After Dark Ride

Green Canyon Friday 7:30pm Rex's House or 8:00pm at Green Canyon Mtn bike ride Make sure you bring you light and this is a nice trail that even the Huffy Mtn bike could handle and do really fun. October 22

Wear your orange because the hunters are getting ready for the early morning deer hunt. They should have enough alcohol in their system to where bike handle bars look like deer antlers. They may want to get an early start.

Saturday

East Canyon Meeting at the tracks in Nibley at 9:00am

MTN BIKE

It is that time Friday evening about 8:00 pm ride from Rex's and do the River trail. It will be dark and even the huffy mtn bike can make this ride. It is a good first time dark ride

Tour De St. George

I'm really thinking about traveling to St. George this fall. If any of you want to get away to the South for the UEA weekend let me know. I would like to participate in the Tour De St. George and I need a good excuse to start the winter out with one last ride before the snow flies. This is a ride not a race... and it is fun. It has some challenging terrain. It is not a flat course but it is a fun course.

This was my first ever organized ride last year. I participated in the 30 miler... and in the spring I did the century. The century was tough but that was my second organized ride and my very first century. I did it by myself. If I were to rate the difficulty it would be similar to the Tour of Wellsvilles. With all of our training and a few pickup rides between, the century can be done. If your don't want to do the century you could always do the metric century or if you just want a good excuse to dust off your bike you could do the 30 miler... I promise I won't make fun of you, remember I did this last year... you have to start somewhere. The food and beverages have been well stocked in the past with plenty of rest stops and lunch provided. It took me 7 hours last spring to complete the century but there were a lot of factors... there were wind gusts up to 30 mph, it was my first century and I was doing this alone, just to name a few.

Let me know if you are interested. I plan on going down with my family. We have typically made a weekend of it. You can get more details here:

http://spingeeks.com/falltour.html

LOTOJA

Well congrats everyone. What a Blast!!! That was a lot of fun. I know for those that were sick not as much but it was great to ride with each of you. Congrats to Jeremy Dustin for Second Place!

Dinner

So a Dinner for us that have been riding? If interested please reply with how many would come (yes kids) and see if we can get it worked out. I need to know today and then we will decide time and place it will be Friday Night at 5:00 at Rex's House. I will provide something of a baked chicken alfredo pasta. Please bring your own chairs.

Thanks

I just wanted to thank all you guys for the training this past season. All of you have been great encouragement and inspiration to me. I've felt like I've been warmly welcomed and then some. I honestly don't know what I would have done if I hadn't been invited out to your group. The schedule synced up quite nicely and I got an education on cycling I just don't think I would have gotten without the experiences I gained while riding with the group. I don't think I ever would have dared to do the TT if it hadn't been for the encouragement to do it (peer pressure at its finest.) It's been a summer of fun, hard work, a ton of time and a lot of memories. When you all catch up to me on Saturday I'll be happy to catch the train called team RYGO.

We'll see what the next season brings. Even if I don't do the LOTOJA next year for one reason or another, I know where I can find a good weekly workout and I'm glad I got to know team RYGO.

Are you ready for this? "Now get out there and ride your gut off!"

Thanks!

Jeremy B.

Support Crew Info

I did not want to rewrite this so it is posted in as comments below!!

Also if you can condense vehicle traffic it is really really helpful. Lisa Syme and Candace Davidsavor are riding up together. Doug where you have you wife starting at 5:45 if you would like Candace would love to help you out untill you catch up with her, or the whole race.

Let's Ride - September 8 - 11

Days until LOTOJA: 3

Saturdays before LOTOJA: 0 (Recovery Week)

All rides depart from the Logan Aquatic Center (LAC) 451 South 500 West unless otherwise noted. 

Wednesday September 8 at 6:00 pm: Blacksmith Fork Canyon ~ 25 Miles. 

Thursday September 9 at 6:00 pm: South Valley Loop ~ 15 Miles.

Saturday September 11 at 7:31 am: LOTOJA ~ 206 Miles.

LOTOJA To Do List

This is a list of things to do during the days prior to the race:

• Get extra sleep. Go to bed early every night this week so I at least have sleep surplus going into Friday night. Rex seems to be the exception, but most of us don't sleep well the night before the ride (I have to take at least one sleeping pill) so at least you won't have a sleep debt on race day.
• Be well nourished. This is not the week to diet, that time has passed. Don't go crazy on dessert and sweets, but eat well this week, especially Friday.
• On Friday I hyperhydrate. I keep a water or gatorade bottle with me all day long and suck that teat like a newborn. Warning: Your bladder will send urgent signals for relief, so be well positioned (especially in the LOTOJA registration line).
• Plan my feed zone schedule. I posted my feed zone schedule as comment on Rex's excellent post.
• Tighten and lube my cleats. I hate listening to squeaky cleats for 10 hours.
• Wash gloves and helmet. Easy to forget, but will feel good on race day.
• Clean bike and lube chain. Don't make any serious changes to the bike, though.
• Change any bike computer batteries.
• Shave legs. You'll look and feel faster.
• Find a funny hat, shirt or flag for your support crew to wear/wave so you can find them easily at the feed zones.
• Check your support vehicle fluids, tire air pressure, etc.
• Confirm hotel reservation.
• Think positive! We've put in the miles, we will finish and finish strong.

Whats on your to do list? Please add in comments and I'll bring them up to the main message.