Southern California - Windmill Century

That's a pretty good time solo. We probably would have been faster but we were nursing one of riders with a cramp. I left the group and pulling in one other rider the last 10 miles or so. It is interesting your motionbased activity shows about 1500 feet more elevation gain than mine, and about a mile more distance. Did you see us go by near the end?

You finished before me and left lunch before me (I pulled into the lunch stop when Dante was leaving), so you didn't go by me at the end of the ride, you were always ahead of me. ;)

You guys skipped the Guadalupe stop, which probably added a little bit, and I parked at the school and started it there, then rode it up to the park and didn't turn it off while I walked it over to register and the restroom. I really need to get in the habit of starting it when I start the ride...

As to the elevation, I have no clue... I have the latest software, though, and you're running v 2.60, so that could account for it.

Nice ride guys!!

You finished before me and left lunch before me (I pulled into the lunch stop when Dante was leaving), so you didn't go by me at the end of the ride, you were always ahead of me. ;)


I realized after I watched the dot race that we were always ahead of you on the road. Dante left the lunch stop a few minutes before us and we caught him on the road a few miles later.

I realized after I watched the dot race that we were always ahead of you on the road. Dante left the lunch stop a few minutes before us and we caught him on the road a few miles later.

I saw your group at lunch, at least I thought it was your group, before you rode out. I would've said something, but I feel really odd going up to people I think I may know from the innernet and asking if they are so and so. :o

4:49 (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3389472) :D

I met Dante; he hung with our group for a bit and even did a few pulls before calling "mercy" at the Guadalupe rest stop (my group didn't stop).

5:36 Steve, thanks for letting me join your pace line, it was fun, a couple of times you guys had me pegged. I needed to drop at Guadalupe, the hills were coming and I needed to rest a little. After lunch I made a wrong turn, I was climbing the hill on Black Road when I realized I was going the wrong way. It couldn’t have set me back more than 5 minutes.

5:36 Steve, thanks for letting me join your pace line, it was fun, a couple of times you guys had me pegged. I needed to drop at Guadalupe, the hills were coming and I needed to rest a little. After lunch I made a wrong turn, I was climbing the hill on Black Road when I realized I was going the wrong way. It couldn’t have set me back more than 5 minutes.
These are ungodly times. If I had done this, I would be hours behind everyone.

looked for you guys at the start, but no luck distinguishing anyone outside of the locals.
did most of the ride with a friend who had never done a century before - I mean 100 miles in any form...
He was awesome. Did all the reststops to give his legs a chance to catch up. He started having trouble with the uphills before the lunch stop (he was riding an old steel CIOCC with a low of 42/24), so on his word I went ahead to the lunch break and waited for him.
Met the bros from Echelon there, but still couldn't see anyone from BF.
Left lunch again with Robert and kept a nice steady pace and did most of the pulling to let him keep his spin.
AT the Black Rd turn and climb he started feeling it so I told him to steady out and we'd meet at the finish.
I really dislike a headwind and the uphill to Casmalia was incessant.
Still, once I get a rhythm I can go for quite a while. Stroked the climb, did the last stop then motored to the finish. I got my second wind halfway up the Casmalia climb and was able to avg almost 24 mph for the last 20 miles to the finish. I nice breeze at the tail for about 6 miles didn't hurt. :D
Overall, actual road time 5:32, time with stops 6:08 (mostly lunch :) )
Robert finished in 6:15 road time and under 7 hrs overall - great job for a 1st ever century (he's 62 !)
Great ride! Overall really fun course. Tailwinds did a great job in support, reststop prep, food and provisions, plenty of everything. Weather was deluxe, in spite of the expected wind.
All very friendly, helpful people.
The road markings were just superb! Easy to follow and well placed.
Will look to doin this again next year!

Sigh :rolleyes:...did ANYONE finish it is sub 10.5 and want to report?!!!!!! Anyone!? ANYONE??? You know, something like "stats: 9.59 ride time." That's the person I now want to hear from. The rest of you speed loons, go eat a steak and plan your next neck-breaking speed record. I want to hear from someone I can relate to. :p:D

Sigh :rolleyes:...did ANYONE finish it is sub 10.5 and want to report?!!!!!! Anyone!? ANYONE??? You know, something like "stats: 9.59 ride time." That's the person I now want to hear from. The rest of you speed loons, go eat a steak and plan your next neck-breaking speed record. I want to hear from someone I can relate to. :p:D

Oh come on ... you'd be one of those with a 6 hour time ... guaranteed!

Oh come on ... you'd be one of those with a 6 hour time ... guaranteed!

No. No, I wouldn't. :rolleyes:

No. No, I wouldn't. :rolleyes:

There weren't any llamas to distract you...

There weren't any llamas to distract you...

Ya, but there were people at the rest stops to visit with.:D

ha ha ha ha HA! :rolleyes: I'm over llamas, John, and Dante, I've pefected my picture taking to catch you speedies as you drop me in the dust. :p

Sigh :rolleyes:...did ANYONE finish it is sub 10.5 and want to report?!!!!!! Anyone!? ANYONE??? You know, something like "stats: 9.59 ride time." That's the person I now want to hear from. The rest of you speed loons, go eat a steak and plan your next neck-breaking speed record. I want to hear from someone I can relate to. :p:D

as 100 milers go, this was really an easy one - not that 100 miles is ever anything but a solid day...
the combo of great weather (don't think it ever go much above 80F), nice roads and in spite of claimed 4K ft of altitude gain, most uphills were low gradient with a few short real climb sections, the steady climb out Black Rd and no real walls. The only difficult sections had the typical Santa Maria headwind, which was quite moderate, as things go up there. And not having herds of riders to manuever around made it very nice on the course.
You would have had a great time and prolly an 'easy' one also...

Saw very few riders being sagged, so its a ride everyone could learn to luv.

Will try to throw up a brief ride report with a few pics, later...
can't say enough of how well the Tailwinds club did everything to the perfect level necessary to 'support' and 'feed' without 'restrict'. They get an A+++
But what do I know...

... goin out for a short spin to get the lead outta the legs...

goin out for a short spin to get the lead outta the legs...

Missed you at Worlds today

The pictures are up...
Since I am going to buy it, I would think they wouldn't be too upset with me embedding it.

http://mike93101.dotphoto.com/SAN1/68/8B/9A/i688B9AB9-31F6-4AC1-89D5-050EF3623F6F.jpg

Here's the link to search for others, I'm 164-166 I think.

http://mike93101.dotphoto.com/CPViewAlbum.asp?AID=4677124&Page=1