Pete Dusel (#25 ), a friend of Mike's, writes, "Although he retired from Rando around 2005, he was a triple PBP ancien, and single BMB ancien." See Pete's account of Mike's cycling history below.

From Mike's obituary:

Michael "Mike" Addison Seager, of Swain, NY, age 60, met with a fatal accident on November 20, 2025. He died as he lived, trying to help others, mostly outdoors. He is survived by his beloved partner, Gretchen Donnan; his sister, Marcia (Glenn) Swan, of Freeville, NY; his aunt, Mary Seager Norton, of Canaseraga, NY; his best cousin, Melanie (Howard Petote) Norton, of Wallingford, CT; Gretchen's children, Cassady (Nathan Christianson) Daley and Peter Daley; numerous cousins, extended family members and dear friends who will profoundly miss him. His parents, Maurice "Moe" Seager and Pauline "Polly" Dailey Seager, preceded him in death.

Mike was born on April 4, 1965, in Ithaca, NY, and grew up in Cortland, NY. His lifelong interests in science and nature were encouraged throughout his childhood with family wilderness camping and canoeing trips, cycling adventures, and summer jobs at the SUNY Cortland outdoor education center on Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks. He was one of the first students to embrace computer programming when it was introduced to the Cortland High School curriculum in the early 1980s. He graduated as valedictorian of his class. He went on to study Computer Science Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, MO and received his MS Computer Science at RPI in Troy, NY.

He was an exceptionally talented principal technical architect and consultant for spare parts planning software, adept across all industry verticals. During his professional career, he worked for companies from IBM to PTC and had opportunities to work internationally in Ireland and Malaysia. He was the person coworkers went to when they needed help solving difficult problems in their work.

He moved back to the Seager family farm in Swain, NY when his father needed assistance and worked to place conservation easements on the property and improve the wildlife habitat. He was an active board member of the New York Forest Owners Association, Western Finger Lakes Chapter; a board member of the Genesee Valley Conservancy; and belonged to numerous conservation and wildlife habitat groups.
He enjoyed endurance cycling and completed numerous long-distance events across the US and internationally in France and the UK, convincing his sister to provide support along the way. In general, he preferred outdoor activities. In addition to cycling, he enjoyed running, hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. When he was indoors, he was a voracious reader and a talented woodworker.

Mike was never one to suffer fools gladly, but his quiet demeanor, dry sense of humor and quick smile could always put someone at ease. He was fiercely loyal and endlessly patient with his family and friends.

Mike Seager's Cycling History

Mike's introduction to bicycle touring came in the summer of 1975, when he was 10 years old. His father, Moe, proposed that he and his children (including Mike's sister, Marcia, aged 14) should pack their 10-speed bikes with camping gear and ride west over the southern Finger Lakes hills from home in Cortland to the family farm in Swain. That first trip took three days to go 100 miles. Instead of returning home along the same route, they headed north through Letchworth State Park (notably sheltering under the railroad trestle across the Genesee River gorge during a thunderstorm), eastward across the northern Finger Lakes and into Adirondack Park before heading south to Cortland again.

That first childhood trip hooked Mike on cycle touring. He continued riding all through college, and when he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, he opted to ride his bike home the long way, up the Mississippi River into Minnesota, through Wisconsin and Michigan, across the border into Ontario province, and back into New York State. He was refused future service at all-you-can-eat buffets in both the USA and Canada for abusing the privilege. Mike always could eat a lot... Calories, the long-distance cyclist's best friends!

Mike took touring up a notch and rode his first brevet in 1994, when you were required to ride two Super Randonneurs before applying for your first PBP. These went well with Mike enjoying the challenge, the company and the many new friends he made. Mike ended his active Randonneuring career a triple PBP ancien, completing PBP in 1995, 1999, and 2003 with fond memories of the people, volunteers, spectators and participants. Mike also completed Boston Montreal Boston in 1996, making him a BMB ancien.

After completing PBP 1999 with his personal best, sub-80-hours finish time despite his support crew (sister Marcia) being occupied caring for injured teammates, he commented, "Randonneurs are the frayed outer edges of the lunatic fringe!" But we had FUN!

Over the years, Mike was a member of several randonneuring clubs, International Randonneurs, Randonneurs Toronto, and RUSA.

In 2007, Mike allowed there were many things he would rather do for the first time than PBP for the fourth time and he retired from active Randonneuring.

After that, Mike continued to support the sport by volunteering to help with local brevets, hosting controls including from the family farm near Letchworth State Park in New York, and general support for brevets, including the Western New York Waterfalls 1,200k. He also continued to enjoy recreational cycling, and the occasional cycling tour. Today Mike's custom Swan Randonneuring bicycle hangs in the rafters next to a randonneuring companion's retired Swan, side by side as they often were on the road, at the WNY Waterfalls main control.

Pete Dusel