Barb's Race-
Is everybody "lodged and transported" up? Let us know what your
plans or needs are.
Here are a few details. Let me know if you are up for Friday and/or
Saturday dinner!

Pass this on to anybody you might thinks are interested

Friday.

7:30am from One Mile. 2-hour easy Kiefer loop ride to keep the legs
loose.
If you leave Chico much later than 1:00pm be prepared to encounter
increasing rush hour traffic going up Hwy 101 toward Santa Rosa.
Santa Rose is a 3½ to 4-hour drive time.

Lodging. Motel 6, 2760 Cleveland Ave.: Exit at Steele Ln. past
downtown Santa Rose, go left/west and immediately turn right/north
on Cleveland Ave.--Motel 6 is on the right shortly. Further up
Cleveland Ave. there is a Trader Joe's on the left side and further
up a 4:30am coffee joint.

Race package pick-up and T2 are open from 3:00pm to 8:00pm Friday
evening at the Windsor High School (6 miles north of Santa Rosa on
Hwy 101--take the Central Windsor Exit and turn left under 101 onto
the Old Redwood Hwy which turns into Windsor River Rd.—shortly, turn
left on Windsor Rd. (at the RXR) and go south to the HS–-on the
right.) Check your timing chip with your number, etc.

After package pick-up (remember picture ID and USAT membership card
or $9.00) put your running gear in T2 (P-lot on the south side.)
Although not critical here, the best spots are towards the "center
lane" you use coming into T2. Bring a towel/plastic bag to put over
your shoes, race number belt and "food" for the night.

Check where the dismount line is—so you know—and the counter clock-
wise direction you run out of there in. On the bike you will enter
the High School from the south and turn left into the driveway
leading into the parking lot (where the dismount line is for T2.)
That means that you will have plenty of time to get out of your bike
shoes before turning left and be standing ready to run as you hit
the dismount line.

Dinner: At 6:00pm we will dine at Johnny Garlic's at 8988 Brooks
Rd. So in Windsor (from the HS go north on Windsor Rd., turn right
and go east on Windsor River Rd., under Hwy 101 and turn left/north
on Brooks Road So.) www.johnnygarlics.com. During dinner I will go
over some course and race details.

Saturday.

It will likely be cool in the morning so bring warm clothes. For
the bike, some will use arm-warmers although things quickly warm up
as soon as you roll down the road. A quick wipe down of the front
of your legs and arms in T1before heading out works great. The last
few years it has been overcast until about 11:00am.

T1 in Guernville, a 30 minutes drive away, opens at 5:30am. I will
leave Motel 6 about 6:00am. Bring your swim and bike gear out to T1
in the morning. Put the bike and helmet number on the bike Friday.
Parking is normally not that big of a problem although you might
have to walk a few blocks. Entering "downtown" Guernville, the
beach is a few blocks down on the left—that street is closed to
traffic.

You are assigned racks in T1 and T2.

In T1 you want to be as close towards the bike exit as possible.
When walking down to the beach / T1 notice the short paved area just
at the bottom of the ramp – you can exit T1 and get on your bike
right there (be in a low gear) and bike up the little hill. Most
walk up that hill.

Pass your transition gear over the fence at T1 to your helpers or
bag it for the race organizers to bring back to T2 and later pick-up
behind the finish line.

Time Line:
The first Ironman wave starts at 6:45am.
The Half Aquabike wave starts at 8:10am.
Barb's Race starts at 8:15am & 8:20am for individuals and 8:30 for
all relays.

Mary Ann, Teresa and Jeanne race in the Aquabike and will be done in
about 3½-4 hours.

The front girl (Kellie) in Barb's will get out of the water in about
28-30 minutes. Then Reene, Maija, Jamie, Grace and Gabrielle will
chase her for the next 2:45-3:00 hours on the bike and it will be
showdown time with sub-2 hour run splits. In 5 hours and change we
will know how they divide up the Top-6. Following right behind them
will be Sue, Nicole, Leslie and Lorna. Most will get on the podium
in your age group and finish in 6-7 (8) hours.

Helen, Elizabeth & Anna will win the female relay div, but will they
beat the individual girls?

During the bike don't draft or put yourself in a compromising
position--it will cost you 5 minutes the first time and a DQ the
second time. You all bike faster than the rest so there is plenty
of time to back off and prevent questionable situations--stay
focused and don't space out. Don't cross the centerline of the road
and stay to the right unless you pass--if people are lined up just
pass all before the next bottle neck--you are strong enough so work
the course to your advantage.

There are four aid stations on the bike--keep drinking water and
keep eating a bit regularly to prep for the run. Zip mostly water
during the run.

The aquabike people have no run afterwards so it will be all out and
just a bit of fluid--none to little food--it is just a few hours on
the bike. Attack the ride all the way--nobody else will.


After watching the swim, exhausted spectators and fans join for a
strategy breakfast in Guernville. We will have a few hours to
recover and recharge before some hectic hours at the finish line.

Windsor High/Finish line. A good place to watch is ¼–½ mile or so
south of T2 where both bikes and runners come by several times.
Hang out on the grass next to the finish line.

There is plenty of parking at the HS on the north side. The roads
on the south/east side are closed due to the race so enter from the
north on Windsor Rd. – the way you got there Friday.

Awards: 3:30pm Saturday at the finish line. We are all going to be
there to get it all.

There will be shuttle busses running from the finish line and out to
T1 from 1:00pm and the rest of the day in case you leave a car in
Guernville Saturday morning.

Saturday Dinner: Some are staying at Motel 6 until Sunday so there
will be a dinner Saturday evening—likely in Santa Rose--stay tuned.