Tony I was pretty disappointed. You should have hung in a little longer up Doc. Im just trying to help you reach your peak fitness!
On Mar 8, 7:33 am, "Tony" <[email protected]> wrote: > It was a great ride. We started with about 22 riders with some cutting it > short. With about 18 riders left we made a concerted effort to keep the > group together. Double paceline was tight, there were no surges and everyone > did the work up front. It was perfect. > > Thanks to Fernando for helping Don, myself and another rider catch the main > group after the speedy climb up Doc. Once Fernando gets in that tuck > position it's all over for the competition. Thanks to Don for getting us to > work as a team. Thanks to Logan for putting me out front on the Doc and > letting me hang out there to dry. Hey, Logan, I really apreciated that! > And Tom was the 3rd guy to come in with Logan and Steve. Great job to you > three. One more thank you to Dave for giving me a wheel to hang on to as we > were trying to catch the lead three up Leesville on the final climb. We > knew it was impossible but we sure did give it the old college try. (My > heart didn't appreciate it though). And, oh, kudo's to Joel who rides that > old Vitus with 18th century Dura-Ace and tubular tires, who flatted btw, and > managed to ride with the group the whole way until about the last 8 miles. > Great job Joel. > > Specs were 70 miles @ 19.5mph average. As Rick said, what a great day to be > alive and on the bike. > > Tony > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "Gyros" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 6:15 AM > Subject: [Gyros: 12537] Great ride yesterday... > > Gyros, (Did everyone turn those clocks ahead?) > > What a great way to start the cycling season! Even though we had a couple of > mechanicals, and a coach (John?) who was a bit nervous about making the > start of his soccer game everyone stayed together and shared the work. > > I think that I can speak for other riders when I say that riding near 4 > hours was a concern since many of us have only been getting in 45 min rides > on the trainer (although Jim had mentioned something about doing 3 hours on > his trainer!). > > But, the group dynamics were great and it was a really nice, controlled > ride. Tony laid out a great course, the weather could not have been better, > and it was simply a good day on the bike. > > It was great to see Fernando again, who came to the front on Leesville to > help as we were trying to catch the front group (who, at that point were > just to far up the road). I thought that I would give it one more try and > took the lead up that final climb. Suddenly, Tony, Fernando, and just about > everyone else went by me and I was done. Gassed. Don rode at my slowing pace > and offered some sympathetic words...thanks, Don! > > Anyway, great riding by Logan, Steve, and, I am not sure who else was in > that lead group. I few more rides like this, and a few less pounds and our A > group will be back in form! > > Rick- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
