A chilly, but pleasant, morning greeted the 66 starters this past Saturday for the International Women's Day 107K Populaire. Temperatures rose to around 50 degrees as riders explored Philadelphia's Fairmount Park and the suburbs to the northwest.
In all 58 riders and 3 preriders finished the ride in good time for a 92% completion rate. Congratulations to all the finishers. Preliminary results have been posted on the website. Please review and let us know if something is not right. Results will be submitted to RUSA after review and will become official once certified.
The large starting field was a good mix of veterans and riders new to the sport. This ride boasted 16 (!) freshly minted ronadonneurs! Noah Abbot, Stephen Arrivello, Hala Asraf, David Bacher Hicks, Christopher Costes, Bing Dai, Sayantan Kahn, Bella Kuhl, Andrew Maloney, Peter McLoone, Erik Orvik, Tracey Sikora, Malissa Sullivan, Michelle Sun, Emma Trallon, and Olivia Walling all posted strong finishes. Well done and congratulations to you all.
The ride also served as a fundraiser for Little Bellas, a mentorship program that gets your women and girls on bikes. 100% of the proceeds from this ride was donated to Little Bellas. Each rider's entry fee earned them a sweepstakes ticket, which were drawn at the finish. With items donated form members of the community and beyond sweepstakes winners receive prizes that ranged from bike tune-ups and haircuts to art work and acupuncture. In all, through entry fees and sweepstakes ticket sales, we raised over $700.00 for the organization. Thank you to all who supported.
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Ben Keenan writes -
Thanks a million to
Pat, Cece, Ello and everyone else for a great day and honoring
International Women’s Day. It was a perfect beginning to a new
season. As Pat said, hope to see everyone down the road! ______________________________________________________________________________________________
The Pennsylvania Super Randonneur Series starts this weekend with the Covered Bridges 200K starting at the Chamounix Carriage House.
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