Thursday, June 10, 2010

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3:45 am 6/10 Kevin is beginning to settle in. The night is cool, the music hot, the stars are so clear and bright they help light the road ahead.
The crew is rested, but craving a hot cup of joe and Bundrick is patiently planning his next revenge!

Gator
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  1. Frank EnglandJune 10, 2010 at 5:26 AM

    Kevin,
    It was great to meet you at the start and cheer you off the platform. I downloaded my pictures to my IPAD (along with pictures of my nephew's high school graduation) and put it on the fireplace mantel of the England's residence in San Diego. All night the discussion at the graduation party focused on that brave Georgian who Uncle Frank visited at the start of this magnificentt endeavor. People wanted to know lots of information - so here are a few questions your crew might be able to answer, as time allows:

    1) What kind of training distances and intervals do you ride to get ready for this race?

    2) How much does your bike weight?

    3) How much does the water on your bike weigh (when full)?

    4) Why do you carry water, if the chase crew can supply your drinks?

    5) What color clothing will you wear when the sun comes up tomorrow?

    6) How do you train for the climb up the Rockies in the low altitudes of Georgia?

    I am up at 5:23 to check you progress. Could you crew post time stamped GPS coordinates oro geotag the photos so we can plot your progress?

    v/r

    Frank England

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  2. Bejan AbtahiJune 10, 2010 at 10:09 AM

    1. Kevin works 50 or 60 hours a week at work so he can bank up some off for time to ride some Brevets which are 200 - 600 K. He rides some group rides for speed and in general is a big fan of LSD (long slow distance) He also is a kills some rides named 6 gap and 10 gap up in North Carolina and Georgia to help him work on his climbing. These climbs also answer question 6 but in general Kevin does not come to altitude before the race to acclimate.

    2. Kevin's climbing bike weight's 15-16 lbs and his all purpose bike weights 18-20 lbs.

    3/4. Kevin's drinks add about 2 lbs to the bike but it is a fair trade off to have them immediately ready for him considering we cannot ride beside him in the car but 4 times an hour at night and not at all during the day. During the day we practice "leap frog" tactics where the support vehicle drives ahead to meet Kevin and trade off bottles, give him food, etc.

    5. As Troy explained earlier today,

    "He's wearing a new loose fitting eastern desert inspired long sleeve shirt that keeps the air flowing and I think that is going to be a huge factor in keeping him cool today."

    We also use a tube sock full of ice draped around his neck to keep him cool.

    Best we can do for tracking progress as of right now is posting time stations and mileages that can be checked against the Kevin's RAAM status page:

    http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam/rcracer.php?s_N_category_group=1&s_N_Race_ID=1&s_N_Entry_ID=2568

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