Congratulations Bob! Great job! Sounds like a great ride. Glad you made it back before the tornadoes hit. James
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Bob Luppino <[email protected]>wrote: > I had a very interesting ride today. I drove to Columbia, NC for the 8 AM > start of a full century. The wind had started to pick up before the start > (not too bad, 13 mph with gusts). The first 30 miles were straight into the > wind with many sections of the road unprotected. Then there was the "Peak" > -- the bridge over the Intercoastal Waterway on the way to Lake > Mattamuskeet. Fifty miles around the lake with strong crosswinds off of the > lake and about 5 miles of tailwind. Back over the "Peak" to a flat straight > road back to the start. The last 13 miles were full tailwind and were > SWEET. I wish my legs had not been so sore from fighting the winds; I > barely managed 31 mph. Turns out I represented the CoWs pretty well. I got > several comments about the cool kit and I was the first to finish the > century by 30 minutes. OK, there were only 5 riders foolish enough to try > the century in the winds and one abandoned due to cramps but at least I > finished. > > And then I pulled into the garage to find my wife and son heading to the > bathroom because of the local tornado warning. All in all a good but very > interesting day. > > I hope everyone made it through the severe weather with no problems. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Tim & Susan > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 4:37 PM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COWs] Sat > > > My brevet was postponed at the last minute to Sunday so I was gonna sit > today out but hard core Pete rode up my driveway this morning at 8:00am > ready to go so we cruised out to Bailey for breakfast and back for 30 > miles. > Then we chilled out with a post ride recovery drink. I'm soooo glad it was > only a short ride today.! Whew! > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellis, Nick" < > [email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 3:34 PM > Subject: [COWs] Sat > > > Just Jeff and me. Black Creek via Bert's cut thru to Frank Price Ch Rd. As > usual, lots of wind. > > Should be nice on Sunday. OSB @ 2:00. > Nick Ellis > Poyner Spruill LLP > 252-452-2127 (M) > 252-972-7115 (W) > > Please consider the environment before printing. > > *********** > > This electronic communication (including attachments) may contain attorney > privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the > named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are prohibited > from disseminating, distributing or copying this communication. If you have > received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by > return > message or by telephone at 919.783.6400 and delete this communication from > your system. Thank you. > > To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, unless > specifically indicated otherwise, any tax advice contained in this > communication (including any attachments) was not intended or written to be > used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of avoiding tax related penalties > or promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax related > matter addressed herein. > > *********** > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
