The January 26th, SFR 200km brevet is completed and what looked the night before to be a brutal weather day in fact turned out to be somewhat benign. Thirty two riders checked in and rolled northward across the GG Bridge at 7am and by ride's end thirty riders completed the course on a rainless, but windy day. Flooding on Sir Francis Drake Blvd. just outside of Point Reyes Station had stymied the early riders who had to back-track on Bear Valley and add several miles to their total. Later riders found no flood waters though and thus no need for the detour. Along with the ride results (which include two riders from the Worker's Ride held two weeks previous) I'd like to list the names
of our volunteers:

1st Control (start) Charlie Jonas, Kevin Foley 2nd Control (Lighthouse) Bruce Berg, Mike Biswell 3rd Control (Finish) Harry Hugel, Jared Brockway, Joanne Petithory, Lee Thrall

Volunteer coordinator Mark Behning Webmaster Carlos Duque Mail list manager Jim Gourgoutis

Please note, the results are preliminary and are subject to both correction (for data entry errors on my part) and certification.

rob hawks
sfr rba

January 26, 2008 200K preliminary Brevet Results

First Name	Last Name	Time
Greg	Beato	09:53
Keith	Beato	09:53
Bruce	Berg	10:53
Mark	Cronander	12:16
Carlos	Duque	10:11
Jim	Edgar	11:37
Gabe	Ehlert	10:37
Alfonso	Estrada	12:16
James	Gourgoutis	11:37
Tom	Haggerty	12:24
Geoffrey	Hastings	09:46
Rob	Hawks	10:53
Ken	Holloway	08:40
John	Holmgren	12:16
Ken	Johnson	10:53
Masayoshi	Kobayashi	09:44
Albert	Kong	10:03
Lisa	Lestishock	12:16
Andrew	Letton	12:24
Aaron	Little	10:53
Phillip	Magallanes	13:02
Richard	McCaw	09:01
Jason	McPhate	09:01
Lisa-Susan	McPhate	10:40
Greg	Merritt	10:45
Robbins	Peek	09:54
Alex	Plumb	11:40
Graham	Pollock	08:11
Thomas	Russell	13:01
Kevin	Salyer	10:37
Peter	Schroepfer	DNF
Jeffrey	Shopoff	DNF
David	Strong	08:54
John	Viera-McEldowney	11:40

February 23, (held March 1)  2008 300K preliminary Brevet Results
Forecast winds of 45mph, with gusts in the 50+ mph range, postponed the Feb. 23rd brevet. The weather was much more cooperative a week later when all we had to deal with were some temporarily wet roads early on, headwinds on the northbound leg into Healdsburg, and frustratingly inconsistent tail winds on the south-southeast leg on Highway One. The lead group encountered a freak shower near Jenner that dampened roads and riders, but was gone without trace a bit more than an hour later. Thirty three riders left the start location and thirty one finished the ride. There was one reported crash, but that rider sustained minor abrasions and little damage to his bike and he finished the course in his personal best time (overall fourth time riding the SFR 300km).

While the day was a wonderful one weather-wise, as always it is made more so by the efforts of volunteers. Working the check-in/Start control, Mark Behning, Charlie Jonas, Peter Morrissey and Kevin Foley did a great job of getting us all ready on time. Mark, Charlie and Peter also worked the Secret Control. Putting in a long day, Mark Behning also worked the final control as well as being on call all day in case of Rider DNF. Mark was joined at various points at the final control by Sterling Hada, Joanne Petithory and Lee Thrall. I'd like to point out that Charlie, Kevin, Joanne and Lee all have worked both brevets and Mark Behning has been the coordinator (and well regarded adviser to me) all along.  rob hawks sfr rba

Please note, the results are preliminary and are subject to both correction (for data entry errors on my part) and certification.

Rusa #	First Name	Last Name	Time
4269	Keith	Beato	12:04
	Greg	Beato	12:04
1349	Bruce	Berg	13:54
4451	Scott	Brittle	16:36
	Aaron	Brownlee	15:34
2468	Robert	Buntrock	12:08
726	Denny	Burnham	15:41
3424	Mark	Cronander	16:36
3116	John	Curd	15:44
	Carlos	Duque	13:54
	Russ	Fairles	12:04
2879	Geoffrey	Hastings	13:20
2515	Robert	Hawks	13:54
1625	John	Holmgren	16:36
2082	Timothy	Houck	13:44
1132	Ken	Johnson	15:41
4674	Masayoshi	Kobayashi	15:17
2726	Albert	Kong	13:44
	Alan	Lehman	14:43
4596	Aaron	Little	14:14
3374	Phillip	Magallanes	14:12
2133	Richard	McCaw	12:00
3382	Jason	McPhate	11:55
3381	Lisa-Susan	McPhate	14:14
	Ernesto	Montenero	13:17
2505	Willy	Nevin	14:14
	Robert	Pacenta	13:20
	Jason	Pierce	15:34
4640	Alex	Plumb	16:36
2506	Max	Poletto	12:04
3491	Thomas	Russell	18:03