Unofficial Winter Throw Down: Team Ommegang - Syracuse Bicycle ChiliMan Challenge

Forecast -- Cazenovia, NY  -- Sunday(1/23):

A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 8. Calm wind becoming northwest between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

High of 8 ? ! !... ummmm, dress warm!

** January 13, 2011 Update **

All details are tentative and subject to change, even during the event, (mainly because we're winging it and making up the rules as we go along) but here's what we're thinking:

Ride Start Time/Place:  ready to ride at 10am sharp from the Caz High School parking lot off of East Lake Rd.  This is where the Caz based OCC rides usually leave from.

Ride Route:  So we don't have to put too much thought into this, we'll "borrow" a route from OCC.  We'll do the 31 mile Caz-Hardscrabble ride -- see link:  http://onondagacyclingclub.org/maps/pdf/Caz-1.pdf

Prize List: A 750 ml Three Philosophers (1st place), a small 3 Phils for 2nd, and some PBR for 3rd to share with everyone else. First place will also be given a coveted ChiliMan talisman as pictured above.  We're also considering adding a Ladies division if in fact any are interested.

Registration:  To register, just say "I'm in" under the comments section of the post.  You ridin or hidin?

We're sure some of ya have heard of and/or may have ran in the Chilly Chili.  While admittedly yes, it is a non-cycling event, it is a good time that you should try to attend (yes you can run a 5K).  Last year's event saw a surprising number of local cyclist lacing up their running shoes with some putting in some pretty darn respectable times.

OK, if you're still not convinced, we believe there will be lots of chili sampling and beer sampling at the post race festivities.

So we're thinking that to "spice" things up a little bit (we're talking chili here), we're going to throw down an informal challenge .. the unofficial, informal, loosely formatted, casually structured Team Ommegang-Syracuse Bicycle ChiliMan Challenge.  Ya ready ... weather permitting (and it will have to be real bad), we will plan on riding for probably 2 hours or so BEFORE the 5K.  We'll finish the ride 45-60 minutes before the 5K and then participate in the 5K.   The person who posts the best 5K time that also rode prior will be the winner of a highly coveted 750 ml bottle of Three Philosophers as well as the hard earned bragging rights as the ChiliMan.

Info on the 5K is below.  Registration for the Team Ommegang-Syracuse Bicycle ChiliMan Challenge is well, -- all you have to do is show up at the bike ride portion and you're entered.  Details on the bike ride portion will be posted at a later date -- stay tuned.  Please remember this is meant to be an informal, fun twist on a basic training ride and is not officially affiliated with the 5K event.

http://www.chillychili.com/