Training Ride

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Okay, so having shifted from sore to not sore, I can report that a good time was had by all. Pete (for new folks Pete is a chick and my wife) and I raised about a grand for the MS Society thanks in part to some of the folks here. Saturday morning we took off a little early so we could take our time at the rest stops munching, drinking, and chatting. With rain threatening, the organizers held folks back so they wouldn't get fried by the potential difference in potential. We were gone before that decision was made and did get a little wet so it was soggy shoes for the rest of the day. The showers swept through occasionaly for the rest of the day.

We had a different route for Saturdays 100 miles this year. We kept looping through Union Springs a cute little town on the North-East side of Cayuga Lake in NYS. There was a lot more climbing this year which added to the lack of long term goal, like riding to Ithaca and back last year, made it harder for some folks to keep their heads in it. I didn't train as hard this year as I did last but I wasn't nearly as heavy this Spring as last. I felt great and was climbing easily since I didn't have any nagging injuries. My legs didn't hurt at all until the last 15 miles. My butt was pretty sore but thats to be expected. We camped this year crashing hard after 1.2 beers for myself and .8 for Sneaky Pete.

Sunday we got a late start but made good time on the 50. We had a strong headwind coming back to the NY Chiropractic campus in Seneca Falls. It was very sunny so I caught a few too many rays but it was a welcome change. The campus is absolutely gorgeous and the town is pretty homey. Seneca Falls was the inspiration for Bedford Falls in Its a Wonderful Life. If you go definitely hit Baileys Ice Cream parlor mmmmmmm milkfat. You see after a 150 miles in 2 days you can eat as much ice-cream as you want.

They're still taking pledges so I'll leave the link up a couple more days.

*edit smelling isues