Congratulations Tim! Good job. We all know you're not a quitter. Proves one thing. We can always learn from our mistakes. Riding with us will be plenty of break from your bike. James
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Tim & Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > 400K (Morrisville/Uwharrie) Ride Report! > > **** ** > > I joined 27 others in Morrisville Saturday morning for a little 250 > mile bike ride. Weather was perfect. I’m keeping tabs with the lead > group but riding a lot solo as I’m trying to take it easy on the hills. 95 > miles into the ride we leave Seagrove and cruise through the ****** > Uwharrie** **National Forest****. I’m like the 6th rider to leave out > for the real hills. I passed up getting a meal in Seagrove. (Bad > mistake) Up Flint Hill at 15% grade. Several more long steady climbs. 32 > miles of this to the other side of **Forest**. At the turn-around, 125 > miles from my car, I’m beginning to get a little concerned. I don’t have > my A-game and I’m fading in the ride when I usually get stronger. I’m > still only 10 to 12 mins. behind the leaders so I make a quick stop and > then it’s back through the forest for round two. My calorie tank is > empty and I crawl back to Seagrove. > > I take time now for a real meal but now I eat too much trying to > compensate. I also think that I’m still not completely recovered from > the virus that took me out 8 days previously. I shouldn’t have even > attempted this ride as one of my doctor, riding buddies told me later. > Anyway, > I’m now sick, trying to hold down what I just ate. I should have stayed > put a couple hours to let this settle down but I make another mistake and > start pedaling for home. The next 50 miles is grueling and throwing in > the towel seems like the best idea I had all day. I stopped several > times to keep from losing lunch. I made such good time going down that I > had plenty of time in the bank to get this done but I was ready to be done. > I’m now in ****Siler** **City**** and 300K down, 100K to go. I now link > up with another friend John Morris. He is a little exhausted from the > hills and we ride out the remainder of this event together. He is also > doing the Cascades 1240K next month so we have lots to chat about as we > crawl towards home. 40 miles to go and the sun goes down making it a > little cooler and that also helps me feel a little better. We get back > to Morrisville at 12:30 am. 250 miles and 15,000 feet of climbs for the > day. Can’t wait to do that again! Not! I think this actually calls for > a break from my bike. > > -- > 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.
