"the fast boys pulled in front of us and we were able to ride their slipstream all the way until we split at Hereford"
...cheaters. On May 5, 10:43 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > Gyro Nation. > > It was a great night for riding fast, and, we certainly met that objective. > The final numbers varied a bit, but I have officially ruled this as an > average pace of 23.4 for the lead group. (Please keep in mind that the ride > officially ends when we reach Hickory Grove...that is where we take our final > readings...) > > Things got off to a quick start with a mini-chase early as a few riders beat > the light and it wasn't until Coley where the group came back together. > > We had some company as we rode up 98 on our way to Patterson. With some > uncanny timing the big boys from HG were coming up Olive Branch just as we > were approaching it from 98. It couldn't have worked any better (for us, that > is) since the fast boys pulled in front of us and we were able to ride their > slipstream all the way until we split at Hereford. > > As we rode up Geer I was approached by Bryan, and, he made a suggestion that > I make an attack and he will help me out. Now, there was wind in my ears, and > I was oxygen deprived, so I might not have heard him correctly, but I am > pretty certain that he was attempting to get someone to go out on the attack. > > Well, it certainly wasn't going to be me! So sorry, Bryan. I do appreciate > the offer, and, please give me a couple more weeks and offer again. But, I > was just trying to hang in there. > > At this point we were averaging 24+, and I would guess that most of the group > was tiring. It turns out that Keil had enough to surge on Cheek, and, it > looks as though Bryan found his man. They had a gap as we turned for home on > Patterson. I made an attempt to bridge this gap, but, no go. I was done. > > It looks as though Keil worked hard to stay in the break with Bryan, but, as > Keil reported, they "finished in a unified group". (In that unified group was > none other than Hal, our ride leader on Monday's who came out for his first > Tuesday ride, and rode very strong. During our ride up Coley Hal stated to me > that this was the fastest that he has ever taken that stretch. I guess that > he handled it quite well!) > > We will change the finishing stretch in June by riding past Olive Branch and > heading up Kemp to Coley. We will change this finish once more in July by > riding past the Doc and heading all the way up Olive Branch. We will continue > riding the standard course in an alternating pattern throughout those months. > (Everyone got that?) > > This will give our climbers the edge, and will change the ride dynamics. > > By August we will be pushing 24 on the standard course. If we ever hit 24+ I > am retiring my ride forever! Rick's Ride will go out in style... > > See you on Saturday. > > Rick > > PS. How did Andy's ride go with all of that climbing? I really, really wanted > to be there... > > -- > 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]
