Silver's Long Ride - 140

[Mr. Bloom]

I'm at the Hampton Inn in New Albany, Indiana waiting for Silver...it's dark, but she's within a mile of completing the New Harmonie/New Albany ride. Unfortunately, I just talked to her and in the last mile, :rolleyes: :rolleyes: they TOOK A WRONG TURN!:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

This is 140 miles across Indiana from the Wabash River to the Ohio River.

Hooray for Silver!:D

[ehirsch83]

go silver!!!

[makbike]

Way to go Silver!

[Tri Girl]

Yay!!! I'm so glad that she was able to do it!!! :D Pat her on the back from us!

[Starfish]

Wow, that's inspiring! Ride report!! Ride report!!

[Tater]

How cool! Way to go, Silver!

[redrhodie]

Did she find her way? She's not still out there.....:eek: ?

[Susan126]

I can't wait to hear about the ride! All 140 miles! Way to go silver!

[SouthernBelle]

Ouch on the wrong turn! Did that about 2 miles from the end on my first century. I was nearly in tears.

Can't wait for the ride report.

[OakLeaf]

Way to go Silver!

[Pedal Wench]

Congrats to Silver!!!!

I got lost and added 10 miles to a century on a weekend that I planned on back-to-back centuries. I almost cried. Luckily, I was able to cut out a 10 mile loop later in the ride, and completed both centuries. Yippee for me!

[li10up]

Silver, YOU ROCK!!

[elk]

Yeah..great job Silver.....but I'm almost kinda MORE impressed by the fact that she married a Mr Silver who is not only waiting for her, but took the time to write and tell US about her accomplishment...

that girl got stamina AND smarts!!!!

:p

[sandra]

Silver is da bomb!

[Mr. SR500]

AWESOME! So are you doing the Indiana Coast to Coast next year, or maybe the new RAINStorm ride?

[Mr. Bloom]

The Silver's WILL do RaIN...

Tell us about RAINStorm

[makbike]

Here you go Mr. Silver

http://triri.org/

looks like a challenging week on the bike!

[Aggie_Ama]

Way to go Silver!!! Can't wait to hear your report.

I will be the first to admit I haven't found the moxie to commit to anything over a century. Heck, I cried when my first century didn't end when my odometer hit 100.

[silver]

OK!! just a start...I don't know where to begin....

total miles for the day 139 miles 17 mph average!

We took a wrong turn on the last 2 miles and it got dark. Thank goodness I had some lights!

It was a perfect day for a ride. Mostly wind at our backs, Fall leaves, lightly trafficked roads. some flats, some rolling hills, some "real" hills and some lovely downhills! cows, horses, vistas and farmlands. mr. waiting for me at the end!

It was lovely. I didn't have as much push after 100 miles but could have gone on farther if we'd had more daylight. We'd like to make this an annual or semi annual event and we learned a lot to improve it next time.

I'm looking forward to doing more long distances. I really love it!!!!

PS: I passed 6,000 for the year on the ride!:D

our slideshow:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/etsterling/WONNA/th_IMG_2340.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/etsterling/WONNA/?action=view&current=b1adaeb8.pbw)

[silver]

Can someone post a link to the Coast to Coast?

mr.sr500 what are your cycling plans for next year?

[invsblwmn]

Way to go Silver! Here's the index page for the indiana coast to coast.http://www.bigeastern.com/c2c/index.htm

also rainstorm http://www.triri.org/

[susan.wells]

Congrats Silver on both the ride and the 6,000 miles! I just read about RAINStorm last week and it sounds like a winner.

[Susan126]

Beautiful pictures silver! It looks like the weather in Indiana is still wonderful! What a fantastic day and ride you and your friends had. I especially loved the pictures of the three of you standing along the Ohio River with the sun going down. I'm also jealous that you got 6,000 miles logged in this year and you finished a 139 mile ride! I'm going to use you as my inspiration for next year! Time for me to get my @&& in gear and start riding a lot more again! Congratuations again . . . you rock!

[spokewench]

Great Job Silver - You've come a long way this year!

And, you dragged Mr. Silver in too! It's great that you both have the same interest and can enjoy each other's milestones

spoke

[Tri Girl]

Congrats, Silver! Looks like you picked the perfect day to have that amazing adventure. Thanks for the report and for the slide show- just loved seeing all those pics!

[silver]

The ride was planned for Saturday the 10th. But as the week went on we saw that Friday was going to be much better for weather. We were bold at saying could everyone switch days. C had to ask off work. D and I had to rearrange our schedules and get our junk done early. I was moving the in-laws and worked late each evening to make sure that they would be OK on Friday. But it's not too often that the perfect day presents itself and one can take the opportunity to use it.

Everthing just fell into place at the last minute and we were able to take advantage of the opportunity. If we had let the logistics stop us we would never had done it, but we continued to plan even when it seemed complicated and in the end it worked out. We did have the help of 3 supportive SO's and we couldn't have done it without them.

D wore a garmin and sent the info this morning. we had 9500 feet of climbing. No wonder I was feeling out of Oomph at the end. I never felt like I was blowing up, but just nothing extra in the last 40. When it got darker and we made the wrong turn I probably would have fallen apart but didn't want to do that in front of a guy. Had to keep a game face on! But we had a sidewalk and light's at that time so did feel safe. Yes, we rode on the sidewalk for a mile. It was safest for us under the circumstances.

No, Coast to Coast doesn't appeal to me. It's a race and just seems stressful. I like the idea of riding the state lengthwise but I don't even ride on the roads that they use in this area, as they are not really bike friendly.

RAINstorm appeals to me, but doesn't seem logistically good for me with my family obligations. We can fairly easily get away for a night or two but the thought of leaving the family to their own resources for a week seems a bit much. I know that Mr. wants to do RAIN and I do too, that will be good for this upcoming year. hopefully Mr. will be interested in this New Harmony to New Albany ride next year. I'd like to make it a semi-annual event. It's such a great route. We learned a lot to make it better next time.

[Starfish]

We had 9500 feet of climbing.

Wow, 140 miles and 9500 feet. That's quite a ride! Wonderful! :)

[Mr. SR500]

Can someone post a link to the Coast to Coast?

mr.sr500 what are your cycling plans for next year?

No C to C for me either, the RAINStorm does have some appeal, and I think 2 of my riding buddies might do it, but the time of year is killer. We have young kids (8 & 5), and with school out, I would need to get a sitter for the week (not impossible, but it would be tough on SR as well) so I think I'll pass.

As of plans, nothing major. SR and I tandem and will try to do about 6 rides on the tandem (hopefully including the Chicago night Breakfast ride). We belong to the Dayton club and do most of thier events. I'll likely do RAIN again, but I'm sure I'll miss the weather we had this year. I'm also want to get geared up for the Greenville, Ohio time trial series, but I get slaughtered in my age group (to many 40 somethings with money and time to train) - still fun! Maybe I can get SR to TT the tandem, if you can't beat them - change classes :) Otherwise ride about the same mileage ~ 4,500 - 5,000 (I love your 6,000 miles), keep working on speed and weight loss, and ride with the guys on Tues and Thurs as much as I can.

A couple guys from the group just opened a new bike shop, so now we have a place to hang out. SR already caught be there once when I was suppose to be coming home, still better then a bar - right?

I know way more then you asked, but you asked :)

Enjoy reading about the Silver success.

P.S. Still saiting on SR's new Madone :(

[Aggie_Ama]

Silver- I can't believe you hit your 6,000 miles goal so early in November! I looked the other day and knew you were closing it, but it still blows my mind. :D

[ehirsch83]

Great pictures silver!!
I look up to you immensely!

[silver]

I wish I was a better picture taker. The pictures just do not show how beautiful the day was. I wish I could learn to take pics on the bike.

Mr. SR500, you sound similar to us in trying to weigh cycling with Family. Sounds like a good year you have planned.

I couldn't do the cycling that I do without the support of Mr. Thank you Mr. for supporting me. He really didn't want me to do this ride and I pushed ahead.

the graph of the ride.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/etsterling/Cycling-NewAlbany11-9-2007Elevation.jpg

[northstar]

Silver, you are an inspiration! Way to go! :)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Totally amazing, Silver!!! :eek: :D :D

(And you deserve a medal too, Mr. S!) :p

[mimitabby]

where are the pictures?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

where are the pictures?

Post #19, click on "Our Slideshow".

[Jo-n-NY]

Silver, this ride looked awesome. I didn't realize it was self supported until reading your post. Your pics showed wonderful scenery.

Congratulations!!!! Your ride reports from you and Mr are such an inspiration!

~ JoAnn

[Mr. Bloom]

... but I get slaughtered in my age group (to many 40 somethings with money and time to train)

Well, there goes my '09 goal of competing in a race! I guess I'll wait to '13 when I'm 50!

[indysteel]

Silver, admittedly I've gotten a little behind on my TE reading and just got a chance to read this thread and look at your pictures. The ride looks great and kudos to you for doing such a challenging ride, especially this late in the season and self-supported.

And even more kudos on hitting the 6k mark on the ride. You rock, and I'm humbled (although still pretty jazzed about meeting my own goal)!

And I want to see both of you at RAIN next year. I'll likely be making reservations at the Drury Inn, which is the organizational hub for RAIN. Let me know if I can help with any of the logistics.

Kate