Jul-18:
PUE: CharlieGrissom-CommunityHouse-HorseShoeBend-PineRidge-VGCC refueling station-Dorsey-BR #1; Lt. Dave, Lee, Iva, Tito, BobH, Norris (+ Snapper, Wave, Levi, Steve for ~ 25 miles); 75.3 miles; est 3330 ft climbed ---> effort index = 108; 4hrs, 26.4min; 16.9 mph avg pace.
1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.
2nd Qt. tot: 43 rides; 2124.3 m.; 134 hrs, 59 min; 15.7 mph.
Jul tot: 10 rides; 481.1 m.; 29 hrs, 8 min; 16.5 mph.
YTD: 73 rides; 3360.7 m.; 211 hrs, 38 min; 15.9 mph.
Rolling 12-mos.: 118 rides; 5594.9 m.; 348 hrs, 17 min; 16.1 mph.
Original post:
Snapper took an interest in the CL sprints into Granville, Franklin and Vance counties; although the first one may have been accidental. LeeD and Lt. Daaave teamed up to hold Snapper off on the Vance CL -- but just barely. But as Snapper cut the ride short, he surrendered his "green points" lead, and I guess Lt. Daaave took that dubious honor.
Aside from the above tidbit, there were too many bleeping hammers today. I was dropped at every steepish climb.
Apparently this was Tito's last irregular ride for at least "quite a while" as he is preparing to go overseas again.
Did I mention that there were too many bleeping hammers?
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addendum (after "sleeping on it"):
too many hammers, just too many hammers
That about sums up the Saturday long ride.
Early on, Snapper finally indicated that he'd finally had figured out where some of the CLs are located. But the Lt. Daaave and his guest, LeeD, decided to make an early move to assure themselves the CL at the Tar River as we crossed from Franklin into Vance county. Snapper was urged to "go" by one who knew where the CL was, and reports are that Snapper caught Lt. Dave's train, but Snapper was nearly out of gas just catching them, and Lt. Dave dug DEEP. They had fun.
Climbing from the Tar River up to Wilton Rd, someone got dropped.
Climbing the Ruin Wall, same guy got dropped.
On Community House Rd, same guy, same result, dropped.
Unexpected third crossing of Ruin Creek while on Horse Shoe Bend Rd, once again same guy got dropped.
However, almost some "revenge" as several of the hammers were trying to miss the turn onto Pine Ridge Rd. One of these days, I have got to learn to wait until I get to the turn and THEN yell that the hammers have gone the wrong way.
There are rumors that several Pro Tour teams are sending personnel to Norris's to find out what performance enhancing materials he ingested at the rest stop near VGCC. The man was flagging badly going in to the refueling stop; but was afire afterwards.
Otherwise, on the way back to PUE, what happened?
Someone got dropped climbing back up from the creek crossing encountered on Dorsey Rd.
Then, the Hammers refused, repeat refused, to do the "punishment loop." What has happened? Wave, when he received the first-ever punish loop, may have hesitated for a second or two, but he performed his punishment. Later that year, Snapper, Wrong-Way Frank and probably the Duke all performed their punishment loops. Now? The Hammers are just Wimps.
Same guy -- it was always the same guy -- got dropped on Cannady Mill Rd even before reaching the Tar River.
Same guy got really dropped climbing back up from the Tar River.
He wondered if the group would wait for him @ Philo White.
He decided that whether they waited or not, he was continuing straight on BR #1 (Cannady Mill to NC-96 to Wilton) to take out several hills and replace them with just a never-ending 2% grade because that "someone" knew he could ride that section at reasonable speed. And maybe the Hammers wouldn't be sure where they were and wouldn't drop him.
Did manage to catch the Hammers off guard.
After leaving NC-96 for the false flat downslope of Horseshoe Rd (don't you just love it when several different roads have almost the same name), Norris, still "performance enhanced" went to the front and dragged the pace up to 21-25 mph. Forget that. Same guy now dropped on a downslope.
Luckily, Lt. Dave waited for me at Grissom, and we had a pretty good ride in from their. Dave did all the hard work.
My average, even with the "riding circles" at the one rest stop to prevent my legs tightening up, was above 17.0 mph when I turned onto Ghoston. You see, I know I can average better than 17.0 mph for a 100k+ ride -- it is just that I like to check out the scenery.
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After all the irregular hammers had left PUE, and I was still foolishly considering waiting a bit and then maybe trying to sneak in a 100-miler, Melissa and Jessica & at least one friend finished their ride. A 60-ish mile route provided to them by some guy that had directed his own ride away from Flat Rock Rd earlier in the morning.
Arriving too late, M & J failed to meet Tito (again) & also failed to meet Iva.
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Confident in the near certainty that I rode farther today (Jul-19) than any of you Wimp-hammers,
Ride safely until we meet again.
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