> Cruised out of the Falls Lake area, north of Raleigh with Mr. Dayton. 29 > degrees there at the start. My first sub-freezing ride of the season. Early > December was 70 degrees, but real men wait until we put on 5 extra Christmas > pounds and sub-freezing temps to get our 200K in for the month. It was very > nice not having a wind factor today. I felt ok for the first 40 miles, but I > winged the last 90 miles. Too late in the season for this kinda stuff. I'm > not posting my Garmin results. Across the Kerr Lake dam at mile 55, Sat down > with some locals around the heater in an old country store in Skipwell. > Lunch in Clarksville, Va. at mile 80. The mountain on Mountain Rd. at mile > 101. Finished up with 131 miles and over 5000 feet of climbs for the day. > Sun came out for a couple hours in the afternoon and we thawed out a bit. > Recovery may take a while. Ended up with 12,839 miles for 2012. I'm taking > the rest of the year off.
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