It's a must-do, of course.  I need to get my spot at the church sewn up.

Lynn and I will probably carpool again, staying at the Babtist church, although I haven't sent in a reservation yet.  I may do the 65 mile route, just to go through the AF base... THEN detour back to the Beer Stop!!!!
 

I expect I will do my usual: Get up at 3:00 a.m. and drive up. It seems to work the best for me.

Since I can't ride more than 40 miles without serious injury (you try sitting with the skin rubbed off your tail bone) I haven't been able to get much in the way of fitness this year. I can't see going all the3 way to WF just to do the 25 mile ride.

I will be there too. Plan to stay at Lamar Ave church gym.  
 
John- come on and stay in the gym, that 3 in morning stuff is nutso. Besides the ride down in the dark is way to cool to miss.
 
RichardC

Hey John, which bike you gonna ride in this event??
 Thomas J

I've emailed the LBC reservation form to Bud so he can post a downloadable version for people to print out and mail in...

Can someone give a general overview of the Lamar Baptist Church option?  Cost, what is provided, what is not, is it possible to sleep, etc?  Thanks.

Bring earplugs, because the bathroom door BOOMS whenever anyone goes in there, and I'd even suggest an eye mask to block out the light from the emergency exit signs...  Beyond that, it's free, comfortable, and very convenient!!!

 3 am?!  No wonder you didn't finish last year!  Call me a glutton for punishment but I'm game.  Will there be any carpooling going on?  Hint Hint....

Peggy & I will be riding & have reserved our spot at Lamar Baptist Church. JS & SK briefly mentioned possibly riding this year.

Find the earlier post that Bud put up, with the link to the reservation form.  Print it out, mail it in.

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Jun 8^th, 2009, 10:55am:

 
The link to that form is actually on the first page of this thread. Or click here to get it.

Ok I just got a spot on the floor of the church also.
 Later Thomas J  

I just spoke to Susan and I have my piece of gym floor  
Now all I have to do is get there and survive the heat. I had a great time last year. This time I am riding on Marathon tires with Kevlar®Guard so I and my CG are good to go.

Quote from Rawhide on Jun 24^th, 2009, 9:22am:

 
 
It's because we're all CHEAP B**T**Ds  

Quote from jcsadowski on Jun 24^th, 2009, 6:46pm:

Well, that person will miss out on plowing into a huge plate of food on a collapsing paper plate   and sleep in a room with a door that slams shut every time a guy goes to the head.    Get to meet your temp. family that have more in common with you than your own brother and or sisters.
 
My health issues are finally gone and have stepped up my weekly riding to 75+ miles again at last. Seems to me that the heat is a bit more intense early on than last year. The first 99F day I rode with Eddie in RLP and because I didn't bring enough water with me I almost boinked.    So I vowed to not let that happen again if I could avoid it. Extra ice water and paper towels to cool down with are with me for the remainder of the summer.  
 
My Cycle Genius has gone through a refurbishing as well, New Marathons fore and aft and replacement SRAM 3.0 shifters to replace the worn out originals. I even spray painted the shells on my Wellago SPDs to a close matching Red. Doen't improve them but look pretty cool.  
 
I want to be ready to enjoy the 100K regardless of the temps and just hope nothing unexpected happens to waylay my plans.  
 
I wonder if Flying Lazyboy will get to test a new RANS over the 100 mile course? It sure would be a good proving ground.  

Quote from jayg on Jun 25^th, 2009, 4:29pm:

 
I think anyone with something like a CA 2.0 should ride it up the night before, sleep on the floor next to it at the church and then ride home after the 100 miler. Isn't that what CA 2.0s are for  

John,
 
Did he get a bad burrito?

Are we doing the pizza at the church or shall we do the italian buffet again this time around?

I wonder if Wichita Falls has immunized the HHH roads against the boulderseal epidemic.

Well.. I'll be working on my little 8 rose garden for HHH. Hopefully it won't be too hot but it should be good.
I was trying to convince my wife that we could put a hurricane like sculpture of some kind in the middle but so far that is a no go. I mean people have wagon wheels and one guy down the street has some really really old john deer tractor that he puts a scarecrow in october and santa on in december so I'm just trying to fit in really

Over in the FWBA yahoo group, they're saying that tandems and recumbents won't be starting ahead of everyone else this year. Anyone heard that?

Quote from Bud_Bent on Aug 19^th, 2009, 1:58pm:

One of the organizers last year talked to my wife and I after the ride. He said they were seriously considering having the recumbents start with the DF group they would be with and they were going to check tags to see what category you were in for the front groups (burners, hopefuls etc)
No idea who the guy was or if they did it but based on the FWBA maybe.
We just got our forms and there was nothing about recumbent/tandem at the front in the map which I thought there was last year.
Oh and we have #498 and #499.

Aw, crap.........

The new starting procedure was stated on the Bacchetta forum from someone who had received their packet from H'NH. It sounds like a done deal, unfortunately.

Having ridden my DF at the HH100 last year, I had already made up my mind against riding it again.  It's fun, but I was nervous about everyone else the entire ride.
 
On a good note, for those that are opting out, there's a 300K on Saturday that should be just enough to get you tired onough for some beers after!!    I'll post the details in a separate thread.
 
Steve

Richard, I know Tom is talking about going but his wife doesn't have a space reserved in the church.  I'm still going, but thinking about starting with the "Hell's Gate Scorchers".  Certainly, I can ride my a$$ off for the first five or ten miles then chill...  Heck, with a little tailwind, I averaged 19.8 mph on my commute home today.

I was just about to call the church and let them know I wouldn't be using my spot on the floor. You welcome to my space.
 
Jerry

Terry, I called & canceled our reservation at the church. That frees up 2 spaces(1 man's & 1 woman's).
 
-Steve

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