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MUni at North America Unicycle Nationals
NORTH AMERICA UNICYCLE NATIONALS RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA (MT. RUSHMORE AREA) JULY 6-12, 2008 'www.NAUCC08.com' (http://www.NAUCC08.com) At this year’s nationals Mountain Unicycling is shaping up to be really good. As the MUni coordinator I’m doing my best to have a lot of MUni related events. As the local unicyclists are into Muni along the hilly terrain, it makes my job a lot easier. Below is a list of all the events and what you will notice is more MUni events than any other Nationals. Some are really brutal, such as the 13 mile race. Others are brand new such as the short obstacle based on time or the long technical ride based on number of falls. While there are many MUni competitions, there will also be plenty of fun MUni rides during the non-Muni competition days. Actually, we have already been talking about having MUni fun rides on July 4th and 5th as well (I was going to drive up on July 3rd). If you haven’t been to this area, the terrain is perfect for lots of MUni rides. The competitions will be held on the M-hill, a hill that is right outside of downtown (about 3 miles from where all the main events will be happening). With the main hill so close, that means great access and easy to get some practice in. Trials and Long Distance: I don’t know much about those events other then there is lots of planning to make them good. LINKS: 5M PDF of the M-Hill (where the competitions will be held) -'mhilltrails.pdf ' (http://www.unitours.org/naucc/mhilltrails.pdf) Google link right to the M-Hill - 'tinyurl.com/2mxgfm ' (http://tinyurl.com/2mxgfm) EXTREME UPHILL AND DOWNHILL RACE Date/Time: Sun, July 6 13:30-15:00 Location: M Hill - Close to the main facilitates Course Length: short Rider Level: While open to all riders, it is geared to more advanced MUni riders MARATHON CROSS COUNTRY (SUPER LONG - 13 MILES) Date/Time: Sun, July 6 15:00-18:00 Location: M Hill - Close to the main facilitates Course Length: 13 miles Rider Level: Only open to riders who have previously ridden this distance MUNI OBSTACLE COURSE Date/Time: Sun, July 7 8:00-16:00 Location: Bottom of the M Hill Course Length: Short, will take less than two minutes Rider Level: Open to all riders Note: Each rider will get two official tries INTERMEDIATE UPHILL AND DOWNHILL RACE Date/Time: Mon, July 7 9:00-12:00 Location: M Hill - Close to the main facilitates Course Length: short Rider Level: Open to all riders MUNI CROSS COUNTRY Date/Time: Sun, July 7 12:00-15:00 Location: M Hill - Close to the main facilitates Course Length: less than 2 miles, the course will be slightly down hill Rider Level: Open to all riders TECHNICAL CROSS COUNTRY Date/Time: Thursday, July 10 8:00-16:00. Riders can compete when they are ready Location: M Hill - Close to the main facilitates Course Length: 2 miles, the course will be downhill Rider Level: Open to all riders Note: This event is scored on the number of falls. MUNI FUN RIDES Date/Time: Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri 13:00 to 16:00 (end time may vary) Location: Plenty of different places to go ride around the area Course Length: Varies Rider Level: Varies There is an Overall MUni award for men and women. This award will consist of the following MUni events: Extreme Uphill, Extreme Downhill, Muni Cross Country, Technical Cross Country, Marathon Cross Country and Muni Obstacle Course -- Andy Cotter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Cotter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3718 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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MUni at North America Unicycle Nationals
Andy Cotter wrote: MARATHON CROSS COUNTRY (SUPER LONG - 13 MILES) Date/Time: Sun, July 6 15:00-18:00 Location: M Hill - Close to the main facilitates Course Length: 13 miles Rider Level: Only open to riders who have previously ridden this distance Sounds like fun, but I don't know if I can make it with RTL being so close. Also, I wouldn't necessarily call 13 miles "super" long. Unless it's a lot more rugged than a typical mountain bike XC course, I'd bet the winner will finish in under 2 hours, which isn't very long. -- phlegm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ phlegm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8382 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Andy Cotter wrote: EXTREME UPHILL AND DOWNHILL RACE Date/Time: Sun, July 6 13:30-15:00 Location: M Hill - Close to the main facilitates Course Length: short Rider Level: While open to all riders, it is geared to more advanced MUni riders Similarly to a DH MTB race in BC I read about, I think it'd be good if there were optional difficult sections w/ time bonuses, as well as time penalties for UPD's. If I remember correctly the winning "time" was about 3:30. All of the top 10 or so finishers out of 60ish attempted all of the hardest sections (in some spots there were three options). -- skilewis74 Ride everywhere and never just ride anywhere. If you can ride where you are going within a hour, do it, and if you can do a trick 50-75% of the time do it along the way. Bob Bernquist on how to improve significantly. yunisyko wrote: it's all about balls. i lose them often and then get em back. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ skilewis74's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12404 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Thanks for all the detail, it sounds frikkin' awesome! I hope newer events like these are allowed to take the place of some of the older events if they don't have the interest they used to. phlegm wrote: I wouldn't necessarily call 13 miles "super" long. If you compare it to unicycle races, it's one of the longest. The longest race ever held at a USA Nationals was 9 miles (on 24" wheels). I don't think the USA has done anything over 10k for unlimited wheels. I've only once been in a unicycle race longer than nine miles, and that was the Unicon (full) Marathon in 2006. This race will be more than twice the length of anything we've done as a MUni race with the USA. skilewis74 wrote: I think it'd be good if there were optional difficult sections w/ time bonuses, as well as time penalties for UPD's. Fun, but makes it a lot more complicated to run the event, as there has to be officials watching every inch of the course. But apparently that will be the case on the Technical XC race, where dismounts will be counted. So there will have to be enough officials to see the entire course and somehow keep track of dismounts by each rider. I love the list of events, now someone needs to come up with the rules to go with them. Like always, if you give them plenty of thought ahead of time and let everybody know about it, you will eliminate a lot of confusion at event time (as well as helping competitors prepare). What will the rules be? How will dismounts be counted in the scoring of the Technical XC race? Perhaps they could be a percentage deduction from the rider's time, to keep them in proportion to what each rider is doing? The Obstacle Course event sounds fascinating as well. Unless something specific is already planned, it would be nice if it could run as similar as possible to our "flatland" one (two tries, zero dismounts, best time). -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- Man with broken collar bone say: "Have you checked your shoelaces lately?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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The 13 mile XC ride sounds great and just about right for a proper XC race. -- siafirede James = my name 'This' (http://www.myspace.com/clawsout) = my myspace Pump Air Not Gas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ siafirede's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6057 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I'm there! -- forrestunifreak I will, because I can. '*-My Gallery-*' (http://tinyurl.com/wcrsl) *www.qu-ax.com* *unicycle for christ* Joe "Hodgekins" wrote: Oh... they don't kick bricks, do they? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ forrestunifreak's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6828 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Is the Extreme Uphill and Downhill one race where you climb, then turn around and descend? Or is it two separate races? Either would be cool, I was just wondering. Peace Seamus -- smcmorrow \"It's knot gonna make it!\" -threeinchtire ------------------------------------------------------------------------ smcmorrow's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10881 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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MUni at North America Unicycle Nationals
Here are some answers to questions. "13 miles isn't all that long" - As John pointed out, it is long for a MUni race. I haven't heard of any MUni race being that long anywhere in the world. While I can ride for 13 MUni miles, riding 13 miles as fast as possible is a totally different idea. 2+ hours of racing means that the rider will have to being water and some sort of food. Uphill and downhill - They are separate races. To make it a lot easier to judge and run, if you dismount you will be disqualified. You will have two official chances and as many practice runs you want. Rules for all these races - That is the next step. I need to work with Shawn (organizer of Nationals) on these. As he came up with the races, I know he has ideas on how to run them. I'll work with him to get all the race rules on paper and then publish them. Once they are published I'll make sure I give people a chance to critque them in case something was missed. -Andy -- Andy Cotter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Cotter's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3718 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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I'm probably just getting hung up on semantics, again, but I don't agree that riding "as fast as possible is a totally different idea." Maybe my idea of fun is different than a lot of MUni riders, but I would estimate my typical "just for fun" solo ride to be 80-90% of my race pace. Riding fast and covering lots of terrain is fun. Riding "slowly" and taking breaks are for "social" group rides. Nonetheless, I think 13 miles is a good length for a -long- XC race. I just think "marathon" and "super" are overstatements. -- phlegm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ phlegm's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8382 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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MUni at North America Unicycle Nationals
AWESOME Andy! Thanks for the info. I'm going to be there if I have to uni there! Thanks for helping make this happen and if you need any help, I'm there. Sounds like it's going to be one of the best Nationals yet, especially for MUni. -- unicycle6869 Jamey (formaly tuna6869) Which is worse, a president who screws an intern, or a president who screws the country? "Not all who wander are lost." -J. R. R. Tolkien ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unicycle6869's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8990 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/66402 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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