Wednesday, October 28, 2015

1.5 weeks to the big one

Goodhue County Single Speed Championship... the GCSSC... 'da County... the big one... the Race of the Frosty Noses.... whatever you want to call it... it is almost here.

For those not obtaining and opening official email correspondence.

When: Nov. 8, starting at 10:00 from Larry's backyard

What: The single best race that starts and finishes in Larry's backyard. Up the impossibly steep run up to get to the road and then the lovely gravel and singletrack that everyone knows and loves.

What What (Gravel traditional):

  • right onto Lehrbach (gravel)
  • Left onto Flower Valley (pavement)
  • Right onto Orchard (gravel)
  • Right at top of Orchard
  • Right onto Flueger
  • Right onto Flower Valley (pavement)
  • Left onto Lehrbach
  • at Bush St/Golf Links Drive take a right
Note that we could decide to run it backwards just cause...

What What What (the Bluff):
  • Off of the road take a left onto the cart path just after the driving range
  • Take a left onto the ski trail (HARD left and there is now a gate to watch for!)
  • Stay left when the ski trail splits (right is the steep short cut)
  • Climb all the way to the 5-way and continue up the hill (take the singletrack switchbacks to your left right at the 5 way proper).
  • At top of hill and into "Meadow 3" follow the South (left) side of the meadow to loop around to where Stairway joins and keep going. Follow around to where it enters the woods
  • Take "Lay Down Sally" (stay straight on the trail) the whole way until the trail spits you out at the edge of "Meadow 1"
  • Take all of the "BLACK" trail on the North side of the bluff (from old start finish, through whoopdies, QRT all the way down, etc. etc. Only real optional is the log drop.
  • After you get spit out at the 5 way continue down the bluff, this time taking the steep short cut trail that is to your left as you start going down the ski trail
WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAAAAAT???? (the food):
  • Tradition dictates that we eat stew afterward. There may be enough kids around that we'll also need a pile of chicken fingers. Who will make what? (the earlier time will make stew making a bit more interesting). 

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