UCup #2 - Mansfield Weekend - Sept 20&21

[Pascal]

Hey everyone, once again great job to everyone who raced at Hardwood. It was a great time and we are looking forward to the next race. This week we're off to Mansfield. This UCup is a bit special because it goes on for two days. Here's a bit of a brief overview of what's going to be going on:

-Saturday there are two races, the crit and time trial. The crit is super fun. The way it works is each category sort of has a a mini-tournament. For example, all the Men's A riders are split into groups of 4 riders. Each group races 2 laps of a super short course (like 400m) and the top 2 riders move on to the next round. The time trial is pretty much what it sounds like, there is a set course (featuring mostly single track) and riders are sent out at timed intervals. In fact your results in the crit determine the start order in the time trial. These events are both fun and this is the only time you will get to do them over the course of the Ucups so it's worth coming out for.
-After this UofT will provide a delicious spaghetti dinner (FREE) and we will camp at Mansfield for the night, so bring lots of dry and warm clothes.
-We wake up in the morning, Matt has talked about making a visit and cooking us dinner, but this is still unconfirmed so plan to bring food for breakfast unless you hear differently - we'll keep you posted.
-Pre-ride the xc course and then race!

SO, since this is a more complex operation, we will need to be super organized. Please post up how many people you are bringing, how many bikes, if you can drive how many people and bikes you can fit (don't forget to count yourself) and if you're bringing a tent, how many people can you squish in there. Please remember to bring enough food to last Saturday and Sunday (not counting dinner Saturday night). Make sure you come out to this one everyone, it's gona be pretty wicked.

So that's a lot of information, let's recap what you need to bring:
- 2 sets of cycling clothing
- Any cycling gear you need (tubes, pumps, helmet, shoes, tools etc.)
- Food:
- Saturday you will need some sort of lunch, light enough, in between the crit and TT)
- Snacks, always nice to have something to munch on
- Potentially Sunday morning breakfast, to be confirmed
- Some sort of lunch/snack sunday if you want
- Money for the race, if you havent paid for the series already(30$/day of racing)
- Sleeping bag, pillow, tent(if you are bringing one)
- WARM clothes, trust me it gets DARN cold over night there!
- Rain clothes, becausse you just never know when you're out in the wild
- A winning attitude, and a little Guelph pride
- oh and fun bring that fu with you it's gonna be a sweet weekend!!!!!

*As usual, meet at 7am on Saturday at the Timmies on Stone Rd

*Also let us know if you're coming for both days or just for saturday or sunday

Racers:
Pascal 1P 1B
Ralitza 1P 1B
Adam 1P 1B
Luke 1P 1B
Kiyo 1P 1B (Saturday only)
Jennie 1P 1B (Sunday only)
Leslie 1P 1B
Allison 1P 1B (Saturday only + overnight)
JB 1P 1B (Sunday only)
Brett 1P 1B
Spencer (1P 1B) (Sunday only)


Totals: 8P 8B going up Saturday
2P 2B going up Sunday
8P 8B coming back Sunday

Cars:
Pascal 4-5P 0B
Kiyo 5P 3B (Saturday only)
JB 5P 5B (Sunday only)
Schmidt Shaggin Wagon 4P 4-6B


Totals: 10P 3B going up Saturday
5P 5B going up Sunday
10P 5B coming back Sunday

Tents:
Adam 2P + 2P
Luke 3-4P
Ralitza 6P

[Ralitza]

I'm in!
Both days: 1P 1B

[gillianhairys]

ahhhh wish I could come so badly, but I'm involved with a wedding all weekend- kick some ass UGC!!

[adamo]

I'll be there 1P1B!

I have room for one more person in my tent, and I have another 2 person tent that I can bring if it's needed. I also have an extra sleeping mat and 2 sleeping bags (but the one is pretty thin so make sure you bring a blanket), just let me know if you need to borrow it.

[flav]

Gill, do you know what I did last year?... Raced the crit, immediately after raced the TT, jumped in the crappy showers by the campsites to wash off the inch thick layer of mud from my skin, changed into a suit, hauled ASS down to TO for a wedding ceremony at 3pm(and was only 15 min late CHYEA), went to the reception and ate a shitton of food and drank only 2 beers(somehow at an open bar), hauled ass back to Guelph, got like 5 hours of sleep, got up, drove back to mansfield and raced the XCO race....

Its doable... lol

[lukeparsons]

I'll be there both days, 1P and 1B.

I am going to bring a 4 person tent, so I have room for 2 or 3 other people if someone needs a spot.

[kiyocampbell]

Hey, I'd like to come. It would be my first race, but it sounds fun.

I can only go for Saturday, but I have my own car to transport myself and other people if need be.
Car fits 4 other people and 2 other bikes.

[jbmoff200]

I'm in, will be a lateish Sunday departure though... So... 1P 1B for Sunday, and I can drive 5P 5B total in the JB Big Rig... Sunday only

[Jennie (from the block)]

I can only come for the Sunday race. I can bring my van again but if there's only a handful people heading up on Sunday I'd love to carpool (especially since I don't really know the area). So, 1P 1B for Sunday.

[flav]

FYI this weekend is always a blast and a highlight of the series/ your fall semester. The races on Saturday are really unique and a lot of fun and the camping is a hoot as well. So I encourage you all to try and make it for the whole weekend if you can!

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the provincial championships are on Sunday which means some of us will be missing.

I will be there on Saturday with you guys and will probably camp over as well but I gotta save my legs for a course which will be ball busting on Sunday lol

I think I will have my own mode of transportation as well

[Leslie]

1p 1b for THE WHOLE WEEKEND woohhhoooooooooo !!

[valtra]

I'm hoping to go Sunday too and will post up confirmation tomorrow. What time should we head out?

[allison]

I will be racing Saturday, and on racing Provincials on Sunday (hopefully flav you can still drive me?). I may die a bit on Sunday, but oh well!
So 1b 1p!
I will need a tent to sleep in and does anyone have an extra pad to sleep on? I have my own sleeping bag though.

[bretthilker]

Ill be there both days, 1P 1B.

[Pascal]

Hey guys, looks like we might be a bit short on bike space to get up there on Saturday, so if anybody who is going up Saturday has access to wheels and can transport 1 or 2 bikes that would be super appreciated

[Jennie (from the block)]

Any Sunday-only racers have a game-plan for travel yet? Like I mentioned before, I'd prefer to carpool since I don't know the area or how to get there but, if necessary, I can drive the group of us up since I have my van. In the meantime, anyone have an update on their plans yet?

[spencerr]

I'm in for Sunday only, just 1p 1b!

[Pascal]

Ok we are good on cars! See everyone at 7am at timmies tomorrow!

[valtra]

Jenny, unfortunately I won't be able to make it on Sunday so I think it may be just you and JB heading up.

[Jennie (from the block)]

Thanks for the heads up! JB, when are you thinking of driving up to Mansfield tomorrow?

[Jennie (from the block)]

I haven't heard from JB at all so, for any Sunday-only goers, I'm going to go to the Tim Hortons on Stone Rd. (across from the mall) tomorrow morning at 7 AM. I'll wait until about 7:30 and then I'm going to head out. Just in case, my number is 519-362-5823. I've got room for 2 more people + bikes and a google map to the Mansfield Outdoor Centre, which I think is the right spot (here's hoping!) Hopefully see you in the AM, folks!

[jbmoff200]

Hey guys,

Sorry for the late reply but I don't think I'm going to be able to make it tomorrow and if I do it will be a very late departure (9:30 or later) but not lookin so good. If I do come Ill post up here in the early am. Good luck if I don't see yea all!

[Jennie (from the block)]

Just a heads up, looks like Mansfield isn't nearly as difficult to find as I thought. Spencer (since I think it's just us), let's meet at 8 instead so we're not so early and hanging around until race start. Hopefully you get this message but, if not, I'll head over early to catch you.

[Pascal]

Great job to everyone who came out! It was a great weekend with the crit and TT yesterday, dodging the rain for the most part of the weekend, the UoT pasta dinner and bonfire, getting stung by wasps, and of course racing hard on a fun course. Hope to see you all at Albion next weekend!