Spartacus 100: The Countdown

Your Fair Warning!!

Okay folks, four more days until Spartacus 100! We're excited to get this underway, but I have a few admonishments to make, which will be reiterated at the Pre-Ride Meat-Up, just to make sure.

The nature of the course is a mix of "out and back" and a "big assed loop". Due to the nature of how things lay out, you folks will be getting in deeper and deeper as you progress. This comes into play as you consider your bail out options. Especially if you were silly enough not to have a support person. I know a lot of you are planning to do this solo, so here's what you need to put into your "thinkrerer".

Further and Further From Home: 

What if your guy/gal DNF's? Well, first off, they better have a cell phone and they better call you with it. Their cue sheets will lead you to them from a directions point of view. But the bottom line is as always: You are responsible for You. We are not going to bail you out, come get you, or bring you aid. You are on your own excursion and are taking part in Spartacus 100  v1 at your own risk.

If you come alone, you are putting yourself at a great disadvantage should you need to DNF. Think about that for a minute.

The Weather: The wildcard of the event. Right now they are predicting a chance of thunderstorms and temps in the mid 80's.

Of course, that's a few days out and this can/will all change. For better or worse, I don't know at this point, but if this comes true, Spartacus 100 V1 will go down as epic beyond words. Would anyone even finish? That's definitely a possibility  and if we were to get a crazy thunderstorm, it would shut us down. Here is the skinny on bad weather straight from the Spartacus 100 site for your reference;

Weather Related Stoppage: In case of severe weather during the event, we will do the following things so you can act accordingly. Remember: YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF!! If the sky is falling, or you see Dorothy's house go spinning by your head, you should take appropriate actions to protect yourself. We will not be responsible for ill advised heroics in inclement weather. Be smart, or be pig fodder! This is only given out so that you as an event participant will know what our actions will be in regards to keeping tabs on your progress and what will be done with prizing.

Prizing will be distributed by raffle to the remaining participants. Must be present to win. Decisions of the event director is final.
 
So in the case of this Spartacus 100, we would most likely go to a Pavilion at Pontiac Lake Recreation Area , distribute some goodies, and party.

Now you know.

 Duke

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