Memorial Day Mini-Savage Update

48 hours ago Sean and I were in the midst of riding the Diabolical Double, and here I am already planning more epic Deep Creek riding. Ugh.

We're going to have two full houses and an awesome weekend of training and fun. I've rented the house across the street for Fri-Sun nights and we've hired Grizzly to bbq for us on Sunday night, so these expenses plus any other "shared" expenses will be split up amongst all.

Due to the number of us we're not planning on cooking for ourselves either night. So, as far as stuff to bring, I'd suggest breakfast and lunch and chips/snacks stuff. Refrigerator space is particularly limited, so bring non-perishables please. Beer, for example. Or, maybe beer. Also, as we are going to be crowded and living space is limited, please try and minimize excess "stuff". We've got plenty of Hammer gels, HEED, Recoverite, etc....

Here's the plan:
There is no plan! The DD wiped me out pretty good, so instead of Sat and Mon big rides, I'm just planning on doing the 120 mile extended version (Thomas, WV climb addition) of the Monongahela Massacre on Sunday. I'll be up for shorter 35-60 rides on Sat and Mon, but nothing epic. As always, am happy to provide cue sheets / Garmins for those looking to go big on a day other than Sunday.

Saturday:
On Saturday, I'll be looking to get in a swim (expect COLD water) and a long run and have my workouts done in time to spend the afternoon at ASCI at this: http://www.hartforanimals.org/ktb. There is also at the same time a "Rails Jam" on WISP where they've got a whole bunch of snow kept under hay that they'll be opening up for some freestyle ski tournament. Might be cool, but Laura, Riley, and I'll probably be at the beer and bluegrass party. Saturday night we should plan on going out for dinner. There's too many of us to plan to cook.

Sunday:
Sunday will be the big ride to Thomas and Monongahela. 120 from Happy Endings. 70 or 85 from Oakland depending on whether the Thomas climb addition is included. Post-ride we've got Grizzly's Grill'n doing burgers and fresh-cut fries for us. Yummy, yummy, yummy!

Monday:
Monday I'll probably do a nice 35 miler around the lake and a good run. And that'll do it for 2009 Memorial Day Mini-Savage.