Oh my gosh! Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 31, 2012, at 5:19 PM, "Tim & Susan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks pals! > > They say when one door closes, another one opens. That may have been true > for me after yesterday's ride. There are two organizations in the US for > endurance cycling. I picked RUSA because they were more active in North > Carolina. The other is the Ultra Marathon Cycling Assoc. They have some > strong members in NC including a few of my RUSA pals. I was in Lumberton > earlier this year when Maria Parker was setting a new World Record for the > women's 12 hour time trial. Well, I drove to Sunset Beach yesterday to get > my drop bag and to carry some supplies to the control. Maria was the control > official there. We chat for a while as we both have time to kill. I told > her my interest in doing a 24 hour time trial in Sebring Florida one day. > She then happily informed me that I didn't have to go all the way to Florida > that NC was getting it's first official RAAM qualifying 24 hour cycling time > trial in just 3 weeks in Little Washington. I just had the perfect practice > run on a 24 hour event. If I had finished the 1200k, I would not have > recovered in time to do this, but now the light bulb is going off. It will > also settle those voices in my head. Don't tell Susan. > > http://www.midatlanticultrasports.com/Home_Page.php > > They also have a 12 hour time trial, a 100 mile race and a 100 mile > non-competitive ride, in case anyone is interested! > > Expanding my horizons! Maybe! > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Lamm > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 2:56 PM > Subject: Re: [COWs] 1200K (DNF) > > Tim, > > I agree with Jeff. You're still da man in my eyes. If I'd been riding like > you have, I would have been burned out long ago. Not feeling good from a > summer cold can put a damper on the fun factor. Hey, don't despair, ignore > the voices. Right now I can't imagine anything more fun than riding and > sprinting with the local dudes? > > James > > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Tim & Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > I knew one day I was gonna bite off more than I could chew and so it was > Wednesday. Too many things not going right and I was not having any fun late > into the ride Wednesday night. Multiple causes for my demise like still > getting over a summer cold, but the main culprit was showing up still 20 to > 25 lbs overweight to a ride with this much climbing involved on day one. I > was the heftiest dude on the starting line. My cheeseburger, beer and ice > cream plan failed me! The worst part is that I still could have finished > this ride but the fun factor was gone and my heart wasn't in the game anymore > so I choose to bail. Now I live with the voices in my head. > -- > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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.
