I setup the Renegades Cycling Club for the MS Ride next week. Try to join the team if you're registered or plan on riding. Use this link or search for "Ren" under "Join a Team". Of course you can donate, but that's not the intention of this email. I plan on riding tomorrow w/you guys in the Tour of Hamptons. Since I'm coming from the South Shore, I gues I'll be driving. thks, Barry
--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Oriel Mor <oriel61@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Oriel Mor <oriel61@gmail.com>
Subject: Hamptons Century Warm-Up Ride
To: "Isaac Seinuk" <isaacsei@optonline.net>, "Arthur Finkel" <quasiguru@gmail.com>, northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com, "Jae Cho" <jaekool@hotmail.com>, "David J. Shereck" <david@shereckvideo.com>, "David Wargin" <david_wargin@standardandpoors.com>, "Gus Condiles" <condiles@verizon.net>, "Barry Feirstein" <bfeir@yahoo.com>, "Greg Keller" <GKeller@chitwoodlaw.com>, "George Uribe" <george@visionimportgroup.com>, "Bill Eisenberg" <wjeis@aol.com>, "Robert Leighton" <rleighton@leightonassociates.com>, "Mitchel Lang" <mitchel@klearview.com>, "Larry Nipon" <larrynipon@gmail.com>, "Todd Manas" <Todd.Manas@towerswatson.com>, "Jan Lemerman" <krabice.sirek@seznam.cz>, "Yihao Ou" <yihaoou@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 2:58 PM
So much for taking it easy the day before a century.
I just couldn't get my ass out the door in time to catch the triangle group. Blame it on my hyperactive G-I system (mostly the "I" portion, always in the morning). Got to the LIE about 5 minutes late and spent the next 45 or so trying to chase down the group, occasionally passing one or two riders who had already been dropped. I didn't want to wait for the 8:30 group because, let's face it, I didn't want to spend the whole morning killing myself. A short while, perhaps, but not the whole morning.
After I turned onto Woodbury Road I finally spotted a bunch of them a bit of a way down the road and managed to catch them before the light at Jericho Turnpike. Turned out the group I caught was the slow bunch from the original 8:00 peloton. The faster bunch had probably turned onto Sunnyside, but I was too focused on the guys I saw up ahead to think to look to the side.
You know you're riding with a group that's too slow for you when you spend too much time just coasting along. I'm actually surprised they started with the 8:00 group. They also weren't all that good at avoiding potholes and I found myself riding through a bunch of them. By the time we reached Cold Spring I decided to ditch them and go my own way. While they kept straight onto Main I turned left toward Snake. So long, guys.
After the left hand hairpin on snake I saw a couple of riders just ahead of me. I passed them, as well as another woman on an old heavy bike, before I reached the top. They were all so slow that I hadn't even seen any of them until that turn. That's how fast I came up to them on the climb. After reaching the top of the climb I though to check my average. I was quite shocked to read 19.0. That was after I had already spend some time coasting with the slow group and the climb of Snake. I did have some tailwind during my chase along the LIE. From that point on, as I monitored my average, it just kept steadily dropping.
After the usual Huntington loop I decided to go back toward Cold Spring and climb Lawrence, Moore's and Sandy. I wasn't ready to head home yet and I needed to blow off some steam (mother-in-law issues... don't ask). Skipped the campus and rode back via Wheatley to the LIE and home.
Catching a 6:00 AM ride with Loco and others tomorrow for the Tour of the Hamptons. Always a beautiful ride. Will let you know how that went.
Beast
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