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Message started by FlyingLaZBoy on Jul 24^th, 2008, 9:27am

Title: GDB Time Trial, Thurs. 7/24
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Jul 24^th, 2008, 9:27am

The GDB 'Third Thursday" time trial is happening on the FOURTH Thursday this month, instead, due to the earlier holidaze...

This is a ride where we depart from Mesquite Poteet HS at 6PM, ride semi-casually about 9 miles out to the Mesquite International :D Airport, then do a 7.5 mile time trial loop, with riders starting one minute apart. Once it's done, we all head back to the start...

If you want to run this course, c'mon out -- there's no prize money, only "braggin' rights," and it's an interesting gauge of your personal fitness level. You can also meet us at the airport, around 6:30-6:45 -- take the entrance road into the airport, and go all the way south until it dead ends - that's where we gather. But we depart Poteet at 6PM sharp. If meeting at Poteet, park in the northwest corner of the parking lot in front of the school, away from where the band practices.

Title: Re: GDB Time Trial, Thurs. 7/24
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Jul 24^th, 2008, 11:10am

Here's the school location, on Galloway just south of Town East Blvd:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/flyinglazboy/Poteet.jpg

And here's the Mesquite Airport Location, with the course outlined:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/flyinglazboy/TTGDBLocation.jpg

Here's the time trial course, itself -- nothing but right turns:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/flyinglazboy/TTGDBcourse.jpg

Title: Re: GDB Time Trial, Thurs. 7/24
Post by Opus the Poet on Jul 24^th, 2008, 12:22pm

Last time I was out in that area Lawson Road had cracks in the pavement big enough to grab a mountain bike tire, does this mean they fixed the road?

Title: Re: GDB Time Trial, Thurs. 7/24
Post by Brad Bedell on Jul 24^th, 2008, 12:47pm

We're not on that part of Lawson with the time trial.

Title: Re: GDB Time Trial, Thurs. 7/24
Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Jul 24^th, 2008, 1:51pm

Opus the Poet wrote:

Last time I was out in that area Lawson Road had cracks in the pavement big enough to grab a mountain bike tire, does this mean they fixed the road?

Oh, those cracks are MUCH bigger, these days!!! ;D :D

But like Brad said, we're south of that section, and it's been newly repaved in that part.