2007 Warrior's Society Events

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PROPOSED WARRIOR'S SOCIETY EVENTS IN 2007 - YOUR INPUT NEEDED

The Warrior's Society has decided to end our relationship with the
Flying B
due to problems we have had with one of the property owners. We are
hoping
that these issues are resolved in the future but we cannot count on
them
being resolved in time for our 2007 season.

Because of this, the only events we have concretely planned are the
2007
Mountain Bike Pow Wow (sold out) and the Toad Festival, to be held on
Saturday, May 12th. The Toad Festival will be a fundraiser to support
an
organization that works to prevent teen suicide. Registration for the
Toad
Festival will begin in mid-March.

We are considering promoting another endurance event called "The
Traverse"
that will take place in the Santa Ana Mountains. The course is still
under
consideration but the proposed course will begin at Trabuco Creek Road
where
it ends east of O'Neill Park (the Vision Quest Finish Line). From the
start
you will ride up Trabuco Creek Road to and up the Trabuco Canyon Trail
to
where it ends at the Main Divide Road (the road that runs along the top
of
the Santa Ana's).

From this point you would head north on the Main Divide Road and
traverse
over the top of the Santa Ana Mountains, including the back side climb
up to
Saddleback Peak. After passing Saddleback and Modjeska Peaks you will
continue on the Main Divide Road hitting all the minor peaks until you
reach
Black Star Canyon Road. You will then descend down Black Star Canyon
Road to
the finish line at the Black Star Canyon gate (where we start the
Vision
Quest). The length is probably around 40 miles with about 7,000 feet of
total elevation gain. The event will be a race with prize money for the
top
Open Class finishers.

We may also consider running it the opposite way, starting at Black
Star and
ending with participants descending down the Trabuco Trail and out
Trabuco
Creek Road.

Another event we are considering is a race up Holy Jim, across the Main
Divide and down Trabuco, also with prize money.

We would like your input on these proposed events or any other
suggested
routes you feel would be a good course for future events.
Contact us at: Countingcoup@warriorssociety.org
The Warrior's Society

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"THE TRAVERSE" RACE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH

Our new endurance event in 2007, "The Traverse," is a 44-mile race with
8,000 +- total elevation gain. After your feedback we decided to run
the
course from Black Star to the Trabuco Canyon Trail on the Main Divide.
We
also decided to include the descent down Upper Holy Jim to add a little
single track on the traverse.

It will start at 5:00 a.m., which means most contestants will be done
by
12:00 p.m. and get most of the climbing out of the way by 11:00 a.m.
Club
member Eron Boyer rode the course and it took him around 7 hours.

The start will be at Black Star Canyon Road and the finish will be at
the
end of Trabuco Creek Road and Trabuco Canyon Road (where the Pow Wow
finish
is). There will be one Aid Station at 4 Corners (Maple Springs and the
Main
Divide, a little over half of the way).

The event fee will be $65.00, which will include an event t-shirt,
raffle
prizes, food after the event, finishing awards for all finishers and
CASH
PAYOUT TO THE TOP 3 FINISHERS IN THE EXPERT AGE CATAGORIES AND EXPERT
SINGLE
SPEED CLASS. THERE MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 5 PARTICIPANTS IN EACH AGE
GROUP OR
THE AGE GROUP WILL BE COMBINED.

We will have the following classes and age groups:

Intermediate Class (male and female):

17 to 30
31 to 45
46 and up

Expert Class (male and female):

17 to 30
31 to 45
46 and up

Single Speed Class (male and female):

Intermediate (no age classes)
Expert (no age classes)

Only the expert classes will race for prize money, which will be
determined
based on participation and sponsorship cash provided by our major
sponsors.

All those who finish will receive a finishing award.

Registration will open after the Toad Festival in May. Participation
will be
limited to 300.

From your feedback we believe this event will sell out like the Pow Wow
so
if you are serious about participating register as soon as registration
opens.

[Von-Skipp]

This event is pretty similiar to the Vision Quest. I wonder is people will want to do this race 2x a year.

The Flying B events were perfect to mix up the types of racing.

[mtnbikej]

Originally Posted by Von-Skipp

This event is pretty similiar to the Vision Quest. I wonder is people will want to do this race 2x a year.

The Flying B events were perfect to mix up the types of racing.

We currently have 300 people on a waiting list for VQ and CC.

There are things that work out better for the Traverse.

First off you can preride and train on it whenever you want.

Secondly, this will not be supported as much as the VQ/CC so we don't need as many volunteers.

Thirdly, the roads and trails already exist....so we don't have to build any trails.

mtnbikej