Good tune up for Kinnie tomorrow, Great job Jim Sent from my iPad
On Mar 19, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Lucas <[email protected]> wrote: > Augusta Ga. 400K Ride Report! > > John o. and I joined 10 others in Augusta Sat. morning for a ride > hosted by Kevin Kaiser. (Top American finisher in 2010’s Race across > America) We rode with Kevin for the first 16 miles; then John flatted > in front of a fire station. On duty Fireman was very friendly and let > us in the garage to get it fixed as it was still dark out. It was > beautiful country, with rolling hills and a gazillion cattle and horse > farms. No more mishaps during the ride, just all those hills > eventually wearing us down. At Watson Mill Bridge State Park near > Athens Georgia, home of Georgia’s longest wooden bridge, 100 miles > into the ride, Kevin told us of some serious, but not too serious > hills coming up but that I would enjoy the flat and fast section after > that. Not so! To quote John, “we may not be climbing but we’re still > going uphill”. > From there we travel even farther away from Augusta to Lake > Hartwell and cross the huge dam there. We’re still patiently waiting > for that flat section as the legs are burning. Now we travel back to > Augusta on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River. 200 miles > into the ride we arrive in McCormick, S.C. just before midnight. This > is our last food stop on the route, and it’s a Huddle House because > it’s the only thing open by the time we get there. I’m hanging on by > a thread. Exhausted, sleepy, legs are toast, shoulder is killing me, > and no energy. Food and Advil help with energy and pain but the rest > I’ll have to endure. John is fairing much better. Only 53 miles left > now. > We stopped once after dinner/breakfast for a cat nap but that > didn’t help much. It was a little colder than expected and there were > storm clouds brewing, but they held off until after we finished. No > traffic, so the road was ours, except for the deer, fox and occasional > snake lying out in the road enjoying the still warm pavement from > yesterday’s sun. (Snakes in March?) This was a very long 54 miles. I > was stopping often to ward off sleep. We started out at 6:00am > Saturday and finished up at 5:30am Sunday. 254 miles of constant > hills and thrills. It was an awesome ride for 200 miles but the last > 54 miles made me seriously wonder why I continue to do this. Kevin > checked us in at the finish and we headed to motel for 4 hours of > sleep before they kicked us out and we headed home. > > -- > 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.
