Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Grupetto and ride to Ola


"It never gets easier, you just go faster."
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The ride to Ola was a great one, but tough. Jeff, Casey, Erin, Kate and I took off at 8 this morning and having never done the ride, wasn't sure what to expect. Having driven to McCall once, I knew that we were in for some climbing in the beginning, but didn't really knonw how much.

It was a basic route, 50 miles out and 50 miles back. (You can see route on previous post) The grupetto started off "peppy" and it really didn't change for the rest of the ride.

The Facts
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Total Climbing: 5,921 Feet
Total Distance: 101 miles
Total Time: 5:09:02

Legs up for the rest of the day. Recovery day tomorrow and week number 2 of this running block starting Monday. Gonna be a tough week and really gotta plan as much recovery as possible if I don't want to get spit out the back of the peloton next Saturday at the Boise Twighlight Crit.

J

Below is Casey at our 65 miles re-fueling stop. :-)

2 comments:

Casey said...

Great pick! maybe we should make that pic the award for who gets dropped after the stop? HEE HEE It was nice riding with you guys FO SHOW

John Shilt said...

LOL....that was a great ride, definitely one to keep in the books and do again. You had great form Casey, looks like things are coming around for you. Keep it rockin'

John