Glad you had a good day of it. Sometime when you feel up to it, try one of the longer rides. In my experience, there's something that happens somewhere out beyond the edge of way-past-the-furthest-distance-that-you-thought-you-could-go that is really special, and that just doesn't happen on the shorter rides. Riding through a day and then a night and watching the sun come up is an experience unlike any other. And it just isn't the same to start a ride before dawn and watch the sun come up. Being out there for multiple days and nights has an addictive quality.
Best, Nick On Sunday, March 18, 2012 12:38:28 AM UTC-4, Smitty wrote: > > Thanks for all the tips everyone gave in my previous post asking for > Randonneuring advice. I put much of it to use today and had a successful > ride. The forecast called for 100% chance of rain showers. We got a few > minor sprinkles, lots of clouds and a decent amount of sunshine. I came > prepared for 100k of riding in a downpour. Instead I should have wore > sunscreen. No bonk or nutrition/cramp issues... I believe largely thanks to > tips from the list. My goal was to finish in 6 hours (a little over 10mph > average) and I got my card signed at 5:55. Perhaps I could have pushed > myself and gotten a slightly better time but that would have eaten into my > breaks, conversations, and scenery gazing. I don't really feel the need to > jump right into the longer brevets but it's likely I'll be back for more > 100k rides. > > My control card proved it happened, but it's on it's way to France. These > pics will have to > suffice.<https://picasaweb.google.com/113148323994353762329/OregonRandonneursSnoozevillePopularie100k?authuser=0&feat=directlink> > > cheers, Smitty > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/sRbczl-6jFIJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
