Rider Profile: Kate Moore
August 26, 2006
Kate Moore is gearing up to ride the full century on the Portland Century. Her mantra? "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." The 29-year-old is riding because, "my mother is battling the disease ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and watching her courageously battle the disease while her body continues to weaken has inspired me to enjoy and take advantage of all that my body can do." Kate is looking forward to being on course with her husband Rawls (see photo) and friends, and reveling in the sense of accomplishment when she's finished. This will be her longest distance ride yet.
The Portland Century is Kate's first organized ride. After this she says she's planning to do the, "bike section of the Black Diamond duathlon (60 miles) in Enumclaw, Washington in September. My friend Caroline will be doing the running and we'll be doing this in honor of my mother!"
Posted by orbike at August 26, 2006 6:59 AM
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I was on the 100 mile course and at Roslyn Lake I had to pee in the bushes, but I heard it was because the company delivering the toilets messed up and they arrived later. My friend said he was able to use them as he's a slower rider than I am. It was good that the water only station was transformed into a rest stop because I needed that food. I don't follow maps well so I wish there were more arrows because I couldn't follow the guide they gave us, the pinted map with turn-by-turn instructions.
Posted by: Ken R. at August 29, 2006 9:38 PM
Greetings,
In the unlikely event anyone has time to read this, thought I'd give my 2 cents worth....
I had a great ride: did the 100 miles and thought route was pretty good.
Missed the Smith-Bybee water stop, but had no problem finding water in a park in St. Johns.
Map lacked a bit of detail but liked the format/size.
Food/goodies/beer at end were really really good.
For a first year effort thought was a great ride, and look forward to next year!
Loran Lamb-Mullin
Posted by: Loran Lamb-Mullin at August 31, 2006 6:38 AM