Jun-6: BigWaveDave returns

Jun-6:

PUE: Michener's X-roads - Bobbitt - EgyptMtnRd - PhiloWhite-Grissom-G-P-MVC / lunch / LeesvilleRd-ShadyGroveLoop; w/ Iva, BobH, Norris for 74 m. + BigWaveDave for ~ 25 m.; Irregulars ride: 73.8 m.; est 3323 ft climbed; 4hrs, 38min; 15.9 mph; post-lunch add-on: 26.6 m.; est 899 ft climbed; 1hr, 37min; 16.4 mph; total ride: 100.4 m.; est 4322 ft climbed ---> effort index = 143; 6hrs, 15min; 16.0 mph avg pace.

1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.
Apr tot: 13 rides; 666.4 m.; 42 hrs, 58 min; 15.5 mph.
May tot: 14 rides, 803.1 m.; 50 hrs, 39 min; 15.8 mph.
Jun tot: 2 rides, 132.8 m.; 8 hrs, 10 min; 16.2 mph.
YTD: 49 rides; 2357.8 m.; 149 hrs, 18 min; 15.8 mph.

BWDave rode with us to Michener's X-Roads, then he U-turned and high-tailed it back to PUE so he could make his appointment with the Boy Scouts. Good to see you, Dave.

BobH, Norris, Iva and I had a great & scenic ride under overcast skies and cool temps. Several new roads for each of us, including me.

Upon returning to PUE, I fixed myself two sandwiches (turkey & blah cheese), drank some chocolate milk, and concluded I'd likely never get more favorable conditions in which to "sneak" in a 100-miler. So, I did the extra.

It is important to carefully choose the course one rides because, although we were avg'ing 16.0 before the turn onto Ghoston and after the turn off Peed, "warm-down" mode on MVC resulted in the avg pace for the first 74 miles being only 15.9 mph. However, even with tired legs and not exactly a helpful wind, I managed 16.4 mph for the 26 mile segment, resulting in an overall avg for the entire 100 miles of 16.0 mph. Woo-hoo!

There were three "no-show" "slackers" today: Rushmore, Snapper, and the Duke. Their loss. They won't have that comforting feeling of knowing the initial 27 miles of the solstice course.

I saw Jessi & Melissa just as I was prepping to do the extra 26 miles. Apparently it is "game on" on the tease front. They seem to think they can out-tease me by suggesting that they are afraid of hurting my ego by out-climbing me if they come to Irregulars rides. I guess they don't quite understand that EVERYONE (except "Ba-room!") climbs faster than me. It is nothing to have 5, 6, 8 riders zip past me on the upslope as if I were standing still. Getting passed by some svelt young females is not going to damage my phycee.

(I must mention serendipitous "pick-ups" Jen & Sean for the first 22 of the 26; but as I led for all but about 2 miles, I can certainly claim that the pace of the 26 was entirely mine as if solo. However, I wonder if I would have been as motivated to keep-on keepin'-on at the same pace if I had been truly solo.)

As I was packing up after stretching after the extra miles, a big fire truck went past PUE and tooted its horn at me. I waved assuming that it had to be Luuuu-TEN-ant Daaave at the wheel.