Pre-riding is a good idea. I think I might pre-ride solo because my teammates treated it like a damn race lap last year.McGRP01 said:I hope the Wed. night series races the actual 24-hour course Wed. 6/22. I think all the guys on my team are planning on being there to get a little pre-pre-ride in.
I prefer real slow and real easy and save the legs for Saturday.
Yeah, that's our plan as well. Show up for the Wed. night "race" and do a couple moderate/slow laps to check things out.I Are Baboon said:Pre-riding is a good idea. I think I might pre-ride solo because my teammates treated it like a damn race lap last year.
neaky: When is the "official" pre-ride time(s)? On Fri. or Sat. morning?
I think last year the opened the course at like noon on Friday. PLENTY of time to preride, and the trails were not busy at all. Like Doug said, a Saturday pre-ride is a bad idea.McGRP01 said:Yeah, that's our plan as well. Show up for the Wed. night "race" and do a couple moderate/slow laps to check things out.
Yeah, I wasn't planning on it, just asking. Thanks guys!I Are Baboon said:
Keep me posted if this happens this year!!!douglas said:
I Are Baboon said:Pre-riding is a good idea. I think I might pre-ride solo because my teammates treated it like a damn race lap last year.
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LOL! You should've stuck with Sq-Earl & I. We started out with you all and decided to take it slower and find nice linesI Are Baboon said:Pre-riding is a good idea. I think I might pre-ride solo because my teammates treated it like a damn race lap last year.
greasey monkey said:If the course is the same and is dry I would like to do a 45 to 50 min lap
You're crazy 
A dry course would be very nice. Hell, I'd be happy with a damp course instead of the friggin mudfest that last year's race was. My backyard is drying out, so that's a good sign!greasey monkey said:If the course is the same and is dry I would like to do a 45 to 50 min lap
All of you are in for a big surprise when greasey monkey shows up. I'm guessing the phrase "holy sh!t!" will be uttered many times.TreeSaw said:
I'd like to do it 40greasey monkey said:If the course is the same and is dry I would like to do a 45 to 50 min lap
, but thats not going to happen
A couple hundred yards, but you can drive your car right up to your campsite for loading and unloading.McGRP01 said:
Cool! That answers the loading/unloading question!! Thanks!I Are Baboon said:
I don't really camp well and could not fall alseep Friday night last year. Every little bit of noise kept me up. So I grabbed my sleeping bag, walked to my car, and slept in it. I got a solid three hours of sleep that night. Since the parking lot is far enough away from the campsites, I didn't hear a thing from my car.McGRP01 said:Cool! That answers the loading/unloading question!! Thanks!
The othe reason I asked is because I have a couple team members that are considering sleeping in their vehicals as opposed to tenting at the site. Not sure how good an idea that is, but I guess as long as they pack an alarm clock...
Thanks again Baboon!I Are Baboon said:
I'm considering a hotelI Are Baboon said:
. Last weekend at the Burn I got more sleep during the race than the night before. Had some jackasses roll in about 1:00 am with screaming kids, barking dogs. It took them hours to set up camp and shut up. I had asked them to keep things down and they told me to deal with it. It took all my willpower not to do something bad but it was useless at that point. The best part of the night came when their 3 year old son started crying and ask mommy when he could go to bed. I shouted out of my tent that they wer not only assholes but bad parents.
douglas said:
Are you saying you're cooking a turkey? Mmmmm...turkey.justbill said:
There are always some amazing smells coming from justbill's culinary creationsMcGRP01 said:Are you saying you're cooking a turkey? Mmmmm...turkey.
McGRP01 said:Cool! That answers the loading/unloading question!! Thanks!
The othe reason I asked is because I have a couple team members that are considering sleeping in their vehicals as opposed to tenting at the site. Not sure how good an idea that is, but I guess as long as they pack an alarm clock...
Cool, I think it'll be just you and I tenting. Rob, Jim and Richie are planning on sleeping in there cars. (we'll be closer to the beer though!Goddy43 said:
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and it was amazing when Bill had leftovers at Breakfast , and yelled over to the Jakalopes camp any one want some eggs/Pancakes how fast Echo and Tweek were there ! And all of Bills creations were very tasty!TreeSaw said:There are always some amazing smells coming from justbill's culinary creations
THat Pizza at 3 AM was just Awesome
McGRP01 said:Are you saying you're cooking a turkey? Mmmmm...turkey.
McGRP01 said:Cool, I think it'll be just you and I tenting. Rob, Jim and Richie are planning on sleeping in there cars. (we'll be closer to the beer though!
I'm thinking the pre-ride on Saturday morning should be enough training. What do you all think?I Are Baboon said:
Echo said:
Echo said:
Word!douglas said:
I think you should do two laps Friday evening and go really hard, then get up at 6:00 Saturday and do another hard lap. You want to make sure you give your legs a good warmup!Echo said:
If a good night sleep is possible a short hard effort on Friday should actually be good for you.I Are Baboon said:I think you should do two laps Friday evening and go really hard, then get up at 6:00 Saturday and do another hard lap. You want to make sure you give your legs a good warmup!
sounds like a bad case of acid reflux. Meals and exercise exacerbate the condition.Westy said:
And ECHO should test his lights by doing a few hill repeats on the long climb at night, oh and dont forget to bring Sq- Earl on all of these ridesI Are Baboon said:I think you should do two laps Friday evening and go really hard, then get up at 6:00 Saturday and do another hard lap. You want to make sure you give your legs a good warmup!
I think Echo and his teammates should forego Friday night sleep spend the evening drinking heavily and discussing race strategy.Westy said:
That's what we're gonna be doing!I Are Baboon said: