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Patterson Pass Water outage- a little rant
Mon, 08/10/2009 - 11:53am
Hey Folks,
A little rant here. Not trying to throw anyone under the bus, but yesterday, as many of you found out, VeloPromo ran out of water for the last 1.5-2 hours of racing. Normally i would just say "thats the breaks" but not after what i saw going on early in the Masters 35 1,2,3 group...
On our groups 1st time through the water feed zone ( approx. 10 minutes after starting) i saw several riders grab a bottle from the feed. Again, normally i wouldnt have cared too much, but then i saw a few of them pouring said water over their heads! NOT COOL! Not to mention they had two full bottles on their bikes already...
Two things:
1) Please plan well enough in advance so that you can at least do the first lap of this or races like this, with your own water/fluids. This will helps save Velopromo's water for later in the race when it is most needed.
2) If the day is going to be hot, please dump your own water over your head, not the very water that others could use in groups behind you to stave off the serious dehydration we saw in a few groups yesterday.
Ok i m done.
Jonathan Lee
I'm not sure if pouring water on your head is wastefull. If you are overheating you may have to do it to stop yourself from going into heat stoke.
Chris that video is freakin hilarious! apropos i d say ha ha
cheers
Jonathan
I realize this is not a laughing matter, but it just reminded me of this scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHVpJGXZ21o&feature=related
As penance, I will bring extra water and bottles for the neutral support to the next hot road race I go to.
Chris
http://twitter.com/cpbike
Ditto Guys... After I too flated, I went down to help
in the feed zone. I felt really bad as all those that
had to come through for a third or forth lap, and
all were screaming for any type of water support.
I know Velo did not plan on running out, and it was
warmer than normal that morning so I'm sure guys
were grabbing all the water they could. Congrats to
all those that Tuff'd it out, and finished.
OK, guilty here. I was one fo the riders who poured a bottle over my head each lap, like I do at most other hot races .
I had no idea that water was in short supply or I wouldn't have been so wasteful with it. :oops:
I guess my only excuse is that I live in train in 55 degree weather and heat kills me.
I'm very sorry about that & would especially like to apologize to the P/1/2 riders who did not get a bottle on their final lap.
Chris
http://twitter.com/cpbike