All,
This will my first 4-hour endurance race. With a start time of 9:30 it seems the cut-off for last lap at 12:15 to be a little early.  I think it should be 12:45 (at least).  Is this normal for a race billed as a 4-hour race? (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)
Thanks.

There is no right answer, either you are not allowed to go out after a set time, or like the Southern Endurance races, you have to finish by a specific time. Usually it's set to make sure they don't have to find someone dying in the woods and start breaking down the course in a timely manner.

I once swept the course as a volunteer during our six hour race and the guy that went out at 5:59 totally should have called it quits. That was a longggg ride.

I wish they'd have set the cutoff at 12:30. 40 min laps will be at the razors' edge- like a 14 mph average.  I am thinking more like 45 min laps here, which would be a 4 lap affair for me. Kinda makes the 4 hr race an effective 3.

madss wrote on 05/24/17 at 9:23pm:


You just need to start before 12:15 to get the last lap in. 
45 min laps= 4 laps
40 min laps= 5 laps (so long as you make it in on the 4th before 12:15).

The last lap time has been changed to 1:15. 
JJfitfest website will hopefully be changed in the next hour to reflect this. 

ciao
Santana

Dang, I gotta be careful what I ask for!!!

Its the same course as the Treeshaker.

Best times out there last year for that race were in the low 40's. There were only 70 racers and the trail was very fast that day. Looks like about 2X the racers for this race and its been a little wet, so I'd say its going to be a little slower. 

With the cutoff at 1:15 pm:
You have to average 55 minute laps to get out for a 5th lap.
If you are really good and can do under 45 minute laps consistently you'll be doing 6, which is about 55 miles

I'm riding Springs this morning, I'll post what the trail conditions are like.

WOW ! what a cool race. great showing from the locals!!

First time riding Anne Springs and holy crap, that place is fast as hell. Makes racing it even that much harder!

Here is how my weekend went:

(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

(y'all should upgrade the forum so these videos can be embedded, just saying  )

yep sugar was in the race, amazing turn out yesterday and great times racing with everyone and that video sums up the day, fast! nicely done Pearl