Randonneuring, also known as audax, is long-distance, mostly unsupported cycling (more). Willamette Randonneurs is a group of randonneurs and those interested in randonneuring in the southern Willamette Valley and surrounding areas. Willamette Randonneurs was formed in late 2016, with our first official season in calendar year 2017.
The regional brevet admistrator (RBA) for our region is Michal Young.
Informal news and announcements often appear in our Facebook group Eugene Area Randonneurs or on our Facebook page Willamette Randonneurs. For those who prefer email forums to Facebook, I will do my best to cross post to our will-rando group, and to respond to posts there.
2025 Calendar
ACP-sanctioned events are set in September of the preceding year. These dates are therefore fixed, but the routes could potentially vary. Contact the RBA in particular if you would like to volunteer to organize an ACP brevet on one of these dates with the same length but on a different route. Routes must be approved by the RUSA routes committee, so plan ahead and allow time for review and revision if you wish to propose a new brevet route.
The calendar does not yet include RUSA-sanctioned events, including populaires and longer brevets. I hope there will be several. These can be added with relatively short notice. Please consider whether you would be able and willing to organize one or more events this year. You can ride and organize an event on the same day, of if you prefer you can pre-ride before your event. Contact the RBA to discuss or volunteer.
| Sat Mar 29 | ACP 200k brevet. Five Rivers. 7:30am start outside Palace (Full City) Coffee, 842 Pearl Street, Eugene. Eugene to Walterville, Sweet Home, Lebanon, Brownsville, Eugene. $5 charge collected at start. |
| Sat Apr 26 | Alsea Loop ACP 200k brevet. Alsea Loop. 7:30am start at Market of Choice, 29th and Willamette, Eugene. $5 charge collected at start. |
| Sat May 17 | Alsea Loop ACP 200k brevet. Alsea Loop. 7:30am start at Market of Choice, 29th and Willamette, Eugene. $5 charge collected at start. |
| Sat May 31 | ACP 300k brevet, ACP 600k brevet. Smith River Loop or Smith River 600k. 5:30am start. $10 charge. |
| Fri Aug 8 | ACP 400k brevet, ACP 200k brevet (evening starts).
Lunar 400k / Mezza Luna 200k
starting Friday evening 8pm in Eugene.
Mezza Luna finishes Saturday morning in Forest Grove. The route is the
first half of the Lunar 400k.
Lunar 400k starts Friday evening in Eugene and finishes Saturday
afternoon or evening in Eugene. |
2017-2024 Calendars
Practices
- You must be a current RUSA member to register for or ride on a Willamette Randonneurs brevet or populaire. This is required by our insurance coverage.
- We ask riders to register at least a day before the ride. We will provide a personalized waiver to sign at the ride start.
- Electronic proof of passage (GPX file, RWGPS or Strava link) is encouraged. Photos will also be accepted. If you prefer information controls, let me know to print a brevet card for you. Otherwise you will be given a cue sheet but no brevet card.
Tracking map (Spotwalla)
Susan Otcenas has established a shared Spotwalla event tracking page for Will-Rando events. If you carry a satellite tracker (Spot, Garmin InReach, Zoleo) or a mobile phone running Bubbler GPS or SWTracker, you can add your track to an event.
Coming soon: Protocol for when to add yourself and when a track will be active.
Add your tracker to the upcoming event.
View rider tracks for the current event.
