Saturday Ride 4-19-08
Riders,
I wish I had a nickel, I wish I had a dime, I wish I had a sun that would shine all the time (at least every Saturday!!!) Actually, I wish I could ride as fast as this pictured rider, Rocketman!!! I can't figure out how his feet are pointed inward AND he's still able to ride fast and straight??? some kind of advanced physics? or biomechanical principles still yet to be understood...
What kind of cycle are we in??? I'm talking about the weather cycle... Last weekend, the weather teased 8 riders to come out to ride... Ryno and THE Knight of the Round Table met us on the road for a few miles. We even entertained an out of state guest from Georgia. Everyone cooperated except for Mother Nature... she wasn't due to show up until 12noon or so... however, she arrived early and BOY was she angry... just who invited her anyway, she doesn't ride??? She came rolling in just about the time we crested WaterTower Hill... she dribbled a little liquid sunshine on us, then decided just to pour it on!!! The 3 of us off the back decided to take a short cut to Liberty Hwy... Apparently, Mother Nature decided she need to get our attention, so she threw around some lightening bolts and loud clamps of thunder... we stuck Tony on the front and he led us home... Bob was the ONLY smart one and he headed for shelter... Tony, no offense, but next time I'm following Bob's wheel.
Now, I hear that Mother Nature is coming back... she sure can mess up a bike!!!! That's all we need after a long ride, more hours in the garage cleaning up rims, brackets, brakes, tires, tubes, shoes and seat bags...
However, if by some miracle she stays away, we DO PLAN on riding this Saturday, 4-19-08. We start at 0800 from the parking lot of New Spring's Church in Anderson, SC. The route remains the same. Weather permitting, some riders will go for ~60 miles as they train for White Lake 1/2 IM. For me, that means we'll put Whaley up front and draft his wheel the whole way....
Just in case you have forgotten our route.. it's about 45 miles (give or take) with a few regrouping points along the way... let us know if you're new to the ride... and we'll watch out for you.... the average ranges from 16mph to 20mph for the entire ride... and we have a few points of interest where you can burn a match or two...
Stay tuned... watch the weather
the 10 percenter
I wish I had a nickel, I wish I had a dime, I wish I had a sun that would shine all the time (at least every Saturday!!!) Actually, I wish I could ride as fast as this pictured rider, Rocketman!!! I can't figure out how his feet are pointed inward AND he's still able to ride fast and straight??? some kind of advanced physics? or biomechanical principles still yet to be understood...
What kind of cycle are we in??? I'm talking about the weather cycle... Last weekend, the weather teased 8 riders to come out to ride... Ryno and THE Knight of the Round Table met us on the road for a few miles. We even entertained an out of state guest from Georgia. Everyone cooperated except for Mother Nature... she wasn't due to show up until 12noon or so... however, she arrived early and BOY was she angry... just who invited her anyway, she doesn't ride??? She came rolling in just about the time we crested WaterTower Hill... she dribbled a little liquid sunshine on us, then decided just to pour it on!!! The 3 of us off the back decided to take a short cut to Liberty Hwy... Apparently, Mother Nature decided she need to get our attention, so she threw around some lightening bolts and loud clamps of thunder... we stuck Tony on the front and he led us home... Bob was the ONLY smart one and he headed for shelter... Tony, no offense, but next time I'm following Bob's wheel.
Now, I hear that Mother Nature is coming back... she sure can mess up a bike!!!! That's all we need after a long ride, more hours in the garage cleaning up rims, brackets, brakes, tires, tubes, shoes and seat bags...
However, if by some miracle she stays away, we DO PLAN on riding this Saturday, 4-19-08. We start at 0800 from the parking lot of New Spring's Church in Anderson, SC. The route remains the same. Weather permitting, some riders will go for ~60 miles as they train for White Lake 1/2 IM. For me, that means we'll put Whaley up front and draft his wheel the whole way....
Just in case you have forgotten our route.. it's about 45 miles (give or take) with a few regrouping points along the way... let us know if you're new to the ride... and we'll watch out for you.... the average ranges from 16mph to 20mph for the entire ride... and we have a few points of interest where you can burn a match or two...
Stay tuned... watch the weather
the 10 percenter
Another comment about the pic of Rocketman at the Anderson Tri... he was part of a relay team... his daughter did the swim and his 8 year old son did the 5 K!!! in 23 minutes!!! NO KIDDING...
http://andersonytriclub.blogspot.com/
Just a few comments about the ongoing developing tri club at the Anderson YMCA. This past week, our coach joined in the water fun workout. I guess he thinks because he's IN the water, actually doing the drills and sets, he can "push" the envelope.... for this week, the trick he pulled was for each swimmer to do his "own" IM... that 25 yards of butter, back, breast and free....X 2!!!! it was a classic... the question is..."would I do it again??? and the answer is YES, if YOU'LL join us!!!! so, if you're of the "tri-ing" nature and a member of the Y.. join the club and have some water fun... (applications are at the front desk)
posted by MikeM at 9:27 PM
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Mother Nature held me hostage in the house.. no fun... I want to ride
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