Sunday, 6/9: l'Etape on GMR & Baldy
 

Sunday will probably be a great day to ride GMR & Baldy, as l'Etape California will be taking place then.

I certainly don't recommend mooching the aid stations, but as long as there are already going to be a bunch of us riding on it and the event going on, it's probably going to be a good day on the mountain. Forecast looks good too.

I'll be out there in my Lemondrian.

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You seem lonely here, boet, This ride is way too masochistic for my liking. And I dislike the organizers' *****ing and moaning about "pirate" riders. They can't close the roads for cars, but a few extra bikes create all sorts of problems for the event??!! :rolleyes: My arse! But I'm planning to do GMR on the 4-th of July weekend (probably on Saturday). Just the "sissy" version - from Glendora to the village and back. You up for it?

Hey what happened to the ride report from your SLO-SD ride?

Alas, life. OBE: Overcome By Events. Might make another stab at it before August if the Universe cooperates.

Am all tapered and carb-loaded for tomorrow. Going to be a hot one, so hopefully they get water to the food stations in time, so I don't get close to blacking out again like a few years ago. :|

I know OBE... it feels like this might be an unusually hot summer but maybe I'm just over-reacting to the heat this weekend, unexpected as it was.

Alas, I DNFed. Wasn't ready for 113 degrees after the chilly Spring we've had. Left hamstring cramped a couple times and felt like a pulled muscle afterward. Spin form was in the toilet and my compensating right foot (with mis-healed bones) started giving me trouble. Really fell apart and still sore this morning. Going to take a few days before getting back on the bike. Hopefully a little cooler on the Fourth, so I can ride Nena up on the dog bike.

Some pics from my DNF-day. (Gack--just looking at these make me feel queasy.)

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Pretty much fallen apart by this point. Tough day.