24 hour charity ride--want to form a TE team?

[divingbiker]

I read about the "24 hours of Booty" ride to benefit Livestrong in Spokes magazine (thanks to Regina's posting of her fantastic article) and it looks intriguing. I may sign up as an individual, but I thought I'd see if there's any interest in forming a TE team.

We can have as many on the team as we'd like, and we can have as many people riding at a time as we'd like, and we can ride as far as we'd like. It's in Columbia MD September 26-27, and is on a closed 2 mile loop in an office park. Registration is $45, and each team member has to raise $150 in donations (or write a check).

The web site is kind of hard to navigate, but most of the pertinent information is here.

Just throwing it out there in case anyone else is interested.

[7rider]

Maybe.
Lemme think on this.
This park is where the Carl Dolan race was - where I lost my new Oakleys and ultimately got them back because that young girl turned them in to Registration.
(sorry...sidebar!)

[sfa]

I've been thinking about signing up for this one anyway. The only thing stopping me is that on the 26th I'm up in NY with a group of Girl Scouts. Our bus will get back around 11 p.m. or midnight, but I could join the event after that. I'd probably even be good for some middle of the night riding after being on a bus for three hours!

Sarah

[Pedal Wench]

I was signed up for the Charlotte one, but had to cancel because of my boss's wedding. Could I drive 11 hours, ride 24 hours, then drive 11 hours back home again? Two weeks after I do another 24-hour race here in Atlanta????

[Kalidurga]

Maybe I didn't look carefully enough at the website, but I don't get how this works.

db, you don't want to do another century because it's too many hours in the saddle, but you want to do this and ride for 24 hours?

[divingbiker]

Maybe I didn't look carefully enough at the website, but I don't get how this works.

db, you don't want to do another century because it's too many hours in the saddle, but you want to do this and ride for 24 hours?

It's basically a fundraiser. You just ride as much as you want, with no distance goal unless you set one for yourself. I think it would be way easier to ride 100 miles in 24 hours than in 10 hours. Take a break every hour, take a few hours off in the middle of the night to sleep...

But being a morning person, starting at 4 in the afternoon would not be fun.

PedalWench, that sounds like a grueling schedule of driving and riding. I couldn't do it, but more power to you!

[sfa]

Maybe I didn't look carefully enough at the website, but I don't get how this works.

The course is a short loop and riders can ride as long as they want--there's no requirement to ride the full 24 hours. By putting together a team, we could have a team presence on the course for the full 24 hours if we wanted to. A team of three, however, is going to have a tougher time of it than a team of eight. There is free camping available so when you aren't riding you can crash.

More info here: http://www.24hoursofbooty.org/site/P...=riders_routes

[Cataboo]

I'm contemplating, but the idea of riding in circles for 24 hours sounds like it could be gerbil in a cage like and/or tedious.

Of course, I don't have to ride the entire 24 hours, but I'd feel like a schmuck asking friends and relatives to donate for me to take a 4 hour shift of riding in circles instead of doing the entire 24.

[Kalidurga]

I think that's exactly what I don't get about it.

[Possegal]

I guess I thought this was kind of like the American Cancer Society's relay for life, where you have a team of people and always someone out on the track (at least my team always did that, most 2AM shifts it seemed that we were one of only a few teams with the whole 24 hr concept.) We had a tent set up and could sleep if we wanted, chairs to sit around and hang out when it wasn't our time to be on the track. So just like that, you have a team and you take turns being out on your bike, rather than running on the track. Some teams could be one person, or 10 people. Again, that was just the way the relay for life was when my friends and I used to do it.

[owlice]

I'm interested.

The "Relay for Life" is a good model, a good way to think about this.

And if there is camping space available, I have a six-person, two-room tent that can be used for a team. I don't know whether I remember how to set it up, but I'm pretty sure the instructions are still with it!

[Cataboo]

this is apparently in the BF's office park. One of his female coworkers is looking for team members if you want me to get her contact info?

[owlice]

I'm still interested and it looks like registration closes on September 11, so there isn't a ton of time left to do the necessary fundraising. If someone, anyone, is forming a team, I'm willing to participate. Will bring tent and some chairs if necessary, and lots of enthusiasm!

[divingbiker]

With some reluctance, I've decided that this is not the type of event that's meant for me. By 4pm, I'm fading, and there's no way I can stay up through the night, so I'm going to pass. If someone signs up, I'll donate!

[Cataboo]

I gave Owlice info on a team to join & she did. She'll probably know if they're still looking for more members if anyone else is interested.