We're doing the McClinchy Mile this Saturday, but might catch the CTS ride on Sunday. Will definitely make it the week after. I think I'm going to stick with the yellow group though. I'm still too slow on the hills to move up to green. I'll be the large lady on the Specialized Tricross...
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03-17-2010, 08:22 PM #1
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03-17-2010, 09:18 PM #2
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Whoo what's the McClinchy Mile??? I'm not sure I like any bike ride with the word "clinch" in it haha...
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03-17-2010, 09:33 PM #3
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http://www.bikesclub.org/html/mcclinchy/mcclinchy.htm
A fundraiser for our local club. We're doing the 47 miler.
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03-18-2010, 05:22 AM #4
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Aww that looks like a nice and fun ride! I thought about doing the ride around puget sound, so it would have been nice had I known earlier, although I am trying to save money right now, so it probably wouldn't have been in the cards this year. It's relieving to know that it's someone's name, and not an indication of how you're body will feel after doing a whole bunch of hills or something though! It's too bad that the person it's named after, died early in life. Do you know what happened to him?
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03-18-2010, 07:53 AM #5
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I don't know anything about Stuart McClinchy. Googling the name just brings up previous mentions of the ride in his honor. Hmmm. i hadn't made the connection between Clinchy and the way a hard ride might make one feel
, but now that you mention it, that seems fairly obvious.
Of course, you could always do the ride on your own. The maps are available on line and the course markings will remain for some time...
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03-20-2010, 08:48 AM #6
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Okay, so I'm off to do the first CTS ride of the season... I'm hoping the green group is the right fit! I'm a little nervous, this will be my first big group ride. If anyone does end up coming I'm wearing a turquoise craft jersey, black assos shorts, and I'll be on my white and pink Orbea. I hope you ladies have fun on the other rides you're doing today!
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03-20-2010, 02:51 PM #7
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CTS or CATS?
Okay! So, I went on the ride and it was great! I did the green group, and I actually kind of felt like I could have gone faster. I don't know if it's because it was the first ride of the season or what. Going out to Seward Park we intentionally were going slower like 14-15mph I guess to let people warm up etc. On the way back it was a little faster, and I kept getting caught in the back part of the group just based on where I was standing in line and being separated by cars, etc. so then I would have to sprint at like 19mph to get back up to the rest of the group, but that wasn't a problem. I'm used to doing the distances we did, so it may get a little more challenging once our rides are up in the 40-50mile range. But I was actually thinking that maybe I would be okay in the blue group of the CATS team. It was an okay workout, but I didn't really feel challenged at this point. You're just constantly slowing down for stop signs, cars, etc. I'm nervous to make this jump though, because people were talking about how "hardcore" the CATS people are etc. I'm worried that I will try it on a ride, and get left behind. But I am usually going faster than what we were doing today. Any advice from experienced CTS/CATS people?
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