Email received by the event Director...........I will provide because there is very little on this worthwhile event.
This year we had another successful Tour de Shunk. The weather was sunny, light wind and a brisk temperature of 50 at the start, warming up to 61 in the afternoon. Great conditions for riding a bike. Every year I like to share some statistics about the ride with the participants and friends of the Tour de Shunk, they are as follows:
182 registered riders plus 6 registered no-shows
158 male riders, 24 female riders
Average male rider was 47 years old
Average female rider was 39 years old
Youngest rider was 12 and there were 3 of them. All 3 did 50 miles on BMX style bikes!
Oldest rider was Lance at 68, he did 100 miles. Lance was our second oldest rider a couple times in the past - he always seemed disappointed when I told him there was someone older - it goes to show that persistence pays off.
140 riders came from Pennsylvania. The other 42 riders came from NY, MA, RI, VA, DE, MD, NJ, IN, CT and TX.
The rider that traveled the farthest to ride was Charles from San Antonio, TX.
About 150 riders completed the full 100 miles.
We had a couple of bike breakdowns, one of note was the tandem bike ridden by John Proctor. Proctor's seat post tightening screw snapped. Proctor's breakdown occurred just outside the town of Proctor. Coincidence?
The first riders finished the 100 mile course in 5hr 13mins - this was Doug Carlson and another rider but I did not get his name.
Overall we collected $5,165 in registration fees and raised about $5,300 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. My goal every year is to get enough sponsorship to cover the cost of the event so that all registration fees make it to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. I will update everyone later with the exact amount once I get all the expenses finalized and the donation made. Not bad for a Sunday ride in NE PA.
Thanks again to all the sponsors, volunteers, and of course the riders for making this a great day.
Greg White
Tour De Shunk Event Director
Endless Mountains Cycling Club
RR 2, Box 301 A-2
Mehoopany, PA 18629
Work Phone (570) 746-3000 x7378
Home Phone (570) 833-4261
Fax (570) 746-6349
RIDE ON!
1 comment:
It was a spectacular ride, and a beautiful day. The temp at 8am was close to 33F, but warmed up to perfect 60's quickly.
The views and vistas are spectacular! Beautifil mountain tops followed by virgin secluded valleys and brooks. The climbs did not seem that bad to me, but the 100 mile route is about 8,000 feet!
I was a part of Lance's group, 4 of us. At 2 miles out, Rick's seat post broke! (Carbon fiber). He insisted we ride withou him, but when I realized we were just 2 miles from the start, we turned back. Fortunately Rocky's bike shop had a post for him. So we started the ride twice! We ended up with about 108 miles. I drove out from NW NJ in the morning, a 3 hour drive! Arrived at 8.
I highly recommend this ride. It's beautiful and very scenic.
----Ken----
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