Congratulations Tim! Your 200 miles makes my 52 miles look pitiful. James ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim & Susan To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 22:38:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [COWs] Double Century!!!
What an awesome day to attempt a 200 mile bike ride! First off, Doc starts the day with a convenience store biscuit and then leads the 33 member peloton for about the first hour. I was impressed. Jim and I took our turn out front, but my Honey Smacks gave out after about 7 minutes. The first 65 mile loop was loosely organized with a couple of near crashes as everyone was getting use to the double pace line. The second 55 mile loop started out with a strong head wind and the double pace line was much more efficient and things got down to business. No mishaps and no real interesting stories throughout the ride. With the double pace line you got to meet and chat with everyone throughout the day. Jim did a great job promoting the Whirligig ride. I heard him give the spill to at least a dozen riders. The 4th and final loop began at mile 165. A lot of conversations were getting silly and made no sense. Out of 40 total riders throughout the day the first flat tire came at mile 185, another at mile 190. It actually rained the last 10 miles. Again it was the perfect day for such an event. 19 riders began the day with intentions of doing all 200 miles. 19 riders completed their mission, including 4 ladies. 9 of the riders, including myself completed their first 200 mile day. This was Goldsboro's 7th annual event and their their most successful and they declared it their best club ride ever. My helmets off to the Seyboro group as they were first class all the way. Side note, I calculated that I consumed 45,330% of the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin B-12 today. Is that illegal? Tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CyclistsOfWilson-COWs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
