TLD 2017. Who's in?

xc62701 said:
I have a feeling the pine barrens will suck as much as the second half of a 24 hour race.
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I just did 8 hours of the route 2 weekends ago. South of Allentown (100-Mile mark) to Atlantic County is the worst riding you'll ever do in your life. You basically ride on the side of a pancake flat, straight, highway with Pine Trees everywhere and diesel pickup trucks driving by at 80mph. No shade. Nowhere to get supplies. The suck.
 
jimvreeland said:
I just did 8 hours of the route 2 weekends ago. South of Allentown (100-Mile mark) to Atlantic County is the worst riding you'll ever do in your life. You basically ride on the side of a pancake flat, straight, highway with Pine Trees everywhere and diesel pickup trucks driving by at 80mph. No shade. Nowhere to get supplies. The suck.
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And you did it again because...?
 
I am new to this whole distance thing but I like it. I did TLD last year and raced and won kittatinny the next week. I then did wilderness and felt great and did mt creek the next day to salvage points and got 3rd. After that I bonked for a while...still not quite back to where I was.
 
If anyone is interested, I also put the NJ Rando shedule in my calendar. The events range from 200-600K. First 2 are in April and are 200k.
 
Might be interested if I can fit it into my increasingly filled schedule. Plus, I'll need to see how well I survive HoH next month - especially if I do that ride to/from my house in PA (~140 miles total). I have enough experience riding in SNJ that the long expanses of straight, flat roads won't surprise me. The first century I ever did was the OCSJ Beast of the East some 25 years ago.
 
David Taylor said:
Did you make an NJ circumference route yet?
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jimvreeland said:
Did you look at the 600k Route? Sweet jesus.
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No shit. I can't imagine ever getting to where I can ride that far in one sitting. Leg #1 is just nuts. 217 miles and 11488' of climbing. Only to get back to the start point and do another 157 miles with merely 3394' of climbing. :confused:
 
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