24 hours too!

[katluvr]

WOW! You go girl...12 mile loop...I think I would go crazy repeating it!
Good luck!

[Pedal Wench]

WOW! You go girl...12 mile loop...I think I would go crazy repeating it!
Good luck!

It's intown, and you can take any route from checkpoint to checkpoint, so depending on traffic, I'll be changing it up.

And, the 24-hour race I do in February (in Sebring - come and race too!) is on a 3.7-mile loop all night long - this will be wonderful compared to that!

[OakLeaf]

Wow. Good luck and please be safe.

I've spoken very sternly to DH about sleep deprivation on the moto, and it's something I feel very strongly about. It's right up there with inebriation and talking on the phone, in terms of impairment. So please, please, please be safe.

[Wahine]

The traffic would bother me but it sounds like a good race. Good luck and let us know how you do. It will be really interesting to hear your report of how you feel in the morning.

[kacie tri-ing]

Where in town is this going on? Good luck! I assume the knee is doing better!

[Susan Otcenas]

Dealing with all that traffic sounds way more challenging than riding on quiet country roads!

Have fun, and be careful!

Susan

[spokewench]

From my experience of 24 hour racing; you will feel terrible before the daylight; right before dawn; I remember feeling like giving it up about that time.

There is something about the sun coming up and rejuvenates you and makes you feel like you can keep going.

I remember starting to see the sky lightening and the stars slowly disappating and then the sun peaking over the horizon - I gave out a sigh of relief and then really enjoyed the sunrise.

spoke

[Pedal Wench]

Where in town is this going on? Good luck! I assume the knee is doing better!

This is the first test of the knee. I did two centuries last weekend and it felt okay - stiff at the beginning of the first one, and then fine.

The race has four checkpoints, and you get to them however you want - Elliot St. Pub by the GA Dome, Gear Revival near GA Tech, The Nook by Piedmont Park (with the Art Festival going on), to Outback Bikes in Little 5 Points, No Brakes, then back to Elliot St. With the Art Festival in the park, a BBQ festival at Turner Field, and major construction on the interstates forcing traffic onto the surface streets, traffic is gonna be intense. Oh well - this is all just practice for Sebring.

[kacie tri-ing]

Good luck! We live next door to the Nook (literally), so perhaps we'll see you come by!

If not, there's a 99% chance we'll see you at Sebring.

Be safe!