OMG, I am completely and utterly spent! What was I thinking??!?

Shine

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Sun Mar-04-07 05:33 PM
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OMG, I am completely and utterly spent! What was I thinking??!?

35 miles, with 3,800+ ft elevation gain. I'm totally exhausted. But hey, I did it!! :thumbsup: Whew!

I hadn't climbed like that since last year. It's been a while.

I'm just starting up with the training again and that 3 hr ride really wiped me out.

Here's to being back in the saddle again....:toast:

:hi:

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Sun Mar-04-07 10:04 PM
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1. Congrats!

Living in the flatlands makes even the smaller hills a challenge.

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Sun Mar-04-07 11:33 PM
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2. Thanks!

living around here, in the Santa Cruz mountains, you can't go 2 miles without hitting a hill. It comes with the territory. Is that a good thing? :shrug:

Who knows? :D

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happyslug

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Mon Mar-05-07 05:39 PM
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3. I did Johnstown PA to Ebensburg PA a few years ago.

Edited on Mon Mar-05-07 05:43 PM by happyslug

It was 42 miles, but only a 1020 feet gain. Took me three hours up and two hour down (And it was up and down not just up).

I did it for four years straight, not the last two years as I waited each year for a new bike trial to open up. The Southern Cambria Railway trial is under construction as I type so I will try it again next month when the Snow is melted.

Our Eastern Mountains are NOT as high as the Western Mountains, but it is still a hill climb.
Anyway congratulations for doing it, it is a LOT harder to go up and down a hillside than to peddle on a flat trail.

Site to get elevation on almost anywhere in the US:
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=171:1:14704471579871711173::NO:::

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Shine

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Mon Mar-12-07 10:10 PM
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4. Cool, thanks for the link!

I just rode the Solvang Century last Saturday, March 10th! 104 miles, baby!! :woohoo:

:hi:

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