Originally Posted by Bostic

What a way to welcome me to the Death Ride. I saw Eric a few times early on and later on Reid and Jonathan. It took about two of the mountain passes to get used to the altitude then I didn't think about it the rest of the day. Crazy descents on Monitor. Ebbetts is grueling under the sun and trying to dodge cyclists of different speeds. Descent roast beef sandwich for lunch. On the way back at mile 70 something I scoped out my pulling crew and settled on two guys and a very tall lady who was out of control speed wise. Unfortunately they turned off at the parking lot so maybe they were not doing all five passes. The other guys can describe it better probably but there was a hail storm up on Carson Pass. On the lower sections thunder kept clapping and in the last 5 miles it started to hail. Then after the last little climb to turn into the parking lot it went skitzo and was pelting everything. Every cyclist soaking wet. I went into full hamster mode on the descent passing anything that moved to get back to my car asap. I'll have a better report later. The bike is covered in mud and debris.

144 av hr
179 max
6381 kcal burned
121.5 miles
12.7 mph av speed
48 mph max
71 av cadence
123 max cadence
9:33:15 ride time