globecanvas

I know I know. It's perfect out. I have an afternoon and evening of single parenting ahead of me.

TheKillerPenguin

So what you're saying is, you have a pit crew?

globecanvas

Only if there's a weeknighter at the dentist's office and the gymnastics place.

Harlan

Same here, except these are my kids. And one is sitting on my desk right now looking at me.

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Harlan

Just signed us up for Mystic. I see Mikey is in already. Pre-reg closes on Thursday which is unusual.

shovelhd

If the race director doesn't have a lot of volunteers, it takes a long time to prep the registration paperwork. See you there. Looks like another tough day of judging with mixed fields on the course at the same time.

island rider

I completely missed the Mystic pre-reg. Wasn't sure I could make it anyway, but I have to figure a 2 hour drive is an ok bet with 30-35 people registered for 75 person fields.

Harlan

Looking forward to it. Are they combining women 3/4 and women masters fields with less than 15? Less folks signed up for the men's races but they are some fast dudes.

shovelhd

That is always a race day decision by the CR.

globecanvas

Quabbin. How climby is it really? People keep telling me it's not very climby but I watched some helmet cam videos and it sure looks like 10 minutes of up at the end.

gsteinb

somerville masters is a 50+ this year.

so much for racing memorial day weekend.

shovelhd

I rode the course today. Its about 4800 feet. The steepest climb is the lead up to the finish, which hits 14%. The rest of the course is rollers, small, medium and large. There is maybe 3-4 miles of flat. The rest is either up or down. It grinds you to pieces.

shovelhd

Youre killing me. Good luck. I'm working Killington.

grolby

What shovel said. The thing about riding out there isn't necessarily big climbs (though there are a few), but the relentless rolling hills really sap you. And then there's a medium long climb at the end.

tetonrider

see you there!

shovelhd

Nice! I'm working Saturday and Sunday. Assistant Referee, probably in a COMM car.

grolby

See you both there. @tetonrider what field are you racing in? Be sure to say hello!

tetonrider

we knew our paths would cross eventually; i figured it might be at cascade.

p12 or masterz 35/40+ or whatever. haven't thought too much about it. biggest hurdle is i have another race sometime friday, about 10h away. i think i can race, drive, and then race on saturday.

pretty sure both of those have saturday starts around noon, eh? later is better for me.

i will be saying lots of hellos. i will not know whether i'm saying hello to you, though. i'll probably be more obvious as an outsider.

tetonrider

not entirely race-related, per se.... but i'm likely to be kicking around the e coast for a bit in may.

i have some stuff in upstate NY (might hit up that NYS championship RR on 5/15). gotta be in n. carolina around 5/23, maybe earlier. back via albany to VT for KSR 5/28.

haven't fully formed a plan but have a few ideas. any cool stuff happening...like group rides i shouldn't miss, or some race (weekday or weekend) that is going on between NY & NC? i'm open to racing, or maybe i'll just train that week -- or maybe i'll toss out the script and just eat my way through NYC like i did last fall.

thanks for any ideas.

gsteinb

not much going on next weekend?

Stas87

Anyone racing at Augusta tomorrow afternoon?

globecanvas

Next weekend there's Quabbin and CYL RR within my sphere of influence. Not much in crit land.

Stas, see you at the fairgrounds!

gsteinb

thanks. had the date down wrong for that.

had wanted to do philly, but there's a 50% chance of rain and I'm driving to the Dacks from there. Quabbin might make more sense.

Stas87

Awesome, see you there

echappist

come ride skylline drive with me and blast past me on the hills

and i'll buy BBQ and beer afterwards