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How to survive the Hotter than Hell 100 bicycle race and live to tell about it – Part 2

Wheel Brothers @ Hotter N Hell 100Part 2:  Tips and tricks before the race

1. SLEEP!!!! Make sure you get plenty of sleep from Thursday/Friday night.  The day before folks usually have a hard time sleeping.  So make sure you give your body the maximum amount of rest you can.
2. Pack your gear the night before:  Logical right?  You’d be surprised how many riders freak out in the morning because they realize they left that extra tube at home.

Quick Checklist:

  • Bike
  • Helmet
  • Headband/do-rag
  • Gloves
  • Shoes
  • Socks
  • Bottles (filled with water)
  • Heartrate monitor/GPS/whatever you use
  • Sunscreen
  • Extra tubes, patch kit, emergency bike tool
  • Gu/Shotblocks/whatever you eat during the ride

3. Talking about tubes, make sure you have at least two extra tubes with you on this ride. For some reason, the combination of heat and awesome Wichita Falls road conditions is really tough on them.
4. Whatever you do, do not wear underwear under your riding shorts.  It’s a ‘sensitive’ subject but we speak from experience when we say that saddle sores, ingrown hairs and blisters full of puss… well, you get the picture. Some of the real manly guys use Chamois/Butt Butter.  Yeah, yeah… but it works!
5. Sunscreen: You are going to be in the sun for at least 5 hours or longer at 90+ degrees.  Nuff said.
6. Don’t listen to one of the Wheelbrothers called Wade.  There are more then one gears on your bike. Use them!
7. Find a great group to ride with and draft, if you are experienced enough to do that. Remember to ask for permission to do so before hand. 99% of the time it’s fine but there are anal retentive goobers everywhere.
8. Draft wisely: If you do not know the folks you are drafting of be careful. Figure out if they know what they are doing and if they can hold a steady lane.  If not, the potential couple minutes you are shaving of your overall time, might not be worth the road rash.
9. Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate: Read part 1 – yesterdays story on how to survive the HH100.
10. Keep your head up and have a great time.  ENJOY the ride.  Don’t take it to serious and relish in the experience of riding with 13,000+ other riders.  Make new friends and most importantly, if you see one of the Wheelbrothers say ‘Hi’!!!!

August 26, 2010 Post Under Guides - Read More

Wichita Falls Kicks off the 29th Annual Hotter N’ Hell 100 This Month

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – (Business Wire) August 28 marks an important day for cyclists, as well as the City of Wichita Falls, when the 29th Annual Hotter N’ Hell (HH100) begins for more than 15,000 cyclists and teams from across the country. The ride, which is available at 10K, 25-mile, 50-mile, 100K or 100-mile distance, along the plains of Wichita Falls is the largest one-day endurance ride anywhere in the U.S.


“This is one of the most prestigious and challenging rides in America, and I’m proud that it has been here in Wichita Falls for almost three decades,” saidExecutive Director of the HH100 Chip Filer. “The entire city rallies behind the event with more than 4,000 volunteers helping make it the best cycling experience possible for the sport and the city.”

The ride has brought in a significant array of national sponsors including Academy Sports + Outdoors, Clif Bar and Company, Michelob Ultra, PowerAde, Pfizer, State Farm Insurance, Sonic and United Supermarkets. Sponsors from Dallas/Fort Worth and Wichita Falls include KFDX-TV, KNIN 92.9 FM, Patterson Auto Center, Richardson Bike Mart, Sheppard Air Force Base and Times Record News.

The main ride will commence on Saturday, August 28 at 7 a.m. with a U.S. Air Force flyover for Wichita Falls’ Sheppard Air Force Base and celebrates with an outdoor concert featuring The Killdares at 2nd and Lamar in downtown Wichita Falls.

By Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce & Industry
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August 11, 2010 Post Under News and Events - Read More

Hotter ‘N Hell 2010

Hotter ‘N Hell 2010

Date: Saturday – August 28, 2010Hotter N Hell 2010

Time: 7:00 AM

Event: Hotter ‘N Hell 100

Location: Wichita Falls, TX

Entry Fees: Family rate $25 if postmarked, 35$ after

Routes: 10k , 100k, 25, 50 and 100 Miles

Route Maps and Elevation:

History: The Hotter’N Hell Hundred celebrated its 28th Annual event in 2009. The 28th Annual HHH was a huge success. Larger numbers of riders and racers along with our largest Consumer Show topped the weekend along with the largest finish line village in history of the HHH. The Hotter’N Hell Hundred grew out of efforts to find a special way for Wichita Falls to celebrate its centennial in 1982.

Roby Christie of the Wichita Falls Bicycle Club proposed a bicycle ride – 100 miles in hundred-degree heat to celebrate 100 years.  The original HHH committee promoted the idea as a unique and fitting event to honor the spirit of Texoma and the people that first settled the area.  A consulting company from New York City proposed a rocking chair marathon.  After lengthy discussion the Centennial Committee agreed with the HHH committee that early settlers were not rocking chair people.  Gritty people capable of riding 100 miles in Texoma heat were a more fitting symbol of the tenacity of early settlers.  Mark and Jo Alice Davis, now of Weatherford Texas, coined the name, Hotter’N Hell Hundred.  The rest is Hotter’N Hell History.

Some of the original committee members have moved but Roby and many others remain involved in planning and implementing the event in each of its now 28 years.  The committee started with 7 people and is now in excess of 90.

Website: http://www.hh100.org/

Registration: mail-in registration form, Online registration via BikeReg.com

Additional Info:

Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred and the cycling community of America can look forward to continued innovation in 2010, GPS mapping, and changes to Hell’s Gate. Riders and racers from all over the USA will celebrate the 29th annual Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred on Aug. 28, 2010. Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred will continue to excite record numbers of participants and add to their fitness experience.   The Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred is one of the oldest and largest cycling events in the nation. Fitness oriented riders and bicycle racers will come to Wichita Falls, Texas, from virtually every state and several foreign countries. They will set their calendars for the week of Aug. 26 – Aug. 29, 2009.  The official ride start will be approximately 7:00 a.m. (official sun rise) on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. The Endurance ride is Saturday Aug. 28,2010 with USA Cycling Criterium racing on Friday and Saturday. The HHH will continue to offer an off-road mountain bike race on Friday August 27, 2010 and a trail run on Sunday August 29, 2010 as well.  By the way, the HHH is always 9 days before Labor Day.

Several things happen during the Hotter ‘N Hell weekend. The activities that comprise the HHH are: Registration, Consumer Show, Spaghetti Dinner, USA Cycling Criterium Race, USA Cycling Road Race, the Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred Endurance Ride, an Off-Road bicycle race, off-road trail run along with entertainment food and fellowship at the Finish Line Village. In other words, HHH is not just one day, it is at least 4 days of challenging and inspiring activities.

Endurance cyclists will face wind and heat with the help of 4,000 event volunteers on routes up to 100 miles. The Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred route is rolling with some long inclines accentuated by incessant wind. With the huge consumer products show, off-road mountain biking and USA Cycling Races over the weekend, the Hotter ‘N Hell offers an awesome start and the greatest weekend on two wheels. If you are going to ride 100 miles, the best place to do it is at the Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred!

January 7, 2010 Post Under Finished Rides - Read More





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