\u00a0(1)Prepare your liver for the Little 500 in April by seeing if you can \u2018qual\u2019: the race week will challenge you both physically and mentally, and this weekend provides you with an opportunity to see how far you can push yourself. Are we implying that you should engage in unhealthy binge drinking, underage consumption of alcohol, and other forms of irresponsible drinking this weekend? No, everyone else is doing that, we don\u2019t need to do that, so we\u2019re just reporting factually. As the riders work to reduce their handoff times, you could (hypothetically) work on your hole-punch to pull-tab times to get that shotgun PR.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(3)As you party this weekend, remember to pour one out for your fellow Hoosiers who won\u2019t be spending the weekend on Qual\u2019s time because they got stuck spending it on Kuali\u2019s time at work because Gregg wouldn\u2019t take their shift even though when you ordered pizza last week and Gregg said he wasn\u2019t hungry but then ate two slices, you didn\u2019t make Gregg Venmo you because he said he would just \u2018owe\u2019 you. I will never forget about this, Gregg, TWO SLICES AND A MAN\u2019S WORD USED TO MEAN SOMETHING IN THIS COUNTRY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
– (4)Wondering why Little 5 bikes don\u2019t have brakes? Legend has it this is because Ken Nuun was paying off race organizers to bring more injured clients his way, but like most legends, it\u2019s mostly false: Little 5 bikes actually do have brakes. The classic aluminum single-speed bikes use a rear coaster brake hub that locks up the rear wheel when you peddle backwards. They are just like normal brakes on a bike, if your normal brakes only worked on one wheel and sounded like a roll of quarters in a dryer on the \u2018towels\u2019 setting. Anyways, you could honor the \u2018brakeless\u2019 traditions of the event by not taking a break from drinking, or you could not do that and drink responsibly. We report, you decide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(2) Get inspired. Tell yourself you\u2019ll race in Little 5 next year. Buy a Peloton (without your roommates\u2019 permission), but then your RA says you can\u2019t keep it in your room because your roommate \u201cneeds a place to sleep too\u201d. You have to move it. Again. To the communal bathroom. You hide it in the big handicap accessible shower stall,but now it’s wet and hairs are getting caught on the bottom. You are forced to wear your shower flip flops when you train, all because your roommate is a snitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(5)Get answers to your Little 500 questions before the actual race: Quals is also a great opportunity to save yourself from potential embarrassment during race week by clearing up misconceptions now like, \u201cis it called that because they do 500 laps\u201d or \u201cwhy don\u2019t they just shift into a better gear\u201d. If those were your actual questions, then we\u2019ll quickly address them: it\u2019s 200 and 100 laps for the men\u2019s and women\u2019s races, respectively. The \u2018500\u2019 is a direct reference to the Indy 500 because of race founder Howdy Wilcox\u2019s ties to the Indycar race. The riders don\u2019t just \u201cshift into a better gear\u201d because track cycling is not about needing gears or who has the best groupset, it\u2019s about the riders with the most heart<\/s> biggest quads winning it all. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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