Iron Furnace 50/25k - Wawayanda - May 5

UtahJoe said:
ok im in...despite what @David Taylor says, this is like super duper ultra endurance for me. Anything over 1 episode of Seinfeld while on the trainer I consider endurance.
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Same here. I train for 100 minute ish races. I've been advised to be much more economical on Saturday. Easy to say.... But when I see guys take off, I dunno man...I need to chase. I'm like a god damned dog chasing a shit box Honda down the street. Eventually I run into a friggin mailbox.
 
jShort said:
Same here. I train for 100 minute ish races. I've been advised to be much more economical on Saturday. Easy to say.... But when I see guys take off, I dunno man...I need to chase. I'm like a god damned dog chasing a shit box Honda down the street. Eventually I run into a friggin mailbox.
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Calories, make sure to eat and drink and you’ll be fine.
 
David Taylor said:
Calories, make sure to eat and drink and you’ll be fine.
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Ya, that's the plan. Start with a small CamelBak and have a freshly stocked one for the second lap. Some GUs, skratch chews, and Luna bars (so much tastier than cliff and less protein).
 
jShort said:
Ya, that's the plan. Start with a small CamelBak and have a freshly stocked one for the second lap. Some GUs, skratch chews, and Luna bars (so much tastier than cliff and less protein).
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Aint nobody got time for that.... have you seen the reg list? Good lord its going to be a slaughterfest
 
I have never ridden wayway or an endurance race, so I have every intention of hanging back and just riding solid for the first lap and then putting in some efforts the second lap if there is anything there. I have no illusions of granduer, just want to put in some learning laps somewhere new.
 
Since this is more like classic 1990s XC race distance, there will be no aid station. We may have some water and some cliff products at the start/finish. There will be a feed zone by the start/finish where you can set up a cooler and/or a drink stand. My advice, based on a bunch of 50K/100K race experience, is that two small bottles of scratch/hammer per lap and one gel per 45 mins should be more than enough fuel (while avoiding rot gut) for the average 150 lb racer for this distance in the weather conditions predicted: ~60 degrees and sunny. One tip, wear sunscreen...the sun will be a factor since the foliage has not arrived quite yet.
 
onetracker said:
Since this is more like classic 1990s XC race distance, there will be no aid station. We may have some water and some cliff products at the start/finish. There will be a feed zone by the start/finish where you can set up a cooler and/or a drink stand. My advice, based on a bunch of 50K/100K race experience, is that two small bottles of scratch/hammer per lap and one gel per 45 mins should be more than enough fuel (while avoiding rot gut) for the average 150 lb racer for this distance in the weather conditions predicted: ~60 degrees and sunny. One tip, wear sunscreen...the sun will be a factor since the foliage has not arrived quite yet.
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I miss those races, 2.5hrs was a normal race.
 
David Taylor said:
I’d love to see you do some endurance stuff. Look at Mancuso tackling some the last couple years. @UtahJoe can really do some damage on a course like the Erie 80.
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hahaha NO THANKS. I have done enough endurance races (6 hrs or less) to know that its not my bag. The pace for me is always 99.8% of my typical XC pace, except when I drop dead, theres still 3 hours to go. I like XC...by the time I realize that I would rather be home on my couch in the AC, the race is just about over. Plus, my wife works nights and weekends, so time is hard to come by now.

but I love waywayanda, and the blackbear guys always put on a great race...oh and there is no open 25k option so im stuck 🙂
 
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