Updates and Reminders

Things are coming together as rapidly as the countdown to race day is here at VV 3 HQ. Here's a small rundown of what is going on:

The weekend saw a whole bunch of tying up some loose ends and filling of gaps in the manifest. Tink, Ginger Whiskey and myself (C39) trolled around some areas that, simply put, needed some stuff nasty/fun or fun/nasty for you to do. Not to toot our horns, but beep beep. Mission accomplished. M61 has kicked some major ass like the true Fu-Schnicken he is to get a massive amount of prizes so hopefully everyone will get to have something to show for their efforts... Besides soreness.
We had a great collective meeting Friday night to assign tasks after going over what we got done. Needless to say, as you would expect, our poop is in a group for the event. Thud is out of office for a bike tour for a few days, which is well earned because he has put a crap ton of work in already. Have fun, buddy!

Now for the reminders:

Speaking from experience here are somethings to keep in mind while preparing for a 24 hour Velo Vulture. We will also be going over this a little at the start.

You will be riding around for the best part of 24 hours. With that you need to keep in mind that not only will you be burning a lot of calories, but you most likely will not be sleeping much, if at all. The winning team's motto last year was "sleep is for the weak", as was mine. I'm not going to suggest that you don't sleep, not at all, but there is some things the human body will experience during sleep deprivation. Included but not limited to: inhibited motor skills, problems with the decision making process and elevated reaction to stress and anxiety. Be aware what you are putting your body and brain through over the course of the race. I had tons of times where all I wanted was to end it. Kind of a war attrition, if you will. Keep in mind that we don't want anyone to get hurt during this adventure. It is solely up to you how much or little you are going to complete of the manifest during your time out there.
All of this has been done before, we're not going to force you to do anything that we wouldn't do or have done ourselves.
So with that in mind, get a couple of good nights of sleep Thursday and Friday. Eat well before, during and after the race. Pre-hydrate and push fluids through you. You have to keep your own mind in check. Keep track of yourself and your teammate. Charge them phones up. There will be contact numbers for you all in the race packets, and we will be out and about interacting with you during the event. I'll be surprised if I sleep.

There are pictures that will be have to be turned in at race finish with your packages. It is up to you to print and number the pictures in a resolution for which the judges can actually tell what it is you are taking a picture of. Printing can get costly, however, pictures printed on regular office paper off your computer in black and white will be accepted. But we will need to be able to see what it is you are trying to depict. It's not as scary as it sounds and we're sure you'll be fine, tiger.


As mentioned before here is a small list of things each team member should plan on bringing:

Bike (No shit, right?)
Lights and batteries for them
Bag
Lock
Pen(s)
Camera
Map
Tubes, pump, tools
Helmet
Cellphone and charger
Food and drink for the race
Money

Using a computer for research is allowed, however we will know if you cheat. And cheating will be more frowned upon than blood doping in the Tour de France. Unless you are someone who has been caught blood doping in the Tour, or any other major European bicycle race for that matter. Those folks are totally welcome. Don't cheat.

This event is for your pleasure. You will get out of it what you put in. You will be very, very frustrated with us at times, but remember you asked for it. I promise that when it is all said and done you will have a sense of accomplishment that you have never experienced before, unless you participated in one or both of the previous VV's. It totally kicks ass. People you know will be astonished that you tackled such a feat and put forth the heroic efforts you either tell the truth about or lie your ass off recounting.
It will take you a couple days to recover. You will be able to work on Monday. You will laugh, smile, cry, think, cuss, sweat, ache, want to quit, be frustrated with us, be frustrated with your partner, be frustrated with yourself, love your bike, hate your bike, wonder where you left your bike, be scared, be safe, pass gas, be lost, know exactly where you are at, be perplexed, wonder what the fuck, get something wrong, go back to where you were a half hour or seven ago, never do it again, look forward to next year, see some crazy shit, be too hot, be too cold, be tired, want to sleep, drink caffeine, be too awake, catch relief somewhere you never thought you would, see new parts of your city and some old ones, want it to end, want it to start over, get gas station food, get looked at weird, get cheered on by strangers wondering what you are doing, get hit up for change, hit someone up for change, change your socks/underwear/shirt, cheer yourself, cheer your teammate, drink to that, forget to zip your fly and a ton of other cool shit, all the while having the greatest twenty four hours on your bike ever. Or since last year. Word to your Pilderwasser.

Love,
C39, WBC





*Dictated, Not Read