LRRH Ride Reports

[Lifesgreat]

Quick report: I saw many of my TE friends today, but never saw Yellow or SK, they are TOO fast for me. I don't know where Flybye was either. Each will have her own stories to tell, so I won't say anything about others' rides.

Weather: Perfect except for an "enough to be annoying" headwind the last 27 miles.
Food: GREAT!
Road Conditions: Nice
Company: Awesome!

I ended up riding 80 miles instead of 68 because the police misdirected me and a gazillion other women. I wasn't paying attention to my map as well as I should have. I am not mad at them as they were trying to control an incredibly busy intersection/highway with 2000 women coming through. We didn't even get a chance to see the road markings b/c the police stopped traffic and diverted us through a gas station parking lot before we got to them. No worries, I just went 12 miles more than I thought I would.

Little Red, beard and all, was standing at the top of the toughest hill, cheering us on. The Blues Brothers were hosting the last rest stop with "valet" parking for our bikes (all in tidy little rows ) They were even playing harmonicas.

The Bonneville Bicycle Touring Club pulled off another great event!

I had a very nice time and it was good to see my TE friends.

[jobob]

Hee hee, I remember from last year both the annoying headwind, and Little Red himself cheering us on at the top of that last hill.

Glad you had a good time.

2000 registrants ! Holey moley.

[Alex]

I had a ball at LRRH today. I'm so excited at having completed my first century EVER, that I had to post a separate thread over in the general cycling section.

I met lots of TE'ers along the way and the course was really great. After all the hills I've been riding, all that flat stuff was fabulous.

My friend got two flats, so I was mighty happy to have tire liners in, cuz 4 flats would REALLY have sucked.

The only thing I have to ask is why were so many riders such menaces to society? I saw people riding three and four abreast. I saw people riding ON the center line, and no one was on their right. I saw a semi have to STOP because of riders who were in the middle of the road. Yikes.

I hope everyone else had as great a time as I did!

Alex

[yellow]

Well, SadieKate and I perservered, and SK once again busted her PB for a century (she did this last year at LRRH too). Great weather but I have to disagree with the headwind bidness...compared to last year, the wind was way mellower. I never felt like I was battling it this year like last year.

aka_kim, you'll be happy to know that we did not get ANY flats.

We took pictures, of course (because we always do). We started a little ahead of the "official" time and never caught up with Alex (at least we don't think we did; we heard a rumor that she was ahead of us) but saw CyclaSutra and friend, sulis, sbctwin, and Jones and some of their friends at some of the stops. Never saw Lifesgreat or Tater! (we looked for both of you at every stop.) We "picked up" a new friend, Tammy, who has only been riding for a few months and is incredibly talented. She keeps it up and she'll be kickin' all of our butts in no time!

OK, so here are some shots (not the best, but shots nonetheless).

In this one we have friend of CyclaSutra, CyclaSutra, sulis, Jones, friend of sulis, sbctwin, yellow, and SadieKate:



And here are SadieKate and yellow on the Idaho-Utah state line:



And yellow and Tammy in the same spot:



It was a great ride. I'm surprised at how good I felt considering I really haven't been riding much! Tomorrow SK and I are off to get pedicures and then mountain biking in Park City. Yipee!

[aka_kim]

aka_kim, you'll be happy to know that we did not get ANY flats.

Smart aleck! Sounds like you should have been riding with Alex and friend.

Looked like a beautiful day. Glad you all had fun!

[Lifesgreat]

Yellow,

Sounds like you and SK had a great time. I saw Tater at the Amalga and lunch stops and met up with Sulis et al at lunch and the Newton stops.