The General soft pedaled on his on after feeling the effects of 2 strong rides and 3 months off the bike! What better way to get back to form than 2 hard rides and putting the miles in!
" The General " On Dec 8, 2012, at 8:48 PM, "Tim & Susan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Round 2 featured another big group. Kaiser, DC, General and I returned for > more action after some grub at McD's. We're joined by Doc, Wally, Dale, > Chicken farmer and AJ. Horne's Church all the way to Liles Rd. I'm glad > everybody didn't follow the pace set by DC. Left on Liles to 581, through > Bailey, Left on Old Raleigh. Kaiser ends up with the monster pull award > after taking down the three sisters with ease. Weatherman was riding the > wrong way! Doc throws down a breakaway on Airport Rd. buying some TV time > for his sponsors. He is reeled in by the peloton then Dale gets wheel sucker > award after grabbing the wheel of this big guy passing on his moped. > Cruising 35/38 he leaves the peloton in another zip code. He is also polka > dot jersey award winner as this lead-out made him the lone rider up Target > Hill. Correction, this just in. Race committee has just stripped the polka > dot jersey from Dale for using illegal drafting of team vehicle/moped. He > still retains wheel sucker award so a good day all the same. Maybe we'll > throw in a most aggressive rider award. That was a cool move. Round 2 group > edges out Round 1 group for faster ride average, though a bit shorter route > at 32 miles. 72+ miles for members of both groups. A most delightful day on > the playground. Recovery is taking awhile. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeff Glover > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 2:05 PM > Subject: [COWs] Saturday 10 am Ride > > A strong herd gathered at DD for an early edition of the Saturday Ride. > Nick, Bob, Tim, Kaiser, DC, LR and The General rolled out of DD for a > slightly modified 40 mile Whirligig ride. As we rolled out Chad chased the > group down to join in the festivities rounding out the group at an even > eight. Cloudy skies, temps slightly cooler than forecast and breeze set the > stage as the group headed out Nash to Packhouse, Bloomery on to Lamm across > 42 on to Quaker (same road just a name change) to Wiggins Mill. Rolling on > Wiggins Mill toward Acid Park, Chad takes the pull out in the open and dead > into the wind. It was his early Christmas gift to the group, thanks. After > a rest stop at Wiggins mill the peloton continued on Willing Works Rd, to > Lloyd to Governor Hunt to 42, Rock Ridge School Rd. A brief directional > confusion by LR at Rock Ridge Simms Rd (a ploy to come off the pull) slowed > up the group a bit. The ride continued on Rock Ridge Simms on into Simms > were another brief half at the store at the intersection of 264 Alt allowed > the group to reform. Moving out on Simms Rd saw the sunshine show itself and > warm things up a bit. Turning on the West Horne's Church saw the tempo pick > up a bit as the group took advantage of a tail wind. On to Nash and back in > to DD completed todays early ride. A solid tempo ride, with the group > holding together. Solid work on the front by all. The ride ended up with > 38.9 miles and an average just over 20. > > Post ride the group fellowshipped at DD while several made plans for the 1 > o’clock ride with some refueling at Mickey D’s. Looking forward to that ride > report. > > A great group and great day to be on a bike. > > LR > > > -- > 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.
