Of yes i know mountain rd HILL very well but i must say i have never met it after riding 100 miles....that had to be a b..well very hard. Nice job on the finish..... This ride might be one i could handle.....if not i could get my parents to come save me.lol Maybe next time....
On Sun Sep 25th, 2011 6:38 PM EDT Tim & Susan wrote: >Kerr Lake Loop 208K Ride Report! > > > >15 people started the ride this morning from the Falls Lake area. I think >that was a record for a Perm Ride thrown together just a few days prior. The >first 28 miles was a leisure/social event that kept all the riders together in >one big double pace line group, but there were too many top dogs in there for >that to continue. A few hills after that and the group separated. I >struggled a bit to keep the front group in sight. About 15 miles from the >Kerr Lake dam the route flattened and I was able to catch up. 10 miles from >the dam I move to the front and set a 20+ pace to the dam, also taking the Va. >Line sprint. Yoo-hoo. I'm feeling good today. My friend Ian takes over from >there and he's keeping the pace 20+. Our group is down to 3 people. Mile 65, >at the halfway point we calm down a bit and regroup with 5 or 6 riders behind >us. We stay together to Clarksville, Va. where we grab some lunch at mile 80. > > >Leaving there we're in hills again and I drop 5 riders off the front. I try >to catch up for the North Carolina line sprint but Brian R. is feeling good >now and he takes it solo uncontested. I hate losing the state line sprints. >The course flattens out again and there are now 6 of us hanging out at the >front. I go back to the front and give another 20+mph pull for several miles >until another long hill pops up. If I could only climb. Again I'm swearing >off beer and ice cream. The 6 are still together at mile 100 when we reach >the mountain on Mountain Road. DC knows the place. It was ugly but I kept >everyone in sight. > >Last control at mile 105. I'm still feeling good. I'm eating ice cream after >just swearing it off. And for the record I'm having recovery drinks now. >Flat course for a while and I throw down one of my 20+ mph pulls for a few >miles and Ian again keeps the heat on after I bail. Mile 125 and we hit >another long hill and Ian and I both get dropped and the others show no love. >Ian finishes pulling me up the hill and hands it over and I slowly reel the 3 >out front back in. Mile 127, 3 miles left we're still cruising 20mph and Ian >slides back to the front, tells me to grab his wheel. We're now cruising >23mph and this is really gonna hurt tomorrow. 1.5 miles left and Brian R. >makes a sprint for the county line and I'm too late to catch him. He takes >the green jersey for his efforts, but he is toast now and fades and I look >back and everyone else is a couple hundred feet behind me. 1.3 miles left and >I now give it everything I have left, which isn't much. I know I have one more hill so I need to keep the gap. Up the hill the gap closes a bit but the last quarter mile is flat and I bring it home. 130 miles! Once in a while they let me win. Builds my self confidence! J > > > >tim > >-- >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.
