RR: TOH 2003

"Carla A-G" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Roadie Ride: Tour of the Hamptons 2003 century ride.
>
> Jim, myself and a few of our hundreds of roadie friends showed up for the ride. Frankie Froglegs
> couldn't make it, he was at the 24 Hours of
Allamuchy
> in New jersey. It started in the Hamptons and looped around Montauk. We
took
> off. The start-off times were spread out so as to not cause too much congestion with the amount
> of riders.
>
> We could not have asked for better weather. It was simply gorgeous.
Perfect
> for a lung busting, long haul ride. The route was beautiful. Riding along the seaside, through the
> rural areas and farmlands, barely any motor vehicles to bother the riders. Many of the other
> riders rode together in a peloton in order to try to beat the wind. Jim and I decided to stick
> together, we were a peloton of 2. We weren't in any rush, neither was this
a
> race. They had rest stops every 30 miles or so. We took advantage of whatever stops we could make.
>
> Near the end, it started to get hilly. After all that riding, they threw
in
> the hills at the end, just to beat the living **** out of you, in case you had not already been
> beaten. We got passed by many riders along way and we passed many other ones too. We suffered, so
> did everyone else. It was one great big suffering party of roadies.
>
> We completed the Tour. We had heard of only one incident where someone had crashed but we didn't
> know the details. It was high-fives all around and watermelon for everyone...
>
> Jim and I got home and passed out with exhaustion.
>
> The next century comes in a couple of weeks...Tour of the Golden Apple, in Westchester. A ***** of
> a hilly century. I can't wait...

This might just inspire me to do the "Sierra Century" in a few weeks. Only problems are that it's at
altitude, has a fair amount of climbing, AND I haven't really trained for it (roadie scum for all of
a month now). But why should I let THOSE little factors stop me?

Bill "if I can get a good 60+ miler in before then..." S.

"Jimbo (san)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> <Originally posted by Sorni
>
> Bill "if I can get a good 60+ miler in before then..." S.
>
> If you can do 60 you can do 100... it will just hurt a leetle bit more

Right. Same as when I was training for a marathon years ago. Rule was if you could run 18 or so you
could do 26. Only problem is I haven't gone longer than ~45 yet! (But it was a HARD 45 -- Palomar
Mountain.)

I definitely plan to do a few C's -- just don't know about doing first one so soon AND out
of the area.

Bill "we'll see" S.

Bill Wheeler wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 10:59:58 -0400, "Carla A-G" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Roadie Ride: Tour of the Hamptons 2003 century ride.
>
> [snip nice RR]
>
> I've been putting in 40's and 50's weekly on the road. Don't have time for a century this year but
> maybe next year.
>
> Good to see a Roadie RR every now and then.
>
> Peace, Bill
>
> The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should
> give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
> :-]
sort your clock out future boy !
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