I realize that you were being facetious regarding leaving work early, but I am
not sure if this extended to your question on our commitment to 23. Let's
assume that this was a legitimate concern since it is a good one.
The Tuesday ride has had a philosophical shift that is no longer conducive to
this goal. This is most likely due to my lack of leadership in keeping the
original idea alive. I simply did not participate in enough rides during the
peak of the season, and Tony and Bert had to fill in.
The point system and race for the primes just sort of fizzled out. We now ride
the entire way together sans attacks. We do ride hard, for the most part, but
things have slowed down for sure.
That is one reason.
The other reason is that in order to break a speed record we need our speed
guys to show up! Although we had very good riders the last 2 rides we were
missing most of our studs. Like you, for example! And Steve, Logan, Tom, Grey,
and so on.
The goal of 23 has been shelved for the year, and we now turn to night rides!
These are a lot of fun, and with so much climbing in the final miles they are
also a great workout with plenty of attacks. Keil took it to us last night when
he just exploded up Covered Bridge, and we were all working hard to catch his
wheel. And, then Tony took it to us on the final climbs. It was great.
Hopefully you can make our night rides.
Rick
---- "Tim Giresi (tgiresi)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I say take off work early (4 ish) and get 50 in... Where is the
> commitment to see 23 before the year is out. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Don Brazelton
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:08 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Gyros: 14136] Re: Tuesday ride report...
>
>
> All,
>
> I am with Tony on this. Next Tuesday sunset is expected to be 6:33.
> 5:30 is very tough for folks to make and 45 minutes of daylight does not
> leave us with much time to ride as a "daylight" ride. I like the idea
> of making it a night ride and leaving from Tony's.
>
> Don
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Tony <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Sep 30, 2009 8:07 AM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [Gyros: 14134] Re: Tuesday ride report...
> >
> >
> >Rick,
> >
> >Just my opinion here. We did 27 miles last night and you still rode
> >home in the dark. I say keep the time the same or move to 6pm,
> >whatever works for the masses, and let's move over to our night rides.
>
> >5:30pm is just too early for me with soccer going on still. We can
> adjust the route too.
> >
> >I would also suggest doing what we always did in the past with respect
> >to leaving from my house instead of Shady Grove Church or St Francis.
> >This way, when we finish like we did last night, it's just an easy
> >cross over Hickory Grove straight to my house.
> >
> >Let's see what others think.
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <[email protected]>
> >To: "Gyros" <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:50 PM
> >Subject: [Gyros: 14131] Tuesday ride report...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Gyro Nation.
> >
> >We had 6 strong riders tonight; Tony, Bert, Chris, Mark, Keil, and
> >myself (Don showed up but he was on his transportation bike fully
> >decked out for functional travel...).
> >
> >It was a great course with plenty of pacelines over over flat sections
> >into strong winds (Baptist; Coley); and, plenty of challenging power
> >climbs in the Covered Bridge area. It was just a great workout and I
> >enjoyed the ride completely. I think that all of the guys would agree.
> >
> >There is one thing that was determined for sure tonight. It is just
> >getting too dark to ride 25-30 miles starting at 5:45pm. Keil and I
> >rode in the dark back to Brier Creek, and I do not want to chance that
> again.
> >
> >All options need to put on the table. Do we start at 5:30? Do we cut
> >the ride to 25 miles? Or, do we simply change to night time riding?
> >
> >Let's discuss.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
>
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> >
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