2010 Toys 4 Tots Epic

[egordon]

When: December 4th 2010
Times: Check in open @ 7am

50 Mile Epic 8am
25 Mile 1/2 Epic 11am
10 Mile Family Ride 1pm

Entry Fee: 1 Unwrapped Toy for Toys 4 Tots (There will be a prize for the rider who brings the most toys. Get your friends and co-workers to help. I promise it will be a prize that well rewards your efforts)

What you get.. Preride Goody Bags wich include a Limited Edition PORC EPIC mug for the fisrt 150 riders, Feeding Stations Provided, Post Ride Meal of Chicken Sausage Gumbo & Red Beans n Rice, Tons of Raffle prizes! Last year we gave away over $5000 in prizes and its looking good for swagg again this year...

Bring a Toy, Bring your bike, and Bring your appetite for fun because everythings provided!

Directions: Trailhead is off Pate Road, Cant Miss it.. From I-10 Take the Hwy 29 Exit go North.. Pass Wal*Mart about a mile to 10 Mile Road Go Right.. Pate Rd is on your left about 2 miles..

[desteig]

Is it day of the event registration or through the forum again? Also something for thought. I was hoping to donate something special this year but knew I couldn’t do it on my own after we abruptly became a one income family this year. So I started asking folks around work if they would be interested in making a donation to help out. Being this is in support of Toys for Tots most were quick to reach in the pockets for $5 or $10. In just one day I was able to collect enough to purchase 1 boys and 1 girls bike and I still have time left for more. It is an easy way to maximize the success of this great event and allow people who have no desire to pound them self’s into the ground for 50 miles to participate in one of the most outstanding charities of the holiday season. Just something to think about. Looking forward to the event again this year, you all do a great job!!!

[losdog]

Is it day of the event registration or through the forum again? Also something for thought. I was hoping to donate something special this year but knew I couldn’t do it on my own after we abruptly became a one income family this year. So I started asking folks around work if they would be interested in making a donation to help out. Being this is in support of Toys for Tots most were quick to reach in the pockets for $5 or $10. In just one day I was able to collect enough to purchase 1 boys and 1 girls bike and I still have time left for more. It is an easy way to maximize the success of this great event and allow people who have no desire to pound them self’s into the ground for 50 miles to participate in one of the most outstanding charities of the holiday season. Just something to think about. Looking forward to the event again this year, you all do a great job!!!


that is awesome and a great idea. I never thought of doing that before but will try it myself at work next week. again great job.

[egordon]

Awesome Idea! Also we will have Marines there to collect toys that day so its a good place for people to drop off toys all day.. We Now have a prize for the rider that collects the most toys from friends and co-workers..

Day of Event registration.. We did kind of a pre reg last year only to get shirt sizes.. Mugs this year so one size fits all..

[scratchndent]

You are the man! Way to be resourceful for a great event!! King For a Day........

[todd]

I have a couple people interested in riding for the cause and was wanting a little bit of info.is there anyone I can contact to talk to.Would like to know the outline of the trail also (start,Finish etc.....)We are new to riding.

[egordon]

Todd you can call me at Truly Spokin in Milton 850-983-2488

[egordon]

EPIC Weather Report Sat Dec 4 Mostly Sunny 72°/43°
Looks like its going to be a beautiful day to raise toys and tide mountain bikes.

[phrogfella]

What is the route for the Epic?

[egordon]

5 red loops and a 3/4 green loop

[phrogfella]

5 red loops and a 3/4 green loop

Thanks

[Maloney]

Can we get a description on the 3/4 green loop?

[egordon]

Pate, Treehugger, Greenbriar, at the top of Greenbriar go left to the waterpipe swath and bomb it all the way to the bottom and catch the last little bit of Camboia, then Carl's trail to home..

[trittj74]

So what is the route for the half Epic?

[Grumpy]

two full laps and a half lap.

[nrsed]

what time are we doing awards and stuff. Or what is the cut off time for being done riding?

[egordon]

Awards around 3 to 4 depending on whos left on the course.. so 7 to 8 hours for 50 milers.
We will start serving post ride food around 2 or so...

[Maloney]

So we're going to make all the fast guys ride with Ed and do a double Epic century?

[Grumpy]

we could do a special prize for that person who does the most laps.....

[nrsed]

I'm only allowed to ride for 8 hours.

[egordon]

You can ride as long as you want, the food and raffle is going to be around 3 to 4.. If you want to ride a 100 , I will save you a plate of food and hold your raffle tickets for you..

[Maloney]

Do they get extra raffle tickets for doing more than 50?

[egordon]

One of the Largest prizes will be in a separate raffle for only those who complete 50 miles.. You will get extra tickets for each lap past 50 toward that prize.. ...Cough ug Garman Caugh ug..

[meco]

I plan on doing 5 laps but due to a certain SEC Championship game I wont be able to hang out as much as I would like to. Do you have to be present for door prizes?

[losdog]

I plan on doing 5 laps but due to a certain SEC Championship game I wont be able to hang out as much as I would like to. Do you have to be present for door prizes?

WDE

[Maloney]

I plan on doing 5 laps but due to a certain SEC Championship game I wont be able to hang out as much as I would like to. Do you have to be present for door prizes?

LAME! I don't see it happening but I hope Auburn gets the hell kicked out of them.

[meco]

[QUOTE=gaffed;22210]LAME! I don't see it happening but I hope Auburn gets the hell kicked out of them.[/QUOTE

I just want to watch a game, no need for insults.

[trittj74]

LAME! I don't see it happening but I hope Auburn gets the hell kicked out of them.

:tup:

[egordon]

We are going to have one of the Best Raffles you have ever seen. You will just have to prioritize whats more important to you.. The goal here is to give something to the kids #1 the fact that we have more swagg prizes than I can count, about $8,000 worth is just bonus..

[pops]

All you boys need to discover the TIVO! lol

[scratchndent]

Right or dont all those guys have I phones? Seems like they could keep up with the scores and such with all that high powered technology. Is a game seriously that important. This is an event about the kids first a formost, that should be your motovation.

[egordon]

People have put alot of time and effort into this weekend. Its a fantastic party you all are invited to. You are welcome to come out anytime you like, and leave anytime you like. Please just bring a Toy, because thats what this weekend is all about. Mike If you come drop off a toy stay five minutes and leave I would be just as happy as if you rode the 50 and stayed till the end and helped clean up. I would even root for Auburn.. Just have fun this weekend its going to be a great day to hang out with your friends and ride your bike..

[meco]

People have put alot of time and effort into this weekend. Its a fantastic party you all are invited to. You are welcome to come out anytime you like, and leave anytime you like. Please just bring a Toy, because thats what this weekend is all about. Mike If you come drop off a toy stay five minutes and leave I would be just as happy as if you rode the 50 and stayed till the end and helped clean up. I would even root for Auburn.. Just have fun this weekend its going to be a great day to hang out with your friends and ride your bike..

Now that was from the heart. Chris, take note.....this is a true friend. Georgia fan that has another SEC teams back. I think I'll bring 5 toys now. Chris if you dont make 50 you have to wear an AUBURN sticker on your helmet all next year. lol.

[losdog]

GO NOLES!

[ScottR]

Chris if you dont make 50 you have to wear an AUBURN sticker on your helmet all next year. lol.

Why punish AUBURN??:D:D

[nmea2020]

Should i bring a 40" Flatscreen and setup at the freakin TRAILHEAD?

[superdave]

Does anyone have a riding photo taken at UWF? I need a really good one for a super secret surprise. I also need the PORC pig logo; the one in the tire. Oh yeah, and if I can have one today, that would be great.

[egordon]

whats you email I have both... Do you care who the rider is? Its from the last epic... You want the original pig with wheel?

[superdave]

check your PMs

[egordon]

call me in milton 983-2488

[carl]

do you think they would like miller lite or bud lite?

[egordon]

do you think they would like miller lite or bud lite?

a little regional profiling you left out Coors

[Maloney]

I know this is last minute but what is going to be at the fueling station? Water, gatorade, heed, and/or beer?

[scratchndent]

Did someone say beer? I would like one please.........Have a great ride everyone and hope the event goes very well, have fun!!

[egordon]

I know this is last minute but what is going to be at the fueling station? Water, gatorade, heed, and/or beer?

Water
Gatorade
Scivation
Oatmeal Cookies
Trail Mix
Bananas
Peanut Butter W Honey or Strawberry Jelly Sandwiches
Lances Peanutbutter Crackers variety
Lances Peanutbutter Cookies Variety

BYOB! Be covert on this to please cups would be nice there will be kids present.

[Maloney]

Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply!

[Grumpy]

We got some stuffs man.

[KD]

Sitting at work and can't believe I could not ride today!!! Thanks Eric, Mark, and Steven for getting the bike ready. Sorry I couldn't be there to use it. May stop by at 5:15 to see who is still hangin around.

Good luck riders!

[superdave]

Here's my ride data from today's ride. The garmin tends to cut off a bit of trail; the bike computer read just over 50 miles at 12 mph avg.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/58791498

[nmea2020]

Here's my ride data from today's ride. The garmin tends to cut off a bit of trail; the bike computer read just over 50 miles at 12 mph avg.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/58791498

Nice post Dave. Very impressive time
Yep my Garmin Edge 705 showed only 46 miles compared to Lt. Dan's 51 miles on his cheap bike computer

[Maloney]

Dave is the calories counter correct? 4,666

[superdave]

The garmin's calorie counter tends to be higher than the Polar HRM that I used to have. It's usually about 150 C per hour higher than the Polar. Not sure which is correct though

[Maloney]

Still somewhere around 4,000 calories. Bet you had a few meals yesterday afternoon!

[Grumpy]

I am noticing the HR avg of 145 and peak just over 160. Nice job.

[nrsed]

I did 6 full laps and got
48.87 miles (I did'nt turn it on for half of pate )
4904 calories (it took me a lot longer than Dave)
146 avg hr
164 max hr

now the reason it took me a lot longer than Dave is
Ed ............................................. Dave
3790 ft elevation gain ................... 1812 ft elevation gain
3632 ft descending ...................... 1821 ft descending

on the same course all my climbs are twice as long as Daves.
thats from my garmin 305.

[superdave]

Mine does the same thing if I load the info into the Garmin desktop software; it doubles my elevation gain/loss. If I use the Garmin Connect website that I linked here, it gives the lower number. I can't figure out why it does that and would assume the lower number to be correct.

[Joe]

Here are the top 3 finisher's Garmin data for comparison:

1st Billy 3:53 (http://connect.garmin.com/activity/58786869)
2nd Joe 4:05 (http://connect.garmin.com/activity/58849046)
3rd Dave 4:14 (http://connect.garmin.com/activity/58791498)

The trail was super fast I beat my TT time twice in a row in my 1st and 2nd lap. Dave beat his old 50 mile time by 22 mins, me by 21 mins, and Billy by 13 mins. Thanks for all the people who were part of the success of this event, and those individuals who put a lot time maintaining the trails.

[Joe]

Dave look at your HR avg and HR max compare to Billy. Pretty much the same!

[superdave]

Dave look at your HR avg and HR max compare to Billy. Pretty much the same!

Yeah, except he was 5% faster. His first 4 laps were as fast or faster than my fastest lap ever. Still, it's progress for me; hopefully I can keep bettering my times.

[PorkSoda]

Looking at Joe's heart rate, I think he must be part hummingbird.
185 average, 202 max!

[nrsed]

Looking at Joe's heart rate, I think he must be part hummingbird.
185 average, 202 max!

he flies by me!

[Joe]

That 202 max was in 1st lap of Greenbriar. My normal average HR is fairly high, but anything above 200 is very high because my VO2 max should be @ 192+.

Here's an interesting comparison of our heart rates. Billy has the smoothest while Dave seems rough? Hmm...
http://www.tscyclones.com/tscyclones_html/images/porctots.jpg

[WILDBILL]

Actually Daves looks so rough because his HR file is zoomed in for more detail than ours. Zoom his out and it will look more like ours.

-Billy

[Joe]

Actually Daves looks so rough because his HR file is zoomed in for more detail than ours. Zoom his out and it will look more like ours.

-Billy
Aaahh... you found the answer. That makes sense now. Dave's graph shows HR from 120 to 170 while yours is zoomed out from 40 to 180. :)

[egordon]

If I pulled off the ride you guys did mine would look like:


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[superdave]

Aaahh... you found the answer. That makes sense now. Dave's graph shows HR from 120 to 170 while yours is zoomed out from 40 to 180. :)

Yeah, I didn't start my hrm until right by the trailhead kiosk, so my HR was already up in the 140 bpm range

[Maloney]

What gps are ya'll using? Apparently the device will make a human very fast. So I've got to get one!

[WILDBILL]

LOL, We all use the basic Garmin Forerunner 305 which can be used for running or biking. It is the best investment I have ever made. You will never consider buying another bike computer after using a GPS. Also its easy to record the data into the computer. I have rides saved from over a year ago.