102 miles on the Allegheny "Gran Fondo" ride out of Covington and Clifton Forge, VA. It was a really gorgeous day for a ride. I've heard of this event before, but it was always too far away from me to be convenient, but now I'm practically a "local" so I signed up. The local people really went all out for support. In fact it was pretty overkill in some ways as they had cops and flaggers at practically every intersection. Unfortunately the attendance was pretty low. In a small field I have less chance of being a "mid-pack" rider. I wasn't the last one in, but there weren't too many people behind me.

The ride included a really, really hard climb up Warm Springs. Wowza. Constant 12% grades going up higher than that, really steep switchbacks etc. This is one of the harder climbs I've ever done:

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