We met our Go-Fund-Me goal and we bought a trailer. Race #3 was this past weekend and our riders got another 5 podium finishes, and we notched another 2nd place in the team competition. Interesting note: the team race trophies were handbuilt by local frame builder Cameron Falconer.
BL for ECHS Race On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 7:52:46 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > One-thousand thank yous to those who could donate. I'm really grateful. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 11:44:19 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> Many of you know I'm the volunteer team mechanic for El Cerrito High >> School Mountain Bike Racing Team. I have a son at ECHS, but he's a >> swimmer. I volunteered for the team almost entirely for me. So far, it's >> one of the better things I've done for myself. We race in the Norcal High >> School Cycling League, in the Southern Division. We are one of six D1 >> teams, and by far the smallest. D1 is dominated by Salinas High School, >> who regularly field ~40 riders, while we field ~15. >> >> Last weekend was our second race of the season and our team's best >> performance ever. The race course was adjacent to Laguna Seca Raceway in >> Monterrey, CA. Our EC Gauchos won three races (JV Boys, JV Girls, and Soph >> Boys) and we got two second place medals and a fourth. We placed second in >> the team competition behind Salinas, but beat both of our East Bay Rivals >> Berkeley and Albany. We also hold a strong second place in the season-long >> team overall competition. It's a big challenge for our small team because >> you use your top 8 finishers to make your team score. When you only field >> 15 riders, going 8 deep is tough. >> >> My weekend had several highlights. I solo-camped out at Laguna Seca >> Friday night, and the evening was so warm and dry that I didn't even have >> to use my rainfly. I enjoyed a very pleasant coffee outside on Saturday >> morning. Being on site gave me plenty of time to do a lap on the very >> challenging race course. Grant would possibly approve that I underbiked >> with no shocks, but would undoubtedly disapprove at how much crabon I was >> running. Besides personal stuff a couple of our kids dug incredibly deep >> and had best ever results. Being around their energy has been a sort of >> fountain of youth experience for me. >> >> Sadly, during the offseason, our team trailer was stolen. So we've been >> renting a U-Haul for each of these race weekends. We have an opportunity >> to buy a used trailer now, but are quite short on funds. If you feel like >> helping out a terrific group of kids with ANY amount, please check out our >> GoFundMe below. Thanks >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> https://www.gofundme.com/help-echs-mtb-team-replace-trailer >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
