May not have met your goal but great effort and no bears. Birdman Sent from my iPad
On Sep 23, 2012, at 12:01 PM, "Tim & Susan" <[email protected]> wrote: > At 6:30 pm I'm getting off the bike at my car at mile 180. I'm wasted, > The pain behind my big toe is intense and I can't stand with my bike shoes > on. I have to sit on the ground and take them off. Time to see a foot > doctor, gout/arthritis is getting worse through the year. He'll just say, > stay off the bike and give up recovery drinks. I already know the treatment. > Anyway, concerned people start bringing me food and stuff thinking cramps > have taken hold of me. I climb into my chair for an extended dinner break. > Knocked down 24 ozs of V8 juice that Maria gave me. My body wanted more of > that but it's all they had. Not a V8 fan, but its excellent endurance food. > My ride started at 8:00am. 13 of us lined up for the 24 hr. tt. Again > I'm the only fat guy there. I'm cool with my 1200K stickers on my car but > these guys have RAAM stickers and alpha dog has a double iron-man sticker on > his car. You know, swims 7 miles, 220 miles on a bike, then runs 52 miles > because he can. Four guys, all sporting disk wheels bullet out of the > parking lot. I should have let them go but noooooooo. We're spaced about > 100 feet apart cruising 22/23. Third guy falls back a bit, I go around. 10 > miles in I start to drift back as well. Alex from Washington passes my back > in the headwind section and we chat a bit. He is the reason this race is > being held. Big dog lives here. I pace a couple hundred feet behind him and > on the front stretch of lap two I pass him again, he returns favor on the > back stretch. I'm having a blast. I know things will change soon when the > front bearing stronger winds reaches us late morning, and that train was > right on time. I'm on lap three 65 miles into the ride averaging 20 and > change when the 15mph winds arrive. It was like I hit a wall. Alex rode > away. I should have chilled and just rode for fun but I wanted at least a > 600K out of this ride so I pushed a little too hard. Round and round, slower > and slower. I was taking pain pills every lap to ease the pain in my feet. > Short lunch break, more laps, 180 miles by 6:30 when I stopped for dinner. > Flags were still at full salute. My goal was fading away unless the wind > stopped soon. > Hooked up my lights for at least one more loop. I was going to get at > least a double century, my tenth of the year. If the winds would die I'd > continue to chase my goal. I'm halfway around the loop when a jeep rides > behind me for a quarter mile or so. I don't remember seeing any crew members > driving a jeep. Finally he pulls up beside me. "You want me to follow you > back to Washington" he ask. "No thanks, I'm good" I reply. "Well I don't > want to scare you or anything, but damn man there are bears out here". I > finally convince him to continue on. Back at base the wind still has the > flag at full salute and I had another slow lap and no chance of reaching my > goal, and with the thought of bears being on the course I decide to go home. > I go around and thanked all the crew members and packed up. Ended up with > only 206 miles, but got to experience a more competitive side of endurance > cycling. I need to drop 20 lbs and try it again. > > -- > 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.
