I was hoping too but not this year.I will be in Seattle for a soccer tournament though. Next year the kid has to find her own ride to the tourney if it conflicts!
Have fun, be save, and good luck everyone!
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07-08-2008, 02:56 PM #1
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07-08-2008, 06:23 PM #2
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I'm doing it to for the first time. Another 2-dayer. I went through a time a month or so ago when I was just dreading it and really resenting all the time it was taking to prepare. Now, I'm genuinely excited and looking forward to it!
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07-08-2008, 07:13 PM #3
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Auntiebobo, it's so much fun! You'll love it. It's a total pageant and a hoot.
Have a great time, everyone!"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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07-14-2008, 05:24 PM #4
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Hi Everyone...just curious, how was your ride?
We started at 4:55 am. I only got about 2 hours of sleep on Friday night. I am just not used to going to bed at 8 pm and getting up at 3:00 am and I think anxiety got the best of me. First 100 miles was great, wonderful tail wind made for really good time despite 3 terrible crashes that happened right in front of us. Probably the worst year out of the 6 times I have done this ride for crashes.
The heat made the last 104 miles really tough. Longview bridge was a pressure cooker!!!! There was two nice ladies in St. Helen's who bought popcycles and were handing them out to riders as we came into the rest stop. That was the highlight of the ride for me. Lots of people suffering from heat exhaustion the last 30 miles. I have heard there were a few that did not finish and many that came in on Saturday after the finish line had closed.
We made it to Portland around 6:30 pm and the cold beer at the end was excellent!!!! Got on the second bus out and back to Seattle at midnight.
I hope everyone made it okay.
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07-14-2008, 05:42 PM #5
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my DH Raleighdon did it in less than 10 hours this year. The weather was absolutely perfect, he rode the wind all the way.
He was jubilant, and the only casualty was he rubbed a seam on his backside and got a bit of a sore.
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07-14-2008, 06:00 PM #6
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That is awesome Mimi. Tell him congrats! Our final ride time was 10 hours 45 minutes which was pretty amazing considering my DH was suffering from heat exhaustion the last 30 miles and we had to slow the pace way down until he recovered. We took a lot longer breaks this year because of the heat, but I was still surprised our ride time was under 11 hours.
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07-14-2008, 06:03 PM #7
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he rode with heat exhaustion?!??!
wow!
you guys did great too. Was that on a tandem?
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