MARSHALL, M. PARKER, BATTENKILL, NOBILE & ADAMS SET RECORDS
To help you prepare, we've posted the answers to some of the most commonly asked questions:
• There will be a pre-race pasta dinner/meeting on Friday July 9th. This is yoir best opportunity to meet other riders and to clarify any rules. It is usually held at the race director's home at: 7 Pearl Street in Schuylerville.
• Schuylerville has one motel and a bed and breakfast. They are:
Old Saratoga Motor Inn
Dovegate Inn
• Support crews are highly recommended, but not mandatory.
• Support vehicles are allowed to leap frog riders during the day and follow directly behind them at night.
• The race is held on a fully marked 32 mile loop.
• ALL races begin at the Dovegate Inn, located at: 184 Broad Street in Schuylerville.
• The weekend consists of a 24-hour race, a daytime 12-hour race, a nighttime 12-hour race, a 96-mile race, a 32-mile fun ride and a midnight 32-mile fun ride. Below is the race schedule:
| EVENT |
DATE |
TIME |
LIMIT |
LIGHTS |
| SARATOGA CHALLENGE |
July.10.2010 |
8:00 AM |
24H |
YES |
| HUDSON RIVER RAMBLE |
July.10.2010 |
8:00 AM |
12H |
NO |
| NIGHTHAWK 12 |
July.10.2010 |
7:00 PM |
12H |
YES |
| TRIPLE LAP CHALLENGE |
July.10.2010 |
10:00 AM |
10H |
NO |
| ONE LAP FUN RIDE |
July.10.2010 |
11:00 AM |
N/A |
NO |
| MIDNIGHT MADNESS FUN RIDE |
July.10.2010 |
11:59 PM |
N/A |
YES |
• The 24-hour race and both 12-hour races are part of the Ultracycling Cup.
• ALL events are non drafting, except the team competition and the 32-mile fun rides.
• Teams are welcome! New rules are in place. Download our rulebook for the details.
• The course is deceptively difficult and consists of rolling hills,
false flats and wind. Each lap has about 750' of climbing with one significant hill: Bacon Hill. It's ¾-mile long and has a steep 10% section. Riders will enjoy it both up and down! The uphill starts just before the 2 mile point of each lap, while the downhill is located at about the 29 mile mark. To get to the downhill though, riders will have to climb up from the Hudson River for about 3 miles starting at mile 25.
• The weather will most likely be hot and humid with a good chance of afternoon thunderstorms. High temperatures average in the upper 80's and low temperatures in the mid 60's, but its been as hot as the upper 90's and as cool as the low 50's. Also expect high humidity. And, if the wind is out of the south, it will make the second half of the course very difficult.
• There will be two fully stocked checkpoints on the loop: the start/finish in Schuyleville and at 16 miles in South Glens Falls. We'll have an assortment of Hammer Nutrition products as well as fruit, snacks and drinks at each.
• Riders may take a break or leave supplies at either checkpoint, but we do not have the capability to shuttle personal items back and forth between them.
• Schuylerville has a small bike shop, a 24-hour convenience store, a grocery store, a hardware store and a couple of restaurants, convenience stores and gas stations.
• South Glens Falls has a 24-hour supermarket and several motels, restaurants, convenience stores and gas stations.
• Greenwich is 5 miles east of Schuylerville and has a 24-hour supermarket and several small shopping centers, motels, restaurants, drug stores, convenience stores and gas stations.
• Saratoga Springs is 12 miles west of Schuylerville and is a major shopping hub. It has a couple of bike shops, a large mall, big and small shopping centers, hardware stores, home improvement centers, 24-hour supermarkets, hotels, motels, restaurants, drug stores, convenience stores, gas stations and a hospital.
• There is also a convenience store located in Gansevoort at mile 10.
