Listen up friends...

alrighty folks, we are very close. the weather is irrelevant. the battleground has been laid. we are going to enable an amazing group of people to explore their limits. find your edge and push into the unknown.

please join us at SEVEN AM on saturday morning to receive your t-shirts, numbers, and chips for timing. all solo, 6 and 12 hr, and the first round of team members should gather your equipment and drop your bikes in the designated field area for a lemans start. at NINE AM the race will begin with a short run, a bike pick up, and the beginning of a 6-12 hour mountain bike shred fest.

the online registration will close at noon on fri oct 12. late registration will be at the event from 5-9PM on friday and on saturday morning until the race starts.

the race will be timed using timing chips and the results will be posted hourly-ish. team riders may ride consecutive laps. however, all team members must ride at least one lap. in mixed gender categories it would be good sportsmanship to keep your team rider order unless the rider cannot go out due to unforeseen circumstances.{Note: Racing and the sport of mountain biking are about teamwork, comradery and sportsmanship. A big part of sportsmanship is honor. Each racer is on their honor when signing up for a race class. Honor yourself, your team and the sport itself by following the rules and signing up for the class in which you would normally race. Whether you have a license or not is irrelevant. If you should race Expert, or Pro, you know it. Sandbagging is definitely not cool. Enough said.}-thanks granny!

the sun will set at 6:30PM. it will be very dark in the woods. no one will be allowed to race after 4:30PM without a primary and secondary light source. during the night ride, racers should have a primary light source with a minimum rated power of 10 watts. in addition, each racer should carry a secondary or backup light source in the form of a penlight, flashlight or other lighting system. Light and Motion will have their demo truck there to try out some awesome lighting systems. leave your heavy lights in the campsite and demo a laser.

please feel free to set up support along the course. we have the venue and many will just use their campsite. please keep your stuff out of the way of the trail, road, other riders, etc. there will be an aid station at roughly half way around the lake, at the enough boat launch. there will be water and someone to help in case of an emergency. there will be mountain bike patrol volunteers from GORC on the trail. watch out for them, they are watching out for you. please be responsible and keep in mind that anything can happen on the trail and ultimately you are responsible to safely get around the trail. there will be an EMT at the start/finish area for the duration of the race.

James Hall will be the go to guy for all things campground. he will be acting as camp host. find him to pay for firewood, camping, and day use fees. place the yellow slips attached to the reserve sign posted at the campsites on the dash of your car. that will make it easier for James to identify cars that haven't paid for parking.

in the case of catastrophic failure due to weather or another extenuating circumstance that prevents the ongoing scoring of the event or creates a racing environment that is deemed too dangerous for the participants, the race director may call the race as of a certain time. final results will be calculated based on each team's placement at the call time as determined by that team's last completed lap. this rule is intended to be exercised as a last resort, in the most dire situations, when no other means is available to continue scoring the event or when the potential for serious harm or loss of life becomes imminent.

with all of that said let me close by saying LET'S BURN! we have a couple grand of cash, belt buckles, tons of prizes and schwag, FREE BEER, a killer trail, and a great party. can't wait to see everyone down there.

cheers, john