Archive for May, 2006
2nd Annual Memorial Day 200km
Our 2nd annual Memorial Day 200km didn’t draw the crowd that the innaugural ride did. We had six total riders last year–no such luck this year. It was just John and me. The bright side of this is we can stick to our own pace, not worry about any stragglers and change course at will should we decide at the last minute. That was a bit of foreshadowing for you astute readers out there. “Change course?”… never on a group ride.
Google map of route
The night before as I was assembling my cycling kit, I struggled with whether or not to bring arm warmers and the skull cap. I knew that certainly I wouldn’t need a jacket, but the arms might still get cold in the morning. Saturday morning, the need for those two articles was clearly decided by the ultra-comfortable 62 degrees at 8:00am.
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Double the climbing
Inspired by John’s suggestion that we climb Lake Desolation today, I made that my plan for the ride. Unfortunately we couldn’t coordinate schedules since I had to start early after sunrise to accommodate Steph’s and my full day of activities.
I headed west up Gailor and Strakos. Love those climbs. Short and sweet, yet still some substantial altitude gained, some 600 feet or so. Then north on Locust Grove since Greene is getting resurfaced. At the end of Locust, left onto Spier Falls Road, continue straight on that and North Greenfield Rd, and North Creek Rd down to Middlegrove Rd.
Lake Desolation Road starts up slowly after the bridge. Just before crossing the bridge I encountered my first dog of the season. I big friendly mutt that kept running back and forth in front of me. I nearly hit him the first time. He finally gave up playing with me when I threw an angry kick his way. Now, I love dogs. But this was a bad dog. Naughty dog.
