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RE: 200k on Sunday
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george vargas
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Aug 11, 2003 16:48 PDT
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I think I finally found a home.
I didn't know that I wanted to do Ultra Marathon Cycling until I tried it
(Grand Tour Highland Triple 2003). Then I didn't know who would be crazy
enough to ride (read-- endure pain with me). Most people when I say "I'd
like to do a century on Sunday" or "I'd like to do repeats on Palomar" or
"have you heard of Furnace Creek 508" look at me like I'm from another
planet. And yet yesterday, everyone at lunch (Bruno, David, Dan and
Barclay) all spoke Martian.
Jimmy was a "bandit" joining the ride already on the road and I don't think
he knew who we were so I don't think we will here from him again. What a
shame he was so excited that he was doing his first century. As he said
"None of my friends ride over 50 miles. This is my dream I'm going to do a
hundred today." Well I think by the time he was done he did more than
scheduled 125miles. I hope you didn't quit and made it home safely.
Eric, you are a brave soul taking on 125 miles in the heat and with climbs
considering you hadn't done more than 85miles and you are a triathlete. I
know you will be back. If you can put this kind of base miles in, you will
be an animal in Kona.
It is a long stretch between stops (AM/PM to Lunch) but that is part of
the adventure. Conserve energy consverve fluids isn't that the nature of
the beast? Clint Eastwood got it right when he said "A man's got to know
his limitations." Having said that, I use 2 Litre bottles which hold 34
ounces of fluid each. That is 10 more ounces per bottle than the standard
24 ounce water bottles. I will eventually also buy a aqua rack for my
seatpost and carry two more bottles. When I ride alone I don't like to stop
and so I leave home self-contained. Also my 4 cans of Ensure Plus helped me
stay fueled with no stomach distress. By the time I got home I put in 150
miles and felt ok considering.
I look forward to riding with you all. You are my kind of people.
george
p.s. I'd like to do 508 this year but I don't have a crew. I'd like to do
it Solo but would join a team if I can't get a crew together. Ideas?
| | From: Thomas Miller <mala-@starband.net>
Reply-To: mala-@starband.net
To: subscri-@barclaybrown.com, ser-@issakov.org
CC: sdlong-@topica.com
Subject: RE: 200k on Sunday
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:50:38 -0700
IF the temps come down a bit, I'll be heading out to Borrego on Sunday and
would be glad for the company (leaving from Paradise Mountain in Valley
Center for 115 miles (or the Middle School for 106 miles). I made it to
Ranchita yesterday where the temps were well over 100. It's not too bad if
you load up with ice (bring a camel back) at Henshaw (and of course at
Borrego). But the temps have to come down a little (or some decent cloud
cover is needed), otherwise it's pretty dangerous (very easy to go
hyperthermic climbing Montezuma). If that doesn't look good, the option is
to just ride out to Ranchita (92 miles my way, 83 miles from the school),
with a Palomar option one or both ways (about 8 miles each way to the
village, but an additional 2,000' of climbing as well). It's great
training
for the 508 if you're interested.
Malamute
-----Original Message-----
From: Barclay Brown [mailto:subscri-@barclaybrown.com]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:24 PM
To: ser-@issakov.org
Cc: sdlong-@topica.com
Subject: 200k on Sunday
Hi All,
What a ride! Great crowd--the most century finishers ever as far as I
know. The "fast group" charged on and were just finishing lunch when we
arrived (but hey we stopped to visit Randy the Spiz man). Eric wrote to say
he regretted having to abandon, but his asthma was acting up and he got
overheated. As did a few of us. My stomach gave me problems all day on and
off, and by the end I was getting worried that the girls wearing flops and
riding cruiser bikes would be passing me I was going so slowly. David
nursed
me and Bruno back down the coast. I was good for nothing the rest of the
day! But it was a great ride! I liked that we had enough riders to make two
groups and cater to more people's preferred speeds. Of course, everyone is
free to ride any pace, but I know that a main reason people come is for
company so its great to have choices.
Anyone hear from Jimmy? He missed the left on to Lilac and we never saw
him again!
Good job to everyone and thanks for coming out.
Any feedback on the route or the route sheet would be welcome. Two
things
I know need fixing.... the left turn from Harmony Grove to stay on Harmony
Grove might not be obvious so I'll add that. Also I'll detail the back way
from the end of the bike path around Ocenside to come out at Angelos, at
the
south end of town. Did everyone realize the bike path now continues all the
way across the 5 and into the streets on the other side and is all nicely
paved? Also I wish there were a way to get water between the first store
stop and lunch. I'm thinking that I may need to head up a bit more north
into Rainbow and hit the store at 395 before coming back down to Reche and
into Live Oak. Oh, also I should make the right turn across the 15 on 395
more explicit--did anyone go straight and up the hill to nowhere? Any other
input on the route or route sheet?
Next March you can do this same ride and get a medal for your efforts.
Stay tuned. And who knows, we may try it again before that. On the other
hand, I have a 300k, 400k and 600k to plan so I expect we'll be previewing
those (or parts of those) on Sundays this Fall.
I'm open to votes about whether we should switch to 7am for century
rides.
I did this one at 7 because of the longer route, but normally we'll be
doing
around 100 mi.
At the moment I'm planning to be out of town this coming Sunday, so is
there someone who'd like to lead a ride? David? Bruno? Others? I can supply
a route, or you can pick, or you can design one.
Thanks again for supporting the ride and the group. It is growing and
I'm
happy that we're providing something that's been missing around town--some
long, creative, even epic rides with great people, scenery and great new
places for lunch (anyone else try the caprese at Dominick's? Excellent.)
See you on the road,
Barclay
Serge Issakov wrote:
So... how much water did you have to go through?
Barclay Brown wrote:
Topica is having troubles...
"One of Topica's databases is currently unavailable. Because of this,
some of your lists may not be accessible at this time. Please be assured
that this is a temporary situation and will be resolved as soon as
possible. Thanks for your patience."
So the list may be down for sometime, and in fact you may not even get
this.
If you need anything email me back directly at barc-@barclaybrown.com.
See you at 7am for the 200k (124mi) ride!
Barclay
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