{"id":538,"date":"2016-02-18T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T21:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/?p=538"},"modified":"2016-07-20T08:59:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T15:59:03","slug":"spring-populaire-and-200k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Spring Populaire and 200K"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2016 brevet series kicks off<\/strong> with the Spring Populaire on Saturday, <\/a> March 5th<\/a>, and a new 200km brevet on Saturday, March 12<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 You can get more information, pre-register and view the courses on the SIR website, by clicking the links above, or read more below:<\/p>\n

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Woodinville’s\u00a0Chateau St Michelle<\/em> isn’t in France, but we can pretend…<\/p><\/div>\n

Spring Populaire, March 5th<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Populaire begins\u00a0by heading south around much of the perimeter of Mercer Island and turning onto the trail. \u00a0Before you know it you will be heading east going thru Newcastle and hooking onto May Valley Rd. \u00a0This will take you all the \u00a0way over to Issaquah-Hobart Rd. Heading south then west weaving your way over to the Cedar River Trail, where volunteers\u00a0will be happily waiting to sign your cards.<\/p>\n

From there you head into Renton, over to Seward Park, and loop around the scenic park. \u00a0Follow Seward Park Blvd. before meeting up with the bike path to go over the I-90 bridge to the finish at Roanoke Tavern, which is just past the parking lot you parked at the start (about \u00bd mile). \u00a0If you\u2019ve never been to the historic Roanoke Tavern now is your chance. \u00a0Good burgers and beer. \u00a0Hope to see a great turn out. Shooting to beat Andy\u2019s turn-out last year. \u00a0Let the games begin!<\/p>\n

Pre-register for the Spring Populaire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spring 200K, March 12th<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 200K departs at 7:30 am<\/span> from Sixty Acres Park in Woodinville. We\u2019ve pushed back the start to 7:30am<\/span> in order to enable riders from Seattle, if they choose, to take the first ST 545 bus to Redmond (arriving around 6:50AM<\/span>) and ride up the trail to the start.<\/p>\n

This year we finish at Mark and Chris Thomas\u2019 house in Redmond (thanks for your hospitality, Mark and Chris).<\/p>\n

As mentioned on the website, it will help immensely if you pre-register (and prepay) before the day of ride to reduce the congestion at the start and to give us a sense of what supplies we need.\u00a0 If you are a returning randonneur, please try to submit and pay your RUSA and SIR memberships well before March 10<\/span>.\u00a0 SIR membership is not required, but is encouraged, and it does offer you a discount on all SIR brevets.\u00a0 Membership in Randonneurs USA (RUSA) is also encouraged if you are not already a member (and is requirement for SIR membership).\u00a0 We will have SIR and RUSA membership forms at the start for those new or renewing riders who need them.<\/p>\n

Your bicycle should be equipped with a taillight and headlight, as the days are still short in early March.<\/em><\/p>\n

Pre-register for the Spring 200K<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2016 brevet series kicks off with the Spring Populaire on Saturday, March 5th, and a new 200km brevet on Saturday, March 12.\u00a0 You can get more information, pre-register and view the courses on the SIR website, by clicking the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.seattlerando.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}