"Awesome"
One ride at a time!
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From: "Goocey M.K. Joshua" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 3:11 PM
Subject: [COWs] A More Human Saturday Ride Report
At around 8:15 a.m., I arrived at the Raleigh Whole Foods in my new
Prius--Kim, you can start laughing now :) About 100 other riders and I
set out at 9 am for the 60 mile ride. I settled in at the back of the
break away peloton, averaging about 22+ mph. I felt strong in my head,
but the hills quickly zapped my legs. Within 10 miles I couldn't see
anyone in front or behind me. I thought, "crap, the main group left me,
and the other group must have gone on the 30 mile ride." I'm going to
have to pound these miles out solo. I rode on for a couple more miles
and still didn't see another human being. I finally got caught by a stop
light, I looked around, and there was a whole sea of riders about 1/2 a
mile behind me. "Whew," I thought, "I can go back to the CoW's with my
head held high. I didn't get completely dropped in the first ten miles."
I found a group of about 15 seasoned riders, and we held together until
about mile 30. Right at mile 30 we descended the biggest hill I've ever
taken on my bike. We peaked out at 37 mph, and I thought, "this is
awesome," right up to the point where we hit the bottom of the hill and
Mount Everest rose up before us, and I dropped off to a grinding 5 mph.
The middle peloton left me behind, and three other guys and me climbed
the mountain together. The wind blew in our faces. Snow banks covered us
on both side, and Yettis stalked the forest. Who knew all this was in
Raleigh. We made it to the second sag stop, refueled and dropped back in
the saddle for the last 20 miles. I fell in with the same seasoned
riders until we hit another big hill, and I dropped off again. I got
lost at mile 50, took a wrong turn, and had to turn around. I rode the
last 10 miles solo, and arrived back at the Whole Foods just behind the
cycling team that was smoking before the race, and just before some dude
on a Seven and some lady on a Pinarello. I finished about 15th . . .
from the last, knocking down 65 miles and 4000 calories burned.
My lessons for the day: stay the hell away from the breakaway peloton,
and build your legs for hills. I got a lot of work to do before BSG.
Rev. Joshua M.K. Goocey
Senior Minister
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
207 Tarboro St. N.
Wilson, NC 27896
[email protected]
On Mar 7, 2010, at 9:57 AM, ssp wrote:
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