Races

Race Reports for Tour of the Scioto River Valley

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• 2010
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• 2008

[1]

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lfohl

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• Comments: Had a equipment failure today which shortened our ride for the day. Five or six miles outside of Waverly, the first morning rest stop, the front derailure cable broke on the tandem. We waited along the side of the road for about 45 min for a SAG which to us and the bike forward to the next rest stop at Chillicothe where we had the bike repaired and continued our ride after eating our lunch. NW winds picked up at the day went on. Very windy again after we left Circleville on our way to Columbus for the final 30 miles. Rough going again fighting the winds. Arrive in Columbus about 3:30 PM.

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[2]

Reported by:

lfohl

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• Comments: Very strong NW winds. I think it had to be the windiest TOSRV ever. Really rough going. This year we had a route detour around a bridge that was out that added 8 miles to the daily total for a total of 113 miles per day instead of the usual 105 each day. Detour was between Chillicothe and Waverly. Ann and I's longest riding day ever along with a PR for miles riden in one day too. We were thankful that it was sunny and we were dry even though we had to battle the high winds.

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lfohl

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• Comments: TOSRV Day 2, Portsmouth to Columbus. 6:00 AM start. Arrived Columbus about 2:30PM. Headwinds for half a day; Northerly. Chillicothe to Columbus. Another tough day with the headwinds. Weather - Sunny. Temps low 50's to start. Upper 60's in Columbus at end of ride.

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Reported by:

lfohl

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• Comments: TOSRV Day 1 Columbus to Portsmouth. Started out @6:40AM Arrived Portsmouth about 3:15PM. Headwinds all the way; Southerly. Tough day. Overcast sky most of the day. No RAIN. Temps about mid 50's to start. Low 70's at end of the day.

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lfohl

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• Comments: Portsmouth to Columbus. Tandem ride Southerly tailwinds. Portsmouth to Waverly - Rain Waverly to Chillicote - rain ended early in ride. Chillicothe to Circleville - more rain, thunderstorm. Took a few minute break on a random porch during the thunderstorm to see just how bad the weather was going to get. Circleville to Columbus - reasonably dry with light sprinkles as we neared Columbus. And tornado sirens as we approached Columbus, several miles out. Turned out the storms were already North of Columbus.

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Jungle Jenn

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• Comments: So my son made it....I have never been so proud and he was so proud of himself also. What a trouper.....we got about 15 miles from home and it hits everyone. This was his toughest but he hung in there and is ready to do it again

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Reported by:

lfohl

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• Comments: Columbus to Portsmouth. Nice sunny day. Temps in upper 60's at end of ride. Light Northerly tailwinds! Tandem ride.

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