valygrl

A friend talked me into doing the Mike Horgan Hill Climb. Is anyone else here possessed of similar poor judgement?

It's my first race. Ever.

DataJunkie

Not quite as bad since I came to my senses. I almost registered for the Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb RR. Fortunately, I came to my senses just in time.

dark13star

Nothing wrong with that route, but doing it as a race will be interesting.

I question my judgement in doing the Triple Bypass, not so much for the ride as the number of people out there. I tend to be a solo cyclist with no group riding skills.

DataJunkie

Organized rides are easy to solo.
Everyone gets strung out and unless you look for a paceline you can easily do it solo.
E rock is huge and a tad more difficult. Even then I spend a good portion of the time alone.

badhat

i'm gonna do bob cook this year i think.

i rode it lat weekend and set a PR that would have put me in 6th place citizens for my age group last year so i thought why not. have some confidence i can shave another 5-10 min off that PR under race conditions/without a backpack/with better prep

badhat

it would also put me in 2nd to last in pro mens, so i'm keeping things in perspective

dark13star

Pretty impressive badhat!

badhat

its funny though, my time to echo lake last weekend was 1h6m, and i just looked at the junior times and skyler trujillo, who rides for black sheep in fort collins won the junior (which only goes to echo lake) with a time of 47 minutes.

incredible.

valygrl

Oh hey, I'm doing the TBP too. Just bought a registration of a club-mate.

dark13star

We should organize a meetup for BF at the bar-b-q in Avon

valygrl

I would love to, but there are potential complications b/c I am planning to do the ride & carpool with a couple of friends, and there's just no knowing how the timing and group-decision-making are going to play out.

check yer PMs in a moment.

(p.s., this needs it's own thread)

dark13star

Thanks for the PM. I will start a thread for meeting up on the TBP later today.