This weekend in Cheney was a pair of Senior State Championships - the Crit attracted slightly over 100 participants on Saturday (the 8 Juniors brought it to 103), while the Sunday RR had less than 100 (98 overall).
I see more than that on a rainy day at PR going up the S curve. What - the 4 hour drive scare you off? You'd rather spin down to the local coffeeville on your rain bike to go for a training ride with your buddies? Training for what - this is the state champs? Do you like the June gloom that much that you didn't dare miss another wonderful splashy weekend in Western WA? Oh I know - you've already got the BARR all wrapped up & don't need any additional points. Hey everybody went to Baker City for Elkhorn right, wrong! WTF? Alright I forgot it was Fathers Day, so what?
This is a tremendous disservice to the fine promoters who just happen to be on the east side of our state - who offered up 2 great championship worthy courses, the promise of great weather, at a time when most everybody should be in race shape (the weekend just prior to the official start of Summer). This doesn't do much to attract sponsors, volunteers, or additional race promoters to our sport; I hope these guys at least covered their costs.
The State Championships are allocated by the WSBA to worthy races statewide - not just to those in the western portion closest to the southern Puget Sound region. What were you doing instead?
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