Thursday, September 21, 2006
It's been nice knowing all of you...
Some of you who have been reading my blog know I went for a few casual rides with my sister, Catherine, this summer. Well at least to her they were casual. For me, they were hard. Now in a spectacular demonstration of my inability to learn from my mistakes, I am driving to Lake Tahoe tomorrow with Catherine so that we can ride in a century together. Just let me say, I'm scared. In addition to the challenges of pedalling for 100 miles at altitude and sitting on my bike seat for more than 6 hours, we will climb over four passes, including Donner Pass twice.
Riding next to Catherine is likely to make it a real ego-damaging experience. She rode in a century two weeks ago, and participated in a full ironman about a month ago where the 112 mile bike ride was sandwiched between a 2 1/2 mile swim and running a marathon. All she did that day was put in the fastest time for her age group. Yep, I'm going to be feeling pretty strong next to her. I've been thinking of bringing a rope and tying it around her seat post and on to my handlebars for the second 1/2 of the ride. I doubt she'd notice.
If I survive, I'll be sure to post an entry saying how it was, but if this is my last entry, please ask Catherine how far I made it. :)
Riding next to Catherine is likely to make it a real ego-damaging experience. She rode in a century two weeks ago, and participated in a full ironman about a month ago where the 112 mile bike ride was sandwiched between a 2 1/2 mile swim and running a marathon. All she did that day was put in the fastest time for her age group. Yep, I'm going to be feeling pretty strong next to her. I've been thinking of bringing a rope and tying it around her seat post and on to my handlebars for the second 1/2 of the ride. I doubt she'd notice.
If I survive, I'll be sure to post an entry saying how it was, but if this is my last entry, please ask Catherine how far I made it. :)
# posted by Craig @ 4:46 PM 
