Horsey Hundred 2008

[indysteel]

According to the Horsey Hundred website, the courses for Saturday are all new this year. Lunch will be at Keenland for all the route lengths, including the centruy, so that's exciting. It's a beautiful race track! I'm already looking forward to it.

Here's the site: http://www.bgcycling.net

Who looks like they'll be doing it this year? Any hotel recommendations?

[makbike]

I'll probably be there that is if I survive the 3-State 3-Mountain ride the first weekend in May!

[indysteel]

Makbike, I saw your name on a 3-state, 3-mountain challenge thread on Bikejournal and was so excited for you. That looks like a fantastic, albeit challenging, ride. Good luck!

Maybe I'll be able to recruit you to do the Bicycle Ride Across Tennessee with me in September. It's in the eastern part of the state this year! ;)

[susan.wells]

I'm seriously considering this one. However, I am doing BRAT and would be interested in making TE contacts for that ride.

[indysteel]

I'm seriously considering this one. However, I am doing BRAT and would be interested in making TE contacts for that ride.

Feel free to PM me about BRAT. I did it last year and would be happy to provide you with information. I'm planning on doing it (although I'd like to see the ride information first) so we can try to hook up there.

[makbike]

Indy - thanks for the warm wishes - I'm scared to death and only hope I've not overestimated my abilities. Heck I've never climbed a mountain on my bike and now I'm thinking 3 in a 100 mile day is simply crazy!

I would love to join in the fun in Sept but I don't think my school district would approve not to mention it would be an unpaid week, ouch! When I retire in 7 years and 74 days I'll join in the fun!

[Mr. Bloom]

The Silver's may be doing both the Horsey and 3S3M:eek:

Kate, are you going to stay in the dorm again?:p

Keeneland is an incredibly beautiful setting. Marcie, you do live in God's country!

[makbike]

Silvers I hope to see you at both events:)

[silver]

Silver's are planning RAIN too

[indysteel]

Mr. Silver, I'm not staying in the dorm again. Those beds were just awful. I think I'll try a hotel this time around.

That's exciting that you're thinking of doing 3S3M. If the mountain climbing on BRAT goes well this year, I may do it next year. I'm too much of a scaredy cat so sign up for it this year!

Well, I hope to meet up with all of you come May!

[silver]

Indy, maybe we can plan to stay at the same place, it may facilitate coming and going. We do plan to ride both days. I've asked Mr. to get with you on that. and I think we stayed at a hampton.

[indysteel]

Indy, maybe we can plan to stay at the same place, it may facilitate coming and going. We do plan to ride both days. I've asked Mr. to get with you on that. and I think we stayed at a hampton.

Great! Just keep me posted and I'll make some reservations. The woman I did it with last year had emergency surgery a few weeks ago and will off her feet for a bit so I'm not sure whether she'll be joining me.

By the way (and I may have already mentioned this), I made hotel reservations at the Drury Inn in Terre Haute for RAIN. You might think about making reservations sooner rather than later. I imagine that the hotels do fill up rather quickly.

I can't wait until Spring!!!!!

Take care,

K-

[Mr. Bloom]

By the way (and I may have already mentioned this), I made hotel reservations at the Drury Inn in Terre Haute for RAIN. You might think about making reservations sooner rather than later. I imagine that the hotels do fill up rather quickly.



You're right. I understand that RaIN has has many riders as Terre Haute has hotel rooms!

Drury is booked, so I just booked at the Hampton. Want to meet for dinner the night before?

Anyone else want to join us for dinner? Marcie? Susan?

Also, we're at the Hampton Inn for the Horsey. It was fine last year.

[makbike]

I would love to do RAIN but I don't have anyone to drive my support car across the state :mad:. If I find someone to do this for me I'll be there if not I'll enjoy the HH and 3S3M.

[susan.wells]

I registered for the HH and made hotel reservations at Fairfield Inn. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone. I did 3S3M in 2004. I registered for the 100m but ended up doing the 100k since we didn't make the cut-off time (I had gotten somewhat nauseated but managed to complete the ride). I'm not doing RaIN this year but doing one helluva ride (http://www.aabts.org/ohr/)instead. Has anyone done the Brown County Hills Challenge (http://www.bcparksrec.com/)? I've added that one to my event list for the year. I'm trying to make it a climbing year... well as much as you can and live in Indiana!

[Mr. Bloom]

susan,

We had 5,200 feel of climbing at the Horsey in the first 50 miles. Last year, if they had published elevations, I wouldn't have gone!

...and Brown County - YUCK! Nothing better for climbing in Indiana! Maybe we'll be there too!

Fairfield is right across the road from Hampton - so we'll see you there! Of course, the western line of Georgetown is only about a mile from the eastern line...so nothing is too far:rolleyes:

[indysteel]

Silvers, let me get back to you regarding dinner. I'm planning on doing the ride with a couple I know from my training ride and I wouldn't be surprised if we ate soemthing before driving down there early in the evening. That's what we did last year. Once in Terre Haute, we registered, got our bikes unloaded, our gear laid out and went to bed.

Susan, I don't know much about that Bloomington ride, but one ride that my friends do every year and love is Hoosier Hills. It's usually in mid-September. http://bloomington.in.gov/parks/hoosierhills.php. I was just coming back from BRAT last year, so I didn't do it.

Also, there's a club ride called JAWS in early June that's good (and hard). It's put on by the Central Indiana Bicycling Association. It's not a fee ride and you can just show up on the day of. It's one of the few centuries that the Club puts on and there are other route lengths offered. I did the 58 mile route last year and that was plenty for me after having done the century at the Horsey two weeks earlier.

[Aggie_Ama]

How often does this sell out early? I told DH about it last year and how I wanted to see Kentucky (never been). We didn't think his nursery would let him free to make the road trip but they might! The Horsey is our 5 year wedding anniversary, I think riding is the way to spend it. :D

[makbike]

Aggie, I don't think it sells out for I know last year there were several people registering the day of the event. Please come to Kentucky for the weekend it is a beautiful place to spend a weekend and hey the people are very nice as well. Hope to see you guys in May.

[Mr. Bloom]

Aggie, if you've never been to Kentucky, this is definitely the part of the state you want to see:)

Mile upon mile of rolling hills and horse farms. There's a history and charm that goes back generations there...

Marcie, might it have more demand this year since they have new routes?

[makbike]

Mr. Silver,

I have no idea what awaits us this year for I'm not all the familiar with the roads in and around the Lexington/Georgetown area. Just remember you will be in Kentucky and there aren't many flat section. I think it is fair to assume there will be some small hills, medium hills and big hills on the century.

[indysteel]

Hey gang, I just made a reservation for two nights at the Comfort Suites in Georgetown. I checked the Hampton first--given Silver's recollection that that's where they stayed last year--but they didn't have any rooms left with two beds. I don't know for sure who, if anybody, will be coming with me, but I wanted to get a room with two beds just in case. The Comfort Inn's rooms were also a lot cheaper--at least with my federal government discount. I think my double room was $70 a night compared to $145 at the Hampton Inn. There's also a fridge and microwave in the room, which may prove helpful given my "grazing" needs.

Anyway, the suite actually will sleep 6 because of the sofabed so on the off chance that a TEer or a friend of a friend needs a place to stay, I may be able to help out. It's so early to know how the weekend is going to shape up after all.

Anyway, there are several hotels that are very close to one another so even if we aren't staying at the same place, it will be easy enough to hook up.

Let me know if you have any questions!