Originally Posted by
telebianchi
You must have been about 8 minutes in front of me. The skies opened up right when my little group hit the gravel driveway of Meadowkirk.
Sunday, they only had the 34 mile route open. They canceled the 54 miler (with input from Loudoun County Sheriff's Department) due to forecast for more thunderstorms (which did role through around 2:00 pm). Although the temps today were a bit lower than Saturday, the humidity was higher making it more oppressive for riding.
5000 ft climbing? I was wondering how much there was. I was happy with myself that I never went into my 28 tooth cog until the final climb on Sunday, which was at about mile 132 for the weekend.
I didn't do the Sunday ride. I haven't been doing the second day part ever since my girl was born. So you rode in the thunderstorm, that was impressive. One of my teammate was sagged because of the storm. They were debating whether to sag me in the last rest stop. I didn't give them the option.
Elevation profile:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/36637133