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07-15-2008, 11:52 PM | #1 |
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The heavens opened up and brought forth showers.
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07-16-2008, 02:34 PM | #2 |
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I just found out that he rode Lotoja last year. I peed my pants.
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07-16-2008, 03:10 PM | #3 |
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What's his name, I'll see how he did.
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On that ride, if you bonk, you bonk. So a twelve hour ride is not out of the question and not indicative how good he may or may not be. Anything under eleven hours is good. If he waited for friends, had some long meals, you just never know. I wouldn't judge his cycling abilities based on an endurance ride. Most Cat 3s train for races, eighty miles or shorter, and if he's a crit guy, he's training for short hard rides up to an hour. Morever, Lotoja has hills, and you don't what those are in Texas. When in Buffalo Springs, the locals were calling the ride, "hilly". It has some dips, lots of rain and lots of wind, but "hilly", it was not. A few rollers, that is all. The run had hills.
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I was just joking about him not being good. I don't think I could finish.
He's tall and thin. I don't know if he's more a sprinter or a climber or an all-arounder. Apparently the heat here really bothers him. That's my advantage. |
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I hope we can break eleven. For me it would be a great day if we could do that.
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07-16-2008, 03:56 PM | #9 |
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Let's see you all break 4 hours at Hotter N Hell.
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07-16-2008, 04:03 PM | #10 |
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I won't be able to attend this year, but perhaps next year. Is it Texas flat, with adequate support.
In those temperatures, one needs about forty ounces every hour and I'm not carrying that much. With a good crew, it sounds approachable. I've done in a time trial on a tri 24 mph for 56 miles. With a peloton, one would hope I could average a mile or hour faster. However, I notice it's rather easy to hold 23 and maybe 24 on flats, but kicking it above 25 appears to be out of my range for the most part. I need more cycling miles and better training to do that.
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