Weather conditions were near perfect today. With the exception of a norse headwind, you could not script a better day to ride the JC Loop. Pelo included me, AT, Chad (!), Bergie, Scheibs, and....wait for it....The Yeti! That's right, we got the Yeti back. None too soon, as the Napa Granfondo is a week from today, and the MC is gonna be rolling it.
Bummed to miss some of the pelo's most reliable rouleurs this am (Ullrich, Hoodie). Would have appreciated a little Ticket-punching on 281 and 301, that's for shiz.
Rolled from 290 and Fitzhugh at 7:40am, with a pretty tame first 30 minutes. No one went off to soon, allowing us all to get warmed for the fun that was coming. At mile 22 Bergie got the call of the Billy Goat. And took off. Today the Berg was rocking his TT bike, which is a machete in the wind. Since my Prince is on a UPS truck to Napa, I was left with my Trek. A valiant steed, but less confidence inspiring than my techo-rig. As Berg kept the pedal down, the pelo dropped to just me and him. And it was clear his main objective was to get it down to him, and him alone. I hung on for about 9 miles. Not sure what the power numbers were, but we were cranking, and my ticker was putting in a little OT, averaging 173bpm over that span. I popped off the back of the Bergie train about a mile from the JC rest stop. This round goes to the Berg! Incidentally, I prefer him on his purple nurple....
Chad turned around an hour into the roll, for purely time limitation purposes. He looked smooth and has a ton of potential as a Dough Killer. Speaking of death, Chad witnessed a grisly scene on the way back. Apparently a motorcyclist took a turn on Fitzhugh in the wrong lane, and went head on into a Suburban, killing the poor guy. Prayers for that kid and his family. And the poor soccer mom that was driving the Suburban. What a tragedy.
Bergie turned around at JC, leaving us with 4 (Me, Yet, AT and the Scheibs). Pleasant roll on 301, just spun it. We were all saving some juice for the Hamilton Pool climb. 301 was all into a header, which was un-fun.
As we took the turn onto Hamilton Pool, Team 787 was regrouping, I think headed to Round Mountain. Someone called out my name, either Guz or Brant, not sure which. If you are reading this, give us a brief rundown of your ride. Always love to hear what the big boys are doing!
Punctured on Hamilton Pool. Wasted a little time. The stretch on HP with the new pavement was Oh So Sweet. Slight Tailie+Buttery Roads=Cycling Nirvana. Seriously, this was the best part of the ride. AT and me just CRANKED it. Controlled the spin up the switchback, and then worked the remainder of the climb like we were on a mo-ped. Really wish I had some power numbers here, because it felt like a great, sustained effort. AT pulled the shake-n-bake move on me right before we got to the C-Store on Route 12. Well played Mauer. Well played.
Ride from 12 to the car was awesome. Tailie the whole way. Scheibs didn't stop at the C-Store, giving us a little rabbit chase. It was a scene out of a John Wayne western. The outlaw gets a head start, and the posse gives chase. We reeled him in with a few miles to go. What a blast.
All-in, a real fun day on the bike. Love riding the bike, and hanging with the Dough!
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/85611545
Bummed to miss some of the pelo's most reliable rouleurs this am (Ullrich, Hoodie). Would have appreciated a little Ticket-punching on 281 and 301, that's for shiz.
Rolled from 290 and Fitzhugh at 7:40am, with a pretty tame first 30 minutes. No one went off to soon, allowing us all to get warmed for the fun that was coming. At mile 22 Bergie got the call of the Billy Goat. And took off. Today the Berg was rocking his TT bike, which is a machete in the wind. Since my Prince is on a UPS truck to Napa, I was left with my Trek. A valiant steed, but less confidence inspiring than my techo-rig. As Berg kept the pedal down, the pelo dropped to just me and him. And it was clear his main objective was to get it down to him, and him alone. I hung on for about 9 miles. Not sure what the power numbers were, but we were cranking, and my ticker was putting in a little OT, averaging 173bpm over that span. I popped off the back of the Bergie train about a mile from the JC rest stop. This round goes to the Berg! Incidentally, I prefer him on his purple nurple....
Chad turned around an hour into the roll, for purely time limitation purposes. He looked smooth and has a ton of potential as a Dough Killer. Speaking of death, Chad witnessed a grisly scene on the way back. Apparently a motorcyclist took a turn on Fitzhugh in the wrong lane, and went head on into a Suburban, killing the poor guy. Prayers for that kid and his family. And the poor soccer mom that was driving the Suburban. What a tragedy.
Bergie turned around at JC, leaving us with 4 (Me, Yet, AT and the Scheibs). Pleasant roll on 301, just spun it. We were all saving some juice for the Hamilton Pool climb. 301 was all into a header, which was un-fun.
As we took the turn onto Hamilton Pool, Team 787 was regrouping, I think headed to Round Mountain. Someone called out my name, either Guz or Brant, not sure which. If you are reading this, give us a brief rundown of your ride. Always love to hear what the big boys are doing!
Punctured on Hamilton Pool. Wasted a little time. The stretch on HP with the new pavement was Oh So Sweet. Slight Tailie+Buttery Roads=Cycling Nirvana. Seriously, this was the best part of the ride. AT and me just CRANKED it. Controlled the spin up the switchback, and then worked the remainder of the climb like we were on a mo-ped. Really wish I had some power numbers here, because it felt like a great, sustained effort. AT pulled the shake-n-bake move on me right before we got to the C-Store on Route 12. Well played Mauer. Well played.
Ride from 12 to the car was awesome. Tailie the whole way. Scheibs didn't stop at the C-Store, giving us a little rabbit chase. It was a scene out of a John Wayne western. The outlaw gets a head start, and the posse gives chase. We reeled him in with a few miles to go. What a blast.
All-in, a real fun day on the bike. Love riding the bike, and hanging with the Dough!
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/85611545
1 comment:
Great recap! We left MJ's at 8:00 and rolled to Fitzhugh as well but got stuck at that wreck which looked nasty. We turned around not wanting to see any of it but I did see the suburban and it looked like it rolled. We headed back to 12 to Hamilton Pool and went that way. A handful of us (including me and Guz) turned around at the water crossing opting for the short 80 mile ride, while the rest of the guys (including Brant) continued on to JC. I bet they ended up putting in 120 or so. Great day for a ride. Panozz
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