To follow up on the post I had made earlier about wanting to do the double century in Death Vallery, I was unfortunately unable to register. I had thought it over that weekend. Bronwyn and I went backpacking out around Mt. Wilson and enjoying that bit of fresh air and exercise convinced me that I wanted to get out and do the ride. However, when I tried to register that Sunday evening, all the spots had filled up. In fact, the 300-person capacity was reached within ten hours of registration opening. Who would have thought that that kind of masochism would be so popular?
A little disappointed, I was happy to hear that there is an alternative. For the first time in Los Angeles, there’s a brevet series starting up in Los Angeles put on by the PCH Randonneurs. A brevet series is a series of long-distance, non-competitive rides called brevets or randonées going in increasing distances of 200km, 300km, 400km, and 600km. If a rider, or randonneur, manages to finish the series, they’re qualified to ride in the ultimate challenge of a 1200km radonée. Sounds insane, right? That’s what I like about it.
As it is, the PCH Randonneurs only have half a series planned for January and February, the 200km and 300km brevets. They’re going to see what the interest level is in Los Angeles before deciding if they want to organize the second half of the series. I’m going to do this. Anyone else interested in joining me?
