The first half of the course is somewhat remote and rugged and difficult for crews to get to all the allowed aid stations. WS100 recommends that you either have a single crew ("A") or two crews ("A" and "B"). Steve and I are considering a plan where we split crews the first half of the race to minimize the time without seeing crew. Should we decide not to go with this strategy, then my crew will only be at the aid stations marked for crew "A". (The other possibility is to see crew "A" at Robinson Flat, Michigan Bluff, and Forrest Hill.) Notice that crew "A" and "B" are only necessary until Forrest Hill. From that point, only one crew is necessary.
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| Course Profile - borrowed from www.wser.org |
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| Course Map - borrowed from www.wser.org |
Crew B - Kara and Thomas
| Destination | Mile | 24-Hr | 30-Hr | Cut Off | Time of Day* | Crew | Drive Time |
| Duncan Canyon | 23.8 | 4:50 | 6:05 | 12:00 PM | 9:50 AM | B | 3.5 Hours |
| Robinson Flat | 29.7 | 6:20 | 7:55 | 1:50 PM | 11:20 AM | A - Shuttle | 2.5 Hours |
| Dusty Corners | 38 | 7:55 | 10:15 | 4:10 PM | 12:55 PM | B | 3 Hours |
| Michigan Bluff | 55 | 12:20 | 15:50 | 9:45 PM | 5:20 PM | A | 1.5 Hours |
| Bath Rd | 60.6 | 13:30 | 12:30 | --- | 6:30 PM | A* - Chuck | - |
| Forrest Hill | 62 | 13:45 | 17:45 | 11:45 PM | 6:45 PM | A - Heather | 20 Mins |
| Rucky Chucky (far) | 78 | 17:40 | 23:00 | 5:00 AM | 10:40 PM | A** - Heather | 45 Mins |
| Green Gate | 79.8 | 18:20 | 23:55 | 5:40 AM | 11:20 PM | A*** - Foot | - |
| Hwy 49 | 93.5 | 22:10 | 28:00 | 9:20 AM | 3:10 AM | A - Shuttle | 1 Hour |
| No Hands Bridge | 96.8 | 23:10 | 28:55 | 11:00 AM | 4:10 AM | A | - |
| Robbie Point | 99 | 23:40 | 29:35 | 11:00 AM | 4:40 AM | A - Heather | - |
| Finish | 100.2 | 23:59 | 29:59 | 11:00 AM | 4:59 AM | 30 mins |
* - Walk in from Forrest Hill - 1.0 miles
** - Walk in from Green Gate - 3.25 miles
*** - Green Gate is 1.25 mile walk-in from designate parking area
Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year. Just thought I'd chime in and let you know that I appreciate you documenting all of your training and WS race strategies on your blog. I'll be reading over it several times these next few months, I'm sure. Even though I'm pretty far down on the wait list, I'm going to attack this first half of the year as though I'm in and cross my fingers that it actually happens.
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