Ultra Randonneur Award

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The Ultra Randonneur Award is for RUSA members who have ridden ten (10) Super Randonneur series. The Super Randonneur (SR) series of brevets (200 K, 300 K, 400 K and 600 K in a calendar year) that are used to qualify for the Ultra Randonneur Award need not be in consecutive years, nor is there a time limit on how long it takes to accumulate the ten seasons of randonneuring. It is possible to also earn more than one SR series per year.

Riders can apply with either ACP or RUSA brevets, and a longer event can be substituted for a shorter event (e.g., a RUSA 230 K brevet could be used in lieu of an ACP 200 K brevet. Another possible example could be having two events of the same distance, so this rider's SR series would be 200 K, 400 K, 400 K, and 600 K instead of the normal progression.) Standard brevets on the RUSA and ACP calendars are the counting events; team events, such as the Fleches-USA, cannot be used for this award, nor can permanents. However, longer events such as ACP or RUSA 1000k brevets or RM-sanctioned 1200k events can be used as substitutes for shorter brevets missing from the normal sequence.

Riders can apply for the Ultra Randonneur by showing proof of having completed an SR series. They could use photocopies of old brevet cards, or a print-out of their records on the RUSA data base for events since 1999. If a rider has a verified Paris-Brest-Paris entry/finish from before 1999, or SR medal, that could be used in lieu of missing brevet cards for that season.

Download and print the Ultra Randonneur Award application form.

          Number              Rider                Home                 Year
          ------             -------              ------               ------
            1             Ron Himschoot          Seattle, WA            2005
	    2		  Dan Driscoll		 Arlington, TX		2005
	    3		  Jim Solanick		 Lake Worth, FL		2005
	    4		  Larry Midura		 East Syracuse, NY	2005
	    5		  Ken Carter		 Marysville, WA		2005
	    6		  Ken Bonner		 Victoria, BC, Canada	2005
	    7		  Del Scharffenberg	 Milwaukie, OR		2006
	    8		  Mark Thomas	         Redmond, WA		2006
	    9		  Mike Myers		 Baxter Springs, KS	2006
      (F)  10		  Nancy Myers		 Baxter Springs, KS	2006
	   11		  Michael Bingle	 Vancouver, WA		2006
	   12		  Wayne Methner		 Lake Forest Park, WA	2007
	   13		  Mark Metcalfe		 Duncanville, TX	2007
	   14		  John Kramer		 White Salmon		2007
	   15		  Christopher Kaiser	 McDonough, GA		2007
	   16		  John Lee Ellis	 Louisville, CO		2007

(F) denotes female riders