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Old 06-21-10, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by gpelpel
What is this appetite for long, hilly ride now? Are you shooting for doubles in 2011?
No.

On this last ride, I found out just how much I was willing to do before getting off the bike for the day. I could have ridden more, but I was out literally from sun-up to sun-down, and don't really fancy riding pre-dawn or post-sunset. I have zero interest in doing doubles.

The Mendocino Monster was a lark that I happened to succeed at - it wasn't something I had been planning or was thinking about. The Hamilton ride was something that I'd always wanted to do, but never seriously considered actually doing. I had previously tried and failed to ride up the back side of Hamilton, and the two times I had summited Hamilton from the San Jose side I had always wondered what lay on the ahead on the east side. I needed to see it, and the opportunity just happened to come at the right time when I was still flush with victory over Mendocino, and it was offered by the right people.

I had a jones, and now it's been satisfied.
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