Event Details: RM 1200km 2002-9-4: Last Chance -- BC Randonneurs Database

Name	Last Chance (#552)
Info	Randonneurs Mondiaux 1200km LC
Start Date	Sept. 4, 2002, 7 a.m.
Ended	Sept. 8, 2002, 1 a.m.
Region	Rocky Mountain Cycling Club (906002)
Start
Route	Unknown
Support Level	Unknown at this time None: nothing but businesses; organizer at start Low: organizer at start and finish Medium: at least one staffed control, possibly more; overnight controls may be staffed, but sleeping space is not guaranteed High: presence at most controls; food/meals at fully staffed controls; sleeping space at overnight controls

Volunteers

* - Event organizer

Conditions: This year's Colorado Last Chance experienced "explosive growth" with 14 registered riders and 13 starters. The finishing rate was 75%, comparable to last year, and 75% of the riders came from out of state - British Columbia, Saskatchewan, California, Arizona, and Texas. Most riders did well, despite toasty temps in the 90's, with high humidity in Kansas and unrelenting winds on the Colorado Eastern Plains (in other words, normal conditions). Ken Bonner finished first, with a sub-60-hour time close to the sub-60-hour time he had posted at Boston-Montréal-Boston mere weeks before, and a similar time at the Rocky Mountain 1200 mere weeks before that. In other words, he came to this event already warmed up. Local Riders - Charlie Henderson finished a close third, while simultaneously managing the course and coordinating with the event support person, Wojciech. Charlie drives this route often enough for ranching purposes that he knows every hill. Marcia Kestner in her typical low-key fashion, simply showed

Member	Time	Bicycle Class	Sortable time
Bonner, Kenneth	59:05	Single	212700
McLeod, Grant	82:36	Single	297360