For the most part my sandbagging turned out to be accurate. My wife and kids had a fancy-ish dinner trip planned last night and I had made a mostly-binding promise to reach the finish before dark. So, when I got to Point Reyes Station I decided to skip the out and back leg to the Marshall Store. As I made the turn off the Pt-Reyes--Petaluma Road onto Nicasio I almost regretted my decision, because I felt great, but then I attributed that to the strong push of the tailwind. I got to the "finish" at about 5:10, allowing the volunteers to account for me safely. The finish control didn't close until 8:30, so I definitely could have done the whole thing, but clearly I wasn't up to the distance yet. It was a 185km day in the sun for me, but a DNF in the Big Book. So it goes. It was a lovely day out, and for me a nice kickoff to the year despite the DNF.
On Saturday, January 26, 2013 8:44:13 PM UTC-8, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > Fairly windy? A little rough? > > Understatements of the year perhaps? (it's early in 2013) :) > > The rollers to the Marshall store didn't end up being rollers as we had to > pedal to keep moving on the flat sections. No momentum was carried at all > from the downhills. I was crawling in my granny on 4% grades. Of course, > the same stretch going away from the Marshall store was a joy as I felt > like Cancellara. Still, if I didn't have to face headwinds for the rest of > the year, that's alright with me. The clear weather more than made up for > the pain with the fantastic view at the Lighthouse though. > > > > On Saturday, January 26, 2013 4:09:34 PM UTC-8, danmc wrote: >> >> The ankle is still not ready for the distance although I considered >> attempting the populaire. But did make the drive out to the Marshall Store >> to chat people up. Fairly windy today so the run up Highway 1 to Marshall >> looked to be a little rough. >> >> Spotted a few Rivs on the trip. A nice Atlantis with downtube shifters >> was leaning against the wall of the store. >> >> Looking forward to some pics from the ride. >> >> Dan >> >> Marin >> >> On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:45 PM, David Yu Greenblatt <david.yu....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Dude, do the populaire. It's only $5 and that mileage is easy if you eat >> a lot and take breaks every 2 hours or so. That will be my strategy as I >> have essentially been totally sedentary since the awesome Mt. Diablo New >> Year's Day Ride. >> >> - David G in SF >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:21 PM, cyclotourist <cyclot...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I'm roadtripping up w/ Esteban and two other SoCalians, but won't be >>> riding the brevet. Too physically shot to put that many hours in. I do hope >>> to say hi and ride the first leg with folks as I'm heading up to Mill >>> Valley and parts Tamaicious. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Eric Norris <campyo...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Here's what them official info flyer for the ride has to say: >>>> >>>> "LIGHTS: Sunrise is at 7:18, civil twilight beginning at 6:50. Sunset >>>> is at 17:26 (5:26 pm) with civil twilight at 17:54 (5:54pm) Depending >>>> on cloud cover, this is between 10 and 10 and one half hours of useful >>>> daylight. Many starters will finish before sunset, however it is wise >>>> to be prepared for finishing late enough to need lights. Bring lights >>>> if you are not certain if you can complete the distance by 5 PM. It >>>> may be prudent to assume you can’t finish a ride with the same speed you >>>> enjoyed last summer. Winds and/or bad weather could slow you down. >>>> Regardless you are encouraged to have lights in the event of a mishap that >>>> delays your return. Weather conditions are highly variable along the >>>> route with dense ground fog being possible. Lights will improve your >>>> safety. Given cloud cover or inclement weather it may be prudent to >>>> start the ride with lights on and reflective gear on." >>>> >>>> >>>> Eric N >>>> www.CampyOnly.com >>>> CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com >>>> Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy >>>> >>>> On Jan 24, 2013, at 8:36 PM, Joe Bunik <jbu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Does SFR require reflective gear for the 200km? >>>> =- Joe >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> Visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> David >>> Redlands, CA >>> >>> ** >>> "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby >>> can't chew it." -*Mark Twain* >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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