Spent a couple hours rounding up gear, lights, and food for this weekend. Since we are on our own, its hard to decide how much of anything that should be carried. The race course itself is a secret. We have no idea where we are going, well not until tomorrow night, when we will get our cue sheets for the first 44.25 miles. After that, we don't know until we get the next set of cues, and if all goes well and we make it through the check points on time we will get to find out. The bummer for the weekend is the rain that is forcaste. Looks like it will rain, and mostly at night. This is a real change from 24 hour racing where if it starts to rain, you need more food, more water, etc., just come back by the pit and grab some. Here all we know is that the last check point is 107 miles from being done, and 15 miles before that is the last place that will have water. I am sure we are over-packing, maybe not. I am excited to see what other racers carry with them. I have a handle bar bag, a substantial pack that can carry 2 full 80 oz bladders, room for 3 other bottles, and a seat pack. I'm not sure my bike will know what hit when we get started Saturday morning! Better to be prepared than not.
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