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Re: [RC] Profile of one person who would like to do a 100 - Eric RueterA 100 at BSF is not out of the realm of possibilities, just not *this* year...but next? I actually thought the Park Service would object, but in casual conversations with them they did not see a problem....be there this year to hear about next year's ride... thanx eric BSF Ride Manager Eric Rueter Rueter Consulting, Inc. Eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 865.988.4134(W) 865.599.3594(C) 865.986.5966(H) ----- Original Message ----- From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> To: <tracetribute@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Profile of one person who would like to do a 100 Angie Fura wrote:I'm both a rider who aspires to ride in a 100 and I ride manager who aspires to eventually put one on.Great post Angie. I've been going over the list of 100's that were around when I started, and how few *states* still have them. I sure hope you get another one into Tennessee! Here is my goal...to get at least ONE 100 per state in the SE. Though our overall numbers of rides haven't changed much, we've lost all our 100's that aren't supported by the NE (where everybody does 100's!) That means SC, Fla and NC (Biltmore) have all our 100's! Tennessee: 0 We lost both Tennessee 100's...that could be replaced by a BSF 100. Also there's talk of one at LBL...if they'd just promise no mud! Alabama: 0 We lost the Alabama 100. They're talking about having one at Yellowhammer . Georgia 0 We lost Liberty Run (2 per year) in Georgia. Could it be brought back with new management? What about Hahira? Lots of open dirt roads are good after dark. Kentucky 0 Granted, they have most of their rides at Bill Wilson's which is just over the northern state line, might have to give them credit for that one since all the KY people work on it. Mississippi 0 They lost Bieneville, and Long Leaf. Is anybody doing endurance down there any more? Would somebody please move down near the Longleaf trail? :-)) I know we didn't quit having the TN ride for lack of entries. We just couldn't work with the owner of the camp. I really don't see any of these rides that died for lack of entries, they lost trail, the camps weren't big enough to hold everybody's new big rigs, or the management just went on to other things and nobody replaced them. I actually tried to find another place to have a 100 but don't know anywhere with that much trail that's appropriate. I was looking at some of the 1988 records for the TN ride. We'd have 19 starters in the 50 and about the same in the 100. We never sanctioned our 25 with AERC back then because we didn't want to pay them any fees for them, but I think it was about the same number as the other distances. We'd have about 60ish entries pretty evenly distributed. The 25's were very local, 50's were more regional, but we had 100's come from Michigan & PA pretty regularly. I just get excited thinking about trying to find a trail for a 100...a good 100...one that would be enjoyable, challenging but do-able. Gas prices would make it very hard for me to manage one that's far from home because the manager makes a *lot* of trips...but I'm keeping my ears open. By the way, nobody will believe this but I'm going to brag on something Truman did. SERA is donating glow sticks for any SE 100 that's SERA sanctioned. That's a great idea....maybe one of the other directors thought of it. >eg< P.S. Could you do a 100 mile out and back on the Trace trail? That would be fun...for the riders. :-)) Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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