12 March, 2012

Aw! You're Killing Me

Hell of Hunterdon is sold out.  I'm a bit torn, because part of me wants an extra two weeks to train for it, and if it is sold out I can always just do the ride two weeks after everyone else.  Sure, it would probably only be me and who ever else I could talk into doing it, but I would still be doing it.  I also feel like just rolling with everyone even though I'm not registered.  They are public roads, after all.  But I'm not sure of how big of a dick I will feel like if I do that.  They need to make the ride limit larger than 350 riders.  It's clearly more popular than that.  If I'm honest with myself, I really would like to do it with a bunch of other people.

We're doing our own Paris-Roubaix tribute ride again this year.  Last years was a very half-assed "lets go ride some cobbles" kind of deal, but this year we're scouting a 25mile loop that includes two hills that have sections over 15% in grade.  One of them is half cobblestone.  I would like the mileage to be higher, but we'll see how it goes on Thursday when we do the scouting ride.  There's still time to make changes.  I think 50miles and a few more hills would make for a great ride.  I'll post up the ride when I come back on Thursday.




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