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Hocking Hills Tour & Sunday & Monday Too!

9/14/2012

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Well, comments have already described my change of plan for the Saturday Tour of Hocking Hills ride.  I planned to do the 100 mile route but on the loooong drive to Circleville I began listening to a OSU pregame show and, well, the 50 mile route became attractive.  Good turnout for the ToHH and as usual, Mitch O produced a great map and bright orange road markings.   
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Pepe LaPew showed off a color coordinated bike and clothing.
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We shoved off on a glorious morning but nagging at me was the noon start of the game and so at the 50 mile cut-off....I was gone.  However, I had an ace in the hole, a century ride out of Granville on Sunday and so showed up there, the group broke up and I spent a fun time riding 104 with Lon Herman, Hannah and I think Wes, an army helicopter pilot.  We rode through Mt. Vernon, Howard, Millwood, got on to some of the KCBC route riding over the Mohawk Dam, into Warsaw, down to Newark and back to Granville. Then, to make me even more fit, I played golf on Monday, the first round of the year.  Geesh, hard to maintain much of a game playing once a year.  Shanked the ball (ball contacts the hosel simultaneously with the club face) 4 times on the front nine and recorded a very miserable 44 but then came alive on the back nine with a 37.  May practice and challenge Flyin Tuna's hubby Rod to a game before the end of the year but probably not.  

Tuesday not looking too good for the Canal ride but will know more in the morning.
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Andrew C
9/15/2012 09:41:18 am

Thank you Mitch O for the great route, the great map, and the well marked roads! It turned out to be a great day and the ride company was great for the 107 miler! I must say that this has been Houdini's finest and most dramatic disappearance of the season! With all of the hoopla and hype about riding a leisurely pace for all 100 miles, it was quite a shock to find out he had vanished in a poof of smoke, only 20 miles into the ride. Thankfully, we had Cindy B to dutifully take over as our group ride leader for the rest of the ride. She has never abandoned us and she always goes the distance for us!

Houdini, we really do enjoy riding with you and especially appreciate the draft that your tall figure provides on the rare occassion that you get up front and lead. Please don't abandon us again!

I'm not sure which route Mitch was talking about when he said 4k feet of climbing. Our 107 miler had 7500 feet of climbing, a great warmup for those of us doing CFC in two weeks. That Little Cola climb had some folks suffering, as well as the Poe climb. Let's hope the KCBC has lots of climbing too.

It was funny at the end to watch Mark C and Tri Andrew go at it. It was like watching two dogs holding onto a big bone, trying to take it away from the other, all the time growling louder and louder. I did not get to see who ended up with it at the end, as I stopped and waited for Cinderella and rode in with her. I could not in good conscience, abandon our group ride leader. Hope everyone else had a great ride!

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Corvair, aka Brevet Chick
9/15/2012 10:47:57 am

I have a 200km tomorrow so I opted for the 72-miler with Frans (he took the 50-miler as he had to be somewhere). Little did I know Mitch O would throw the OTHER side of Poes Run at me! Even with that it was an awesome ride. I get to do the other side of Poes tomorrow. Looking forward to KCBC and CFC!

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Pony
9/15/2012 11:44:15 am

Great ride....and yes I got lost, ended up with 109 miles :) But got back in with the group and finished with Mark, Andrew, Brent and Dan. Lets hope the next two weeks are this nice

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Dennis G
9/15/2012 12:07:42 pm

Great route! Thanks for the Orange Arrows and nice map! I did the 50 plus 14 bonus miles. Little Cola road was fun!

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