My weakest ride of the year!
Silver and I and a couple of local friends (who are Ironmen) drove to Shawnee National Forest to join a group of Illinois locals on a hilly ride.
Oh My Gosh! I was anything but feeling strong!
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/i...kValue=7117499
It started with a .5 mile 200 foot climb to "Bless the Statue" of Tecumseh(wish I recorded that one in my Garmin), then 10 miles of rollers, then roundtrip 22 miles with most of the rides 4,600 feet of climbing, returning to the 10 miles of rollers (passing on that last climb to 'bless the statue').
Out of the group, I was last to come in and feeling quite whipped
But, I didn't fall, didn't bonk, didn't walk, and I finished
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11-09-2008, 12:55 AM #1
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My Weakest Ride of the Year - Oh, THAT'S what a hill is!
Last edited by Mr. Bloom; 11-09-2008 at 01:35 AM.
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11-09-2008, 06:21 AM #2
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Wow, I'm impressed.
If I had been on the ride, I'm sure I would have stopped at blessing the statue and waited for all of you to return."The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we might become." Charles Dubois
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11-09-2008, 07:06 AM #3
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Hah i agree with Pardes, I would have just kept blessing the statue till everyone got back. but what u did was definitely very very
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11-09-2008, 09:54 AM #4
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Great work, Mr. S. Actually, I like being the caboose. Treat yourself to something nice.
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11-09-2008, 09:58 AM #5
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Honey, if that was MY "weakest" ride of the year, I'd be about three times as strong as I am.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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11-09-2008, 11:07 AM #6
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Can we do it again ???
PLEASE!!!
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