Thanks for weighing in everyone. Seems the majority of you don't give a rat's ass about the full moon or extra daylight. I wonder if that's a product of all the great LED lighting technologies out there, or you all are just bad-asses!
So, the 2011 CTR will start August 1st, 6:30 @ Rampart Range parking area - same place as last year.Stefan,
Can you remind us of the full intel. on Colorado monsoon season?
I'm no meteorologist, and to be honest with you, in my experience, the "monsoon" season in Colorado almost seems totally bogus. Early summer has the typical afternoon thunderstorms in the mountains that clear out by late afternoon, but by mid summer (mid-July to mid-August) we either get pounded with rain (CTR '07, '10) or we have many beautiful sunny days in a row (CTR '08, '09). Just looking at the 1st week of August for the last 5 years, we've had everything from flawless weather to absolute downpours. And both types of weather sandwiched on either side by the opposite type for a week...
The ideal way to do the CTR would be to pick a start date range of about a week, and then decide the exact day based on forecasts. If I were to do an ITT, this is exactly what I'd do. But for group start, we gotta set the date in advance...
As the (un)organizer for TD, i admit i am biased towards 7th of August so that the double or triple crown of ultra bikepack racing is more feasible (with good form). I know Ethan Passant for one has his eye on this, and perhaps Kurt? Maybe Ezster, too? (Apologies to Chad, et al)
Yes, an extra week would definitely help out those TDers who want to do both. But since I started the poll, I'm going to stick with the quite clear results... You Triple-crowners will have to be even tougher now!
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