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Horribly Hilly Hundreds 100K - CycleTour


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Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
United States
Viking Biking Club
85F / 29C
Sunny
Total Time = 3h 58m 19s
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Pre-race routine:

We left Chicago at 630pm on Friday evening. Because of the rain the interstate was down to one lane going north and completely underwater going south. After stopping for dinner and waiting for traffic to clear up a little, we got to Madison at about 1am. We didn't have the heart to set up a campsite so we just grabbed a hotel. The morning of the race I woke up, showered as always, got ready and drove to the race.
Event warmup:

Put the bike together and rode from the car to the bike shop tent to get some air. Thanks bike shop tent! Talked to 1TT for about two minutes, met up with WaveDog. Found Steve and we were off.
Bike
  • 3h 58m 19s
  • 58.9 miles
  • 14.83 mile/hr
Comments:

Some of the grades were absolutely unfathomable. We were told we skipped the first loop, but I still can't figure out where we were supposed to go.

Anyway the first couple of hills sucked pretty bad. I was supposed to stay with my friends Mike and Steve but after the first time or so I saw LazyMarathoner and WaveDog so I stopped to see if it was all good. It was, they were waiting for 1TT, who I saw before the race, so I took off. Eventually I caught up to my friends, at the first rest stop. I saw Schmize and Core and Tripletmom and LazyMarathoner and MissKelly and Whizzz. Going into the rest stop was a killer hill. I was happy to be done with it. I took a photo with my phone as I was climbing and nearly tipped from going so slow.

After the first 35 I said to my friend Mike ... `You know I'm impressed with these hills and this is the toughest thing I've done but I actually expected it to be worse.' Request approved: It got bad. Really bad. Lots of killer hills that never seemed to end. The last two miles were one really really long hill on which lots of people were walking and then a turn back into the park where lots of people were walking. Those who weren't walking were suffering. Me included.

I swore I was NOT going to get off my bike. I wasn't unclipping even if it meant falling over still clipped and dying right there on the course. I actually contemplated for a second riding off into the woods and into a tree and saying I broke something just so I wouldn't have to keep riding up this mother. But that'd been really embarrassing so I just kept trudging up. I saw Craig with about 100 yards left and he told me I had a sexy ass. Dude, tell me something I DON'T know! So I crossed the finish line and rode straight to my car. I know if I'd have gotten off the bike I would've left it where I put it down. I didn't want to even see that thing.

All in all it was extremely taxing and tough but I kept my head and remembered what my pro-cyclist neighbor told me: Spin the ups and hammer the downs. That served me well as I stayed ahead or just with people who'd pass me on the ups then coast the downs. Plus I think it saved my legs for the last two hills.

Funny things heard on the course:

`Tony, I may like you again at the finish line but right now I hate you. And I hate Wisconsin.'

`Find the guy who talked me into this. I wanna have a word with him.'

`Mike. Just don't look up.'
What would you do differently?:

Nothing. I had fun and did the course as fast as I could without doing any permanent injury. It was good to see all the donks again!!! Sorry we couldn't get more time with y'all!!!
Post race
Warm down:

Had food. And lots of it.

Event comments:

Sorry this is so long. I just felt you all needed to know how terribly long and hilly this crazy course was. I would recommend you all do it so you can say `I did it.' It's definitely a feat. Plus 18 percent of the field were women. And they represented! Thanks 18 percent!




Last updated: 2009-06-21 12:00 AM
Biking
03:58:19 | 58.9 miles | 14.83 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance:
Wind: Little
Course: Well it's called `Horribly Hilly Hundreds' for a reason. Personally I think it should be called `Horribly-Hilly Hundreds' because it's not horrible, but it's horribly hilly. But then you get into the debate about whether you'd need a dash because, while a compound modifer, the word ends with an `ly' and some never hyphenate after an `ly' word. I do in this case even though `horribly' is an adjective. But I digress. Let's just say the course is hilly. With lots of steep, long hills. Talk about crazy. The last couple of miles ... wow.
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2009-06-21 1:36 PM

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2009-06-21 1:46 PM
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Sounds epic.  Nice work.  I would not have ridden to the car.  I would have gotten off the effing bike, left it there, and drove my car to the finish line to retrieve it.

An additional comment on the name... why is it called the Horribly Hilly Hundreds 100K?  It is only 100K, yes?  Not multiple 100s.
2009-06-21 1:49 PM
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newleaf - 2009-06-21 1:46 PM

Sounds epic.  Nice work.  I would not have ridden to the car.  I would have gotten off the effing bike, left it there, and drove my car to the finish line to retrieve it.

An additional comment on the name... why is it called the Horribly Hilly Hundreds 100K?  It is only 100K, yes?  Not multiple 100s.


Haha that would've been a great idea! There's also a 200K version. So they say `hundreds' ...

A couple photos including one of the first hills and the second, well, I didn't apply sunscreen liberally enough on my lower back just above the crack.

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Edited by mr2tony 2009-06-21 2:18 PM
2009-06-21 1:52 PM
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Great meeting up with you Tony, yea, that sucked.

2009-06-21 3:03 PM
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dude i thought that was a girls butt for a sec
2009-06-21 6:16 PM
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TRAMP STAMP!

 

eta: well, I don't know if that is a tramp stamp or a whale tail...



Edited by wavedog 2009-06-21 6:17 PM


2009-06-21 6:36 PM
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Dude,

You looked strong the last 100 yards. Awesome job on a a55kicking course.

2009-06-21 8:41 PM
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You flew through that a little, didn't ya?

When you saw Kristen, I was on the first 10 mile or so loop in the beginning - that's why she was waiting.  Thing was, she missed that whole part of the ride!

2009-06-22 8:31 AM
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Awesome job Tony!! I am thinkin you are glad you put that 12/27 on before the race...eh?

2009-06-22 10:08 AM
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1stTimeTri - 2009-06-21 8:41 PM

You flew through that a little, didn't ya?

When you saw Kristen, I was on the first 10 mile or so loop in the beginning - that's why she was waiting.  Thing was, she missed that whole part of the ride!



We all did. Because when we were supposed to take a right out of town some dude we were with was yelling at us to go left so we just followed the crowd. I knew I shouldn't have trusted some dude who was doing that course on a mountain bike! Anyway I'm kinda glad we missed that hill the first time. I probably wouldn't have survived a second time up that mutha.

And Ames, yes, I would not have made it on the original cassette.

Thanks Craig. I may have looked strong but I was questioning my sanity. Plus I couldn't jump ship with all those people cheering, that would've been sacrelige!
2009-06-22 2:41 PM
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tony - great job, great to see you, too!

I was going to laugh at the quote below, but I realized it wasn't that funny b/c I had the EXACT same effen thought cross my mind!

"I actually contemplated for a second riding off into the woods and into a tree and saying I broke something just so I wouldn't have to keep riding up this mother"


2009-06-22 3:11 PM
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Great job out there...but dude, your back looks like a girls Very pretty, of course!
2009-06-22 8:39 PM
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Don't you know - you never say something like "it's not that bad" or "I expected it to be worse" about an event that involves the words "Horribly hilly" until it's over?

I did not ride straight to the car. I rode across the finish line, promptly unclipped, and then prayed my legs would stop shaking and continue to hold me up while scarfing down the ice cream Laura's awesome friend handed us. It was glamorous.

Nice job out there!

Edited by MissKelly 2009-06-22 8:40 PM
2009-06-23 7:23 AM
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See, you people are just crazy, but admirable.  Very impressive.  Oh, and were you the inspiration to Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back"?

2009-06-23 9:23 AM
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woot woot...LOL
2009-06-23 10:46 AM
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2009-06-23 1:00 PM
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2009-06-24 11:04 AM
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Nice job!  I made the mistake of not unclipping and did fall off my bike. Apparently, you're more of a rockstar than me. 

Nice tramp stamp.
2009-06-25 2:36 PM
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Looks like you're wearing a thong Nice ride, it was fun in a twisted sort of way right?
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