| Re: Just finished 207 Mile ride (and I need to brag ;-) Long
"Neil Cherry" <njc@wolfgang.uucp> wrote in message
news:slrnccskpt.fg1.njc@wolfgang.uucp...
> I'm feeling pretty good (and still really hungery!) after riding what
> I'm told is an easy double century. It's run by the Central Jersey
> Bike Club (NJ, USA) and it's called the Longest Day (it's held near
> the summer equinox). It's really kind of funny because if you talk to
> people who are not cyclist (and a few who are) they hear '207 miles in
> one day' and think your nuts. Talk to people who have ridden doubles
> and they'll poo-poo it as being easy. Uhm, it's still 200 and 7 miles
> :-). Anyway this is my fourth time doing this and I'd completed it
> with an average rolling speed of 15.6, 16.2, 16.8 and Saturday's 17.7
> mph! Now the story I'm about to tell is from my point of view, none of
> the names are change but I may exaggerate the truth a bit. I'll just
> blame it delirium from too many mile and not enough food. Snippage..
This story is one of the things that makes me glad there is this newsgroup.
Thank you for your wonderful story of your wonderful ride.
Ride On,
Hieronymus
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