Need Opinions/Input please

[Running Mommy]

Can I come Tracy???
COOL!!!!

[tprevost]

please do!!!!

... lets see if I can pull it off first I'm a little nervous about what I might be missing at this point!

T~

[MomOnBike]

OK, I don't live within a thousand miles of you, and don't have a snowball's chance of riding anything you'd put on, but I'll chime in anyway.

Some people work weekends. I would love to have a ride for those of us with "not normal" work weeks.

Also, some people don't like heat much. I'd go in for a ride called something like the Cold Century (as opposed to the Hellishly Hot Hundred).

Just some thoughts that have been rattling around in my skull for a while...

[caligurl]

things i remember: ICE at the rest stops! with COLD water!

i love when they have an ice chest with a bag of ice and a cup to scoop it out to put in your water bottle! and if they ice down the water.. even better! smog to smurf... had ice for their ride (in the middle of august) and it was GREAT to have cold water and ice for the bottles to keep it colder longer!

palm springs had their water iced down (and their orange slices iced down!! YUM) at one of the later.. after lunch stops! NICE!

i REALLY dislike warm or room temp water.,,, and only drink it when i HAVE to... so on warm rides when they don't ice it... i don't drink nearly enuf once my bottles/ice are gone/have melted!

so ICE! and COLD water!

of course...... i'm also a fan of junk food.. rice krispie treats are my favorite! lol! i always gravitate to the junk food if they have it!

i like when i actually SEE the roving support! some rides you never see anyone.. the whole time! makes me wonder if i broke down.. would they ever show up? i like seeing the sag vehicles go by a few times... it's comforting!

on the opposite of "mom".. i prefer heat to cold! i can go out and ride a century in 100+.... but have the weather be in the 50's or low 60's and i'm ready to quit and go home and get warmed up!

if you decided to do it in the fall.... you may want to start it later (8:30-9:00ish) cuz any earlier may be too cold for southern californians! in the summer, of course, you want to start earlier!

you already know i love R&B rides... cuz i KNOW what i'm getting.. julian bread and apple pie! EVERY ride! that's what i get.. i LOVE it and i do make the drive.. not only for the ride.. but the treats (and rich and his gang are WONDERFUL people!) so that might be a consideration.. find a good local treat to incorporate either into the ride or the after ride snack! (another example... OCW's fall metric always has oak glen apple crisp! YUM!)

(you get the idea i do these rides for the FOOD! i'm SO bad!)