Rochester Active Sports Club

CONGRATULATIONS to Mark Olsen for completing three 1200k's in 2008. Most riders would consider qualifying, for and riding one per year to be an extremely full and active year. Mark completed the CASSCADE 1200 out of Seatle, the ROCKY MOUNTAIN 1200 out of British Columbia, and THE LAST CHANCE 1200 out of Colorado. He is one of the few riders to receive a special award from BC RANDONNEURS for completing at least one 1200k in both Canada and the USA in the same year. Mark has set a new standard for us all in Randonneuring. Also to note, his brother Bill Olsen completed four 1200k's in 2008 and rode with Mark for three of them.

We also had three other RASC members who ride our brevets ride 1200k's this year. Rob Welsh , Michael Fox, and Jeff Hofstede  Rob did the ROCKY MOUNTAIN 1200 out of British Columbia. Michael and Jeff rode the CASSCADE 1200.

CONGRATULATIONS to all! 

Click on stories below to read about their rides and what they thought about each. Very interesting reading.

See Calender below for brevet dates for 2009. They include rides out of Rochester, Apple Valley, Waterloo, and Chicago. To find out more information, go to www.RUSA.ORG and click on "RIDES", then search by location or ride. Click on the "INFO" button and that will take you to the organizer's web page. 

NOTE: TO RANDONNEURS:

The Minnesota Brevets (Rochester Region) have two locations from which they are run out of. For 2009 there will be a 200, 300, 400, 600, and 1000k that start in Rochester at the Walmart parking lot. There also will be a 200, 300, 400, and 600k that start in Apple Valley. All of these brevets are ACP brevets. For more information on the Apple VAlley brevets, click on the TCBC link below.

The TCBC link is: http://biketcbc.org/randonneur/index.htm