The Tour de Tucson Nov 20th

[itself]

AZfiddle,

Thanks for posting on Snyder hill. Sounds like it will be doable even on my recumbent.

By the way girls, it's mighty cold in Tucson. Morning temps are 36 degrees. Sounds like we might have to bundle up initially and strip down as we go. Looks like a nice warming trend, and it will be 77 degrees during the day of the ride!

[azfiddle]

Sad to say, I will not be able to ride the 109.... I'm getting a recurrence of hip problems that started last spring. I just overdid it trying to prepare in Sept/October, and didn't realize the extent of the problems until it was too late. I'm doing all the exercises that I got at PT in the spring, and a few new ones from my chiropractor, but I know that I can't strengthen the weak side enough by next week to ride that far :-(

Unlikely , but I might be able to do the 66- more likely, the 40 mile distance unless things get worse over the next week. I'm mentally prepared to sit it out, and cheer for my DH and my friends if that's what I have to do.

It's disappointing, but I'd rather be able to keep riding after next week, than ride too far/hard and end up unable to ride at all again.

[itself]

azfiddle,

I am so sorry to hear about your injury...fear not, many more Tours to come! Rest and heal and baby yourself. In a few months you will be good as new.

[Desert Tortoise]

Az Fiddle sorry to hear about the hip problems and not being able to do the 109 course. As I was reading through I was thrilled to see you did Snyder Road. It's good to have an idea of that road. When doing the 109 mile course, you've already got a good number of miles in before that steep climb and it's pays to prepare before hitting it on the day of the event.

Hopefully you'll get to do some part of ETT. The 40 mile will be mostly downhill. Although the forecasted winds might negate that.

I hope you recover soon. Hey, maybe Tour of the Tucson Mountains early next year?

DT

[azfiddle]

Thanks for the kind thought- I will be standing on Houghton Road and cheer for my DH and friends as they pass. I was so ready to tackle this, but my hip/leg just didn't want to cooperate. Maybe I will be in shape to ride more later in the winter, and to do the April Tour of the Tucson Mountains ... I hope so.