In the past, there have been VERY few women stay at Lamar, so they should have PLENTY of room for any women wanting to make last minute arrangements there, considering that they put them in a separate area from the guys.
 
Paul

Quote from power_bent on Aug 25^th, 2009, 6:40pm:

 
 
I think that the only problem would be from your wife!

There are a lot of people who camp out, but the air conditioning in the Lamar rec center is hard to beat.

In case of any last minute interest, I found a posting/email from '07 from Susan, describing the amenities at Lamar:
 
"We have a full size gym that we section off for each person. The ~7' x 10' space allows you enough room for your bag, sleeping bag/cot and bike. We sleep the women upstairs in the aerobic room. We have a room to lock bikes up, if you desire.  You will have access to showers, ice and a microwave. We will provide you a map that shows how to get from our facility to the race. We are 1.78 miles from the race start. ( 6 minutes driving time) And there is no cost to stay here. We will also have church staff here the whole time to help keep an eye on things and monitor all people entering the building."

We're here. Greg, you guys still want us to try to meet up with you tomorrow? I can give you a call when we get there.
 
BTW, the instructions they passed out only says that tandems start with their disrtance groups. Doesn't say anything about 'bents