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Sunday Ride

4/27/2015

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Doug McConaha, with coffee, spent about a month in and out of a hospital, battling pneumonia.  The good news is he is on the road to recovering his legs and while terrible he had to go through the ordeal, he did lose 15 pounds. Above, he is discussing various medicines he was required to take with Dirty Dan who is a pharmacist and sometimes referred to as the  "Michele Ferrari" of Central Ohio by certain cyclists who suddenly ride a lot faster. Just kidding.
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Isaac in the background rolled in to roll out with our group of 16.  Isaac is riding very strong.  So strong that after kicking my ass at the end of the Northridge climb and tiring of playing with us like a cat with a mouse, rode off to do hill repeats on Reynolds Road. However, prior to leaving, Isaac put in long pulls on Jug, staying well to the left so we could draft to his right, somewhat protected from the strong winds out of the NE.  Dan too took long pulls alongside Isaac, way to the right, right even of the white line so not to give benefit to the unfortunate who lined up behind him.  That Dan, dirty, dirty, dirty.
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Eva on the left is also riding strong as she prepares for a tour in Colorado in less than 2 months.  On the right, Larry P and Steve P.  We were late getting started by about 10 minutes as first Corvair was late arriving and Engineer Mitch had trouble finding the parking lot.  Off we went on a good 35 route to Granville, where we came in from the northeast via the Welsh Hills Road climb.
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Arriving in Granville, some went to CVS, some to the Soup Loft and some just munched on what they had brought along, while gathering on the benches and .....
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....chairs, basking in the sun.  We headed out of Granville when I noticed....
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...Crazy George was riding without a water bottle.  Probably some of you, lacking the long history of George's activities, think it unfair that he be labeled "Crazy".  You just have to trust me, the nickname is entirely appropriate.  One thing is for sure, at 65, on the flats, he is not strong for his age but simply strong.  He took massive pulls out Hollow, Headley's Mill and old 161 on the way back as Doug, Larry and I struggled at times to hang on. After the ride, George announced he was starting a new construction job on Monday and will therefore have to miss the evening rides. 
 
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Women of Thursday New Albany
4/27/2015 04:25:02 am

Didn't Dan get the Dirty nickname because he sometimes skulks around the parking lot trying to take pictures of women changing their clothes in the car?

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Mark
4/27/2015 04:31:29 am

Women,

That activity has been alleged but that is not enough to convict. I suspect that is the least of his dirty deeds judging by how he conducts himself on the bike. Just a for example. Eva had dropped off the back of our little group and it was suggested we wait. All of us being gentlemen, to one degree or another, Larry, Doug, George and I waited but Dan? Noooooo, he used the, "I have to get back to mow the grass" excuse and kept going!!!!! I yelled after him, "There is no I in Team" and all he could reply was, "There ain't no we either." Well, I need to stop before I get emotional.

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Hmmm...
4/27/2015 05:27:19 am

The timestamps on those 2 message are only 6 minutes apart. Looks like the same person wrote both messages.

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Mark
4/27/2015 05:43:14 am

Yes Dan. I receive an email alert whenever someone posts so I can react quickly to comments, when needed.
Mark

Cindy
4/28/2015 06:06:50 am

Not the first time this would have happened...

Corvair
4/28/2015 02:19:05 am

Nice to know you waited for some. I'm beginning to associate the word "veloscience" with "everyone dropped and no map ride".

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