Hal, Just my two cents worth. I was happy with the ride and happy with the pace.
Courtney On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Hal Marcus<[email protected]> wrote: > > This is long, but important for the future of this ride. > > From my perspective it was a great ride and then I thought about it. It was > supposed to be in the mid to high 18s and it finished in the mid 19s--5% > faster than posted. Some people are out there to push their abilities up to > the 18s and that 5% faster would be a killer. > > At the finish it was obvious that we, I, had dropped a handful--hopefully > they were picked up by Maria. > > At the rest stop no one came to me complaining about the pace, but I, as the > leader, did not check with everyone. > > After the rest stop only about 1/3 of the people were still able to pull--I > took that as a sign that people were biking smart and drafting, but maybe I > should have seen it as people hanging on for life. > > After hills, I went to the front to slow the pace down until I heard all > back on. > > I never heard people yelling that they were being gapped or falling off the > pace. > > I thought we were altogether when we hit Old Weaver, but now I doubt it. > > On the hills of Weaver we broke up--I was not concerned for 2 reasons--it is > a gyro tradition to break up towards the end and the stronger riders 'race' > in and Ed was back there to help the 2nd group (turns out Tim was also > there, but I did not realize that at the time). > > At the end of Weaver at New Light I was asked if we should hold up--I said > no (because of the above reasons)--maybe this isn't a group that should > break up at the end. > > We are a stronger group than I originally had thought we would be--in part > this is because several A riders like the 1/2 hour extra sleep and the > shorter distance. Also the strong riders that use to go out with the A's and > cut it short are now going with us and cutting it short. Starting with about > 20 riders with almost 1/2 of them capable of A riding makes it a strong > group. We are now riding at last years A pace and we are capable of > increasing the speed. > > As I said, not what I envisioned for this group. > > Now the question--should we back it down to the high 18's or leave it where > it is? Another possibility, when we are a big group, is to split into 2 > smaller groups at the rest stop with a secondary leader. > > This is a club that is designed to serve all riding levels, not just the > A's. > > Opinions before we post next Saturday's ride. > > > Hal Marcus > Pro-Active Management > A Profit Enhancement Organization > 8125 Glenbrittle Way > Raleigh, NC 27615 > Cell 919-395-9989 > Office 919-845-2478 > [email protected] > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
