28th Annual Reston Bike Club Century : Official Thread (Page 2)

I've got my Orca black/orange shorts and a blue and black top.

The clutch in our truck blew up today. Don't know when/if I'll be at the ride tomorrow.

Wow. Whoever said that was "not hilly" needs to explain what hilly means, something having to do with the Alps, I'm sure.

NAP!

Wow, you got that right. My legs are shot. Glad I didn't have to run off that one. Fun course, though. And good support. Sorry we couldn't meet up. I didn't get started until 8. Maybe at B2B!

Hilly is right. :-)  Didn't help much that I was having front derailleur issues and couldn't get into my smallest chainring.  Smart move would've been to get off the bike, use my hands to put the chain on the small chainring, and keep it there until I got back to Hamilton where a mechanic could fix it.  Dumb move (what I did, natch): tough it out and power through, thinking "hey, it's just a couple miles?"

I will definitely drive to Hamilton and ride the north loop when I feel the need for some punishment hill training.

I did the century, too, and I had the same reaction to the "not so hilly" option.  What on earth did you have to climb on the hilly option?!?  Anyway, it was a great workout and a beautiful ride.  Sorry I didn't get to meet you guys there.