I rested but the pollen is killing me. I had to dig really deep to beat Ryan up Doc and it was a tough finish. I went to work after the ride and by 4am I was a zombie.
It was a good ride though. Unfortunately Ill have to miss next tuesday. On Apr 29, 1:33 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to thank Tony and Bert for the ride report. Bert did his very > best to lay out the point winners, and I have based the awards on what he > observed. Any mistakes are easily corrected, but must be confirmed by all > riders involved. > > It sounded like a great Gryo ride. The peloton included: Logan, Steve, Ryan, > Art, Bert, Grey, Lou, Keil, and Tony. Courtney was just a few minutes late (I > hope that you guys did not start early...)and missed the start. > > Based on Tony and Bert the distance was 30 miles @ 20.5 pace. I am certain > that with this style of riding it is going to take a 22+ average to win these > rides. > > The fun started early, with Keil and Art breaking away on Coley. But, the > peloton worked together and reeled them back in. With 2 strong riders > committed to a breakaway it would take the group working together to bring > them back. I truly believe that Keil and Art had all intentions of staying > away...this is the type of riding that will make us all better riders. > > With so many of the best Gyros on this ride it was going to be a dog fight > when it came to the points. And, it takes smart riding so that you have the > legs in the final stretch. > > It looks as though Logan has all of this in his arsenal. He won the sprint to > the end of the Doc, and he was the first to the finish. He picked up a cool 7 > points, and has a comfortable lead already. > > Here are the points at this point. We have only had 2 scoring rides since > there was not one last Tuesday. > > Logan 12 points (2 first place finishes, 1 sprint bonus) > Rick 5 points (1 second place finish, 1 sprint bonus) > Steve 3 points (1 second place finish) > Keil 1 point (1 third place finish) > Lou 1 point (1 third place finish) > > This list is subject to revision if anyone contests the results. We now have > 6 riders in the Gyro General Classification (GCC), but, you still need to > declare your intention to be official. As of now Logan, Ryan, and myself are > the only ones to have done this. > > I am very dissappoined that I missed such a spirited ride. I had writted Tony > yesterday that I was not going to be able to lead the Tuesday rides because > of my group exercise schedule at my club, but, after reading Tony and Bert's > ride report I have to be there. I need the motivation because I am way behind > in cycling conditioning. > > I hope to see most of you this Saturday, > > Rick > > PS. I guess Logan was rested from the mountain ride. How about the rest of > you? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
