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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: HHH 2012 Reply #15 - May 29^th, 2012, 10:16pm Sorry Bud...missed that. Thanks for the info...looking forward to the adventure!
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Re: HHH 2012
Reply #16 - May 30^th, 2012, 8:55am

In further conversations with Tony, I recalled a 50K I did while I was deployed to Diego Garcia. I did it on an MTB and I was sore and tired afterward. I dropped off our group to help a friend with a flat and never recovered the group. Towards the end I met up with another lone MTB rider and we exchanged drafting as best we could just to finish. Of course there was only support (water) at the 25K turn, but I was still able to finish. I did that with no training at all...just jumped on my bike and went!

I'm now looking into training, riding nutrition and eating on a bike. I also calulated that with at least a 10.9 average I could make Hell's Gate by the 12:30 closing time.

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Re: HHH 2012
Reply #17 - May 30^th, 2012, 5:36pm

Quote from JimFPU on May 29^th, 2012, 10:16pm:

Sorry Bud...missed that. Thanks for the info...looking forward to the adventure!

I should have also pointed out that you should mention in the email that you're with the rbent group. Drop Paul's name so they'll know for sure which group you're with, and they'll put you in the same area with the rest of us. If you are a loud snorer, don't mention rbent at all...

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Re: HHH 2012
Reply #18 - May 31^st, 2012, 9:40pm

Quote from Bud_Bent on May 30^th, 2012, 5:36pm:

Quote from JimFPU on May 29^th, 2012, 10:16pm:

Sorry Bud...missed that. Thanks for the info...looking forward to the adventure!

I should have also pointed out that you should mention in the email that you're with the rbent group. Drop Paul's name so they'll know for sure which group you're with, and they'll put you in the same area with the rest of us. If you are a loud snorer, don't mention rbent at all...

Yes, as it is hard enough to sleep there as it is..... Smiley

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Re: HHH 2012
Reply #19 - Jun 1^st, 2012, 11:06am

Quote from JimFPU on May 30^th, 2012, 8:55am:

I'm now looking into training, riding nutrition and eating on a bike. I also calulated that with at least a 10.9 average I could make Hell's Gate by the 12:30 closing time.

One tends to have a faster than usual average on the HHH ride, because it's relatively flat terrain, and you get some random drafting help with all the packs passing by, and you might even hook up with others riding at your pace.

HOWEVER -- Just because you CAN make Hell's Gate just before the closing time, doesn't mean you should attempt the 100 miles... because at that point you've still got 40 miles to go, and it's already getting hot out there. I might strongly suggest the shorter cutoff route...

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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: HHH 2012 Reply #20 - Jun 1^st, 2012, 12:38pm As this will be my first attempt at anything beyond my work commute, I am now considering the 100 K. I'll see what tomorrows 51 miles feels like. If not this year, one day I will do the 100 mile.
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dd5339 Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 526	Re: HHH 2012 Reply #21 - Jun 1^st, 2012, 3:24pm Am tempted to bring the Burley trailer and collect all the stuff people drop or that falls off their bikes. I remember seeing everything from water bottles to spare wheels one year.. Semper Fi
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Re: HHH 2012
Reply #22 - Jun 1^st, 2012, 4:16pm

Quote from JimFPU on Jun 1^st, 2012, 12:38pm:

As this will be my first attempt at anything beyond my work commute, I am now considering the 100 K. I'll see what tomorrows 51 miles feels like. If not this year, one day I will do the 100 mile.

There is also the unofficial 72ish route. Continue straight instead of turning at Hell's Gate on the 100 mi route. Several miles down the road the shorter routes join this road. We always see the sag trailer on the short off route stretch, and there is one more rest stop as well. Smiley

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Re: HHH 2012
Reply #23 - Jun 1^st, 2012, 4:57pm

Quote from LightningPilot on Jun 1^st, 2012, 4:16pm:

There is also the unofficial 72ish route. Continue straight instead of turning at Hell's Gate on the 100 mi route. Several miles down the road the shorter routes join this road. We always see the sag trailer on the short off route stretch, and there is one more rest stop as well. Smiley

Not any more, not with Hell's Gate at Electra now.

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Re: HHH 2012
Reply #24 - Jun 1^st, 2012, 8:35pm

Quote from Bud_Bent on Jun 1^st, 2012, 4:57pm:

Quote from LightningPilot on Jun 1^st, 2012, 4:16pm:

There is also the unofficial 72ish route. Continue straight instead of turning at Hell's Gate on the 100 mi route. Several miles down the road the shorter routes join this road. We always see the sag trailer on the short off route stretch, and there is one more rest stop as well. Smiley

Not any more, not with Hell's Gate at Electra now.

Thanks, Bud. I forgot about that. Looked at Paul's map, then went to the website to look at 2011 maps, which the site states are available, but found nothing. The link for the new 100 miles is no longer active.

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Re: HHH 2012
Reply #25 - Jun 1^st, 2012, 9:56pm

The link to the proposed route still works, and from everything I've read, it sounds like that will stand as the new route. All of the shorter routes haven't changed.

The only way to shortcut the route much from the new Hell's Gate in Electra would be to just come down US 287 back to Wichita Falls, so I'm guessing that's where they'll direct anyone who doesn't make Hell's Gate before it closes. I haven't tried to figure the mileage that way.

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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: HHH 2012 Reply #26 - Jun 2^nd, 2012, 6:49am The site says it will be about 82 miles if you are directed to take the shorter route.
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jcsadowski Five Star Member Clown #1 Posts: 1199	Re: HHH 2012 Reply #27 - Jun 2^nd, 2012, 5:50pm The map downloaded from the site has the "bail-out" route going down 477 to join the 60 milers
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3310	Re: HHH 2012 Reply #28 - Jun 2^nd, 2012, 8:54pm Ah yes, the new map that shows the bailout can be seen here. It joins the 60 milers alright, but going the opposite direction as them. But then it doesn't show were the bailout route goes after they hit 368.
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bentMSrider rbent member Posts: 13	Re: HHH 2012 Reply #29 - Jun 6^th, 2012, 7:38am Rooms are generally booked up a year or two in advance I've been told. There are a large number of individuals who will open their homes to HHH participants. Contact Chip Filer or Sandy Munson at the HHH office for more information or to get on the list... 940-322-3223.
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