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Saturday weather prediction as of today:
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Saturday weather prediction as of today:
See maps as they become available.
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Saturday weather prediction as of today:
Your bike should be ready. You should get out for one last training ride this weekend, then relax the rest of the week. Get your stuff together. Start packing but DON’T OVERPACK!!! You’ll need far fewer clothes than you think and there are laundry facilities at almost every stop we make. Arrange for someone to pick up your mail. Print out directions to the starting line. Parker Chomerics has again graciously allowed us to park our cars in their lot for the week. Please follow directions the morning of the ride.
Check-in will be held at Chomerics (the start line) on Friday 7/11 from 5-7 pm and on Saturday 7/12 from 7-8 am. There you will get your rider number, jersey, t-shirt, goody bag and day 1 trip tik. If you have additional funds, please bring them to check-in. If you have not turned in your minimum (either online or by mail), please bring it with you to check-in. Remember all 150 riders are required to raise $500 and 550 riders are required to raise $1800. If you have any questions, please call Faith at 888-342-2383 x 3456.
Please RSVP for the pasta dinner. 888-342-2382 x 3456 or admin {at} NewEnglandClassic.org.
We will leave Chomerics as a group with a police escort on Saturday. Announcements start at 8 - We will hit the road at 8:30.
Are you ready? Got your forms and donations in? Getting your final training in? Got your bike tuned up? Got your travel plans in order?
Remember, if you have any questions, contact Faith.
You can spend a fortune on recovery drinks. Should you? Is there any science behind it or is it another marketing concoction? If there’s one thing you can say about the NEC, it’s a long distance event. Over seven days, we travel 550 beautiful miles. But they are miles. Lots of them. How should you eat? What should you eat?
But whether you decide to eat a chemical plant, or real food, come and join us. We stay overnight at several universities, and if you’ve been out of school for a while, let me tell you, these school cafeterias are nothing like when I was at school. It probably also explains why the freshman 15. Or 5. Whatever. I can say it’s totally yummers. Come and join us.
DR. MARK TARNOPOLSKY, a muscle physiology researcher at McMaster University in Canada and a physician, knows all about the exhortations by supplement makers and many nutritionists on what to eat and when to eat it for optimal performance. — From the New York Times
Jonathan Vaughters is sporting director of Slipstream-Chipotle (the argyle guys), former rider for US Postal and Credit Agricole, and a record setting climber of Mont Ventoux.
He’s written five tips for climbing. And while NEC doesn’t climb anything like Mont Ventoux, we (at least the seven dayers) climb Crawford Notch, Mt Killington, and several others. It’s worth reading.
Expert Advice From Johnathan Vaughters
Gas is now going for about $4.00 per gallon.
Perhaps you’ve heard.
There are a fair number of riders from the greater New York/ New Jersey area and we’re looking to see if we can get some of them paired up for the trip in order to save some gas. It doesn’t take any more gas to get two people here than it does one (provided, of course, they’re in the same car!)
We’ve already had one request for a ride share from New Jersey. He’s got the car and bike carrier, he’s looking for a passenger to help share expenses.
So how about it. Anyone wanna share a ride?
Post here or write to admin at newenglandclassic.org
Looking for training rides? There are a couple coming up this weekend.
Charles River Wheelmen have their annual Spring Century on Sunday (100k and 50 mi options). It leaves from Wakefield and follows some of the same route as the NEC, day 1. The first Haverhill train can get you there in time for the metric/50.
And don’t forget, if you are registered for the NEC, you can ride any of the New England one-day rides with no additional fundraising. Like the one Sunday in Bah Hahbah. Contact Faith if you’d like to ride. See “Contact Us:” over there—>.
If you’re interested in the CRW ride, post a message here and we’ll see about getting a group together.