Made it to Six Mile, South Carolina late Wednesday afternoon.
I think the drive was about 16+ hours. I tried to sleep on the way down, but no dice.
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| First ride in SC: easy spinning on some of the local roads. I'm right in front of Ben, the guy in the white. Bumming that it is raining, but psyched to be sporting shorts and short-sleeves! |
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Day 2: The slum lords of Killington road up Caesars Head today. 80º and sunny! |
AM ride: Caesars Head
The first half of the climb was a power test: 15 minutes at race pace, with no idea how far Aiden would be up on the climb. Anyways, after 15 minutes of oxygen deprivation we then finished up the climb (~15 more minutes) at a more reasonable pace, then had a sweet decent back to the vans.
PM ride: endurance, baby!
In the afternoon we did a 2 hour endurance ride with plenty of rollers. The pavement here is remarkably smooth, unlike VT. Rode an easy tempo, but my legs were screaming at times for sure...
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Day 3: 70 miles...in the rain (~ 5 hours)
Ah, nothing like waking up in the morning to rain! Today it was unusually cold and exceptionally rainy. Lots of climbing today – we took Route 130 all the way into North Carolina and stopped at a gas station in Toxaway to load up on food. Towards the end of the ride, we were all cracked. I copped a wicked bonk immediately after stopping and it was a long ways back for me. It was just one of those days. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I think we might be racing, which will be neat.
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