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Bailey Hundo - One week away - Racer Info
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Hello HUNDO Racer! It is finally countdown time to the 2nd Annual Bailey HUNDO, and we hope you're as excited as we are! The race should be a great one again, with Sonya Looney back to defend her title against an expanded and stellar Female Open/Pro field - including Eszter Horanyi (HUNOD 2010 Female Singlespeed winner) switching to the Open/Pro category. Both JHK and Dave Wiens are showing generosity by not defending their top two spots on the podium from 2010. Bryan Alders (3rd place HUNDO 2010) is back along with most of the top 10 of HUNDO '10. Who will be the first across the line?!? We can't wait to find out. However, there's some logistics to go over: 1. MANDATORY RACER SAFETY MEETINGS AND PACKET PICK-UP: 2. BERGER PROPERTY CAMPING: 3. PRE-HUNDO PARTY AT ROMER RANCH: is back! 4. Parking and Bailey Day! For those of you who do not know, Bailey HUNDO race day is also Bailey Day, the summer celebration of the proud community of Bailey, Colorado! As a result, THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING IN BAILEY FOR HUNDO RACERS. All racers must park as the sawmill (last year's finish line) and ride your bicycle back to the starting line in Bailey. It is an easy 20 minute ride from the parking back to Bailey. That being said, we hope you (or your family and friends!) get a chance to enjoy Bailey Day festivities. 5. Aid Stations: We have 10 aid stations, fully stocked with water, fruit and the full complement of Hammer Nutrition products. You will be able to travel light and drop a bag at Aid Station 6 - end of the Colorado Trail, section 2 (check out the course here!). 6. Medical support: We have four awesome Doctors from Sports and Family Medicine keeping a watchful eye on everyone on the course. That being said, I hope you will agree that we hope that these four Docs will be bored out of their minds. Please ride responsibly and make sure to have fun and stay safe!
Donate to your favorite racer (even if it is yourself!) Well, finally, we just can't say enough how much we appreciate your support and your enthusiasm for the sport of mountain biking, our nonprofit partners--not to mention your love of early-season hundred-milers! Have a great weekend training. We will be in touch.
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Hello Hundo Volunteers!!
Hello Hundo Volunteers!
The Bailey HUNDO team is thrilled to have you on board with us for the big race
coming up June 18th! I wanted to fill you in on a few important dates coming up!
On Wednesday, June 15th from 7-8pm there will be a very important HUNDO
Volunteer Info Session in Bailey, CO at the Crow Hill Fire Station. It will be a very
important meeting for all volunteersto attend.If you cannot make the meeting,
please let me know immediately!
We will be going over important details about race day logistics, including your
assigned duty for the day or shift! We will be ironing out the details of getting you
and your aid station crew to and from your assigned location with all the necessary
items (including water, tables etc.). We will also be going over some safety tips so
we are all ready to help the riders if anything should come up!
We are SO thankful for your generosity and time; the HUNDO could not happen
without your help! I look forward to meeting everyone! Please let me know if you
have any questions! We will also be handing out your awesome Bailey HUNDO
Volunteer Shirts on June 15th! Thanks so much and see you there!
Address for Meeting on June 15th:
153 Delwood Drive
Bailey, CO 80421
Sincerely,
Allo Perry
Bailey HUNDO: Less Than Three Weeks Away!!
Hello Bailey HUNDO racers! Wednesday, June 1st at Noon. We have a finite number of available racer slots based on our Forest Service permit, and want to make sure that we have a full and highly competitive field. Please email me ASAP if you would like to bow out and pass your entry on to someone on the Wait List.
Thanks so much for your patience, as we have been out of communication for a while, and have been allowing the suspense--and excitement!--to build. T-shirts are printed, finisher awards are assembled, jerseys are here, so let's get down to business:
1. How's training going?? The HUNDO is fast approaching and there's been a lot of rain keeping everyone off the trails--and we all know how much we love the trainer after spending all winter on it. If you do not feel like you will be ready for an exhilarating and exhausting 100-mile race on June 18, and would rather give your spot to an eager racer on the Wait List, please tell us by
2. Fundraising! That's what we hope all of you are actively doing, so that you can meet--and exceed!--your already-generous pledges. To give your fundraising efforts a boost, PreRace.com is offering personalized fundraising pages for all HUNDO racers. They should look something like this. Contact info@prerace.com to request your personal fundraising page.
Pledge Levels: $150+: T-shirt and map; $250+: Jersey, t-shirt and map; $500+ Autographed poster, jersey, t-shirt and map
Same as last year, all racers are expected to fulfill the total amount of your pledge no later than at the Racer Safety Meeting.
Different from last year: We will be holding a "fundraising podium" for the top three fundraisers at the end of the HUNDO, along with the podiums for fastest racers in all twelve categories: M/F Open/Pro; M/F Singlespeed; M/F 29 & Under; M/F 30-39; M/F 40-49; M/F 50+. Special prizes for the fundraising podium are still TBD, but should be awesome! Get that competitive spirit into the fundraising competition too!
3. Racer Safety Meeting and Packet pick-up: You must attend one of these four meetings to receive your race number and packet, which are required to race on the 18th!
Meeting Option #1 & #2: June 16 at Wheat Ridge Cyclery
Packet Pick-up from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Rider Safety Meetings from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Meeting Options #3 & #4: June 17 at Platte Canyon Fire Department at the top of Crow Hill.
Packet Pick-up from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Rider Safety Meetings from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. or 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
To receive a race packet and number, all riders must show photo ID, sign a physical waiver and confirm emergency contact information.
4. Medical Support Update: We are privileged to have the awesome race day medical support of 4-5 Doctors representing Sports and Family Medicine of Colorado (the "bike docs"), with supplies generously provided by St. Anthony's Hospital. One of the doctors will be at each Racer Safety meeting. A big thanks to Wheat Ridge Cyclery for being the match-maker on this relationship!
5. Course update: The end of the course is still getting tweaked, but the widowmaker final hill has been eliminated. ALSO, we will have 10 Aid Stations along the course with water, fruit and Hammer Nutrition products. You can see where the aid stations are located by checking out the map here. You will also be able to drop a bag of your own goodies at Aid Station #6 where the Colorado Trail meets Platte River Road at mile 60 or so--plenty of support so you can travel light!
5. Lodging Options:
a) We have posted a "lodging and restaurant" guide here, but if you have not already made reservations, everything may be booked!
b) A camping option with up to 50 tent sites will be provided near the finish line (NOT at the Romer Ranch) on a first-come first-served basis. No meals will be provided. Campfires will not be allowed, unless otherwise noted.
NOTE: The Romer Ranch will not be available to host all Bailey HUNDO racers on the eve of the race
6. We are still looking for volunteers! Any friends, family or co-workers who are interested can sign up here. We need help to staff the Aid Stations, set up and take down the finish line, and sweep the course. Spread the word!
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Best of luck with these final weeks of training. We sincerely appreciate your commitment to the sport of mountain biking and support of our mission and vision to raise money and awareness for youth biking initiatives in Colorado, and support the planning and building of new trails in the Platte Canyon area that both serve the local community's recreation needs and develop Bailey into a mountain biking destination. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
Best,
Noah Aptekar and the Bailey HUNDO Team
HUNDO Nonprofit Partner Spotlight: Trips for Kids Denver/Boulder
Happy Thursday HUNDO racers!
We have less than two months until the starting cannon fires on Main Street Bailey, and we hope you're excited as we are for the 100 epic miles ahead!! Over the next few weeks, we'd like to introduce you to the amazing people behind out nonprofit parners: Trips For Kids Denver/Boulder, Kids On Bikes, The Colorado High School Cycling League and the Colorado Mountain Bike Association.
In the very southwest corner of Denver, in a row of ordinary garage spaces, sits a veritable museum of mountain bikes. Row after row of relics of the trails of yesterday: a turquoise steel Hard Rock, a deep gray Bridgestone, an American-made Raleigh Technium, all a few feet away from freshly donated Trek and Specialized hardtails. This is the home of Trips For Kids Denver/Boulder, and the domain of Executive Director Andrew Goodwillie and Program Manager Andy Brannon. I have had the privilege of working with these two since last year, volunteering on their rides for at-risk and underserved youth all along the Front Range.Andrew and Andy both put in amazing work to get inner city kids out of their daily environments and out into nature, to experience the natural beauty of Colorado and witness the amazing power of a mountain bike to build confidence and provide a constructive alternative to the every day circumstances of disadvantaged youth.
These two men are also returning HUNDO racers, and we were lucky to ask them some questions about their fantastic program, their race preparations, and giggling kids. For more information, please check out www.tripsforkidsdenver.org to find out how to volunteer, donate, or support Andrew and Andy's awesome efforts.
Bailey HUNDO: Can you introduce yourself and tell us something awesome about yourself?
I'm Andrew Goodwillie, I am a bicycle addict and I've been leading Trips for Kids here in Denver going on eight years now. Something awesome about me: I have three tiny boys, age 4, 2, and 1. I call them, collectively, the Irish Triplets or just The Monkeys. My wife and I are the zoo keepers asigned to monkey island. They are crazy, fun, mostly, and at other times just crazy. As a form of self-directed psychotherapy and to keep our families back east informed of little boy goings on, I write a blog. Recent post titles include, Maple Syrup Mohawk, Tale of Poo, Part 62: Splash Down, and The Three Goodwillie Goofs: Massive Minutia You'd Rather Not Know.
BH: What inspired you to get involved with TFK?
AG:Honestly, part of it was I failed as an elementary school teacher, but I still wanted to work with children. During my time training to be a teacher, I started mentoring a fourth grader, "Kevin", who had a horrific home situation. I quickly learned couldn't fix Kevin's problems but I could, a few times a month, give him time to be a kid - to go kick a ball at a park, or go for a hike with our dog (he loved our dog), or go for a bike ride. When we were together he seemed like any other student I taught, happy and fun-loving. Kevin ended up in and out of group homes for abused and neglected children, children, like Kevin, with adult-size problems. Due to my decade long friendship with Kevin, from the start, Trips for Kids has focused on giving young people in residential programs the opportunity to just be a kid for a day, having fun on a bike and enjoying nature. I'm very proud of the fact, in any given year, about 40% of the kids we ride with are in residential programs for abused, neglected, or troubled youth. The other part: the year I quit teaching, the guy who founded TFK Denver quit, too. I volunteered for him the summer he started the program and had an idea or two about how to change it into a successful program. About a year later, when I discovered TFK Denver was not operating, I volunteered to revive it.
BH: What does your role as Executive Director entail?
AG: We're a small organization - it's me and the other guy - so, I am required to wear many hats. I would say, now, 75% of my work is doing the fundraising, marketing, community outreach and nitty-gritty administrative tasks to keep the kids rolling and our Program Manager employed. Luckly, the other 25% of of the time, I get to do the fun stuff, leading rides and working with with our youth groups.
BH:Since you became Executive Director, how has TFK changed or grown? And what do you see on the horizon?
AG: Well, Trips for Kids Denver had been shuttered for a year when I took the blue file folder of IRS and state corporate paper work from the founder and ran with it. He gave me one full rigid mountain bike, too, but it seemed like a great idea and perfect fit for Denver. The first year I managed to track down several donated bikes and raise enough money to buy some more to make a small fleet. I found amazing volunteers with pick-up trucks to get them to the trailhead and talked a surprising number of youth groups into sign-up for our day-long outings. We completed, somehow, I had no idea what I was doing then, during my first season in 2004, 22 rides with just about 150 kids. The first few years we made it work as an all-volunteer organization. Thanks to the amazingly generous cycling and corporate community in Colorado, we've grown the number of kids that participate in our rides each year. Last season, due in part to starting up Trips for Kids Boulder and hiring another part time Ride Leader, we completed 129 ride days with over 1,100 youth participants. In 2007, we added a winter earn-a-bike program, teaching students the art and skill of bike repair after school. The kids who stick with the program get to keep the bike the helped repair, a helmet, a starter tool kit and, hopefully, the skills to keep it rolling. We've been partnering with Urban Peak, a program for homeless youth, this spring on the earn-a-bike program which we are hosting at our small shop space. A bike can be a life changing asset for these young people, who are doing what they can to get back on their feet. I feel great about that program right now - turning a tangle of donated, unwanted, broken bikes into a tools to change lives. On the horizon? I see the tens of thousands of kids who live in our community who don't know or experience Colorado the way I do. I see TFK doing everything we can to share joy cycling and the great outdoors with them.
BH: What's the best thing about your job?
AG: Listening to the kids giggle and laugh after the first downhill of the day. Whether it's a group of ten year-old girls or a bunch tough-guy gang members, they all do it.
BH: Ok, let's shift gears. You're racing in the HUNDO this year. How are your preparing yourself?
AG: Last year, I finished the Hundo, barely. I had a tough day on the bike but I loved the massive challenge of completing 100 miles on a bike. This year, I'm motivated to race all 100-miles, not just the first 50 or so before the lights dimmed and I shifted into survival mode. I'm on the plan, training and, actually, working with a coach. With the monkeys and TFK, I don't have time to ride 20 hours a week, so having a coach really helps me make the most of the time do carve out for bike riding.
BH: How will the HUNDO compare to other rides or races you've done in the past?
AG :Even though TFK runs only youth mountain biking rides, I actually had been a competitive road racer for many years and didn't mountain bike all that much other than leading the kid rides. I had been "retired" from roadie race scene for three years while boys kept falling out of my wife. When the Bailey Hundo came calling, I was drawn back into racing because of the Hundo and really rediscovered how amazing the sport and setting, more than anything, of mountain biking really is, while doing my best to train for the Hundo last year.
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BH: Can you introduce yourself to our racers and tell us something funny about yourself?
My name is Andy Brannon and I'm the Programs Manager at Trips for Kids Denver/Boulder. I'm normally very quiet and reserved but when I'm introducing mountain biking to inner city kids I turn into the biggest goofball.
BH: How long have you been involved with TFK and what inspired you to work with TFK?
AB:I started as a volunteer 8 years ago and I took kids from my neighborhood with no opportunity to mountain bike out on rides back in the day.
BH:Tell us what your job as Program Manager involves.
AB: Finding groups of urban youth that want to try mountain biking, booking and coordinating trips, Training our valuable volunteers, leading rides, applying first aid, fixing/maintaining a fleet of 60 bikes, applying more first aid, washing water bottles and gloves. We completed 129 rides in 2010. I also teach earn a bike classes at our shop and at partners locations.
BH: What are some of your favorite trails and parks to lead rides through?
AB: Aldrefer 3 Sisters is a local favorite and I really love our multi day trips to Fruita, Curt Gowdy State Park in WY and Lake Pueblo State Park.
BH: Can you tell us a crazy story from a ride?
AB: About the most insane thing that's happened is a rescue mission I had to conduct last June on a multi day trip at CurtGowdy State Park in WY. We split into a couple groups based on energy level and the slower group took a wrong turn and ended up going way into the backcountry on a trail to nowwhere and ran out of food and water by the time we discovered where they had gone. I ended up loading up a pack with the re-supply items and carried by bike cross country, forded a pretty strong stream and got everyone back down the trail after a major detour. It's still their favorite ride!
BH: You raced the Hundo in 2010, and are returning for this year's race. What sort of training are you doing?
AB: I just rode in the Evergreen Bicycle Outfitters "Stupid" ride which is an early season 58 mile super connect ride of 7 JeffCO Open Space Parks and leading the TFK/B rides is pretty good training because of the heavy pack of spare tubes, water, etc. I'm constantly doing intervals because the kids have to stop a lot. There is also an expansion of long distance races along the Front Range that are good training. I'm racing in Pueblo (72mi) in April and the Front Range 60 in May.
BH: What advice would you give to riders who are racing the Hundo for the first time this year?
AB: Do whatever you have to do to get a large volume of training miles in ahead of time and don't assume you can tough it out without the training. It's a loooooong time to be on a mountain bike (bring some advil).
Thanks Andy, I hope you're not still sad about that scratch on your crank arm.
Only when I get off and on the bike : )
ALL INVITED RACERS--AND LEGACY RACERS--NEED TO REGISTER BY 11:59PM ON SUNDAY MAY 1ST OR YOUR INVITATION WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO A RACER ON THE WAITLIST
Just FYI to all racers in the #HUNDO this year, we will be printing some trail maps for you in the next few weeks, so keep an eye out!
yay @hammernutrition http://www.hammernutrition.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=13494
Racers new to the Bailey HUNDO in 2011...make sure you confirm the invitation by re-registering on @prerace.com!
Hartshorn Ed
Hubbard Curtis
Moffitt Aimee
Kerkove Jeff
Hueckman Jill
Hency Jerry
Carney Andrew
Meredith Shawn
Powers Greg
Sousa Rob
Hilimire Jason
Castleberry Jay
Malin Jamie
Turgeon Matt
Keister Ken
Elsasser Mark
Politzer Tom
Wright Coreen
Marts Melissa
McGovern Maura
Combs Scot
Saffell Bob
Begy Cristina
Maximon Joshua
Lutz Tim
Nelson Craig
Pearce Colby
stevenson brian
Maresh Paula
MacFarlane Gavin
Blum Joshua
Dunn Cary
Ankrum Tiffany
Hill Dean
Strong Lisa
Sandlin Janis
Clark Nathan
gillotti marc
Maxwell Reed
Johnston Jeff
Layer Jeremy
bustamante James
Easton Jim
Hyatt Jeremy
Feagans Kelly
Baraglia Jim
Maslach Brian
Lyons Mark
Buoncristiani Tony
Hendricks Scott
Leifer Andy
Vanberg Benjamin
Lueckel Jake
Minor Christian
Barbour Jennifer
Hoppin Tim
Gregory Shawn
Mullen Ezra
Crangle Kimball
Taylor William
Morrison Samuel
McWhorter Bob
Nesbitt Brian
Kaufman Seth
Elliott Justin
Wright Thane
Hadley Shawn
Pitman Theresa
strong Derek
mather mimi
Mullins Ian
Kehoe Danielle
Narajowski Sarah
Croker Barry
Thompson Joey
Holley Greg
Harry Chris
johnson david
Maienza Matt
Hersh Ezekiel
Aldrin Andrew
Oppold Christopher
Seidler Pam
Mudge Sterling
Hutchinson John
Simons Kristopher
Walshaw Robert
Grossman Greg
ENGSTROM Scott
Johnson Erin
Dirk Kevin
Bruggeman Carl
Cantero Felipe
Gilkerson Jenny
Andrew Doug
Scott Michael
mccormick gil
Williams Heather
johnson jeramia
Nafziger Beth
Sells Brian
Kreidl Ken
wu jeff
Thornton Anthony
Baddick Chris
Walsworth Stuart
Orlinski Dan
Orlinski Bevin
Dice Jenn
Fu Jim
Handy Leslie
Blatter Dean
Osborn Colin
Nordstrom David
Wardell Jeffrey
Radicivech Bob
Cares Colin
Johnson Dave
palumbo lance
Hoffman Michael
higgins Terry
Sandoval Marvin
Lehman Brian
Hubbard Curtis
Moffitt Aimee
Kerkove Jeff
Hueckman Jill
Hency Jerry
Carney Andrew
Meredith Shawn
Powers Greg
Sousa Rob
Hilimire Jason
Castleberry Jay
Malin Jamie
Turgeon Matt
Keister Ken
Elsasser Mark
Politzer Tom
Wright Coreen
Marts Melissa
McGovern Maura
Combs Scot
Saffell Bob
Begy Cristina
Maximon Joshua
Lutz Tim
Nelson Craig
Pearce Colby
stevenson brian
Maresh Paula
MacFarlane Gavin
Blum Joshua
Dunn Cary
Ankrum Tiffany
Hill Dean
Strong Lisa
Sandlin Janis
Clark Nathan
gillotti marc
Maxwell Reed
Johnston Jeff
Layer Jeremy
bustamante James
Easton Jim
Hyatt Jeremy
Feagans Kelly
Baraglia Jim
Maslach Brian
Lyons Mark
Buoncristiani Tony
Hendricks Scott
Leifer Andy
Vanberg Benjamin
Lueckel Jake
Minor Christian
Barbour Jennifer
Hoppin Tim
Gregory Shawn
Mullen Ezra
Crangle Kimball
Taylor William
Morrison Samuel
McWhorter Bob
Nesbitt Brian
Kaufman Seth
Elliott Justin
Wright Thane
Hadley Shawn
Pitman Theresa
strong Derek
mather mimi
Mullins Ian
Kehoe Danielle
Narajowski Sarah
Croker Barry
Thompson Joey
Holley Greg
Harry Chris
johnson david
Maienza Matt
Hersh Ezekiel
Aldrin Andrew
Oppold Christopher
Seidler Pam
Mudge Sterling
Hutchinson John
Simons Kristopher
Walshaw Robert
Grossman Greg
ENGSTROM Scott
Johnson Erin
Dirk Kevin
Bruggeman Carl
Cantero Felipe
Gilkerson Jenny
Andrew Doug
Scott Michael
mccormick gil
Williams Heather
johnson jeramia
Nafziger Beth
Sells Brian
Kreidl Ken
wu jeff
Thornton Anthony
Baddick Chris
Walsworth Stuart
Orlinski Dan
Orlinski Bevin
Dice Jenn
Fu Jim
Handy Leslie
Blatter Dean
Osborn Colin
Nordstrom David
Wardell Jeffrey
Radicivech Bob
Cares Colin
Johnson Dave
palumbo lance
Hoffman Michael
higgins Terry
Sandoval Marvin
Lehman Brian
