New n Old
I have had 4 years of bad dreams about Ramsey's Draft ascent. Blair, Wes, Pat and I did 2 days of training on the Shenandoah Mountain 100 course, so I finally got the chance to visit my poison. I remember the climb, which is about 50 mile point on the race course, playing a big role in my decision to abandon the 2003 race at mile 72. Sunday as I climbed this off-camber, rock garden-laden monster, I realized it wasn't nearly as bad as I remember. Old memories, new perspective:
Other weekend perspectives:
The huddles around the GPS VS. the huddles around the map. The guys did a great job navigating using both methods.
My new shoes VS. Wes' duct tape fingers. I had no idea the "chrome" in these Diadoras would be so flashy when I ordered them. I kept trying to get them dirty but the chrome is like teflon. Oh, well, maybe the glare will keep deer out of my path.
Wes' new Element VS the decades-old singletrack.
3 comments:
The Shenandoah 100 is really do-able with a few long rides under the belt, road/mtn-bike. The Bridge Hollow climb is tough and a little dangerous. Pat and I both crashed on the wrong side but, we survived. There is a ton of service road in this race which makes it do-able. September should be cool and we lucked out with a cool July weekend.
The camping, food and wine was very good - along with showers.
ciao, buzz about cycling
can't wait to do the sm100!
goin mtb'ing at Freedom Park around 4:30/5:00 Tue. until dark. and grabbin grub after. spread the word. Jimmy
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