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11-24-2001, 05:11 PM
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Monkey
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Way too close to the white trash promised land, Branson, MO.
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24 hour race prep for virgins
I am doing 24 hours of Moab next year with three other guys who have never done one before either, so any advice would be appreciated. One of the guys is a USCF coach, so we've got the training part covered. The logistics side is what we need help with. Thanxs!
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11-26-2001, 07:31 AM
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Der hund ist laut und braun
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What do you mean when you say you need help with the logistics?? Like what?
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11-26-2001, 10:33 AM
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Lights are the tough part. Niterider and Light & Motion have fast charging stations set up at the race (Light & Motion is free). You should use one of these brands or you might be SOL on the lighting situation. Bring 2 batteries for each light.
Important!!
Moab is FREAKIN COLD at night!!! Bring lots of warm camping gear!! Its easy to focus on the race and forget the camping details. Bring a support person to keep a raging fire going all night if possible.
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11-26-2001, 12:27 PM
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Muffin
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Normal stuff like food. See if you can get a fool(  ) time cook and plan out the meals and when they will be prepared.
chicken
pasta
bla,bla,bla
and most important of all, sausage.
Also see if you can get some one to take care of the bikes mechanically wise.
When it get's late everyone will want to be sleeping. So devise a plan on how to get the next person in line up on time. Sign in and sign out is a good way of keeping track. The person that just came in signs the person that just left out and calculates about how long it will take for their lap. That person eat’s and get’s ready for bed, then wakes the next person up, up.
Have extra clothes, one for each lap is you can swing it. I had a "team" uniform for mine and didn’t have any extra's so I was in wet clothes pretty much the whole race.(but at 3am there's really no one around to see)
I personally had 5 gallons of water and 2 gallons of gateraid plus a thing of cytomax.
any more questions???
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11-26-2001, 05:44 PM
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Monkey
Join Date: Nov 2001
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lights
Three of us have niteriders and the fourth guy will most likely get them, too. Does Niterider charge you when charging your batteries?
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11-26-2001, 06:18 PM
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Muffin
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It has been free in the past. But there was some controversy as to whether NitetRider is actually going to be there for this service. My advice is to try to devise a plan to charge your own batteries. My HID went for two laps without needing charging and should have been able to go at least one more lap. Check and recheck your burn times.
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11-26-2001, 06:19 PM
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They charge. You can pay one rate for the entire team and its not that much.... but I don't recall how much it was.
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