Oh my gosh Tim. Sounds brutal. Your reports never cease to amaze me. What a great effort. When's your next attempt? :). Kp
Sent from my iPad On Sep 23, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Jim Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
