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Old 02-07-05 | 11:13 AM
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From: Sunny SoCal

Bikes: '04 Giant TCR

Congrats on the first century. I was there too but didn't see ya. Probably cause there was over 7000 riders and I have no idea what you look like or what you were riding.

I ended up with 103.45 miles in 6hr and 27min total time. Not sure on actual ride time but probably close to 5hr 45min. All in all I had a blast. Got in a couple of really fast pacelines and topped out at 42.8 mph at one point. Got ambitious at about mile 35 or so and lead a paceline for a good 5 miles up one of those false flats. At around mile 70 I pretty much hit the wall and suffered the last 30 miles, switching into survival mode and forcing myself to keep pedaling to the finish. Picked up a cool yellow Mavic cycling cap at the Kucharik booth. One complaint would be the bad roads. You'd think a town like Palm Springs would be able to repave those streets. Some of those roads were REALLY bad!! My other complaint would have to be raw back side. I'm still applying Desitin to my butt!
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