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Too big a cog! He will just be spinning away.. Unless you mean from the rush if he eats it:hmmm:
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Too big a cog! He will just be spinning away.. Unless you mean from the rush if he eats it:hmmm:
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Great views
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Pave at Valley Forge
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Pave at Valley Forge
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Back country…
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HA! They ALWAYS do that! If someone says "It's only X miles.", "That was the last climb." or "It's all downhill from here." You know they're lyin' through their teeth. Regardless, I bet you loved every mile. I am so envious of you both.
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Cool man, we rolled in about 5PM. Those were probably the pro guys. Are you at the hotel? Maybe we'll see you at dinner.
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Cool I wasn't sure how this was going to look. There was a nice mountain/hill view on the other side of the street. This looks like a roadie version of Grant Woods American Gothic
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Next time I'll borrow you're helmet cam for quick shots. Or maybe someone will get it for me for christmas, I hear they have a new one w/ a geotagging ability...😀Did you read this Lisa?
Edit: I grew a pair and started taking the phone out for pics on the fly. You were right James they are a bit better than staged ones.
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Garmin Connect data for Day 1 of the Tour de Pink
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Garmin Connect data for Day 1 of the Tour de Pink
Here is our garmin connect info. We'll post up a recap after dinner.
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Garmin Connect data for Day 1 of the Tour de Pink
Here is our garmin connect info. We'll post up a recap after dinner.
Turbotrix
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Hey Bill
I saw you this morning but didn't get a chance to say hello. I really wish I could have stayed and ridden the rest of the tour but I have way too much going on this weekend. I had a great time today despite all the wind and really enjoyed climbing those hills with some incredible survivors.
Did you make it to the dinner tonight? I hear my sister Jamie gave a pretty moving speech that I unfortunately couldn't stick around for.
The big hills are behind you. Enjoy the rest of the tour!
-Jeff
I saw you this morning but didn't get a chance to say hello. I really wish I could have stayed and ridden the rest of the tour but I have way too much going on this weekend. I had a great time today despite all the wind and really enjoyed climbing those hills with some incredible survivors.
Did you make it to the dinner tonight? I hear my sister Jamie gave a pretty moving speech that I unfortunately couldn't stick around for.
The big hills are behind you. Enjoy the rest of the tour!
-Jeff
Glenlivet12
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So we started off the day from the Hershey Lodge around 8 and made the two mile trek over to Chocolate world for some opening speeches and the official start(I'm rider 11 and Lisa is 65). They Jerseys this year are really nice and very comfortable. Its pretty cool, the survivor jerseys had a pink band around the cuff of their left arm like Lance's livestrong band on the Radioshack jersey and they gave all of the survivors riding pink number tags.
We started off, all 200+ of us, at once. It was pretty congested for the first 6 1/2 miles. Then we came to the first hill, it wasn't long but it was steep(similar grade to Dutchtown-Zion Rd. but about a quarter the length.) Just before we got to the first rest stop around mile 16 or 17 a rider went OTB and broke her collar bone. We had a quick bite to eat at the stop and said hi to some friends and started up before we got to cold. It was in the low 60's most of the ride.
I have to thank Ben for his advice on cool weather riding( I can't remember if I read a post or he told us at the shop). We picked up some Windstopper arm warmers before the ride. We were able to pull them when the wind kicked up a bit and pull them down when we needed to cool off a bit.
After we left the first stop we were riding through some great sections of rollers. Each one seemed a little bigger than the last, my max speed was a bit higher after each one. The whole thing was in farm country, beautiful colors and tons of cows! Rest stop #2 came up really quick it seemed. We got lunch here, Subway hooked everyone up and there was also a masseuse giving back and neck rubs.
The ride from rest stop 2-3 seemed much longer! Probably because we were reaching the max mileage we usually do and started feeling the effects of several hours of hills. I feel the training we did helped out a lot but I think if we were to do this again we'd do more longer rides closer to the mileage today. This section was all through Amish country. A lot more hills and cows. We learned another rider went down and broke their collar bone 🙁 For a good portion of the first half of the ride the groups that split off earlier kind of stuck together but now we started to split up even more. Lisa and I fell in with two people from California, one was the VP of HR for Hershey West coast and the other was a sales rep for Hershey. We stayed with these two basically for the rest of the ride.
Rest stop 4 was around mile 70 and the last of the day. It meant we only had 16 miles to go but also the biggest climb. We spent a little more time here than the previous stops. We were both feeling pretty tired and weren't looking forward to this climb. Lisa had her bike looked over by the guys at Knapps real quick and we set off for the last leg of the day. We started out pretty flat which was a nice change. About 5 miles in we started with the hill everyone kept talking about. It was longer than any of the others and a little steep at times but we were surprised how little trouble we had with it. A little after the hill we came up on a ambulance blocking the road. It turns out a lady driving while on her phone ran one of the riders off the road. We heard the rider broke their collar bone apparently its a new fad. I heard the driver stopped for a few minutes then drove off but someone got her tag number.
After this we entered Valley Forge, more hills! After a quick spin through the park we came out onto the Ben Franklin parkway for a bit then cut across into the hotel in the King of Prussia Plaza. Sorry this last bit has been thin or the other stuff was long winded, i'm exhausted and going to bed. More to come tomorrow.
We started off, all 200+ of us, at once. It was pretty congested for the first 6 1/2 miles. Then we came to the first hill, it wasn't long but it was steep(similar grade to Dutchtown-Zion Rd. but about a quarter the length.) Just before we got to the first rest stop around mile 16 or 17 a rider went OTB and broke her collar bone. We had a quick bite to eat at the stop and said hi to some friends and started up before we got to cold. It was in the low 60's most of the ride.
I have to thank Ben for his advice on cool weather riding( I can't remember if I read a post or he told us at the shop). We picked up some Windstopper arm warmers before the ride. We were able to pull them when the wind kicked up a bit and pull them down when we needed to cool off a bit.
After we left the first stop we were riding through some great sections of rollers. Each one seemed a little bigger than the last, my max speed was a bit higher after each one. The whole thing was in farm country, beautiful colors and tons of cows! Rest stop #2 came up really quick it seemed. We got lunch here, Subway hooked everyone up and there was also a masseuse giving back and neck rubs.
The ride from rest stop 2-3 seemed much longer! Probably because we were reaching the max mileage we usually do and started feeling the effects of several hours of hills. I feel the training we did helped out a lot but I think if we were to do this again we'd do more longer rides closer to the mileage today. This section was all through Amish country. A lot more hills and cows. We learned another rider went down and broke their collar bone 🙁 For a good portion of the first half of the ride the groups that split off earlier kind of stuck together but now we started to split up even more. Lisa and I fell in with two people from California, one was the VP of HR for Hershey West coast and the other was a sales rep for Hershey. We stayed with these two basically for the rest of the ride.
Rest stop 4 was around mile 70 and the last of the day. It meant we only had 16 miles to go but also the biggest climb. We spent a little more time here than the previous stops. We were both feeling pretty tired and weren't looking forward to this climb. Lisa had her bike looked over by the guys at Knapps real quick and we set off for the last leg of the day. We started out pretty flat which was a nice change. About 5 miles in we started with the hill everyone kept talking about. It was longer than any of the others and a little steep at times but we were surprised how little trouble we had with it. A little after the hill we came up on a ambulance blocking the road. It turns out a lady driving while on her phone ran one of the riders off the road. We heard the rider broke their collar bone apparently its a new fad. I heard the driver stopped for a few minutes then drove off but someone got her tag number.
After this we entered Valley Forge, more hills! After a quick spin through the park we came out onto the Ben Franklin parkway for a bit then cut across into the hotel in the King of Prussia Plaza. Sorry this last bit has been thin or the other stuff was long winded, i'm exhausted and going to bed. More to come tomorrow.
Glenlivet12
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Hey Jeff,
I'm glad you were able to make it out for the ride! Today was tough but it was a ton of fun. I was at dinner tonight, I was actually sitting at the table next to your sister. I didn't realize that was her, I think I spoke to her a bit at one of the rest stops. It was a great speech, it sounds like she's had to make a lot of tough decisions. Everyone gave her a standing ovation afterward 🙂 Hopefully you can make it out to the picnic at Mercer park on Sunday.
