frank theriault wrote: > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yesterday (Sunday) was one degree F below the record high temperature. >> It was 98F, with a 110F heat index (which means humidity was insanely >> high too). So how did i spend my day? Why, going for a 100k bike ride >> for charity of course! The "Tour de Cure" for diabetes research rolled >> through town and a few of us from work set up a team for the 63 mile >> (100k) ride. The longest ride I'd done before this was 40 miles so I >> thought this would be a nice challenge and for a good cause. >> >> Here's the ol' Trek, resting after a metric century (Shot with the Optio S): >> >> http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/af70brGLOS2f4K3nV1HBLLFUs7Jh4DTnmbJzv4xQp5Fd3Ig=_l.jpg >> >> http://tinyurl.com/6h79lo >> >> People have been asking "how was it?" >> >> Hot. > > I love this photo. Terrific, moody shot. Wonderful conversion.
Thanks a ton for that, frank. It means a lot. > > Glad you got through the heat. Hydration is so essential on days like that! I did pretty well and felt pretty darn good at the finish. The last 30k were brutal. I had to replace the front tube with 20k to go and ended up with a slow leak on the rear that needed air twice in the last 15k. One of my co-worker/teammates described it as riding in a pizza oven. Christian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
