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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
I think your training rides would put me six-feet under! I think I might be able to hang for five or maybe six miles before my tongue would be dragging the pavement.
(I ride with guys and girls who have a more relaxed approach to the event!)
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Its not my video. Send to me by one of the guys who films our rides. Its intense and if I lay off for the bike a two weeks, I'll pay the piper and get drop in the last ten miles because its all hills to the finish. Lots of strong 30 something year olds on it. They draw blood. Finishing is my accomplishment given the mileage I put in during the week. If I ride more then a few times a week, I have a much easier time finishing. At 55, I have no acceleration out of my legs on those long quarter or more miles, steep up hills when they drop the hammer. Hey, I hurt really bad on those rides. It takes it out of me. Sometimes, I lay down on the floor when I get in and fall asleep there without knowing it for a couple hours. When I finally awake, still in my riding clothes, wife and kids are gone to lunch without me.