Dart -- 8 October 2016 -- Front Range 200km Dart RUSA# Rider Dist. At 11h30m Dist. At 13h30m   Team Breck'fast Club 7898 Warren, Corinne 123 147 10581 Johnson, Kieran 123 147 9481 Moerk, Michael 123 147   Our First RUSA Dart! 11 starters on 3 teams headed out on a bright fall day on our first RUSA Dart. This is a team event like the Flèche but shorter. For a 200km Dart, riders must finish 13½ hours after they start. Each of the three teams - Team Dartrek (Mike Turek, David Nelson, John Mangin, Jon Sendor, Jason Turner), Team Mario Kart (Caleb Carl, Chris Baker, Kale Olson), and Team Breck'fast Club attacked the "problem" - of having to take so much time - in a similar way: by adding climbing. Team Mario Kart headed up Lefthand Canyon to the Peak-to-Peak. Team Dartrek (with a Star Trek theme) climbed Big Thompson Canyon to ride most of the Peak-to-Peak Highway. Team Breck'fast Club started in Breckenridge, climbed Loveland Pass, out and back to Winter Park over Berthoud Pass, and up to Golden Gate Canyon from Black Hawk. All three routes descended Golden Gate Canyon to the finish in Golden. Thanks to Corinne Warren for the impetus to schedule a Dart, and for recruiting these teams! - John Lee Ellis   Dartrek and other team members at the finish dinner in Golden 200km -- 1 October 2016 -- James Canyon RUSA# Time   Rider 6:46 Auld, Greg 5967 8:16 Cook, Brett 2844 7:05 Dodge, Tim 153 8:43 Ellis, John Lee ® 2434 7:52 Flanagan, John 5417 8:30 Grainger, Michelle 6:46 Guala, John 10959 12:05 Harrell, Ross 5692 6:46 Jones, Lloyd 5418 8:35 LeGoff, Steve 2145 9:59 Long, Beth 6026 6:46 Lowe, Mark 10366 8:35 Kramer, Matthew 1679 7:05 Mangin, John 11257 10:48 Miyazaki, Makoto 2129 9:59 Myers, Brent 7323 8:56 Nielsen, Jay 6:46 Rudolph, Steve 3112 8:10 Rupel, Ray 3108 9:59 Shenk, Catherine 6276 9:44 Shlachter, Jeremy 10500 9:44 Smith, Preston 1842 7:38 Smith, Vernon 11523 8:37 TeBockhorst, Earl Paul 10173 8:30 Turek, Michael   ® pre-ride Biggest James Canyon Turnout Ever! 27 starters and 25 finishers enjoyed splendid, brilliantly sunny weather, topping out in the 70's. We repeated the counterclockwise direction from the spring Stove Prairie 200k, as it's a good direction. - John Lee Ellis Wonderful new roadway in lower Boulder Canyon! "Bear Aware" Program in Jamestown 200km -- 17 September 2016 -- Stove Prairie RUSA# Time   Rider 6:44 Auld, Greg 5967 8:05 Cook, Brett 2844 6:56 Dodge, Tim 153 8:39 Ellis, John Lee 2434 7:45 Flanagan, John 6:44 Guala, John 5692 6:40 Jones, Lloyd 11:00 Khublal, Jaime 9094 8:20 Ledru, Pascal 6026 7:8 Lowe, Mark 11257 10:40 Miyazaki, Makoto 11048 7:20 Olsen, Kale 6:56 Rosenthal, Harris 6:44 Rudolph, Steve 8694 8:22 Sendor, Jon 11228 8:52 Sigmond, Bennett 10173 7:44 Turek, Michael 2015 7:54 Wong, Felix   Most Luminous Stove Prairie 200k Ever? 21 starters - including some first-timers - and 18 finishers enjoyed splendid, brilliantly sunny weather, topping out in the 70's. We repeated the counterclockwise direction from the spring Stove Prairie 200k, as it's a good direction. - John Lee Ellis A good bunch of riders at the start! Climbing Centennial Road over Horsetooth Final climb to Stove Prairie JLE at Stove Prairie The fun descent from Stove Prairie to Masonville! 200km -- 13 August 2016 -- Vail Pass Volley RUSA# Time   Rider 11265 7:20 Carl, Caleb 2844 7:29 Dodge, Tim 1471 9:15 Foley, Paul ® 10959 11:54 Harrell, Ross 9:55 Morski, James 11048 7:20 Olsen, Kale 11228 10:11 Sigmond, Bennett 1842 9:15 Smith, Vernon ® 3551 10:02 Snavely, Henry 11510 10:43 Spence, Jeff 10316 10:40 Suko, Aaron   ® pre-ride A Sunny, Bright Ride to Gypsum! 11 finishers enjoyed a fine day in the mountains, climbing Vail Pass in both directions - on the way to Gypsum and on the way back. Thanks to Paul Foley and Vernon Smith for pre-riding and details on construction through Cascade and Vail. A special thanks to Henry Snavely for leading this brevet and Tim Dodge for stepping in at the "alternate start location." - John Lee Ellis Heading up Tenmile Canyon at the start Catherine Shenk checking out the route in July on the VPV 200k Perm 300km -- 29 July 2016 -- Peak-to-Peak RUSA# Time   Rider 8132 17:20 Kanaby, Gary 5632 13:50 LeBlanc, Todd 11257 16:56 Miyaziki, Makoto 5691 19:37 Szmurlo, Len   A Summery Day for the Peak-to-Peak! 4 finishers enjoyed a fine day in the mountains. With temps starting off near 70°, it was an ideal day to be up high! - John Lee Ellis Indian Peaks with only a few glacial hints 1200km/1100km -- 11 July 2016 -- Colorado High Country RUSA# Time   Rider 7409 dnf Albershardt, Andy Gunnison, CO 6151 dnf Andersen, Carl Woodside, CA 8312 86:37 Bennett, Edward Geneva, FL 6887 84:10 Biebuyck, Gavin Boyertown, PA 6527 84:12 Boltz, Ed Fulton, NY 894 84:53 Bonner, Ken Victoria, BC Canada 10287 dnf Church, Doug Riverside, CA 7468 87:07 DelNero, Gary Leawood, KS 2716 dnf Edwards, Joe Glenwood, IA 9205 88:28 Feinberg, Brian Cupertino, CA 1471 83:10 Foley, Paul ® Golden, CO 7245 dnf Friedly, Gabrielle Menlo Park, CA 4843 84:09 Fritzinger, Micah Georgetown, IN 3913 87:24 Geisert, Rodney D. Columbia, MO 8045 74:55 Gritsus, Vadim ♦ Paramus, NJ 5436 79:15 Horwood, Joshua Loveland, CO 9592 dnf Hulett, Jeffrey Golden, CO 10581 85:43 Johnson, Kieran Denver, CO 10378 69:35 Jones, Kris ♦ Danville, CA 1989 87:07 Klaassen, Spencer St Joseph, MO 1679 dnf Mangin, L. John Loveland, CO 9411 83:22 Mathias, John Olathe, KS 693 dnf Midura, Lawrence Syracuse, NY 11257 dnf Miyazaki, Makoto Hokkaido, Japan 10610 85:43 Nelson, David L. Englewood, CO 1918 dnf Nemoto, Toshiyuki Loveland, OH 11400 dnf Paterson, Leigh Box Hill North, Victoria Australia 2812 dnf Peterson, Eric Naperville, IL 6548 86:54 Phillips, Calista Frederick, MD 88:38 Porcher, Alaor Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil 4320 dnf Prince, Gary Seattle, WA 5901 83:49 Schwartz, Barry Los Altos, CA 7622 88:38 Sexton, Robert San Jose, CA 236 dnf Sikorski, Vincent Bend, OR 10101 dnf Smith, John Ward Maitland, FL 1842 83:10 Smith, Vernon ® Larkspur, CO 4310 dnf Sorensen, Andy Anchorage, AK 87:17 Souza, Braulio S. Porto Alegre, RS Brasil 1847 83:22 Sturgill, Mike Phoenix, AZ 4226 88:10 Thompson, W. David New Smyrna Beach, FL 9412 86:26 Toigo, Paul Kansas City, MO 87:17 Trevisan, Roberto Porto Alegre, Brasil 10173 87:25 Turek, Michael Longmont, CO 11024 83:26 Turner, Jason Monument, CO 10116 84:09 Williams, Eric Silver Spring, MD   ® pre-ride ♦ 1000km Windiest, Smokiest High Country Ever! 45 starters and 38 finishers got way more than their quota of high winds, fanning smoky conditions from the Beaver Creek wildfire NW of Walden. Thanks to Paul Foley and Vernon Smith for pre-riding, and to our wonderful volunteers: Corinne Warren, Beth Long, Brent Myers, Paul Foley, Will Foley, Henry Snavely, Rick and Mary Melick, Pascal Ledru, Andrea and Andy Alberschardt, Laurie Stanton, Scott Griffith, Malcolm Frazer, and Wayne Lawton! - John Lee Ellis Cameron Pass Beaver Creek fire Snowy Range Leaving Walden before Dawn   A Windy Forecast 400k/600k/1000k -- 18 June 2016 -- St. Vrain Canyon — 400km — RUSA# Time   Rider 5632 20:30 LeBlanc, Todd 11064 18:48 Miner, Chris 11024 20:08 Turner, Jason — 600km — RUSA# 400k   Time   Rider 1259 35:30 Baker, Kenneth ** 153 26:20 35:40 Ellis, John Lee ® 3108 26:20 35:40 Shenk, Catherine ® 3551 19:44 36:32 Snavely, Henry ® pre-ride ** visitor from another region Scorchingest Solstice Brevets Ever? ... or sparsest solstice ridership ever? 8 out of 9 starters finished the St. Vrain 400k and 600k brevets. There were no registrants for the 1000k. (That's 3 of 3 on the 400k, and 5 out of 6 on the 600k - two of those were pre-rides). We had more brilliant sun and a real scorcher, with highs at or near 100° both days. Kudos to the finishers and all who started! The pre-riders, Catherine Shenk and myself, decided to use the Meeker Park course from two weeks before, to avoid traffic and because Lefthand is still not available. We made some tweaks - more services and fewer hills - for this variant. Welcome and congrats to Ken Baker from Bozeman, MT. Hopefully Ken will visit us again when it's not so toasty! - John Lee Ellis Photos courtesy of Mike Turek Jason Turner   Jason Turner, Chris Miner Jason Turner, Chris Miner Henry Snavely 400k/600k -- 4 June 2016 -- Meeker Park — 400km — RUSA# Time   Rider 7760 15:35 Baker, Chris 11265 16:12 Carl, Caleb 153 19:08 Ellis, John Lee ® 1471 17:28 Foley, Paul 9592 16:12 Hulett, Jeffrey 11133 19:54 Kovalenko, Oksana 9096 19:54 Ledru, Pascal 6026 15:38 Lowe, Mark 1679 18:50 Mangin, L. John ® 11257 22:33 Miyazaki, Makoto ♦ 11048 16:12 Olson, Kale 8694 18:12 Sendor, Jon 3108 19:08 Shenk, Catherine ® 6276 19:52 Shlachter, Jeremy 3551 18:22 Snaveley, Henry 10173 19:54 Turek, Michael ® pre-ride ♦ Visitor from another region! — 600km — RUSA# 400k   Time   Rider 2434 17:47 33:52 Flanigan, John 5436 14:40 32:23 Horwood, Joshua 3112 16:45 33:30 Rupel, Ray ® 1842 17:47 33:52 Smith, Vernon 11024 17:28 30:40 Turner, Jason 9223 19:09 24:50 Walter Zitz ® pre-ride Catherine Shenk and JLE at Meeker Park pre-riding the June 18 600k Brightest Meeker Park 400k/600k Ever! 22 out of 24 starters finished the inaugural Meeker Park 400k and 600k brevets. (That's 17 of 18 on the 400k, and 5 out of 6 on the 600k). We had brilliant sun and only light breezes. The sun, however, combined with warm temps, made for a toasty ride, especially for the 600k riders! Suddenly hydration and avoiding heatstroke became top priority. Quite a contrast from the chilling rain only two weeks earlier on the Early Bird 400k/600k. This was originally slotted as a Lefthand Canyon brevet, but Boulder County is in the midst of major reconstruction of the 2013 flood segments, including road realignment. Thanks to Corinne Warren for providing hydration and a kind word to riders passing through Gilcrest! - John Lee Ellis Heading up Hwy. 52 Paul Foley photo   St. Vrain Canyon Paul Foley photo A deer in the High Country Paul Foley photo R-L: Corinne Warren offers aid to Jason Turner and Vernon Smith at Gilcrest Paul Foley photo 300km/400k -- 21 May 2016 -- Cripple Creek 300k and South Park 400k — 300km — RUSA# Time   Rider 9481 16:50 Moerk, Michael   — 400km — RUSA# Time   Rider 2434 20:47 Flanigan, John 10581 21:10 Johnson, Kieran 11257 Miyazaki, Makoto ♦ 10610 23:15 Nelson, David 3112 20:47 Rupel, Ray 8694 23:10 Sendor, Jon 1842 20:47 Smith, Vernon 7898 23:15 Warren, Corinne 9223 17:0 Zitz, Walter ♦ Visitor from another region! First Combo Colorado Springs 300k/400k! 10 of the 14 starters finished (1 out of 3 on the 300k, 9 out of 11 on the 400k), a good result, especially for the quite challenging South Park 400k! Thanks to Vernon Smith for leading this brevet, on routes he designed, and this year co-scheduled. (They shared the initial climb, up to Woodland Park.) - John Lee Ellis Jon Sendor and Corinne Warren Kieran Johnson photo Corinne Warren Kieran Johnson photo Jon Sendor,, and Corinne Warren Kieran Johnson photo 300km/400k/600k -- 14 May 2016 -- Poudre Canyon — 300km — RUSA# Time   Rider 11353 13:55 Eric, Dahl 8660 16:12 Donald, Ward * First 300k!   — 400km — RUSA# Time   Rider 7409 23:26 Andy, Albershardt 9603 19:16 Malcolm, Fraser 11056 23:26 Tracy, Smith 11024 19:15 Jason, Turner * First 400k! — 600km — RUSA# 400k   Time   Rider 10581 17:42 33:54 Kieran, Johnson 1679 19:10 35:20 L. John , Mangin 11257 25:45 38:02 Makoto, Miyazaki ♦ 10610 19:10 35:20 David, Nelson 8694 20:50 35:55 Jon, Sendor 7898 21:03 37:05 Corinne, Warren ♦ Visitor from another region! * First 600k! Coldest, Wettest Poudre Brevets Ever! ... at least to start with. Only 12 of the 26 starters finished (2 out of 6 on the 300k, 4 out of 10 on the 400k, and 6 out of 10 on the 600k). Thanks once again to Corinne Warren for leading this brevet, on the day we were finishing up the Texas Rando Stampede 1200k in warmer circumstances. - John Lee Ellis 300km -- 7 May 2016 -- Black Forest RUSA# Time   Rider 7409 14:50 Andy, Albershardt 7760 11:43 Chris, Baker 11054 12:15 Diane, Benoit 11265 12:50 Carl, Caleb 2401 13:50 Will, deRosset 153 14:24 John Lee, Ellis ® 2434 12:55 John, Flanigan 1471 13:45 Paul, Foley ® 9603 14:30 Malcolm, Fraser ® 5436 12:10 Joshua, Horwood 9592 12:00 Jeffrey, Hulett 9094 13:40 Pascal, Ledru ® 12:04 Jason, Kaminski 6723 16:07 John, Kotrla 11133 15:05 Oksana, Kovalenko 2145 14:29 Beth, Long 6026 10:01 Mark, Lowe 1679 12:55 L. John, Mangin 11064 12:00 Chris, Miner 11257 18:00 Makoto, Miyazaki 2129 14:29 Brent, Myers 9481 12:40 Michael, Moerk 10610 12:55 David, Nelson 7056 13:16 Eric, Nichols 11048 12:00 Kale, Olson 3112 12:19 Ray, Rupel ® 11:52 Tim, Schaefer 6276 14:50 Jeremy, Shlachter 8694 12:55 Jon, Sendor 3108 14:24 Catherine, Shenk ® 1050 16:20 Preston, Smith 11056 14:50 Tracy, Smith 1842 13:45 Vernon, Smith ® 3551 14:27 Henry, Snavely 3586 Ahmed, Stowers 5691 17:18 Len, Szmurlo 10173 12:04 Michael, Turek 11024 12:40 Jason, Turner 7898 12:55 Corinne, Warren 9223 10:01 Walter, Zitz   ® pre-ride A Snow-Free Black Forest 300k! ... but bouts of hail and showers, in keeping with the spring vagaries of this event. 41 starters and 39 finishers enjoyed another challenging Black Forest experience. Thanks to Paul Foley, Vernon Smith, Ray Rupel, and Pascal Ledru for pre-riding the Black Forest route, and uncovering a construction detour, and to Catherine Shenk (and myself) for pre-riding the new Rawhide alternate route. A special thanks to Corinne Warren for leading this brevet, and even stashing water at Larkspur for early riders. - John Lee Ellis 24 Hours -- 29 April 2016 -- Front Range Flèche First Ever Snow Cancellation of Flèche Team Lanterne Rouge was poised to repeat last year's route and success, while new Team Fleche Eating Zombies was ready to ride. But snow and frosty temps nixed our flèche this time around. - John Lee Ellis 200km -- 23 April 2016 -- Stove Prairie RUSA# Time   Rider 7760 6:37 Baker, Chris 11054 7:53 Benoit, Diane 2434 8:35 Flanigan, John 9603 9:35 Fraser, Malcolm ® 5417 9:30 Grainger, Michelle ® 4425 9:31 Heck, Kenneth 5436 6:45 Horwood, Joshua 9592 7:53 Hulett, Jeffrey 11315 10:30 Iwanaga, Ritsuko 9094 9:15 Ledru, Pascal 5418 9:30 Le Goff, Steve ® 2145 9:30 Long, Beth ® 6026 6:02 Lowe, Mark 1679 8:35 Mangin, L. John 11257 10:30 Miyazaki, Makoto 2129 9:30 Myers, Brent ® 11042 7:09 Olson, Kale 11313 7:09 Peter, Joshua 7:53 Rosenthal, Harris 6:45 Rudolph, Steve 8945 9:18 Shabacker, Noah 6276 10:00 Shlachter, Jeremy 11306 10:30 Seaver, Sabrina 7:03 Shaeffer, Tim 10500 13:00 Smith, Preston 3551 9:32 Snavely, Henry 6730 7:09 Stockman, Andy 5691 10:30 Szmurlo, Len 10173 9:15 Turek, Michael 2307 8:09 Walsh, Bryce 8:55 White, Andy 8:55 White, Kami   ® pre-ride Cloudiest Stove Prairie Ever? 32 starters and 31 finishers enjoyed this return to Stove Prairie, only a week after multiple feet of snow graced some foothills areas. A big thank you to Mike Turek for leading this brevet and lending his bon vivance to the ride! - John Lee Ellis Heading up Road 12 Mike Turek photo John Flanigan in Poudre Canyon Mike Turek photo Snow banks on Stove Prairie Kale Olson photo 200km -- 23 April 2016 -- On-a-Lark RUSA# Time   Rider 9605 8:15 Barnes, Graham 11265 8:55 Carl, Caleb 5897 10:25 Cramer, Cathy 11353 8:38 Dahl, Eric 11377 9:55 Nate Hartokolis * 10581 8:20 Johnson, Kieran 11064 8:13 Miner, Chris 9481 8:30 Moerk, Michael 10610 7:50 Nelson, David 11391 8:02 Revey, Gordon * 3112 9:02 Rupel, Ray 4548 10:26 Saeedi, Steve 1842 8:03 Smith, Vernon 11024 8:20 Turner, Jason 7898 8:13 Warren, Corinne   * First 200k Randonnée! First Ever On-a-Lark 200k! 21 starters and 15 finishers (a 67% finishing rate) enjoyed nice if breezy weather on Vernon's inaugural On-A-Lark 200k out of Castle Rock. Somewhat resembling the Black Forest 200k sometimes run in August, it provided plenty of climbing one roller at a time, and nice forested scenery. This brevet was rescheduled from April 16 because of snow. That made it concurrent with the Stove Prairie 200k, originally scheduled for the 23rd. And judging by the good turnout, it was more attractive and convenient than the Falcon-Limon-Triangle route it replaced. Thank you to Vernon Smith for creating the route and leading this brevet! - John Lee Ellis 200km -- 9 April 2016 -- Kersey Kick RUSA# Time   Rider 7409 8:30 Alberschardt, Andy 7760 6:13 Baker, Chris 11054 6:41 Benoit, Diane 5967 7:43 Cook, Brett 6:39 Dahl, Eric * 11309 6:21 Ellefson, Chris 153 7:50 Ellis, John Lee 1471 7:25 Foley, Paul 9603 9:4 Fraser, Malcolm 7751 9:31 Griffith, Scott 5436 7:9 Horwood, Joshua 11315 : Iwanaga, Ritsuko * 6:13 Johnson, Chris ** 6723 7:25 Kotrla, John 11133 6:40 Kovalenko, Oksana 7215 8:6 Larson, Sam 2145 8:30 Long, Beth 1679 6:57 Mangin, L. John 11257 9:45 Miyazaki, Makoto * 2129 8:30 Myers, Brent 10610 6:25 Nelson, David 7323 9:2 Nielsen, Jay 6:13 Penzenstadler, Nick * 6:13 Peter, Joshua * 7:50 Pomares, Martha 6:57 Rosenthal, Harris 3112 6:48 Rupel, Ray 4548 8:8 Saeedi, steve 8945 7:50 Schabacker, Noah 11316 9:27 Seaver, Sabrina * 8694 8:30 Sendor, Jon 3108 7:50 Shenk, Catherine 11056 8:30 Smith, Tracy * 1842 7:38 Smith, Vernon 3551 8:8 Snavely, Henry 8564 10:17 Stanton, Laurie 6738 6:13 Stockman, Andy * 5691 9:54 Szmurlo, Len 11241 9:43 Trigg, Brett 11024 6:40 Turner, Jason 8660 8:32 Ward, Donald 6:40 White, Andy 6:40 White, Kami   ** First Colorado brevet! * First 200k Randonnée! Pleasantest Kersey Kick Ever? 43 riders enjoyed mild temps - upper 40's into the low 70's - under brilliant sun, with untroublesome breezes. Thanks to everyone who came out, and the great camaraderie! - John Lee Ellis A nice start! Catherine Shenk, Martha Pomares, Noah Schabacker Jon Sendor, Andy Alberschardt, Tracy Smith Brent Myers, Katie, and Beth Long