300K Clermont-Avon Park

Riders on the 23 February 2013 300K had dry weather, but it was hot — temps reached the mid-80s, and one rider reported his Garmin read 112F! — unseasonably humid, and a strong wind blew from the SW for most of the ride, making the south-bound 95-mile stretch to Avon Park a challenge.  The smell of orange blossoms was overpowering.  And, yes, that was a road-kill bear that you saw.

We did have one tragedy, as Diana was in a crash that resulted in her transport by EMS to Lakeland Regional Hospital. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers. And please always remember that you can go from riding along, having a great time to being on the ground, injured, in the blink of an eye.

RUSA members can order the ACP 300K medal to commemorate their accomplishment here.

Special thanks to our AWESOME volunteer, Cara, who again helped out while husband Ched successfully completed the route on his mountain bike. Cara provided y’all lunch in Avon Park and checked many of you in at the finish. Thank you again, Cara, for all you’ve done to help make these rides successful and fun!

43 of the 48 official starters completed the route. Results are listed below, alphabetically. Congratulations again on a great accomplishment!

RUSA # Last Name First Name Time
8453 BABADELIS Linda N 16:22
6388 BADGER Charles A 16:14
8007 BENKLY Christine 14:04
1009 BOL Timothy J 15:51
8296 BOMBKA Michael A 11:19
7226 BONE Suzy 11:35
8345 BRANDON Bill 16:22
1117 BUTKUS Lisa 15:51
14 BUZZEE David 18:11
6558 CABAL Maria Del Pilar 18:11
8304 CANNEDY Michelle R. 15:59
1416 CLARK Lynn 14:04
7449 D’AIUTO Ruth Ann 11:05
4657 DONOVAN Patrick A 16:14
6643 EADDY Vance 14:52
1399 ERWIN Bill 14:04
185 GRABIAK Larry 15:51
8397 GRAMLING JR Don Wayne 11:45
7495 KEHLER Mike 11:19
7936 INGELS James Jason 13:42
8349 IVY Bruce A 14:52
8477 MANZANARES Joey R 13:43
6700 MCCARTHY Steven 14:52
8261 MIRO SR Ricardo 14:18
7408 MORAN Neal Joseph 14:18
  MORRIS Donald 13:43
6439 NEWHALL Tim 16:14
8303 PADILLA Tony 11:19
6594 PLESS Garrett 15:04
2375 PRESTON John 11:35
7770 ROSBURG Scot 11:35
7057 ROWE Kim 14:00
2955 ROZELLE Paul G 15:04
5867 SHERRICK Keith 11:05
5363 SHUYA Terry 16:43
8126 SODERSTROM Lars 15:04
  STEIN Dieter 14:14
3642 SULLIVAN William 14:00
4226 THOMPSON W David 14:21
1555 WALLACE Dan 18:11
6693 WEAVER Pendulumn JoAn 16:14
8441 WELLS Ched 16:22
  WIEDLE Greg 11:43