| Re: Just finished 207 Mile ride (and I need to brag ;-) Long
Hieronymus wrote:
:: "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
This story makes me eager to work up to being about to do a 200-mile ride
like that. I'm just green with envy!
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