Q: How many riders participate?
A: Approximately 2,750 (Can't find the exact number on their website, but the word is that the number was increased this year from 2,500)
Q: How many riders finish?
A: The options are finishing one, two, three or four passes. The fifth pass is the killer and I do not know the percentage of riders who set out to ride all five passes and actually complete it. I'll let you know.
Q: What is the average time for finishing all five passes?
A: The average time is 10 hours, the max time allowed is 12.5 hours.
Q: What is your goal for the ride?
A: My goal has been to learn and complete the training necessary for this event and finishing all five passes, all 129 miles, all 15,000+ feet of climbing.
Q: What is your goal for TurningWheels?
A: To raise $4,000 towards their efforts to give away 1,000 bicycles and increase awareness about the organization and its fantastic mission.
Q: What do you eat during training?
A: Depending on the day and intensity/length of the ride, I start with a breakfast of Kashi cereal and fruit. In addition to one water bottle and one bottle of Cytomax (caloric/energy drink), that lasts my morning rides. However, longer rides require more solid food. For example, on the June 25th ride, I ate two Power Bars, two Clif Bars, two bottles of Cytomax, 2 bottles of Gatorade and one Milky Way (that was the best part).
Q: What do you eat during the Death Ride?
A: This is a fully supported ride, meaning that 700 volunteers and sponsors set up water and food stations along the route. There are 7 full rest stops (food and drink), plus 4 additional water stops and a lunch stop.
Q: What have you given up in your training?
A: Well, it surely hasn't been food! If anything, it has been free time.
Q: What is the first thing you are looking forward to after the ride is over?
A: A really long massage
