Patuxent River ride 2009 - June 13

[ny biker]

This year the Oxon Hill club's Patuxent River Rural Legacy ride is on June 13.

Anyone? Bueller?

I've done the 46-miler several times now so I'm aiming for the metric this year. (Hopefully we won't have a heat wave like we did last year.)

http://www.ohbike.org/events/rural_legacy_eflyer.html

[7rider]

I usually do the metric of this one.
I plan to be there.
Yeah...last year's heat was brutal.

[7rider]

Hey! We made the photo album for last year's ride!

See pic #22....
That picture is rare for 2 reasons:
1. I'm actually riding in FRONT of my DH. and
2. DH is actually SMILING!!! That man NEVER smiles for pictures. I have a boatload of pictures of him looking all serious...kind of like this one...also taken at last year's ride....(gads...can you just FEEL the humidity???)
My bike...or it's fork... also appears in pix 15 and 16.

Weather should be good for Saturday (fingers crossed!).

[Possegal]

How hilly is the 46 mile? MY plans for this weekend were to do a ride in Philly with my sister and nephew, but that fell through. So now I'm wondering if maybe I'll try this one. Been having some asthma trouble though, so definitely not ready for a metric, and wondering if I want to take it easy with the 20-something miler.

[tulip]

It's not particularly hilly as I recall. Does it go up that steep hill near the church, though? I did it about four years ago. I used to ride with Oxon Hill alot. They are a great group!

[ny biker]

I thought I saw an elevation profile somewhere for this ride, but I can't find it now.

The ride is designed so that the 24 and 46 mile rides follow the same route, and then just as the 24 milers are almost finished and turn left to go back to the start, the 46 milers go right and keep riding. So you could start the ride planning to do 46 and then decide to cut it short if you're not feeling well. There's also good SAG support, just in case.

As for how hilly is it - it's not flat like a ride on the Eastern shore and there are a few good climbs, but overall it's not that bad. It's definitely not as hard as the Philly Livestrong ride.

[7rider]

Here is the metric route from a few years ago.
Click on "show" then "elevation profile" to see what the route looks like.
As NY biker states, it's hilly, but not extreme. The shorter routes would likely look something similar, as they share some of the same roads...at least in the beginning, I believe.

[ny biker]

And this map shows all three routes. They basically all start out together so that elevation profile is good for all of them.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...acy-Routes.kml

[Possegal]

Oh I'm tempted, I'm very very tempted. Also by this one for Sunday - http://www.tourdemparks.org/joomla/index.php
Is it wrong that I like the organized rides so much. I love riding with my family, but the two nieces who ride and live here are always so busy with other things and ride usually when I'm at work. I love riding in Pittsburgh with my brother in law, or Philly with my sister and other brother in law. I like the safety in numbers thing. So around here, organized rides are a better way to get that. Guess I'm still a road chicken. But also still chicken about going alone to local bike club rides and the like. OY, my hermit ways and my need for riding company, they conflict.

[pfunk12]

You're famous! Can I still ride with you on Sundays?

http://www.ohbike.org/events/index.htm

[divingbiker]

Oh I'm tempted, I'm very very tempted. Also by this one for Sunday - http://www.tourdemparks.org/joomla/index.php
Is it wrong that I like the organized rides so much. I love riding with my family, but the two nieces who ride and live here are always so busy with other things and ride usually when I'm at work. I love riding in Pittsburgh with my brother in law, or Philly with my sister and other brother in law. I like the safety in numbers thing. So around here, organized rides are a better way to get that. Guess I'm still a road chicken. But also still chicken about going alone to local bike club rides and the like. OY, my hermit ways and my need for riding company, they conflict.

Possegal, are you a really fast rider? Because if you're not, you could ride with me from Riley's Lock up to Poolesville tomorrow, 40 something miles. I probably average about 13 mph.

I'll probably be ready to ride around 9 or so.

[Possegal]

I am not a fast rider, I average about 12 mph, which seems to be consistent no matter what the terrain. I think my lack of being fast is what keeps me afraid to go to some club ride where I don't know anyone, and why I ride so much better with my family, who have to love me no matter how slow I am.

I would like to do that actually! I would be up for 9AM. I'll have to double check where Riley's Lock is. I'm in Germantown so I'm OK with where Poolesville is.

[divingbiker]

I am not a fast rider, I average about 12 mph, which seems to be consistent no matter what the terrain. I think my lack of being fast is what keeps me afraid to go to some club ride where I don't know anyone, and why I ride so much better with my family, who have to love me no matter how slow I am.

I would like to do that actually! I would be up for 9AM. I'll have to double check where Riley's Lock is. I'm in Germantown so I'm OK with where Poolesville is.

Cool! I have no problem going at your pace. When I get home, I'll try to find the cue sheet URL and PM it to you. We can meet in the parking lot at Riley's Lock closest to the C&O (all the way down to the end); that's where the porta-potties are.

I'll PM you info on my car etc this evening, and see you at 9 tomorrow!

(I'm going strawberry picking afterwards at the farm that's just a couple of miles from Riley's Lock, if you want to join me for that, too.)

[Possegal]

excellent! I'm all for pushing myself for a faster pace. I seem to hold to the same pace so consistently that I think it is some preprogrammed thing No matter how hilly, still 12 mph. No matter how flat, 12 mph. I have only recently started paying attention to this, of course.

And yum, strawberries! I could totally pick some strawberries.

[7rider]

You're famous! Can I still ride with you on Sundays?

http://www.ohbike.org/events/index.htm

Only if you promise not to crash!