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A few of this year's hi-lites were:
1. Reached my goal of RUSA Double K-Hound with 20,476km in RUSA events.
2. Also happened to reach over 100,000 km in total RUSA distance.
3. Rode 99 RUSA events, including 6 Brevets.
4. Got 9 new Permanents approved by RUSA.
5. Made 10 new informational route videos on YouTube.
6. Helped 4 members get 6 new Permanents approved by RUSA.
7. Handed out 47 SD Randonneur Cards to prospective riders.
A few monthly notes:
January
1. 311 Archipelago Trail. After last years recon riding, packaged up this route and sent to RUSA for approval.
2. Rainbow 200 had a nice group of riders this year. I was 8 lbs over and not riding good, but still finished up under 9 hours. Mac's first Rando route.
February
1. Salton Sea Flatlander ride with Uncle Ben, Albany Sam, Keith Olsen, Troy Buss and Bruce Tipton. Made a video of this experience. Sam was out for some training from Albany, NY.
2nd -Rode a Corona 300 recon ride with a nice group taking the Metro up to Anaheim and riding back.
3rd - Corona 200 Brevet was interesting with a "reverse" course this year. Crapped out hammy but came back strong.
March
1. Several rain rides this month along with back-to-back 200's. Also a record month for usable road trash which included: Craft Rain Jacket, new "Easy Rider" motorcycle helmet, seat bag including inflator, cartridges, tubes & wallet. Knee was a little "tweaky" so "White Flower" to the rescue!
April
1. Re-laced new Mavic Open Pro rims for SOMA.
2. Corona 400 with 2 speeds. Brifters locked up after start and could only use front derailleur.
May
1. Rebuilt my Dura-Ace 9 sp. Brifters from old parts. Working good as expected now.
2. Temecula 600. Rode solo the regular HOT desert route instead of the rescheduled Laguna route.
June
1. Six new permanents approved by RUSA
2. Lake Henshaw Century with a good group of 5 randos.
3. Coronado 300 Brevet with John
July
1. Sandia Creek Century night ride with group.
2. Rainbow 1.23 ride mixed with Pete Penseyres group
3. Palomar Mtn. Sampler heat ride
August
1. Matt O'Neil Memorial
2. Roadie trash haul: 2-iPhones, Bell Helmet & 5 lb. Survival backpak
3. San Marcos Century in the heat.
4. Zeroing in on year's riding goals
September
1. Palomar Mtn. Sampler with group of 5.
2. Albany Sam Thomas out for 500 miles of training rides in 9 days.
October
1. Inaugural Not On Weekends" ride.
2. Working on Mike & Sandy's new routes
3. 2015 Brevet Scheduled announced
Novermber
1. Alan's Birthday ride with video
2. Kitchen Creek 200 with video
3. Bill's Audax Rayong 200 video work
December
1. Crusin' The OC-mod group ride
2. NOW group ride
3. Coronado XP group ride
4. Benny goes down.
5. Salt Creek & San Clemente Beach recon rides
Like most riders, I had certain goals for the year.
This was my Trail-O-Rama year. Yep, weaning off the road work and more trail riding for sure.On Dec. 31, 2013, that was hit hard when my Cannondale dirt bike was lifted from Fry's Electronics in San Marcos. The whole works... Trail SL4 bike, lock-chain, HB bag, helmet, doo-rag and lots of fun time. I was planning on building up another dirt ride in 2014. I hit up all my buddies, shop workers and Craiglist for some deals, but to no avail. Selling my SS or Carbon ride didn't pan out either. I'll keep after it next year for sure.
I don't know what 2015 will bring, but I have a "Michigan George's Retuning Home" ride tomorrow (Jan. 1 2015).
We'll see what happens after that!
see ya next year,
kellyjay
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