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A Double, A 100 Miles & the Thursday New Albany Ride

4/23/2014

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Farmer Mike, Licking Counties' largest land holder, also known as the "Land Baron of Licking County" has returned from his palatial estate in Florida.  I found him back by the dumpster, filling a water bottle.  Seemed an odd place to perform the task but anyway, it's great to have Mike back in the peloton. 

I arrived with 63 miles already put in for the day, riding around Hocking Hills, including ascending Wildcat Hollow Road, a beautiful ride through a rock lined gorge with lots of other climbs thrown in there too, finishing with 4400' of climbing.  Could not miss the Thursday ride so after a brief stop at home to change clothes, out I came with modest ambitions other than to finish with 100 miles for the day.

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Former Thursday ride leader and current triathlon event kingpin Shannon Kurek came out for his first Thursday ride of the season.  He seemed happy to be here.
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Doug McConaha on the left with Philippe, Hendra and one other.  Philippe weighs only 135 pounds.  So envious am I as I sit here eating leftover Easter candy.
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Rick Miller, with his back turned, managing the chaotic sign-in process.  A sycophant to his right, trying to gain points by wearing a matching jersey (just kidding).  Since the A route went up Hardscrabble Road, infamous for a nut-job driving that black Honda, the group was warned.  With radar indicating some precip moving in, I was surprised that 60+ cyclists showed up.
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The A group was especially strong, led by Marty, Jon Morgan, Terry G, Patrick, Hendra, Pete C, Shannon,K, and on and on, around 30 of them rolled out., finishing with a 23.8mph average.
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My attention was alerted to some good image opps but the battery died.  Too bad.  I rolled out with the B group, keeping a wary eye on a couple of youngsters who ride erratically, an understatement, but they'll learn.  I was riding on a Saturday a couple of years ago with Marty, Dave C, John Sada and others when John began to describe his ride with the Thursday B group.  Abruptly, one of us barked, "No one cares about the B group." ending the description so knowing this, I will keep the report short.  Good group including Rick, Dirty Dan, Grand Poobah, Mark V, Jeremy, Benny and others totaling around 20.  The pace was exactly what I needed and I enjoyed the ride.  Arriving at the parking lot 4 miles short of 100 miles, I went back out for 4 more and saw the lead A+ group finishing, down to 6-7 cyclists.
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New Ride Start Location (please park close to 3rd street entrance)
New Albany Methodist Church
20 3rd St
New Albany, Oh 43054

WEEK 3

Ride With GPS downloadable routes
45 Mile A-Pace  http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4514343
32 Mile B-Pace  http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4514388
20 Mile C-Pace  http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4514690

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