Building this 425mile bike race did not seem so overwhelming in the beginning. But after 4 months of hard work from all of us, it has really taken on a new meaning to the word, “ENDURANCE”. My long nights of little sleep, while working on it….I can appreciate the endurance the racers and riders will face while on the course. I have driven the course many times now and all the indicators point to a FABULOUS Race from begining to end…. all checkpoints, and all components coming together nicely. Many people I have talked to are only going to RIDE in a leg or two..just to support us, which is just fine. The UMCA racers who do this as a SPORT, will be our toughest clients..and we will try to please everyone….with “SERVICE ABOVE SELF”.
One funny/not so funny story I will share with you all… you might see in some cases where it used to say 414 miles. WELL, after driving it and re-vamping the course here and there to make it as safe as possible, we found that it was actually 425 miles. So, we really felt we could not advertize it as 11 miles less than it actually was. That would not be right or fair to the riders, or anyone. So, after all the signs were made, and everything was done, we changed it, to make it 425 miles…the CORRECT mileage and be fair to all concerned.
Now, the Redmond Rousers Rotary Club has truly built the BEST race and thought of everything….We are looking forward to the race in Sept. Hope you can join us at a checkpoint to cheer on RACERS…or on a bike as a racer. Tell your friends…tell everyone and go see us on FACEBOOK… or click here. LIKE us on FB….and stay in the loop.