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Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

RDJRally@... — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:44:58 GMT

ome of the hardest traps are after a break, when brains are dead dave J ... From: Dave Head To: SCCARoadRally@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, Feb

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

modeltom — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:08:23 GMT

for a trip that long, you might want to take a tip for cyclists, who will go for 6-88 hours without stopping, and from experience, cycling is a lot more

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

Jjsrally@... — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:59:42 GMT

For upcoming Tucson National: Start at 8; morning break is late (approx 1055); lunch approx 1245 (90 minutes for approx 19 miles); afternoon break approx 4

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

Jay Nemeth-Johannes — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:47:02 GMT

On nationals that last 10 hours, it is kind of important to eat something. Otherwise you get clobbered with low sugar mid-afternoon. OTOH, you don¹t eat much

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

Bill Jonesi — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:35:11 GMT

Realistically about 2-2.5 hours is the longest contestants should have to go without a rest break. For most Nationals that works out to an easy 1/4, break,

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

jwakemen43@... — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:19 GMT

A good byproduct of rest breaks on rallies is it gives the control crews more time to move to their next location. The main purpose is to make the day

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

modeltom — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:19:34 GMT

I always assumed the after-rally celebration wasn't what the no-alcohol rule was about. By then, you're off the road, and you can have a few without worrying

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

Dave Head — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:05:30 GMT

Alcohol is prohibited before the rally, during the rally, but only after the rally for those that must do official things like claims committee, other

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

modeltom — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01:25 GMT

I can relate to that, which is why we carried bananas on those 150-mile cycling races, and the big meal comes only after you are finished. IIRC, the break was

Re: list traffic

Tom Goodwin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:54:12 GMT

Really? Did President Obama balancethe budget too? ;) Walt, That must be it. Len In a message dated 2/9/2010 6:01:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

Dave Head — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:47:51 GMT

Hi MT, Yes, it is usual to schedule breaks into rallies. There are several reasons for this. One is obvious - comfort. Don't know any rallyists with cast

Re: list traffic

Lenpicton@... — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:45:40 GMT

Walt, That must be it. Len In a message dated 2/9/2010 6:01:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, WaltKammer@... writes: Len, perhaps all of a sudden everyone is

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

modeltom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:39:21 GMT

I was on a control crew myself. My partner who was watching the time, got us on the road with plenty of time to find the spot (which was not easy with all the

Re: Mid-Rally break/rest stop

Jjsrally@... — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:24:58 GMT

re lunch stops during a rally: take as much time as you want, then buy time. As long as you want to get the control crews angry with you and disrupt their

Mid-Rally break/rest stop

modeltom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:17:13 GMT

Over the weekend, we stopped at about the halfway point at a truck-stop that was on the rally route, and some people were inside getting a meal or chatting.