I attended a wedding in Greensboro on Saturday. So, I decided to take
advantage of the close proximity to Pilot Mountain. On Friday, I
summited the two mile mountain road three times for a total of about
6,600 vertical feet of climbing in 15 miles. Each assent equals
roughly 2,200 feet in 2 miles, and the hill averages just over a 9%
grade, peaking at 18% . All in all it took right at 2 hours. I did
not have my new BSG cassette installed. So, I did it the hard way.
Other than the important technical lessons i learned about ascending
and descending, I learned to embrace hills and heat. Now I have wind
(the 97 mile beach ride), hills and heat under my saddle. Tim, is
there anything else?
On Saturday I soloed 35 miles on the hills of Greensboro, averaging
15.5 mph, down from my Wilson avg of 18 mph. Considering the previous
days training and the rolling hills of GSO, I felt satisfied.
I don't know if I'm ready for BSG, but I have done all I can.
I hope to get out for one more group ride before BSG.
Do we have any plans to all meet up and start the BSG ride together.
I know that we definitely won't finish together, at least I know that
I won't finish with the CoW's peloton, but it would be nice to start
out with a few friendly faces.
Peace,
Goose
Rev. Joshua M.K. Goocey
Senior Minister
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
207 Tarboro St. N.
Wilson, NC 27896
[email protected]
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act
rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those
because we have acted rightly.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a
habit. Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy
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