July 28 Rides

[PinkBike]

We did 19.1 miles at 19.3 avg mph.

wow, silvers, very impressive!!!!

[wannaduacentury]

I did 30 on our club sponsored ride yesterday in West Ga. we had a cloud cover until it burned off around 10 am and it started getting more humid(hot in afternoon-90's- It was called the Blazing Saddles Century and we had black/yellow/orange socks to go with it). It was a lovely ride and I had a blast. We had 115 show up for our clubs first sponsored century. The one catch that everyone talked about was the rolling hills- I mean one lady requested a warm up course(she's in better shape than I was) if/when we do it next yr. The hills attacked from the beginning and very few flat parts to recover. Everyone really enjoyed the routes themselves, just didn't expect so many hills. Of course I knew they were there, just haven't ridden them a whole lot, but the scenery was very pretty and I passed one guy on his tractor and he waved at me and I waved back. Really cool. btw atl Laura was able to come and she and I got to vist after the ride. First time meeting a TE member in person. Another, cindyloo lives nearby too and I want to get together w/. her and ride sometime. A great day . Jennifer

[onimity]

Wow, you guys are fast!

I found a notice about a local ride in the paper on Friday, the Sunrise Century, and my sister and I decided to do it. It was a beautiful route, heading north from Boulder, CO then west into the mountains, up the S. St. Vrain Canyon and up to Ward (9,450 ft). About 15 miles from Ward, the point where we;d reach the descent, it started raining. A little mist at first but it quickly increased to huge sheets of rain. On the hill into Ward we passed a lady with Hill Slug socks. Very cool. The rain was hard to deal with but I was happy with how easy I found the climbing. By the time we got to the top the rain had let up but we were cold and very wet. We didn't stop long at the aid station there because we didn't want to get too cold, so we headed down Lefthand canyon (a 3,600 ft descent! ) It would have been a really fun descent if the roads hadn't been wet and my hands frozen to the point of not being able to use the brakes reliably... So we kept it slow and stopped every once in a while to warm up.

The last 10 miles were the worst because we took a crowded MUT which is at its worst on weekends, so it was a lot of slow-going, dodging dachshunds and passing pedestrians (after 5 bikes pass in the opposite direction).

All in all, 80 miles, 5,500 feet of climbing, 12.1 MPH (<-but I blame the slow descent! )

Anne

http://blog.annedirkse.com/blogs/v/n...unrisecentury/