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Post by alison on Jul 20, 2009 11:19:50 GMT -5
Hey there.
I am doing the 50 mile route, but Steve might be doing the 100, so I need someone else to keep me company.
Anyone else doing the 50 that might be my speed? 15-18 MPH
Thanks!
Alison
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Post by BikingDerek on Jul 20, 2009 11:59:09 GMT -5
Hi Alison, I will be there for the 50 as well. Plan on leaving @ 8:00am. I will be riding with a group of people and you are more than welcome to join us. We will be meeting at the registration tents. Derek  |
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Post by Janet E on Jul 21, 2009 7:38:57 GMT -5
I am planning to ride the 100....would love some company!
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Post by philjolliff on Jul 21, 2009 8:19:00 GMT -5
I am planning to ride the 100....would love some company! Danielle and I are both riding the 100. Let us know if you want to meet up! |
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Post by alison on Jul 21, 2009 10:07:46 GMT -5
Derek,
I can try to hang with your for a while, but you are probably faster than I am, especially a course like this with hills.
Keep your eye out for me!
Alison
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Post by Janet E on Jul 21, 2009 10:41:52 GMT -5
Phil/ Danielle and anyone else riding the full...
Registration opens at 7. What if we all meet up in that general registration area with the goal of pushing off around 7:30 am?
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Post by chuckm on Jul 21, 2009 14:16:11 GMT -5
If it looks dry, I'm in for the 50. Considering riding from home to add another 15 or 20 miles. Just a note to anyone who has not done this ride, it's a big ride with multiple large spread out parking areas. Sign up is quick, but keep in mind it may be hard to find people in the large crowd.
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Post by Brian Luther on Jul 23, 2009 9:31:32 GMT -5
Hey Janet, I should be in for the 100, just not sure how I am going to hold up for the last 30 miles...... Count me in for the 7:30 roll off....
Brian
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Post by philjolliff on Jul 24, 2009 7:56:42 GMT -5
Phil/ Danielle and anyone else riding the full... Registration opens at 7. What if we all meet up in that general registration area with the goal of pushing off around 7:30 am? We'll see you there for a 7:30 roll-out. |
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Post by MattCollister on Jul 26, 2009 16:31:58 GMT -5
Wow, I had a good time today. Hills and more hills. And compared to what we've had so far this summer, some heat. Ended up doing about 106 miles due to a wrong turn early on. I think that about doubled my mileage for the last month.
Good to see all of you out there.
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Post by MattCollister on Jul 27, 2009 10:31:02 GMT -5
Brandon forwarded me a link from Steve to a profile of our ride based on data from his Garmin. Bottom line - nearly 13,000 feet of climbing in 100 miles. Maybe he can post it.
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Post by Brandon on Jul 27, 2009 11:40:53 GMT -5
I was wondering why my quads were a little tight this morning! I have heard various numbers thrown around ranging from about 9000+ ft. to nearly 13,000 ft. I find 13,000 ft. hard to believe. That is a TON of climbing and I have a hard time liking GPS devices (I like good 'ol paper maps!). But one thing is for sure...That was a hilly ride yesterday.
*edit* to put yesterdays "hills" into perspective, there is an infamous ride in Colorado called The Triple Bypass which ascends 3 mountain passes over 120 miles in the Rockies. Total ascending is ~10,000 ft.
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Post by Steve Yutzy on Jul 27, 2009 13:28:15 GMT -5
Well I had a good time yesterday. That was definitely an ambitious first century. Here's the link I sent Brandon: www.runningahead.com/logs/ac25cc326f324e7b8ce366cdd161a176/courses/37390177d40a4d318f96624a50c40af0Disclaimer: We did one of the optional hills after the first rest stop, and I forgot to restart the GPS until we started climbing, which is why the mileage is a touch short. To the best of my knowledge my Garmin (the 305) doesn't do anything with altitude, but the website I like correlates the coordinates to a topo map. |
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Post by Steve Yutzy on Jul 27, 2009 13:30:39 GMT -5
And we got off course around the Brecksville reservation as well
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Post by Janet E on Jul 27, 2009 14:17:46 GMT -5
Yes, that was a lot of climbing! I was excited to plug my garmin in to get the data only to realize I must have reset it instead of turning it off properly.
I knew the elevation climbed would be big but I was shocked at the decline number as it seemed like we always were going uphill!
Major kudos to Steve for his first ambitious century and it being on his birthday! Good seeing so many of you out there!
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Post by alison on Jul 27, 2009 14:49:04 GMT -5
I am very glad I decided to NOT do the century. 50 miles was enough for me, and the last few climbs I was barely moving.
I agree with Janet, it seemed like we were climbing most of the time, and I cannot figure out how we ended up at the same place/elevation we started!
Sorry I never got to ride with you, Derek. I stuck around for a while at the picnic area but never saw you come in. Must have missed you.
Alison
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Post by Steve Yutzy on Jul 27, 2009 15:24:29 GMT -5
I think the problem is that the downhills were over too fast. You scrape your way up the hill at 10mph then it takes only a minute to descend because you get up to 40mph without pedaling. Or maybe it really was uphill both ways |
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Post by MattCollister on Jul 27, 2009 15:47:12 GMT -5
I think the problem is that the downhills were over too fast. You scrape your way up the hill at 10mph then it takes only a minute to descend because you get up to 40mph without pedaling. Seemed to me like over and over again, we'd be screaming down a hill at 40 mph, then suddenly have to squeeze the crap out of the brakes to stop and make a sharp turn at the bottom of the hill. Then, most of the time, start uphill again. MOst of my energy yesterday came out of my brake pads. My favorite was near the end, the sharp turn onto the gravel road. That was a "WTF!?" moment. |
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Post by Steve Yutzy on Jul 27, 2009 15:51:58 GMT -5
suddenly have to squeeze the crap out of the brakes to stop and make a sharp turn at the bottom of the hill. This was even more fun after one of my front brake pads mysteriously vanished 35 miles in |
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Post by davemiceli on Jul 27, 2009 23:12:29 GMT -5
Well first of all I'll have to say that my company on this ride was fantastic - thanks Janet, Steve and Brandon for letting me play with you this past weekend - it was allot of fun and the time really did fly by......
Secondly - don't believe Collister when he talks about his lack of biking. We didn't exactly ride ez as a group and upon arrival back at the finish I saw Collister. He already had his bike packed and he had changed and he had gotten his corn (prolly ate and showered too) and I'm pretty sure he was ready to ride again being as he was totally recovered from that century that he completed so so so long ago.
Lastly - I'm sorry but I don't think the climbing was 13K. I have a Garmin cycling computer and it read 6500feet of climbing.....that is prolly more accurate (but I hope I'm wrong). I think the big thing with this century is that it is a constant up and down with very very few areas of flats.
Special congrats again to Steve Yutzy - heck of a first century!!
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Post by MattCollister on Jul 28, 2009 7:43:44 GMT -5
Dave, I'd also smoked a couple of celebratory Marlboros by the time you caught up with me. Go where the flavor is.
Regardless, I am telling people it was 13,000.
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