Old Highway 80 Century

Just got this email. Anyone doing this ride? Caligurl? Tracey


OLD HIGHWAY 80 CENTURY

www.shadowtour.com

Ride the Historic Gateway to the West

Saturday, June 17th, 2006, Pine Valley, CA

Those Wells Fargo Stagecoach Century dudes are at it again...Jim and Larry invite you join us for the inaugural 2006 Old Highway 80 Century. Traveling along the historic Old Highway 80, in San Diego's east county, the route has just seven stop signs and takes place on a beautiful, low-traffic, stretch of road with numerous sightseeing points and vistas along the course. The ride begins and ends east of San Diego in bike-friendly Pine Valley, CA and is designed to deliver more than your average century... please read below for some of its cool features:

Ride starts and finishes under the shade of tall pine trees in the grassy 17 acre Pine Valley County Park; feel free to bring your family & picnic gear. DJ Mark Hanson will be spinning the tunes and motivating finishers at the post-ride party!

Optional routes of 25, 50, 80, or 100 miles; all riders will receive cue sheets

Rider photo service provided by Brightroom Photography, please visit the Old Highway 80 customized site at www.brightroom.com/view_event.asp?EVENTID=11796

Varied entry prices w/optional ST Hats, T-shirts, and 4-color sublimated Voler jerseys

Enjoy comfortable inland summer temps while cruising at elevations of 3,000 to 4,100 feet.

Fabulous rider support includes 5 intermediate, fully-stocked rest stops, plus a lunch stop festival with an included sandwich buffet at the newly remodeled Jacumba Hot Springs Spa & Cabana Club www.jacumbaspa.com

Optional barbeque items will be available at the lunch fest and post ride party at low cost.

Here's something you don't see often...our riders can cool off in the outdoor natural mineral spring pool at the lunch fest

Riders may wish to catch the unique sights and sounds of the Telemagica Art & Music Festival in Jacumba all weekend, please visit www.telemagica.com for details and tickets

Friendly and supportive volunteers at all rest stops and throughout the course

Free parking inside the park (100 car capacity) and in Pine Valley

Host hotel is the Holiday Inn Select in Mission Valley, in San Diego, about 20 minutes west of Pine Valley, call 1-800-Holiday and mention discount code "PVC"

Rider packet pick-up at the Holiday Inn Select from Noon to 10:00 P.M. on Friday, June 16th and at the start/finish in Pine Valley 6:00 to 8:00 A.M. on Saturday, June 17th
www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/sanmv

Self-seeded start window for all riders from 6:00 to 8:00 A.M. on Saturday, June 17th

Dedicated Police and roving sags throughout the ride

Adequate on-course roving medical support

Approximately 6,800 feet of climbing over four steady grade climbs between 3 and 8%

Ride sponsored by the Mountain Empire Men's Club, benefiting the Mountain Empire High School Scholarship Fund (Mt Empire High School at Rest Stops #1 & 6)

Rider limit of 2,000.

SIGN UP NOW at www.shadowtour.com to participate in this one-of-a-kind century!

hi pam!

no.... we're not doing it... it was on the calendar... but at the time of the cut off for the cheaper prices... hubby and talked and decided to not do that one.... since we had so many organized rides planned already! (it gets expensive :eek: )

of course.... now that i'm not signed up... and the prices are up... i want to do it! figures, eh?

we MAY.... key word MAY do GMR saturday.... another rider friend is doing it.... and i haven't done GMR since getting ruby! so we MAY do it.... (notice i keep saying MAY!?) part of me thinks we need to just do a local ride for a couple hours... then spend the rest of the day catering to brie... who will be 9 on saturday! i also need to get to 3 dogs bakery and get her a birthday cake! and i think the BEST present i can give her is to NOT dress her up with a silly hat or similar! lol!

http://desertsamoyeds.com/brie/birthdays/b3bd_5.jpg

http://desertsamoyeds.com/brie/birthdays/b4bd_1.jpg

she's a good sport about it... (and knows she gets presents and yummy treats for cooperating! i even painted her toes red for christmas one year! :rolleyes: )

Cali... that's mean!!! Poor thing!

she gets steak... yes... real people steak.... for her birthday meal! doesn't that make up for it? (she's smiling in the first one! lol!)

You guys have not yet met my friend Richard. He is incredibly funny and keeps me laughing all the time. I sent him the Old Hwy 80 ride infor and asked if he wanted to do it. This was his response to me. PS - I am not doing the ride:

I did get your email about the old highway 80 century, are you glutton for punishment or something? That ride has and I quote "Approximately 6,800 feet of climbing over four steady grade climbs between 3 and 8%". So I guess you are going to be getting in shape this week to make that century ride on Saturday. You truly are a bacon powered cycling machine. I could probably suffer through the 50 mile ride in my current condition. So you want to do that ride and still have some energy left for your Fathers day ride on Sunday [note to everyone - I am leading a Father's Day mountain bike ride in Limestone Canyon Sunday morning if anyone is interested ~ Pam]. I don't think I can carry you to the Sinks on my back if you can't ride your own bike :-) I know, I can get you a motor bike to ride or maybe a Rascal wheel chair with big knobby wheels. No one will think less of you especially me. I will be riding my bass boat brown Uber-Rascal gas powered wheel chair with sand rail tires for those "Large Boned" individuals. I will of course have a TV tray mounted right above my tum-tum to hold my snacks. A cup holder large enough to hold a 2 litre bottle of my favorite beverage and a feed bag full of cheesy burger products. What more could a gravitationally challenged "Large" person want except for a Hummer full of burgers and fry's. Why pedal when you can drive is my motto :p

hey Pam... I have driven up there in my vehicle and even THAT is hard! :eek: :D nope... not doing it since it's a route I can ride for free anytime... plus the climbing is... well... OUCH. LOL... my riding level is NOT where it was last year... I could grunt my way thru it but I would suffer.

Instead I will be grunting my way thru trying to complete my new patio... looks like suffering is on the calendar no matter what this weekend for me...:rolleyes: :o

Hey Pam,

I'm not doing this one either... I'm in St. John right now and we don't get back until after midnight friday so I wouldn't be able to get up!!!

Are you going to do it???

Trac'

No, my friend Richard's advice of reason has prevailed. Probably will do a long road ride down to San Juan Cap. especially if he weather is nice. I need to save some energy for my MTB ride on Sunday.

Hi Pam,

Your friend Richard sure sounds like a fun guy!! Guess after listening to him, I won't do that one either, ha, ha - like I was thinking I could do that anyway!! Haven't done much riding in the last couple of weeks. Somehow, work has gotten in the way. Funny how that happens. We must work so we can ride. I still have the Cool Breeze as a tentative goal - probably only the metric though.

Happy Riding
Nina