I'd skip it.

groan.

Ba dum bum.


Serious answer: Skipping rope is supposed to be a good cardio workout.

I want to be 168 so my wife and others think I'm too skinny. That will cause people to remark at my skinniness, which I will then use as fuel to lose even more weight. In the end, I hope this weight loss will improve my climbing, but since I'm not 168, there is no way of knowing for certain. If it doesn't, I'll still have the quiet jubilation that as others around me get fatter, I'm getting skinnier.

I have a buddy who runs the Leadville 100 each year and regularly places in the top three of his age category. He was at my house on the deck a few weeks ago and as the temperature fell to 70 degrees, he started to shiver. That might be too skinny.

Looks good to me...

It's a nice century. 2000 riders. Some nice flat stretches (flatter than here) but also the three mountains of varying difficulty (easy medium difficult).

I registered to ride in 2009 but didn't drive down there because the radar looked bad.

The cloudy, wet video really doesn't do the scenery justice.

Nothing is ever simple on the 41.


By the way, I ate a Roast Beef sandwich at about 2PM. So now I'm all set until Thursday you friggin Fred lunchmuffin losers.

how much climbing? I've never done a long climbing ride and even the one i just did was lots of repeated rolling hills rather than sustained climb. i think i would prefer sustained climb so you can just get into a routine and grind away. a roller coaster type terrain just gives you no time to recover before another sharp climb.

2,000? that must be so disruptive. the residents must hate you.

Fixed for accuracy on the 41.

My bike race pal and his girlfriend (soon to be wife) just had a baby boy. 7lbs. 10oz.

I did tell him that he is already too fat for this sport.

There's not any long climbs:

What makes the last mountain even tougher is that it comes 80 miles into the ride, and it can be warm if the sun is out and/or it's humid.

But it's not a long, grueling climb. Most people stop to catch their breath at the rest area right before the climb. Either you have enough strength to keep pedaling all the way to the top, or you end up walking for a bit.



The police block off the roads downtown near the start and there's some stationed at major intersections for several miles. Once you get past the first mountain, though, it's rural enough and the cyclists are spread out enough that there's not much interference in normal traffic (other than the fact that there are cyclists present).

The first or second year I did it some idiots scattered some tacks on the road coming off the first mountain. I'm guessing they didn't like cyclists.

Something even dumber than riding a bicycle.

i saw this earlier today but couldn't think of a suitably dumb place to post it. i should have known tis thread would fit the bill.

Pcad!

Post your times.

How long is the loop?

About 6 miles. I only race there. I wouldn't go there to ride or train.

In a race averaging 25 mph or so, you do that loop in about 15 minutes. I'm reasonably confident a really fast guy on a TT bike could do that loop in closer to 12 mins.

I'm not a really fast guy on any bike.

After I'm gone, will BF remember me with the affection and accolades being showered upon the late Mr. Steinbrenner?

not true. I meant I had bet on you finishing in 7:45 not that that is what I would do.

I only live in a flat area and have only done 2 100+ milers. first wast like 5:40 and the second about 5:15.

These were both MS rides with some solo and some draft. On a planned ride with other firepower not filled with fred obstacles it would be faster...but again I have no idea how the elevation would stunt my time.

My friend just had a baby born at 1 lb 11oz. Good for cycling maybe, but we were worried for a while. It is a bad situation, but the baby is a hair over 3 lbs now (8 weeks later) so doing much better.

PSA don't drink when pregnant.


I love those elevation profiles. I feel like they should show gradient profiles instead as they would be much more interesting to me and informative overall.

I bet the suspense to find out is killing you.

go do the 3 mountains with velo. then we'll get the pecking order mapped out properly.

hahahahaha....ahahahahahahah

I had to punch yet another new hole in my belt this morning... however, after this evening's workout, I'm fairly certain almost no one is effed.

I think I count some 50ish posts between midnight and 1AM this morning.

For being about so little this thread sure says a lot.