LOTOJA Registration

[AuntieK]

LOTOJA registration is up! Today is the day to register if you are planning to race this race.:D
Here's the link to the website:
http://lotojaclassic.com/
Good luck!

[sulis]

This is my dream ride. I am no where near ready to race this year, but I hope within the next few years the dream will be a reality.

Good luck to all those who enter.

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This is my dream ride. I am no where near ready to race this year, but I hope within the next few years the dream will be a reality.

Good luck to all those who enter.

sulis, if you do Desperado this year, you'll have completed a ride equally as hard (confirmed by more than one acquaintance that has completed both in the same year)! The difference is that LOTOJA is a race, so there's more pressure to ride hard & fast; that can make it feel harder. They have similar climbing totals and I think LOTOJA is only 2-3 miles farther. The thing that Desperado has that LOTOJA doesn't have, apparently, is the wind!

So I think that you'll be doing LOTOJA sooner rather than later! ;)

[sulis]

sulis, if you do Desperado this year, you'll have completed a ride equally as hard (confirmed by more than one acquaintance that has completed both in the same year)! The difference is that LOTOJA is a race, so there's more pressure to ride hard & fast; that can make it feel harder. They have similar climbing totals and I think LOTOJA is only 2-3 miles farther. The thing that Desperado has that LOTOJA doesn't have, apparently, is the wind!

So I think that you'll be doing LOTOJA sooner rather than later! ;)

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Desperado will definitely be a testing ground. Sadly, I have had some major set backs in my training which has again put me where I was last year - hoping to do a century but in serious doubts that it will be a possibility. Sigh - one of these years hopefully my body won't break down so I can actually achieve some of my goals. :p I do remain hopeful though.