Kv. It will be nice to see you stomping the pedals on our Tuesday hammerfest. Getting dropped on this ride is pretty common...only our strongest riders are there in the end.
The "Standard" course: Right turn out of parking lot. Thru light straight on Hickory Grove to Carpenter Pd (L) Carpenter Pd to Coley (R) Coley to Kemp (L) Kemp to 98 (L) 98 to Patterson (R) Patterson to Cheek (R) Cheek to Hereford (L) Hereford to Redwood (R) Redwood to Geer (L) Geer to Burton (L) Burton to Cheek (L) Cheek to Patterson (R) Patterson to 98 (L) 98 to Olive Branch (R) Olive Branch to Doc Nichols (R) Doc to Leesville (L) Leesville to Carpenter Pd. (L) Carpenter Pd to Hickory Grove (R) Hickory Grove back to church parking lot ---- Kv Dey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hay Rick > I am going to start chasing you guy out of the parking lot on Tuesdays > in a couple of weeks after I train a little more and most likely will > be drop so I do need the clue sheet, I probably know the route > > Kv > > On 5/2/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Gyro Nation. > > > > I have been out of town for a bit, but I am back. This means that long, > > drawn out emails and ride reports are back in vogue. Here are the specs: > > > > Day: Tuesday, May 4 > > > > Time: 5:45pm > > > > Place: St. Francis > > > > Distance: 32 miles > > > > Pace: 22-23 > > > > Course: Standard (Everyone should be familiar with our Standard course. If > > you are not, please email me privately and I will send you the route.) > > > > I received a brief ride report from Tony on last Tuesday's ride, but he did > > not share specifics so I do not know how fast you all went. It is my guess > > that it was 22 something, or Tony would have brought it to my attention. I > > truly thought that when I returned you guys would be going so fast that it > > would be best if I just rode SAG! I am anxious to ride once again to see > > just how fast the group has gotten (or, slow...), and when I will get > > dropped. > > > > > > This is a good segue for posting my ride objective once again: > > > > > > Rick's ride is designed to use the collective energies of our strongest > > riders to go as fast as possible for 32 miles. > > > > Any tactic utilized during the ride that is detrimental to this philosophy > > is discouraged. It is not forbidden, it is just frowned upon by the group. > > If you choose to attack, please make certain that you are strong enough to > > make this an effective tactic. My rules state that once we hit Patterson any > > rider can go on the attack, or, conversely, any rider can choose not to pull > > or do any work at all. > > > > Just keep in mind that what you do should be for the good of the ride > > objective. And, the group. I am not saying that our strongest riders have to > > hold back. I am not saying that at all. If you are strong enough to attack > > and stay away (which means that you are either not caught at all, or, you > > are not reeled back until the final miles...), please do. But, if you attack > > and you are reeled back in within a couple of miles please be honest with > > yourself and don't go again. (You can answer other attacks, of course...) > > Take longer pulls, or, whatever helps the ride objective. > > > > Ok. Enough on that. > > > > I only have one more thing to add: Let's ride fast Tuesday! > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send an email to > > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
