It was a great ride. Thanks for supporting us, Bob. And for pushing me through some of those last few hills.
---- Bob Luppino <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob Dillon and I traveled to the big city of Gulf, NC (just north of Sanford) > today to participate in the CARA Ride for their Lives supporting animal > rescue in Lee and adjacent counties. The ride started at a nice park on the > Deep River and covered the rolling hills of Chatham, Lee and Moore counties. > The route had a great mix of flats, rolling hills and just enough challenging > hills to keep it very interesting. Bob D kicked the ride off with a strong > leadout with a large peleton of about 80 riders in pursuit. Alas, a repeat > of the Pickle ride was not to be as both CoWs fell back behind the > hammerheads and proceeded at a more moderate pace. We finished strong with > about an 18.2 mph average for the 62.8 miles. After the ride, the organizers > provided a nice barbeque lunch with liquid refreshment from Carolina Brewing > Company and a band to entertain the group. > > I highly recommend this ride in future years. The course and volunteers were > wonderful. The first rest area was at a historic home that the homeowner > opened up for the riders. The second was at a state historic site honoring a > Revolutionary War battle. The third came after the hilliest section of the > course and it didn’t matter where it was. We didn’t stop after that although > there were more opportunities. We couldn’t ask for better weather. > > Derek...We ended up riding the last half of the ride with the captain of your > Tour de Cure team. She’s still as strong on the hills as she was in Raleigh > earlier in the year. And, yes, she’s still recruiting more riders. > > It was a fantastic day to ride. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
