USRA rnd 5 Firebirds 4-18-15

[Gravy]

Round 5
Firebirds - Jericho
April 18, 2015

Who is going to race it?

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Cheston, you should race Sportsman, You only need to complete the first loop (35 miles) I know you can do it!

 

[anderson750]

Do it Cheston. Sportsman = no pressure all fun.

 

[glockman]

I so badly want to race this. It would be my first Desert Race. What class would fit me best? Stratton knows how slow I am. I'm 36 so I was thinking 35+ AM or EXP. Not expecting to place very well in either.

 

[rockreligious]

I so badly want to race this. It would be my first Desert Race. What class would fit me best? Stratton knows how slow I am. I'm 36 so I was thinking 35+ AM or EXP. Not expecting to place very well in either.

You should, but Ill warn you...its worse than a drug addiction, half way through your experience you will wonder why you ever signed up for this...after you cant wait to do another.

 

[Cascadia]

I think you would do pretty good in 35+ amateur. You'd have plenty competition in that class also. Would most likely be beat by a girl that races mens. So glad she moved out of 30+ so she couldn't beat me.

 

[rockreligious]

Me and my boys are racing this, going out friday night and camping..cant wait.

 

[Cascadia]

I'll be there camping the night before also.

 

[rockreligious]

I think you would do pretty good in 35+ amateur. You'd have plenty competition in that class also. Would most likely be beat by a girl that races mens. So glad she moved out of 30+ so she couldn't beat me.

no shame in getting beat by Stephanie. shes fast and in shape and finishes her race at the same pace she starts it at.

 

[glockman]

I think you would do pretty good in 35+ amateur. You'd have plenty competition in that class also. Would most likely be beat by a girl that races mens. So glad she moved out of 30+ so she couldn't beat me.

I've been beat by girls/women and little kids on 65's so my ego is already in check with my skill level.

Sounds like 35+AM would be the ticket. How do the numbers work. If I race 35+AM, what color background and what letter do I need.

 

[Cascadia]

no shame in getting beat by Stephanie. shes fast and in shape and finishes her race at the same pace she starts it at.

I know. And it always seems to be just ahead of me. Oh well. Someday. I'm not ashamed by it either. Just gives me something to shoot for. You need a yellow background and a p after your number. You can also just buy temporary numbers at the race for 5$.

 

[glockman]

Sweet. Thanks.

 

[anderson750]

I think you would do pretty good in 35+ amateur. You'd have plenty competition in that class also. Would most likely be beat by a girl that races mens. So glad she moved out of 30+ so she couldn't beat me.

But truly she does beat you if she is ahead of you in the overall

 

[ChestonScout]

Thats my anniversary weekend. Doubt the wife wants to spend it sitting in camp while i ride.


Ill try a sportsmans class one of these days most likely

 

[rockreligious]

Thats my anniversary weekend. Doubt the wife wants to spend it sitting in camp while i ride.


Ill try a sportsmans class one of these days most likely

Ha, Its my anniversary weekend too, April 19th, My wife is the one who pre-registered My boys and I for this race, so I guess that means its ok. both my boys birthday weekends always seem to land on race day too... but they like having birthday parties in the desert with all the maniacs.

 

[ChestonScout]

Hehehehe. Awesome. Mines the 17th. Maybe when my boy ditches the training wheels on the 50 he will want to race peewee

 

[Gravy]

35+ Nov isn't a bad way to go your first race, but you'd be fine in Amatuer, I would be too if I wasn't going for a podium this year. You're plenty fast. You have a really good skill base to fall back on when you're tired as well. The endurance is what kills ones speed the first 5 races or so
James hit the nail on the head about feelings during and after the race.

 

[rockreligious]

Hehehehe. Awesome. Mines the 17th. Maybe when my boy ditches the training wheels on the 50 he will want to race peewee

definately once he gets rid of the training wheels Id race him in peewees, they are so fun at that age, and they learn fast and make new friends.

 

[rholbrook]

Chad, go 35+ Novice. You can always move up but never down. Green background with white numbers.

 

[djgardner]

I hear this is mostly new course this year (at least not the same course they've used the past few years). If you've raced this race the past couple or three years, you'd know they've been using the same two loops in different directions and different orders...and they are getting hammered! So new course will be great!

Unless we get some rain, it will be a dust bowl out there. But Cherry Creek is a great place to race, and after the first couple miles everyone gets spaced out and dust isn't such a huge issue. (And the Firebirds usually do it right, with some wide open fast stuff at the beginning of the race to separate everyone before putting them into the single track. That avoids the conga lines in the single track choking on dust.)

I'm looking for a finish at this one. (I've had mechanical issues at the past three races I've done).

 

[Gravy]

DJ, what mechanicals have you had?