Tour of Battenkill Prep

We got into Cambridge, NY, late last night.   We have a quaint house on little lake 5 miles month of the race start.   I stopped up the toilet and we could not find a plunger so you can imagine our first act this morning.

We provisioned the house, registered and had a sound lunch.   I got Stan's NoTubes in my Gatorskins we headed out to preview the course.

It is a beast!  I has 65 miles, 5000 ft of climbing, 8-9 major 'selection' climbs(.3 - 2.0 miles long), 16 miles of dirt, holes, one covered wooden bridge with serious cracks between the wood, about 40 turns, gravel and did I mention, holes? ......get the picture?  It is EPIC when you include a Master's Nationals class field (37 each 60+ men).

I think there are about 3000 people racing here in next two days?  We go off at 11:00 AM on Sunday.  Right now, that looks like the very best start time we could draw in terms of the weather forecast and road conditions.

We expect a low of 33F and high of 48F with partly cloudy skies.   Not bad since it has been raining/sleeting for about 3 days.

We will be riding our tuned up, cleaned bikes into town in the AM, now that we have installed all the gear we have.   We have about 8-9 pals to cheer on at the finish.   Several are Pro/1's and a couple are 3's.

We just discussed strategy and clothing.   Dinner time, now.

More to come.