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"wafflycat" <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
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Went out just after 12, got back just before 5 this evening. Had a
glorious 60-mile pootle round the lanes. A bit of an "againsterly" in the
last couple of hours, but not too bad. I'm k-nackered now ;-)

Cheers, helen s

So are we playing Can You Top This? Yesterday, me and 2 buddies took off at
9:00 a.m. and climbed off at 4:00 p.m. In between we rode 113 miles that
included 9,900 cumulative feet of climbing. The turnaround point was atop a
6 mile climb that averages 7%. Winds were between 25 and 40 mph all day.
We got blown to smithereenes. BUT ... the final 25 miles was a dead-on
tailwind! It energized us. We never imagined finishing a ride like that
and feeling so strong. Gotta love those tailwinds!

Along the way we passed directly through the path where a tornado had struck
the previous afternoon. That was interesting. On one side of the road
there were all these massive tree trunks broken off about 3 feet from the
ground. The remainder of the trees were strewn in the pastures on the
opposite side of the road. We passed through many roads just as the crews
with chainsaws had cleared them. This was the same storm system that made
Friday such a freaky day at the Tour de Georgia. As it hit the northern
part of South Carolina (where I live), things escalated a bit.

Epic rides are the best. The endorphin high is just amazing.
--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)

Well, Bill B has you both (and anyone else in the world) beat.

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"wafflycat" <wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk> wrote in message
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Went out just after 12, got back just before 5 this evening. Had a
glorious 60-mile pootle round the lanes. A bit of an "againsterly" in the
last couple of hours, but not too bad. I'm k-nackered now ;-)

Cheers, helen s

So are we playing Can You Top This? Yesterday, me and 2 buddies took off
at 9:00 a.m. and climbed off at 4:00 p.m. In between we rode 113 miles
that included 9,900 cumulative feet of climbing. The turnaround point was
atop a 6 mile climb that averages 7%. Winds were between 25 and 40 mph
all day. We got blown to smithereenes. BUT ... the final 25 miles was a
dead-on tailwind! It energized us. We never imagined finishing a ride
like that and feeling so strong. Gotta love those tailwinds!

Along the way we passed directly through the path where a tornado had
struck the previous afternoon. That was interesting. On one side of the
road there were all these massive tree trunks broken off about 3 feet from
the ground. The remainder of the trees were strewn in the pastures on the
opposite side of the road. We passed through many roads just as the crews
with chainsaws had cleared them. This was the same storm system that made
Friday such a freaky day at the Tour de Georgia. As it hit the northern
part of South Carolina (where I live), things escalated a bit.

Epic rides are the best. The endorphin high is just amazing.
--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)

"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So are we playing Can You Top This?

Well that wasn't my intention ;-)

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Yesterday, me and 2 buddies took off at 9:00 a.m. and climbed off at 4:00
p.m. In between we rode 113 miles that included 9,900 cumulative feet of
climbing. The turnaround point was atop a 6 mile climb that averages 7%.
Winds were between 25 and 40 mph all day. We got blown to smithereenes.
BUT ... the final 25 miles was a dead-on tailwind! It energized us. We
never imagined finishing a ride like that and feeling so strong. Gotta
love those tailwinds!

A rare beast, a tailwind!

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat said:

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So are we playing Can You Top This?

Well that wasn't my intention ;-)

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Yesterday, me and 2 buddies took off at 9:00 a.m. and climbed off at
4:00 p.m. In between we rode 113 miles that included 9,900 cumulative
feet of climbing. The turnaround point was atop a 6 mile climb that
averages 7%. Winds were between 25 and 40 mph all day. We got blown to
smithereenes. BUT ... the final 25 miles was a dead-on tailwind! It
energized us. We never imagined finishing a ride like that and
feeling so strong. Gotta love those tailwinds!

A rare beast, a tailwind!

Cheers, helen s

I won't try to top anyone but I did ride about 40 miles a few days back
and found the wind on part of the return trip to be ridiculous. It was
blowing steady 30 MPH at a 90 degree angle to my ride so should have
been an aerodynamic null but the gusts were up to round 50 MPH and
actually blew off the road a few times. There was no bike lane, this
being 10 miles out of town, but I was at least a foot from the edge of
the road ans still got blown off.
Maybe I should have started a wind thread??
How come I never get those perfect tailwinds?
Bill Baka

psycholist said:

So are we playing Can You Top This? Yesterday, me and 2 buddies took
off at 9:00 a.m. and climbed off at 4:00 p.m. In between we rode 113
miles that included 9,900 cumulative feet of climbing. The

Damn! I wish I could hang....

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turnaround point was atop a 6 mile climb that averages 7%. Winds
were between 25 and 40 mph all day. We got blown to smithereenes.

Yeah...winds were strong here on both Saturday and Sunday...Amazingly
strong..

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Along the way we passed directly through the path where a tornado had
struck the previous afternoon. That was interesting. On one side of
the road there were all these massive tree trunks broken off about 3
feet from the ground. The remainder of the trees were strewn in the
pastures on the opposite side of the road. We passed through many
roads just as the crews with chainsaws had cleared them. This was
the same storm system that made Friday such a freaky day at the Tour
de Georgia. As it hit the northern part of South Carolina (where I
live), things escalated a bit.

Wow...where exactly was this?

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Epic rides are the best. The endorphin high is just amazing.

I bet.

psycholist said:

So are we playing Can You Top This? > Bob C.

If we are playing CAN YOU TOP THIS....I rode in the rain. I went about
2 miles and turned around and came home. (After falling on my ass.)

I did ride on Sunday after church. That was nice. I did not hook up my
cyclometer thingy, so I have no idea how far I rode. It was fun
though. :-) Sunday was a beautiful day for riding so I just forgot
about the distance and rode for fun. No amazing stories...just rode
through our town parks.

It's all Good,
Maggie

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wafflycat said:

"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So are we playing Can You Top This?

Well that wasn't my intention ;-)

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Yesterday, me and 2 buddies took off at 9:00 a.m. and climbed off at
4:00 p.m. In between we rode 113 miles that included 9,900 cumulative
feet of climbing. The turnaround point was atop a 6 mile climb that
averages 7%. Winds were between 25 and 40 mph all day. We got blown to
smithereenes. BUT ... the final 25 miles was a dead-on tailwind! It
energized us. We never imagined finishing a ride like that and feeling
so strong. Gotta love those tailwinds!

A rare beast, a tailwind!

Cheers, helen s

I won't try to top anyone but I did ride about 40 miles a few days back
and found the wind on part of the return trip to be ridiculous. It was
blowing steady 30 MPH at a 90 degree angle to my ride so should have been
an aerodynamic null but the gusts were up to round 50 MPH and actually
blew off the road a few times. There was no bike lane, this being 10 miles
out of town, but I was at least a foot from the edge of the road ans still
got blown off.
Maybe I should have started a wind thread??
How come I never get those perfect tailwinds?
Bill Baka

Start a wind thead? You've been doing a "hot air" thread for years already.

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Along the way we passed directly through the path where a tornado had
struck the previous afternoon. That was interesting. On one side of
the road there were all these massive tree trunks broken off about 3
feet from the ground. The remainder of the trees were strewn in the
pastures on the opposite side of the road. We passed through many
roads just as the crews with chainsaws had cleared them. This was
the same storm system that made Friday such a freaky day at the Tour
de Georgia. As it hit the northern part of South Carolina (where I
live), things escalated a bit.

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Wow...where exactly was this?

Hi Roger,

Are you familiar with Glassy Mountain just to the northeast of the town of
Pickens? Well, just about a mile to the north and west of the mountain
there's a beautiful little farmland area and that's right where one of the
tornados cut through. In my account of our epic ride, I didn't mention that
we also went up and over Glassy Mountain which, though short, is brutally
steep. Anyway, the area I'm talking about would be north of Pickens and
just east of Hwy. 8.

We also came through quite a bit of damage just south of Pickens right along
Hwy. 178. This appeared to have been another small tornado or microburst.

Right in the town of Pickens, along Railroad Street, we saw a couple of city
blocks that were taped off by the police and they were all kinds of crews in
there taking down trees and putting tarps on roofs, etc. I felt sorry for
the folks trying to put tarps on their roofs in 40 mph winds. They didn't
look like they were having much fun.

--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)

bbaka said:

wafflycat said:

"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So are we playing Can You Top This?

Well that wasn't my intention ;-)

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Yesterday, me and 2 buddies took off at 9:00 a.m. and climbed off at
4:00 p.m. In between we rode 113 miles that included 9,900
cumulative feet of climbing. The turnaround point was atop a 6 mile
climb that averages 7%. Winds were between 25 and 40 mph all day. We
got blown to smithereenes. BUT ... the final 25 miles was a dead-on
tailwind! It energized us. We never imagined finishing a ride like
that and feeling so strong. Gotta love those tailwinds!

A rare beast, a tailwind!

Cheers, helen s

I won't try to top anyone but I did ride about 40 miles a few days back
and found the wind on part of the return trip to be ridiculous. It was
blowing steady 30 MPH at a 90 degree angle to my ride so should have
been an aerodynamic null but the gusts were up to round 50 MPH and
actually blew off the road a few times. There was no bike lane, this
being 10 miles out of town, but I was at least a foot from the edge of
the road ans still got blown off.
Maybe I should have started a wind thread??
How come I never get those perfect tailwinds?
Bill Baka

Sister Maddona Buder got blown off her bike and was badly injured in the
Hawaii Ironman event. Have a read about this amazing 70 year old woman.
I met her in Australia once.
http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/article/item_9590.html

Marty

Marty said:

Sister Maddona Buder got blown off her bike and was badly injured in

the

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Hawaii Ironman event. Have a read about this amazing 70 year old

woman.

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I met her in Australia once.
http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/article/item_9590.html

Marty

WOW......is that really true? She started running at 48. I can't
believe this....it's amazing to me. I am depressed today and I know if
I was able to get some exercise I would feel better. But I am chained
to my desk until 5:00 p.m. I have to start working out in the
morning before work. I find that when I exercise my spirts life. I
guess it DOES put your body and mind in harmony. Right now I feel
like [censored]. I did not exercise at all today, did not ride my bike to
work and I will be sitting in this office for 8 freaking hours. I'm
not having a good day.

I'M SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DEPRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!

And I have no freaking clue why. I need my bike or my sneakers. I
have three inch heels on and I could not walk or run or bike even if I
could sneak out. Maybe I could run in three inch heels back in the
day.....but not now. I need my sneaks. Maybe chocolate will help.

It's all good,
Maggie

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"bbaka" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I won't try to top anyone but I did ride about 40 miles a few days back
and found the wind on part of the return trip to be ridiculous. It was
blowing steady 30 MPH at a 90 degree angle to my ride so should have been
an aerodynamic null but the gusts were up to round 50 MPH and actually
blew off the road a few times. There was no bike lane, this being 10 miles
out of town, but I was at least a foot from the edge of the road ans still
got blown off.
Maybe I should have started a wind thread??
How come I never get those perfect tailwinds?
Bill Baka

Start a wind thead? You've been doing a "hot air" thread for years already.

I should have known there would be one reply like that.
Bill Baka

Marty said:

Sister Maddona Buder got blown off her bike and was badly injured in the
Hawaii Ironman event. Have a read about this amazing 70 year old woman.
I met her in Australia once.
http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/article/item_9590.html

Marty

I hope she can do it into her 90's and no more getting blown off.
Bill Baka

Well, considering I just got back on a bike a couple of weeks ago for the
first time in 20 years, I ma proud of my 13 mile journey that took exactly
one hour..... I will be gaining on you guys though 🙂

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Well, considering I just got back on a bike a couple of weeks ago for the
first time in 20 years, I ma proud of my 13 mile journey that took exactly
one hour..... I will be gaining on you guys though 🙂

That's the spirit! I took a hiatus from cycling from the time I went to
college until I was into my late 30s. During that time I smoked 2 1/2 packs
a day, became an alcoholic and was also a workaholic. At 37 years old I was
going to bed at night thinking I might not survive until morning 'cuz I was
such a physical disaster from all my self-abuses. A sermon at church got
hold of me and I quit smoking and drinking cold-turkey. I began cycling
and, within a few years, I was doing sub-5 hour centuries and a bit of
racing. Now I'm 49 and my doc says I have the heart and lungs of a healthy
20-something.

All that's to say to you, congrats for getting back on the bike. Keep it up
and we'll be looking for you at the front end of the local century ride in
no time!
--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)

psycholist said:

That's the spirit! I took a hiatus from cycling from the time I went

to

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college until I was into my late 30s. During that time I smoked 2

1/2 packs

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a day, became an alcoholic and was also a workaholic. At 37 years

old I was

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going to bed at night thinking I might not survive until morning 'cuz

I was

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such a physical disaster from all my self-abuses. A sermon at church

got

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hold of me and I quit smoking and drinking cold-turkey. I began

cycling

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and, within a few years, I was doing sub-5 hour centuries and a bit

of

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racing. Now I'm 49 and my doc says I have the heart and lungs of a

healthy

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20-something.

Bob C.

Congrats to you. That is fabulous. It's amazing what exercise can do
for a person. I was on a downward spiral some years back. Everything
in my life seemed to be going wrong. I was thin as a rail, but really
a sick thin. I was smoking, and really depressed....... yet I was still
taking care of everyone else in my life.

I have this habit of stuffing pain down so it does damage to myself
without affecting my kids and other family members. And I learned that
stuffing pain down, does ALOT of damage. I thought I got back on
track, but self destructive patterns reared their ugly head....Finally
I realized that no one in the world is worth dying over...(except my
kids)...and I am taking care of myself, riding, exercising, and feeling
a hell of lot better.

I love to hear come-back stories. Life has a way of shooting us down
every once in a while, but we can't stay down. I still have good days
and bad days, but I finally have a way to deal with the bad days. I
exercise. And I have my bike. It's great. Kudos to you for turning
your life around. That is WONDERFUL.

All good things,
Maggie

kramer said:

Well, considering I just got back on a bike a couple of weeks ago for the
first time in 20 years, I ma proud of my 13 mile journey that took exactly
one hour..... I will be gaining on you guys though 🙂

That the right attitude! :-) Today you may not be the fasted but that
can be a goal for tomorrow (unless it an off or active recovery day).

--
Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry [email hidden]
http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only)
http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II)
http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog

kramer said:

Well, considering I just got back on a bike a couple of weeks ago for the
first time in 20 years, I ma proud of my 13 mile journey that took exactly
one hour..... I will be gaining on you guys though 🙂

Hey, you're on the bike. That's the first and most important step. If all
you do is just do some hour rides every week that would be great. But,
cycling is addictive. I predict more saddle time in your future. 😉

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #17: SARTRE

Named after the late existential philosopher, SARTRE is an extremely
unstructured language. Statements in SARTRE have no purpose; they just are.
Thus SARTRE programs are left to define their own functions. SARTRE
programmers tend to be boring and depressed, and are no fun at parties.

Actually, saddle time is the PROBLEM right now..... Anything over an hour
and I get really sore, lol.... But really, I am doing this or exercise and
does an hour ride 4-5 times a week at 13-15 MPH do me some good for keeping
trim? Or should I have a diff. approach?

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kramer said:

Well, considering I just got back on a bike a couple of weeks ago for

the

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first time in 20 years, I ma proud of my 13 mile journey that took

exactly

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one hour..... I will be gaining on you guys though 🙂

Hey, you're on the bike. That's the first and most important step. If

all

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you do is just do some hour rides every week that would be great. But,
cycling is addictive. I predict more saddle time in your future. 😉

--
Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #17: SARTRE

Named after the late existential philosopher, SARTRE is an extremely
unstructured language. Statements in SARTRE have no purpose; they just

are.

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Thus SARTRE programs are left to define their own functions. SARTRE
programmers tend to be boring and depressed, and are no fun at parties.

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Marty said:

Sister Maddona Buder got blown off her bike and was badly injured in

the

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Hawaii Ironman event. Have a read about this amazing 70 year old

woman.

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WOW......is that really true? She started running at 48. I can't
believe this....it's amazing to me. I am depressed today and I know if
I was able to get some exercise I would feel better. But I am chained
to my desk until 5:00 p.m. I have to start working out in the
morning before work. I find that when I exercise my spirts life. I
guess it DOES put your body and mind in harmony. Right now I feel
like [censored]. I did not exercise at all today, did not ride my bike to
work and I will be sitting in this office for 8 freaking hours. I'm
not having a good day.

I'M SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DEPRESSED!!!!!!!!!!!

And I have no freaking clue why. I need my bike or my sneakers. I
have three inch heels on and I could not walk or run or bike even if I
could sneak out. Maybe I could run in three inch heels back in the
day.....but not now. I need my sneaks. Maybe chocolate will help.

With the greatest respect Maggie, you seem to have time to compose a
blizzard of messages each day to this group. This time might be better spent
riding your bike. We seem to hear nothing but excuses and complaints. Just
read through what you have written above.

Remember the Nike advert "-Just Do It!". You'll be glad you did!.

All the best,

Roy
P.S. I didn't start running until age 50.