Breathless Agony PREVIEW

[jobob]

Good freakin' lord!

Fabulous job there. And with a head cold to boot.

That route profile you posted on your blog is really something else.

So what does it take before you consider yourself a climber?

[Fredwina]

On the "Damnation Alley":
I can remember doing that climb and some riders passed me. They jokingly asked me "how many hills are on this ride?"
I replied "there's only one. The only problem is it's 30 miles long"
Congrats It was fun enough doing 12,000 feet on gain over 190 miles thei weekend (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=14261), I can't imagine doing it over 75.
Cramping - it's one of those things that you need to keep ahead of like drinking and eating. I like Endurolytes from Hammer. I forgot those this past weekend, but really didn't need them (I cramped a little coming thourgh San Simeon, but that was it)

[Trekhawk]

CONGRATULATIONS BRANDY!!!

Bl**dy hell that route profile is scary.

Yep its official you are a mountain goat.

Love the ride report. Cant wait to hear about your next adventure.

[Brandy]

Thank you so much ladies! I'm hard on myself, I know that for my current ability level and how long I've been riding (started in May '06 didn't start doing good mileage until July and then was off the bike for two months in the early fall) that I'm progressing well. The problem is that I want to be at the level that the people I ride with are at...and only time in the saddle will get me there.

As for when I'll consider myself a climber? Hmmm...not yet! I just asked George and he said I can call myself a climber when I've done Palomar Mountain repeats and a Palomar Century followed by the Breathless Agony route the next day. He chuckled, so I'm hoping he was kidding. I'll get there someday!

Edited to add that I just found out the the workers ride for Breathless Agony has been bumped up by a week, so I now have Mulholland Challenge on 4/14 and then Breathless Agony on 4/21!

[maillotpois]

Great ride report! I liked the pictures on your blog as well!

So when are you going to come up here and do the Death Ride???

[slinkedog]

Good for you, Brandy! Great report and YOU GO!!

[jobob]

Well, you might not consider yourself a Climber yet, but we sure do.

[Brandy]

Well, you might not consider yourself a Climber yet, but we sure do.

Thank you!!!

[Brandy]

So when are you going to come up here and do the Death Ride???

I'm thinking that I will shoot for that one next year. We'll see. I will definitely be thinking about putting some of the harder doubles on the schedule next year as well. I went with some of the "easier" <~~~is there anything easy about a double century? doubles on my first attempt. Who knows...I have dreams of Furnace Creek (probably a relay the first time around) and Hoodoo 500 dancing around in my head, but 508 is out this year because I'm crewing for George.