Wash wool socks in the afternoon.
Hang them to dry.
Put them on while they are still damp the next morning.
Don't put booties on.
Ride for 40 minutes into a 6-10mph headwind at 25°F.
A way for even the people with great circulation to have cold extremities.
Oh and it is getting to be an epidemic. All these cyclists and RUSH. I can say I've put in hours and hours of gerbil miles listening to Chronicles. I got a taped copied of it from a friend in college and those two tapes were always top in the rotation.
For perspective Brentani's three state ride has more elevation gain than the 2009 Tour of Battenkill. And I think from the sounds of it adding Buck Hill (far NW corner of RI) increased the elevation. Hell I just realized that the freaking race is running backwards this year. Which means the wicked killer descent after the long dirt grind up hill is going to be rather tough. And that looooong dirt downhill there (on Ferguson) is really going to be sketchy... It is one thing to be heading up that hill. Going down is going to be a blast. And it is going to be fast. over 10 mph of slightly down hill road. I'm even more jazzed about it now. Looking more closely - there ain't no way to make the three state loop compare to Battenkill. Maybe the heavy tires helped compare it, but there wasn't anything on that ride nearly as challenging as Joe Bean Hill or Juniper swamp. Two years ago I was good about getting to my PVD hill circuit. Last year I did it once maybe. Going to need every last repeat on that hill to prep. Lets see if I can muster the discipline needed not to be destroyed on the 18th of April. There is a big difference in the ride profile looking at the mapmyride version compared to the profile on the offical pdf map.
At least it provides a nugget of focus. At least my recovery is still doing pretty well. No significant soreness yesterday anywhere. No aches or pains today at all on the bike. That has to mean something. Esp since I haven't ridden for more than an hour at a time since the big cold ride that Murat peeled off early from. Time to get that 50t back on the bike though.
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Wow. I just realized that in 3 years of blogging, the number of teeth on my chainrings has never once been a subject or ever really mentioned. How dull I must appear to my readers.. I will count those teeth when I get home, and hopefully avoid counting the first tooth, twice. I would try to read the inscription telling me how many teeth are on there, but as you know, I've been too busy riding my bike to find any time to clean it.
we used to get hopped up on Rush for HS hockey back in the 80s. Van Halen too.
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