Pre-Race

Tomorrow is the big Race! The Race is at Nemocolin Lodge and is the first race in the G.R.A.S.S. roots adventure racing series! We've been given little information which makes us that much more nervous we have no idea what to expect! We know these 4 things: 1. The run will up to 6 miles.2. The bike will be 12 miles.3. There will be climbing. (yikes)4. There will be mental challenges (oh…geez!)The race starts at 7pm and first finishers are expected at 9:30pm and the last finishers around 11pm. We are hoping to finish in the middle of the pack around 10:30pm. The race will be run mostly in the dark so the required gear included: hands free head lights, headlight for bike, and blinking tail light! We've never run a race at night before, so this should be very interesting!!!! (My biggest fear is tripping on a root in the dark and knocking my front teeth out completely…)We are planning to arrive at T/A around 5:30pm. There will be a bearing and navigation overview at 6:15pm which Lisa and I will definitely be attending :) Then the pre-race meeting at 6:30pm. 7pm…Race starts! Hopefully we'll be on time, get our bikes set up in a strategic location and be ready to go! We've been mostly training on paved surfaces this month, because the race director kind of gives us the feeling that the bike will be mostly on paved surfaces making it very very fast! Mental Note: pump up those tires to full capacity!! And hopefully it will be on all paved surfaces! (Frank our Race dircetor has been known to be tricky with what he says in his email about the course, and the actual course) We've been also working on shifting gears on the hills!! Hopefully all our extra training on the bike this spring will really help us stay strong in this race!Keep those fingers crossed! And wear some green!