Good luck to all the long distance girls tomorrow.....especially to those doing the Hemet Double century and the Mulholland Challenge! ....Linda, Mary, Brandy, Karen, et al....:)
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Good luck to all the long distance girls tomorrow.....especially to those doing the Hemet Double century and the Mulholland Challenge! ....Linda, Mary, Brandy, Karen, et al....:)
Thanks y'all for the info... I sped read the RSA link; just missed the permanent part.
Good luck to all, and have a great time!
spazz
MP's off! The rain stopped just as she was loading the car. Doppler looks pretty good. She'll be heading west on the yellow squiggle. Send dry thoughts. She was very appreciative of everyone's best wishes which she read over her Peet's and a Noah's Bagels door stop during breakfast.
Signing off to sanely go back to bed.
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What was she wearing? Was she in AV kit?
V.
No AV. I think she took her triple crown jersey but I don't know. She has on black knickers. She'll probably have on her yellow Showers Pass rain jacket. It is continuing to pour here and the band of rain has widened. I sure hope it is tapering as she gets farther west.
Her stars and stripes Colnago will be easy to pick out in the rain.
All right, so it's okay I don't match! I went for warm and dry and I am definite fashion don't! Fuschia, two shades of orange, burnt red and my pink helmet.
V.
1:16 pm email from MP - She's in Calistoga and putting on dry socks "for what that's worth."
Thom subbing for V:
The rain is about done for V and MP. V stood around about 2 hours waiting for MP to get to Geyserville (who should be arriving any minute). It looks like V won't have to ride in the rain, but the early riders were dirty, dirty from the road spray.
Est finish time is now 1AM+
I better take a nap.
Thank you, sir. Though tell them to ride slowly so they stay behind the storm. It's still raining here. The "intermittent thundershowers" is really more "well sometimes there's not as much water falling as others."
Thom subbing for V, do you want some pancakes? :) Yawl are welcome to some. We could even manage an omelet prolly. I'll check the cheese supply.
Omelets - we have Bavarian Ham, Havarti, shredded Mexican cheese combo, asparagas, bagels, strawberry shmear, Peet's coffee, hot cider.
MP mentioned coming back and sleeping before eating breakfast, but I think with this weather we need to get everyone fed pretty fast.
V of the hairy legs, if you hear anything when they're close to Davis would you call? Thanks.
And SK, if'n you could let the rest of us know that they arrived back safe & sound, we'd be much obliged.
But of course!
Or you can come for breakfast. I just don't know what time it will be served. Best guess is sometime between 1 and 9 am.:p
Any more news from our intrepid peddlers?
Am going out with my VERY young neighbor and pals for a few cocktails. I will raise my glass of tequila for V and MP... may make the entire bar sing a toast.
Will check back upon my return.
Sending warm hugs and spazzdog barks!
spazz
p.s. it's "take an old lady out for a drink" nite... a ntional holiday of sorts
Woohoo! MP just called from the Vacaville Control!
She sounded chipper and upbeat. Having V along has been good though V balked at the garbage bag fashion, but she hasn't been riding since 6 this morning in almost nonstop rain.
ETA about 1 am as Thom said.
Hope the grrls got in happy and safe!
Sweet (warm and dry) dreams to V an MP.
spazz
Hey,
I hope you loverly ladies are now warm & dry :) Congrats on your ride:)
How are the pancakes? Did you have a nice warmmmmmm shower?
C
well, this ride would not have been possible without sk and bubba and it wouldn't have been FUN without v the last half. I am clean and warm in bed at casa sk after 3 hours sleep where I didn't move at all.
ride report will follow. the short version - it rained til mile 80, stiff headwind to mile 130 where V met me, lovely fast rollers through mile 150, then hills and more rain to mile 200 where it was also getting cold and I changed my "look" to the popular Hefty trash sack. then a last 50 miles of cold rollers and flat roads in the dark.
weather has an impact: ride time from calistoga to geyserville was 45 min slower than on the way back because of wind - but thank heaven it was a tail wind.
3 whopping hrs sleep - feel much more rested than on the last 200 of the 600k last year. NO I am not doing another 200k today :rolleyes:
coffee and pancakes!!!
Ah, the ever so fashionalbe Hefty trash bag! We had a number of those yesterday at Tierra Bella. Add a touch of duct tape to make it ever so chic!;)
Good job! Enjoy the pancakes!
I have a picture - even if it's a horrible due to lighting and exposure I may just have to post it anyway. :p
V.
Great job, both of you! :cool: Your tenacity is awe-inspiring.
MP, you are a goddess. I'm glad you took SK up on the offer of warm bed and pancakes.
Way to go grrls!!
da spazz is soooo pwoud of youse.
CONGRATULATIONS MP!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
I knew you would do fine even with the horrendous conditions. What a legend.:D
Wow.. awesome MP..
I was thinking of you long distance girls as I was peddling my wimpy 37 miles yesterday in the rain. You guys are an inspiration to the rest of us.. or at least to me. I prob will never do that length esp in the middle of the night.. while it's pouring down rain.
My friend thought I was crazy for even considering continuing on the 100k. That's cuz I kept thinking you LDG (long distance girls.. hey you should make your own jerseys :)) wouldn't cut it short. But it the end I joined her (and looks like most of the other Tierra Bella riders) to huddle in the registration area with warm food and to change into the only piece of warm clothing we had.
Thanks for the inspiration. And congrats on the finish.
Now go to bed :)
OK, I just read the latter parts of this thread...I had no idea all this was going on!
Good job, ladies! No way I would have ridden in that, FWR* that I am!
(*Fair Weather Rider, or Fully Wimpy Rider)
Quote:
Originally Posted by jobob
Hmmm....
I'm thinking you need to update this Ms. JoBOB...
;)
hee hee hee
My final spring event is on Saturday...Eastern Sierra Double!
Have fun at ESDC, V and Brandy! It's a great ride. Wish I were going. I'll be doing the "Terrible One" (the second half of the Terrible Two) with the Death Ride team.
Time to look over the calendar and decide what's up for the rest of the year...
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Originally Posted by Veronica
Veronica, even though I don't know you or anyone on your web site, I sure enjoyed all your photos! The scenery on the May ride is fantastic. You also have a superb site! Thanks very much!
kjay
Thanks kjay.
I'm sure there will be more photos after next weekend if ES is half as beautiful as MP says it is. :p
V.
I didn't realize that you would be at ESDC Veronica! I hope that I get a chance to meet you!
I'll be wearing my Amici Veloci jersey. Although if it's cold in the morning you won't be able to see it. :)
Where are you guys staying? We're at the Holiday Inn Express.
V.
I do expect a LOT of pictures! The Eastern Sierras are one of my favorite places.
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So I am re-visiting my plans for the year and making some changes. Below is what I set out at the beginning of the year. Notes and changes are in red:
DBC 100k Populaire (informal) Sun, Jan. 14th - Done!
Santa Rosa CC 200k Brevet Sat, Mar. 3rd - Done!
Santa Rosa Cycling Club 300k brevet Sat, Mar. 31st - Done!
Santa Rosa Cycling Club 400k brevet Sat, Apr. 28th - Sun, Apr. 29th - Did the Davis 400k instead, April 15
Added: Devil Mountain Double, April 28
Wine Country Double Metric Sat, May. 5th - Done!
Davis Double Sat, May. 19th - Done!
Santa Rosa Cycling Club 600k brevet Sat, May. 26th - Sun, May. 27th- Skipped this one....
The Death Ride Sat, Jul. 14th
Mt Tam Double Sat Aug 4
Holstein Hundred Sat Aug. 18th
Knoxville September 29
Grizzly Century - October 6
(MAYBE) Bass Lake double - Doubtful!
Solvang Fall Double Oct 20
El Tour de Tucson Nov 20
I've also committed to driving a SAG car for the TT.
Knoxville's date is changed. It is now 9/29. Unless you're doing the staff ride, which I think will be 9/22.
V.
Thanks - I had the date right in the calendar, but I don't think I knew it when I did my original post which I cut and pasted. Shooting for the gold 1000 mile club this year. We'll see. After last year I almost hate to plan anything too far in advance. :rolleyes:
Veronica - Jesse will be manning one of the rest stops, and stocking your favorite beverage. I think he said it's at mile 140 (??).
Ooh, I just looked at the web site - the ESDC jersey is beyootiful.
We're on the budget plan...aka...staying with friends in Mammoth! :D Hopefully I'll be wearing a new jersey (the same one the our riders will wear for RAAM) IF Champ-Sys gets our order to us as promised this week. It's primarily grey and orange.Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
veering just a leetle off topic ...
Hey Brandy, I was just looking at your RAAM blog - glad to see you have the crew all set. It should be an amazing experience!
Thank you! It is such a relief to have that out of the way. It was the most challenging part of the planning for me (of course, I wasn't the money guy...lol) and I reached some serious moments of stress where I wondered if we would be able to pull it together! It's going to be an amazing adventure and the fact that we found 11 other people who were able/willing to join us, well...forever indebted, we will be!
Be sure to keep up with us when we're on the road. I promise, the blog will get much more exciting once pictures are being snapped and the trials and tribulations of the race begin!
Jo - I don't think RAAM is at all off topic. The title of this thread is "Long Distance" after all - and I can't imagine anything longer than RAAM!! :p
Brandy - very cool about the crew being set. I think crewing for something like RAAM is almost as tough an endurance event as riding it. I was intgiued to read that your team is a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society sponsor. Very cool! I've been involved with TNT for the LLSA since 1999. Great cause.
I'll be eager to read your blogs and our other RAAM bound friend's as well. At this point, it'll be almost as much fun as the Tour de France. Fewer doping scandals at least. :rolleyes: