Delmar
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Ok, just putting this out there...
Basking in the afterglow of the weekend, once again another great show from CORC and Scott. After 10years of these things I don't seem to be tiring of them! I expect to be at the Scott and Mont (and others) for years yet.
Trouble is, of course, that carving out the time to be there is getting harder as I move more into the family stage (I have three kids). I'm always keen to minimise time away, both because I like 'em and to ease the load on my better half. I figure there's a heap of people in my age and stage, and also others who have time pressures surrounding getting away.
So when a team-mate (who's well out of my stage by the way) suggested on the weekend that he'd love to start the race earlier to make going home Sunday that bit easier, my ears pricked up. The more I thought about it, and mentioned it to a few blokes, the more it seemed like a good idea. Not a world changer, but helpful.
Simply: start the race at 10am. Seems to me that many/most travel down friday anyway and camp, or stay nearby. Locals could still get out of bed and out there comfortably. Remember we all seem to sort it so we can be there at 6 or 7am for the 100km races. The outcome would be 10am finish sunday. Beers with mates, more time for post mortems, chats with other teams, more time to get presentation done. The whole vibe and 'moment' seems a little ruined by the rush to get out of there.
This seems to be very applicable to the Mont and Scott, where a large lump of the riders come from 2-3 hours away. Home at 4-5 after a relaxed post race instead of 6-7. Time before kids bed, more time to get sorted for work the next day and so on. It's only two hours but it seems to me it would make a big difference to the Sunday, with very little cost at the other end- you can still head out either Friday night or Saturday morning. There might even be an advantage re the fatigue factor driving home?
Anyway, maybe it's just the few I've spoken to. Maybe it's a rubbish idea for some really obvious reasons that we've missed. As I said it's not such a big deal (not a game changer). But maybe that means it's not such a big deal to change either?
Anyway, what do you all think, keen to get some collective thoughts...
Basking in the afterglow of the weekend, once again another great show from CORC and Scott. After 10years of these things I don't seem to be tiring of them! I expect to be at the Scott and Mont (and others) for years yet.
Trouble is, of course, that carving out the time to be there is getting harder as I move more into the family stage (I have three kids). I'm always keen to minimise time away, both because I like 'em and to ease the load on my better half. I figure there's a heap of people in my age and stage, and also others who have time pressures surrounding getting away.
So when a team-mate (who's well out of my stage by the way) suggested on the weekend that he'd love to start the race earlier to make going home Sunday that bit easier, my ears pricked up. The more I thought about it, and mentioned it to a few blokes, the more it seemed like a good idea. Not a world changer, but helpful.
Simply: start the race at 10am. Seems to me that many/most travel down friday anyway and camp, or stay nearby. Locals could still get out of bed and out there comfortably. Remember we all seem to sort it so we can be there at 6 or 7am for the 100km races. The outcome would be 10am finish sunday. Beers with mates, more time for post mortems, chats with other teams, more time to get presentation done. The whole vibe and 'moment' seems a little ruined by the rush to get out of there.
This seems to be very applicable to the Mont and Scott, where a large lump of the riders come from 2-3 hours away. Home at 4-5 after a relaxed post race instead of 6-7. Time before kids bed, more time to get sorted for work the next day and so on. It's only two hours but it seems to me it would make a big difference to the Sunday, with very little cost at the other end- you can still head out either Friday night or Saturday morning. There might even be an advantage re the fatigue factor driving home?
Anyway, maybe it's just the few I've spoken to. Maybe it's a rubbish idea for some really obvious reasons that we've missed. As I said it's not such a big deal (not a game changer). But maybe that means it's not such a big deal to change either?
Anyway, what do you all think, keen to get some collective thoughts...
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