24hr rider needed for "Sleepless in the Saddle" (12/13th August, Catton Hall, UK)

Ever thought of doing a 24 hour race. Well here's your chance -
"Sleepless in the Saddle on 12/13th August". The venue is Catton Park,
Walton on Trent (in-between Stafford and Derby), UK. There can't be a
better introduction to 24hr racing than this event. According to the
organisers (the same ones that organise Mountain Mayhem), this course
is well suited to unicycles and far easier than the bigger Mountain
Mayhem. It's a similar set up to Mountain Mayhem in that it's a relay
race and we're in teams. Each rider completes a 10 mile lap, handing
over to the next rider to do the same. Just keep this going for 24hrs
and you're done - easy! Strictly speaking you only need to do a
minimum of 2 laps each to qualify. So, if you think you can ride at
least 20 miles on hilly off road stuff (nothing at all technical) over
a 24 hr period then this is for you.

If you ask any of the ones that recently did Mountain Mayhem what we
thought about 24hr events, we'll all tell you the same. That being:
1. It's a great weekend.
2. It's a hard weekend.
3. You become a "God/hero/super human" for the weekend in the eyes of
the 2 wheeled ones.
4. You come away with such a sense of satisfaction and achievement,
plus a massive grin on your face.
5. The encouragement and support from all the other riders and
marshal's is sometimes overwhelming.
6. The social side is as much a part of the race than anything.

You can ride the course on anything from muni, 29er to Coker. I would
recommend a 29er or Coker though. You don't have to do a night lap if
you don't want to. You could always swap with one of your team mates
if it's not for you. Doing a night lap is one of the hi-lights for most
though. If you do a night lap, then you'll have to have a minimum of
10watts of light and needs to last for a couple of hours.

I must still remind you though that the course isn't flat (although not
too hilly) and that you still need to be relatively fit. You do loose a
lot of sleep, especially if you're doing night laps. *You will need to
be competant at riding off road, for your own and others safety.* There
will be moments when bikers will be overtaking you on narrow bits of
singletrack. Saying that though, the 2 wheeled ones are normally very
curtious to us unicyclists. We cetainly don't want to cause an
accident, or give us unicyclists a bad name.

At the moment we're looking at 2 teams.
One team of 2 and one team of 4.
*We're one rider short of making the team of 4.* So, if you''re
interested in being that 4th person, then either PM me or reply here.

If we get several people interested, then we'll put in 2 teams of 4.
I've had a word with the organisers and they're holding a place for two
unicycle teams until midweek only. I've been told by the organisers
that they're up to over 1000 riders so far. At Mountain Mayhem there's
usually 1700 riders, but that's a slightly bigger event.

Most of the riders that did Mountain Mayhem are already looking forward
to next years event, but are finding it hard to fit in another 24hr
event so soon. This is your big chance to do something extra ordinary
on that one wheel of yours.

Riders so far:

Steve Colligan
Sam Wakeling
Paul Royle
Tue Johansen
Rob Northcott

Please let me know as as possible.
Steve


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I knew there was something I forgot to mention.

These events are large well organised and so comes at a price.

A team of 4 pay £190 between them.
A team of 2 pay £110 between them.

You can't actually put a price on the experience and satisfaction
you'll come away with though - ask any of the ones that did SSMM.

Sam: I have an hour of light on my old set (10 watts) that you could
use. I'm sure some of the Blackpool lot (also SSMMers) wouldn't mind
helping out.

Steve


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I'd love to go but I can't
I've got a spare set of lights, get in touch if anyone wants them.


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We now have a team of 4 and a team of 2 for this years Sleepless in the
Saddle. The first time unicycles have entered this 24hr race.

TEAM OF 4

Paul Royle
Tue Johansen
Rob Northcott
Joe McLean

*Team of 2*

Steve Colligan
Sam Wakeling

If anyone would like to play at being a reserve then please let us
know.
I'll phone the organisers to confirm that entry forms are on their
way.

If it's anything like SSMM, then it's going to be a great weekend.

Steve


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