Wishing all of the "Death Ride" Riders happy tail winds!

[jobob]

Hey, thanks for asking, and thanks so much for the well-wishes!

I'm writing up my report, but I thought I'd pop in to let you know that I did fine, and I'm really happy with what I accomplished.

Things didn't go according to plan for me, and when it became obvious that 5 or even 4 passes were just not going to happen, I kicked back and enjoyed my day.

I climbed the front and backside of Monitor Pass (rather laboriously ), and I climbed partway up Ebbetts. Turns out I did one-half of the ride, at least on paper -- it worked out to about 64 miles and 7,800 ft of climbing.

And I had a great time! I'll post a full report in a bit.

[Veronica]

That's awesome Jo! I have such a freakin' hard time with altitude that I am darn impressed with anyone who can do more than one pass in a day up there. Good job, luv!


Veronica

[Biciclista]

I climbed the front and backside of Monitor Pass (rather laboriously ), and I climbed partway up Ebbetts. Turns out I did one-half of the ride, at least on paper -- it worked out to about 64 miles and 7,800 ft of climbing.

And I had a great time! I'll post a full report in a bit.

7800 feet of climbing???
that's A LOT of work. I did about 1600 feet of climbing yesterday and it wore me out...

[jobob]

I get such a kick out of how whacked-out my perceptions have become over the course of the DR training season.

If you told me earlier in the year (heh, or last year!) that I would consider 7800 feet to be a ho-hum accomplishment, I'd have laughed my azz off.

The reality is, I think I can do much better (crazy, but true!) on a good day, but best I could tell the altitude and the heat got to me, and I did what I could on Saturday without turning myself inside-out. I'm not big on suffering.

[maillotpois]

And remember, between Altitude Camp and the ride itself, you have now done ALL of the Death Ride passes.

[indysteel]

It sounds pretty darn impressive to me, Jobob! Congrats! I look forward to reading the whole report.

[Bike Goddess]

I'm looking forward to your report too, JoBob. Seems like you weren't the only one suffering up there. We had a guy who crashed the day before so he didn't get to ride at all. (He's in the hospital in Reno with a broken collarbone and 6 cracked ribs plus brain bleed). Congrats on all you did do. And all that prep work too.

I hear it was nasty hot most of the day- a woman I know from my town said she drank 8 bottles of Cytomax drink and at least 8 waters. Oh me oh my.

I had super admiration for anyone who even does 2 passes at the DR. You are a champ in my eyes.

AS for MP- she's famous even here in my home town. AND LOVED DEARLY by all whom she has coached! I hear this every time I ask someone about that great lady from TNT who coaches the Marin group!!!!

[maillotpois]

AS for MP- she's famous even here in my home town. AND LOVED DEARLY by all whom she has coached! I hear this every time I ask someone about that great lady from TNT who coaches the Marin group!!!!

Wow. [Blushing profusely....]