Hey guys!
Well I’ve finally thawed out from Saturday’s ride! We started things off by having a in-depth conversation on attire selections and proper application of embrocation. Having solved those issues, we queued up for the start near the front half and waited for the start. Everyone starts slowly rolling and clipping in, and to my left I notice a rider who has missed his pedal and is leaning hard to my side, hopping on one foot, and is going down… he falls on me on the way down but I give him a little elbow shiver to keep myself from getting involved and keep rolling. Little did I know the boys got caught up in the mayhem behind me… it took a few moments for us to regroup during which the lead group was trying to make the split. We got together and started to put the hammer down to catch up… I felt like I didn’t have much pep in my step but we were rolling about 28-30mph ripping by people left and right… We finally gave up the ghost after ten miles or so of just us five guys killing it and decided we would stick together and ride it out.
We got to rolling along and feeling pretty good (except when Bob killed us on the hills:) and picked up a group of lead stragglers out there somewhere around mile thirty or so… We were happy to stick together but someone (DAVE 🙂 decided nobody is gonna get a free ride on our backs! So we picked up the pace and cut thru them like a hot knife :). The long run NE thru the valley had a tough headwind and we pushed on and finished in just over 5 hours… tough wind, rollers, and hard riders made for a memorable ride. I think I had four bags of beans and four bottles of gatorade endurance and no cramps, but I was tired at the finish! good ride and great company made it a very fun day!