I promise! ;)
So I know that CindySue and BikeMomma are going to be there. I will, and my hubby is coming along to support me and ride alongside. Is anyone else going to be riding? Snapdragen, did you find out what your function will be that day?
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I promise! ;)
So I know that CindySue and BikeMomma are going to be there. I will, and my hubby is coming along to support me and ride alongside. Is anyone else going to be riding? Snapdragen, did you find out what your function will be that day?
I am non-functional, so I'm sleeping in! Never heard back from anyone :mad:
I will be delivering nut bread on Friday - so you may be eating some of my legendary cooking :D
Snap!! Well, why don't you come and ride the 60K with me? Can you get a special dispensation from the Tierra Bella gods and ride? Or do you really want to sleep in??? ;)
Oh, I think I'll sleep. I'm still feeling deprived from this last weekend :D
Party-pooper. ;)
I forgot to mention that any TE folk that we run into will be treated to an oatmeal cookie. I just got the new issue of Cook's Illustrated and the oatmeal cookie recipe looks divine. Includes pecans, dried cherries and chocolate chunks. I'm making up the maiden batch on Friday night.
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Originally Posted by snapdragen
Yum, double yum! Mke sure you girls have my cell number in case of cookie emergency!Quote:
Originally Posted by slinkedog
Bike Momma,
which route are you taking?
I'll be riding the 100k. And I love oatmeal cookies. We're driving from Concord, so will probably start riding between 7-7:30.
I saw a double quote here....how do you do a double quote???
Harumph, I need my beauty sleep Ms slinke. Perhaps I'll DRIVE out there and mug you for all the cookies :DQuote:
Originally Posted by slinkedog
Don't think for a second that she won't do it!!! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
How are you going to tell which one I am??? :p
Duhhhh... You will be the one with the cookies!! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by slinkedog
I click quote on the first persons message - then I copy it out of the edit window. I then click quote on the second person's message and paste the first message in the 2nd edit window which now has the 2nd message. Hope this helps!Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsairMac
I can smell cookies at 100 paces....... :eek: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by slinkedog
Hey Kim, If you're doing the 100k, I think you have to wait til 8am to register - unless you are registering the night before in San Jose. I'm coming from Walnut Creek (right next to ya) and not looking forward to the 1 1/2 hr + drive. I'll be getting up between 4:30 and 5:00am. Ugh!Quote:
Originally Posted by aka_kim
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Originally Posted by cindysue
Hey Cindysue!
I'm doing the 100km. You're doing the full century, right?
Well, if you show up, you can have at least two, Snap. ;)
In the past they were pretty lenient about registration times, and I'm assuming they will be this year too. I'd like to wait until 8 (and sunshine), but analboy likes to start asap.Quote:
Originally Posted by cindysue
When do the cookies arrive?
Is this the same boy who drove you clear to Ione by 7 am? We may have to rename him "the pilot". I don't think "the driver" applies any longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by aka_kim
I think we'll be there between 7:30 and 8:00. I'd like to take off by 8, but we'll see how it goes. I'm going to have to find a way to port the cookies on the ride! I was thinking about trying a Camelbak and I know they have those bungie things on them. Maybe that will be a good incentive for people to pass me... the cookies hanging from my back... pass me, grab a cookie without knocking me over. ;)Quote:
When do the cookies arrive?
Is anyone else here going to pre-register the night before?
yup :) see you in line for cookies :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BikeMomma
You're right, "The Pilot" both sounds better and is more accurate. Back when he was riding mega-miles, he had to be on the road exactly at the hour the course officially opened. Very aggravating to a lazy person like me.Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
In the many years I worked registration, we never checked starting times, so show up when you want. Heck, they don't even check you in any more!
Have fun!
I may have to bail on tomorrow. :( My 5 year old has the stomach flu (started Tuesday night) and he's just not getting over it very quickly. He still can only hold down liquids and very small bites of crackers. I don't want to leave a sick kid with a sitter all morning. We'll see how he does tonight. I'll still go down and pick up my registration info. Maybe Blaine will stay home and I'll ride. We'll see.
Arrgg! I'll keep my fingers posted for you, slinke! Right now, we have a tornado warning just a few miles north of our house. Wasn't somebody talked about how cushy they thought us Californians had it?
The weather today is insane! I wish it would settle down! I'm going to register for the ride in a little while and I'd prefer to not be blown away! Maybe I'll send Blaine.
Oh, and Snap... I'm baking the cookies right now!!
Nah, it sounds like it should be easy to register. My friend wimped out on the 100mi. I'm still gonna attempt it though. Hope to see you tomorrow - I'll need those cookies!Quote:
Originally Posted by slinkedog
I'll be starting my drive over in just a little bit. I left work later than I wanted to because of a report that was due (gggrrrr), so I don't think I'll make the early registration. Cross your fingers Pacheco Pass is somewhat calm. My little car is going to get blown around somethin' silly, I just know it. :eek:
Hopefully I'll see some of you tomorrow. I'm staying at the Comfort Inn in Gilroy tonight, dreaming of Slinkedog's cookies.... :D
Hey Momma... if you're still there I just sent you a PM with my cell #. Maybe we can start out together if I ride. Most likely Blaine will stay home and i'll ride.
Thanks, Slinke....see ya tomorrow! Wind, sleet, downpour, or - can we hope - sunshine! :D ...Uggh...raingear....oh yea, I might have on my yellow windjacket over my light blue jersey. Depends on the weather gods...
Well, cindysue and BikeMomma & slinkedog, our paths won't cross during the ride itself (Lee & I will be stationed at the corner of Uvas & Watsonville Rd. between 12 noon and 4 pm), but if you're still around at the end-of-ride barbecue after 4 then with any luck we'll run into you.
Hope y'all have a good ride !
- Jo.
Hope everyone has a great ride. Elizabeth started barfing at 1:45 a.m., so I'm staying home to take care of my little girl. Boo hoo!
Sorry about the young'un, Slinke!
Come to find out our station was part of the 100 mile route too, duh.
Yikes, those winds were nasty yesterday! Nothing like wind early in the morning to get the spirits up, eh? It went every which way early on, too. :p
We were supposed to be at our station until about 4-ish, but people were still dribbling by well past 5 - the headwinds really slowed a lot of people down. Many of the folks coming though in the late afternoon were looking wiped :( Lee & I would yell out encouragement, let them know the last rest stop was only 3 miles away and they had "only" 15 miles left to the end of the ride. Finally the sweep came thru sometime after 5:15 to let us know we could pack it in.
We had a grand old time time situated on our traffic island, a bit of a no-man's land but we made it homey with folding chairs and a thermos and Girl Scout Cookies. Since we were at a stopsign at the top of a slight hill some people would stop to catch their breath or stretch or wait for friends to catch up and they'd chat with us a bit. We had extra water and some Gu's handy but since we were so close to the next rest stop very few needed them.
I had one semi-hysterical driver pull over to want to talk with me, he was really rattled by the fact that there were bikes out on the narrow winding rode and that some of them were riding more than TWO FEET out from the edge of the road (egads :rolleyes: ). In his clearly agitated state I didn't think it was a good time to educate him on the fact that bikes were vehicles too and that he should share the road with them and if there was a section in which it was too narrow for a car (or, in his case, a big ol' van) to pass safely then yes, the bike should ride farther out into the road - it's what we call taking the lane - at least, I didn't think I would be capable of explaining something like that to him (something I'm pretty sure he didn't want to hear) without making him even more beligerent and making the situation worse. So instead I took the easy way out and made lots of sympathetic noises and gave him the name of the sponsoring club and told him of course, he had every right to report it to the sherriff (oy). And I offered him some cookies :) He seemed pretty well placated when he drove off, although no better informed, alas ... after which I found out he was honking at the riders along that narrow section to make them move over, in retrospect I wish I had given him the share the road lecture and bopped him over the head with the box of cookies :mad: (OK, just kidding about the last bit, we were "representing the club" after all).
So how did everyone else do?
THe truck driver feints a left hook... Jobob counters with a bicycle pump block.
The truck driver yells and stomps about bikes not belonging on his road... jobob nails him with the motor vehicle instruction booklet.
The truck driver, determined to score the knockout, begins beating his horn and reving his engine.
With pinpoint precision, jobob takes aim... BOOM, BAP, WHAM! She gives him the jab, a hook then the widow maker with her platter of homebaked cookies.
THe winner and still champion - jobob!
LOL, spazz, love the visual.
But I don't bake, luv, it's Girl Scout Cookies all the way. :cool:
Thanks for being out there, Jobob! Did you see CindySue? She ended up doing the 200k, essentially.
Yesterday afternoon the baby starting hurling, too, so we have the three little ones all sick right now. :( Hopefully the oldest will miss it as she's in Disneyland on a school trip.
No, I didn't, I was hoping I'd recognize her, but no joy. Cindy, didya see us, by any chance?
I did the 100k yesterday. The winds were not fun. This route only has about 2000 feet of climbing, but I was really tired by the end of the ride, and felt like I'd really had to work most of the time.
The ACTC did a good job, as usual. Great post-ride food. But, a few turns were not not marked. I must have stopped 6 times either off course (once) or thinking I was off course. Quite a few others seemed to have the same problem. Four (out of 5) chainrings from me. :)
Before I tell you about my adventure, I have to vent: I was VERY disappointed by the ACTC organization and support. No offense Jobob. First, registration was not set up well. The tables were set up so people were lined up against the smaller width of the room rather the longer length of the room. As a result, only about 15 people could stand in each line, then a single file line went out the door. I got there about 6:45ish and there was already a huge line out the door. The organizers wouldn't start checking people in until 7:00 sharp.Quote:
Originally Posted by aka_kim
When I left for the course, there was no obvious marking segregating the different routes. I, along with several others I met along the way, ended up on the 200K course instead of the 100mi course. YES, I should have had my map out the entire time and followed the roads instead of looking at the arrows, but I am not stable on the bike when I'm trying to read the map, and it would have taken entirely too much time to pull over every time I needed to make a turn somewhere. The 200K and 100mi were marked by pink and orange arrows, respectively, but the neon colors were so close together that I mistook pink for orange.
I also was disappointed with the reststops. The food was OK, but the stops were really small and there was no nice grassy areas to stretch out. The soil was really muddy (which I think contributed to my cleat issue later on) and the organizers (at least the ones I spoke with) were not very helpful with technical issues (e.g., the cleat - see my next post).
It was a beautiful day and a beautiful ride (green hills and huge reservoirs) but I don't think I will do Tierra Bella again because of the organization.
2.8 out of 5 chain rings for me
Ahhh, so now let me tell you about my adventure.............