamonga to Oceanside.
If you're really interested, check out www.rusa.org. You'll need to join to get distance credit, but everyone's dues expire in Decmenber, so you may want to wait for a month.
Brandy, Bbby Fisher and the LA Wheelmen are supposed to do a series on the westside next year, Another option, as the rumor is the SLO series are no more....

[Brandy]

Thanks for the heads up, I just saw Bobbie a couple of weeks ago at Furnace Creek. I'd be interested in seeing what she puts together! Hmmm...maybe I'll email her.

I haven't decided on the whole brevet series yet, mainly because of time constraints, other events, childcare, etc. The 400k falls the week after Butterfield Double, so I am defaulting and letting George take that one.

Funny you should mention the Az. brevet series, I was just on the website this morning!

[Fredwina]

Unless you're planning on doing an event that requires it (like a 1000 or 1200K), or just want the Super Randonneur title, there's no need to do the whole thing... I probably should get around to doing a 400K and 600K myself

[Brandy]

That's the thing...I'm not! I just think they'll be good early season training rides. Well that and the boyfriend thinks I need to toughen up and do some longer unsupported rides before I start dreaming about Furnace Creek 508 Solo. If I could get the jan/feb 200k and 300k's from San Diego and Los Angeles that would be a good jump start on my doubles season. I really need to just get out and climb...I've decided to take on Mulholland and Heartbreak Doubles this year and the Grand Tour Triple. We'll see how all of this goes!

[Veronica]

Why not do 508 on the tandem? Or even as a mixed team?

V.

[Brandy]

Why not do 508 on the tandem? Or even as a mixed team?

V.

All options have been discussed and I'll give you the lowdown...

2006...George did it multi-speed and had horrible stomach (read...24 hours of vomitus) issues and came in 7 hours over his goal. His time was 43 hours.

2 weeks ago...he did it on a fixed gear. Yes, he's crazy. Yes, it was painful to watch...but he did it and I was so proud of him. 45:12

2008...he wants/needs to redeem himself. We have the nutrition down (it went PERFECTLY this time!!!!) and he wants to shoot for his goal of 36 hours multi-speed.


As for me...I don't think I'll be ready to go solo in 2008 and that's the only way I want to do Furnace Creek 508. It's just a personal thing, but watching people suffer out there was the best/most appealing part to me. That's what I want! If I do it on a 2 person team, it's less suffering, and I won't get the whole experience. The tandem...maybe an option for another year, but I need to give my honey the chance to redeem himself. We're planning for me to go solo in 2009.

My goal event for this year is Everest Challenge. YIKES!


Edited to add: We have like 2 miles on our tandem. I'm skeered of it! It sure is pretty though!

[Veronica]

Well that's a pretty cool goal. Are you thinking RAAM eventually? I'm somewhat envious. Please keep up the blog, so I can ride vicariously through you.

V.

[Brandy]

Thanks Veronica. I don't know where my eventual goals will lie, but I love all that goes into RAAM, so who knows. I would definitely need to be in a different place in my life...years down the road when all of my kids are old enough to crew for me.

I'll keep up the blogging, this season should be interesting.

[Fredwina]

you would post too if it happened to you ! (major apologizing to Petula Clark )
Hey, that's fine Brandy. You know about RUSA perms
MT, be careful what you wish for!
I get an e-mail every once in while want to know If I want to work on the WA State welfare system. I've resisted, but I'm getting fed up w/ work(didn't want to type this w/ someone reading over my shoulder). We've got some real dinosaur stuff, and i'd like to upgrade my skills, so I can get a real job(buying your health insurance sucks! Do i get glasses or a mammogram?) Been meaning to update the resume(I do this fairly regular)
anyway venting feels better! V and Brandy, hijack away!