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03-22-08, 01:44 PM
Yes, it's the most wonderful time of year, again - desert is blooming, tempratures are warming up, and El Tour de Phoenix is just around the corner!!!! Christmas ain't got nothing on this.
For the uninitiated, El Tour de Phoenix is a friendly little 74-mile jaunt around Red Mountain. They control traffic in Tempe, Scottsdale and Bush Highway, all places where we normally have a hard time dealing with cars, and it makes for a beautiful ride! The desert's especially nice this year because the winter rains were just right. There are two mountain passes, one nasty little 9-mile incline and a bunch of that gradual-incline that makes you feel worthless and weak, until you check the inclinometer.
Every year I invite a bunch of the frozen people, but they don't seem to get the training in before April 5. Poor souls! Of course, around here we've been ramping up the miles for months now.
So who's registered?
For the uninitiated, El Tour de Phoenix is a friendly little 74-mile jaunt around Red Mountain. They control traffic in Tempe, Scottsdale and Bush Highway, all places where we normally have a hard time dealing with cars, and it makes for a beautiful ride! The desert's especially nice this year because the winter rains were just right. There are two mountain passes, one nasty little 9-mile incline and a bunch of that gradual-incline that makes you feel worthless and weak, until you check the inclinometer.
Every year I invite a bunch of the frozen people, but they don't seem to get the training in before April 5. Poor souls! Of course, around here we've been ramping up the miles for months now.
So who's registered?