RUSA PBP Prep seminar #3, April 2nd, 2023, 1pm Eastern, 10am Pacific: Bag Drop service presentation, what next after pre-registration

[Rob Hawks]

Please join us for a live presentation from Deb Banks, Eric Norris and Bill Green covering the bag drop services offered for PBP 2023. Deb, Eric, Bill (and Mark Behning who will be off riding a 1000km brevet) are all previous PBP finishers and are attending PBP in 2023 just to offer a vital service to riders.

Following that presentation, Mark Thomas will go over some of the details of what to expect next if you have pre-registered for PBP. This will cover due dates for completing your qualifiers, when you can start to convert to full registration, and what is required to do that. If possible there might be a recap of numbers involved for pre-registrants from the US.

Following Mark's presentation, Deb's Team will have gone over the questions submitted and will read questions and give answers as part of the presentation.

To close out, Mark will also answer any questions submitted.

The seminar Zoom details will be published in the next couple days.

If you can't make it, this presentation will be recorded and put up on the Youtube channel where Seminar sessions 1, 1.1, and 2 have been placed.

Concurrent with this seminar, there are a couple/few pre-recorded interviews that will be released of past PBP riders where we delve into their previous riding, how they came to randonneuring, what they did to prepare for their first PBP, what their first PBP experience was like and what advice they got that helped and what they themselves might recommend.

rob hawks

SFR RBA

RUSA Membership Committee

RUSA Brevet Coordinator

RUSA RBA Liaison

Oh, and also a more than occasional brevet rider!

[Rob Hawks]

Here is the Zoom Seminar invitation:

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You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Apr 2, 2023 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Randonneurs USA PBP Prep Seminar #3

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[Rob Hawks]

Hi all,

Zoom about to start.

It will be recorded!

rob hawks

[Mark Thomas]

Despite what I said during the PBP Prep seminar, an LRM brevet of 1200km or longer (such as the already held Florida Golden Falcon or Texas Quick & Dirty or the upcoming Carolina Spring or Colorado Front Range) can be used as a qualifying brevet for Paris-Brest-Paris.

Although not specified in the regulations, a sharp-eyed ancien (thanks Graham Ross) noted that the “Diary” section of the PBP website mentions LRM brevets: "To register, you will have to complete between 01/11/2022 and 30/06/2023 a Super Randonneur brevet series: 200 km, 300 km, 400 km and 600 km. A missing brevet can be replaced by a brevet of a greater distance. It is even possible to replace a BRM 600 with a BRM 1000. Only BRM and RM >= 1200 km will be considered.”

Today I received confirmation from the ACP that "a RM >= 1200 km can replace any requested brevet.” 

This could be good news for riders who have completed a 1200 already or for riders with limited free time who are trying to fit a 1200 and PBP qualification into their schedule.

Mark