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blake · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Seattle

haha yeah i will try it with my slalom set up (i just got it from jeremy) with like a wieght belt haha but ldp the extra weight is just extra stuff you have to carry

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rodgon · Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 88

need to start getting ready here in SD too.

perhaps 10-15 miles a day to train

well see. ^_^

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

rodgon, have you guys found any big bike-trail like courses that might be better during the daylight hours down there?

i'm hoping bike mileage traning counts... its easy to bike "lazy" so i've got to keep up the rpm's, and get out all those occasional dry days on the Real Wheels. i was thinking stencilling on the back of my neon bike jacket "I'd rather be Skateboarding", think that would be too much?

blake · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Seattle

Thanks JP my post did need some fixing up. and next time you go for a ride around greenlake send me a email or a call and i want to be there get some training in.
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edp_swakakin · Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 189

Green Lake (***Misty Eyes****) O How I miss the JP....

rodgon · Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 88

this time around i think i will join the fellow riders at their locations (last time it was lake murray...) then jump on to the boardwalk and then the silverstrand and then my night runs trail. i believe that the change in locations will make it easier on the mind.

other wise if not i think i have a 4-6-7 mile run i could take ( it might even be close to 10miles) thats one way and then i have to turn back. along the beach then along the bay then along the streets then the bay again. then back. mostly flat with just a couple of small hills.

but well see. or i might just go from the silverstrand up to mission beach up the boardwalk around town, back though the bay, down to the solverstrand again and then back up.

more planning needs to be done by me to get an established route. but at least i have some very good ideas of what to do . better than the last times at least. ^_^

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

Yeah Eric that's that dazed crazy morning sleep-dep grin, that was an unforgettable experience riding through the night with you man!!!

Rodgon, I hope you guys can find some kind of course that keeps things interesting during the day, and mostly safe and convenient for the wee hours of night. Playing defensive tackle with bikers probably isn't something you want to make a habit of Wink

In the months preceding each Ultra, I always start getting the heebie jeebies, and this one is no different. Although 2007 went really well twice, last year I only "fully" completed the 24-hour ultra 1 out of 3 times. The important thing was what was learned -- my first priority is not to get injured. Pain is inevitable, but injury doesn't have to be. I also just want to see what can be done in cold weather / air conditions again.

For a long time it was a tentative plan of mine to do this March Ultra down in SoCal, but if I do make that trip, now I'm just enjoying the sun, family, skate family and friends, and some mellower rides on the Strand.

I'm really curious what people's goals are for this winter Ultra...

Sounds like Rodgon's been mentally working on this, and I know LDPanda and blake have got some things in mind how far they want to push themselves, Sheldon is keeping me confused by riding his fixie bike all the time Smile

and Marshall from Vashon Island is planning to make it, and he's a pretty hardcore distance guy.

Our ride is going to be 100 miles of wide open Burke-Gilman, a couple miles UP a hill (Stone Way) and then the Greenlake loop all night. Logistics are going to be pretty RAW for the daytime, so I definitely want to have some "pre-race" weekend meets for guys here in the Northwest, walking through the experience and what you'll want to be sure to be prepared for. We are going to put a premium on hitting a fully DRY 24 hour experience-- if the temps are anything in March what they are now (entirely possible this time of year) I'd really rather not be ice boarding at 4--8 a.m. after 20 hours without sleep!

blake · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 198 Location: Seattle

i am going to push my self till i collapse or i feel an injury coming which ever one comes first Twisted Evil

so james we need to get out on the lake atlease a couple times before it because i need to fine my pushing set up. (yes i am pushing this ultra.)
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LDPanda · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 418 Location: Seattle, WA

My tentative plan is to set up two boards, my superglider for pushing and my soon to be pulse for pumping. I would probably end up doing the full length at greenlake where i can zone out to some extent and not worry about unfamiliar territory. Also, this would allow me to have my car nearby for spare gear/water/food/etc. I dont have a particular mile goal in mind, Id just be stoked to participate and push myself hard.

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

awesome!

i would recommend some time out on the burke gilman beforehand as well. and reading up on the Ultraskate III thread, which has a lot of shots of the trail, in case you've never been that far out on the eastside of the trail. if I get time, I'll try to take any new shots on the trail because some of those detours are now fixed, and there might be some new construction zones as well.

i'm tentatively thinking March 13/14, 20/21, or 27/28 -- going with the first one first, postponing to the next week depending on the weather.

if we do this on a Friday-->Saturday, then greenlake works okay for most of the whole time, except for the "peak" between 3--6 p.m. when the crowds are just insane. one lesson we learned is no more saturday greenlake daytime ultras. we had to ride on the gravel to go around big fat crowds several times. but I know that Sheldon and Rain have expressed interest in doing the Burke whichever way we go, and I'm inclined toward that myself.

if we do this on a Saturday-->Sunday (and we probably will) then the burke gilman during the daylight is the only way to go. this also keeps the terrain and the scenery more interesting for half the ride -- although it does mean you have to creatively pack your own water and food.