Little Red Riding Hood in Utah

[Trekhawk]

Hey TrekHawk, Sounds like you and I may be a perfect match up for the ride. I was also wondering if I could start early and still hope to make it back before times up.

Since I would be coming down from the north, Logan looks to be the best place for me to stay. Yellow, It's great you can do a little recon work for us. We'll all owe you a drink or two.

This is getting exciting! Maybe all this will help with my training.

Hey BikerHen sounds like a good plan. Im sure it makes it easier if you have someone to ride part/or all of the way with.

[SadieKate]

Map says "course closes at 4:30". As long as you start first thing and don't dawdle at the rest stops, you should be OK.

[Trekhawk]

Map says "course closes at 4:30". As long as you start first thing and don't dawdle at the rest stops, you should be OK.

Yep that does sound doable (even for this slow Poke) as long as like you say I (or we if bikerhen and I ride together) dont dawdle at the stops.

Thanks SadieKate that little bit of info sure makes me feel more comfortable of finishing in time.

[sulis]

How fun is this? I'm working on my schedule for this year and thought I would post on te to see if anyone had done the RRH. Well low and behold, you are already discussing it and planning trips from all over the west. So it must be a great race if ya'll are willing to make a weekend trip for it.
Long story short, thanks to your pure enthusiasm I will register for this one as soon as it becomes open. Sounds like so much fun.

I'm not as experienced to the cycling world here in Utah as it sounds like Yellow is (I'm new to cycling, still learning to clip in without freaking out.) But since I am local, I'll be happy to offer any info as much as I can. So feel free to ask away and if I don't know, I'll try to find out.

[sulis]

Also, just a word of warning. The Salt Lake Marathon/half marathon/5k and bike tour is the same day as RRH, June 3rd. Therefore, if you plan to stay in downtown salt lake, there will most likely be some road closures, traffic as there was last year. Its a very popular race. Not sure how it will affect the hotel situation...since I'm not into the runners world I don't know how many will travel in for the marathon.

[jobob]

Hi sulis -

Thanks so much for the info ! Look forward to meeting you.

- Jo.

[jobob]

I googled the website for the marathon
http://www.saltlakecitymarathon.com/
and came across this helpful tidbit in a press release :

The results of an extensive weather analysis of 30 years of weather history for April, May and June shows us that June has a significantly better chance of clear skies and pleasant temperatures. The first Saturday in June shows average temperatures of 54°F at 7:00 a.m. for the marathon start and 70°F by 1:00 p.m. at course closure …..well within a comfortable range for participants.


Here's a map of the route. The good news is, the marathon route extends from SLC southward, while Wellsville and Logan are north of SLC.

Might make things a bit more complicated, though

[Trekhawk]

How fun is this? I'm working on my schedule for this year and thought I would post on te to see if anyone had done the RRH. Well low and behold, you are already discussing it and planning trips from all over the west. So it must be a great race if ya'll are willing to make a weekend trip for it.
Long story short, thanks to your pure enthusiasm I will register for this one as soon as it becomes open. Sounds like so much fun.

I'm not as experienced to the cycling world here in Utah as it sounds like Yellow is (I'm new to cycling, still learning to clip in without freaking out.) But since I am local, I'll be happy to offer any info as much as I can. So feel free to ask away and if I don't know, I'll try to find out.

Look forward to meeting you in Utah.

[eofelis]

When is this ride????
I remember some friends from here told me they rode it last year and mentioned doing it again. I'll have to see if I can go along with them. SLC is only 4 hrs from here.

[SadieKate]

Surlypacer, go back to post #22 for the date and a link to the club's website. They have last year's info on the site still.

Are your friends' local? Could they help out with local info for poor yellow is doing all this scouting for us? Fortunately, Sulis magically appeared.

Add your name to the list on bikejournal so we can keep track of the group. The more the merrier!