Found out about this ride Friday pm, next year we need to take group, good route and well supported I understand Jim Sent from my iPad
On Aug 21, 2011, at 8:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This ride was the 2nd annual ride in honor of Raleigh PD's officers killed in > the line of duty. A 50k and 100k. > > Routes cover north Raleigh around the Falls Lake area - lots of hills. Anyway > 100k group heads out rolling easy at 18-19 for a couple of miles or so. > Everyone is jockeying to move past slower or inconsistent riders. the pace > goes to 22 - 25 on the flat sections and 30 or so on the downhills. Group > finally breaks up with about 15 or so of us in the lead group. We stay > together rolling at a steady tempo (22 - 25) as the terrain allows. Group > stays together until RS #3. A couple of us had to stop due to nature's call. > Continued on solo only to find a turn was missed due to a missing sign > removed by a landscape co and not put back (several others missed the same > turn). Turned around and 4 miles later got back on route. Maintained a > relative steady pace 21 or so on the flats but never caught up with any of > the lead group drop-offs so the next 30+ miles was all solo. The significant > climbs were in the first and last 20 miles as the route is a lollipop. Total > mileage was 69 miles at a little under 20. DC, you would have like this ride. > A good route to train for the BSG. > > -- > 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.
