Tulsa Tough Update!

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

From Jim Beach - one of the coordinators.. I just tagged this from TT's Facebook page:

"Tulsa Tough this year is going to be a spectacular show. Confirmed race teams include Rock, Racing, Ouch presented by Maxxis, Jelly Belly, to name a few. Women's and men's pro crit champions will be here."

If you're nearby... come on down! I've posted about Tulsa Tough before, but you guys who haven't come down yet... you're missing a great great weekend event!

Hey Katie - you getting super duper excited yet???

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

I'm at the volunteer mtg right now.. Just heard Floyd Landis and other big names will be here this year!

USA Cycling officials have called Tulsa Tough THE racing weekend of the whole country !! Woo hoo Tulsa!!

[indysteel]

Sounds great! Are you still planning on the back-to-back centuries? I'm looking forward to your ride report.

Best of luck!

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Indy, I really was..up until about a week ago. So many things flew at me in the last month, I didn't get near the training mileage needed to accomplish this goal. :-( So, I made the difficult decision to just do the double metric.

It actually works out better for me in other ways. I'm now free to help corner marshall the pro crits Sat afternoon. Found out at the meeting they were short a person...so that works out. If I'd been doing the century, I would miss all the rAcing (ie hot pro racers). Heehee. Oh well, it's a disappointment, but there's always next year, right?

And next year, you're coming right??

I'll definitely post ride reports...maybe even while I'm out there- mobile uploads to my Facebook page??

[indysteel]

I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I normally do the "full" Horsey Hundred over Memorial Day weekend. Last year, that was 180 miles over two days. I felt great. Mr. Silver (from TE) even burned up the road on Sunday's ride.

This year, I've decided to do a shorter route on Saturday and to play Sunday by ear. I just haven't able to train as much between travel and bad weather. Plus, I haven't gotten the fit on my new bike quite right just yet. It's been kind of a bummer. I'm making progress, but it's been a bit of trial and error.

After responding to your post last night, I actually did a search on Mapquest to figure out how far away Tulsa is from Indianapolis! I think it was 640 odd miles. That's doable, right?

Be good and have a great ride!

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Yeah! Totally doable! You need to come (and bring friends)!!

It's gonna be a big party!

Another TE gal is coming in from the Fayetteville AR area to ride this year. We should have some good ride reports for everyone. :-)

[Vireo]

Indy, I really was..up until about a week ago. So many things flew at me in the last month, I didn't get near the training mileage needed to accomplish this goal. :-( So, I made the difficult decision to just do the double metric.

It actually works out better for me in other ways. I'm now free to help corner marshall the pro crits Sat afternoon. Found out at the meeting they were short a person...so that works out. If I'd been doing the century, I would miss all the rAcing (ie hot pro racers). Heehee. Oh well, it's a disappointment, but there's always next year, right?

And next year, you're coming right??

I'll definitely post ride reports...maybe even while I'm out there- mobile uploads to my Facebook page??

The event will be there next year. Meanwhile, would you mind telling me how your nutrition and training progressed after our exchanges?

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

The event will be there next year. Meanwhile, would you mind telling me how your nutrition and training progressed after our exchanges?

Yes! NEXT year!!

George - I sent you a (long) PM.