Beautiful Backroads Century on Saturday, Sept 17th

I may join you and Neal.  That is if you'll do the 48!  He said you both might could be talked into it.

I would love to ride with you guys but a long ride is simply not in my plans anytime in the next month.  I WILL be joining you for the Roswell ride next Tuesday as my work deadline will have finally passed.

Me and my Florida Ironman buddy Steve are in for the full with a nice little run afterwards....lol...so are there lots of dogs?  should I bring my mace to spray them?

I have my Race rehearsal on the calendar for Saturday 1hr swim, 4 hr bike, 1 hr run in prep for IMAZ...but this looks like it may be better to skip my swim.  Is this ride tri bike friendly?

I have my Race rehearsal on the calendar for Saturday 1hr swim, 4 hr bike, 1 hr run in prep for IMAZ...but this looks like it may be better to skip my swim.  Is this ride tri bike friendly?

Yes - plenty of people do this ride on a tri bike.  I have done it 3-4 times and always on my tri bike. 

Great food and beer afterwards too. 

Edited by Lisa B 2011-09-15 8:09 AM

Thanks....I use the word "Run" to describe shuffling!!!!  I may sign up then...and skip the swim.

for the 100 miles what is it like?  Hilly like the silk sheets?  Easier than the sheets?  Harder?  and I am looking for advice like...first half is easier than second or vice versa...

I am doing a "run" after too...20 minutes of intervals because my coach is a creul man who is into torture...lol

Hope everybody has a Great Ride tomorrow!  
If the weather is anything like today, it should be some great riding weather. and I may just do the full 100.

Lisa,
Hope your hamstring is doing ok.  Neal said you wouldn't be able to ride with us. 

Katie,
See you on Tuesday.  Can't wait to hear the Ironman tales.   Team Buttercup did AWESOME!
Cool that Stephanie caught up to you at the 139 mile mark.  I was watching Stephanie's splits during the race and she was really moving during the run to catch up.  Doug, Stephanie, Katie, Becky, and Karen all had a great race as far as I could tell following it online.

Andy,
I have done the Cartersville ride several years on my tri bike along with many others with this forum and had no issues. 

I remember the ride as having a fair amount of hills, nothing too major but pretty rolling none the less. Then again, I used to ride it a fair amount, but it has been a while since I rode it and all my past rides start to blend together.  Everything in Georgia seems hilly to me!  Looking forward to three gaps next week.

See some of you on the ride tomorrow.  I'll be on my Silver & Black P2C.
-Justin

 

Hope everybody has a Great Ride tomorrow!  
If the weather is anything like today, it should be some great riding weather. and I may just do the full 100.

Lisa,
Hope your hamstring is doing ok.  Neal said you wouldn't be able to ride with us. 

Katie,
See you on Tuesday.  Can't wait to hear the Ironman tales.   Team Buttercup did AWESOME!
Cool that Stephanie caught up to you at the 139 mile mark.  I was watching Stephanie's splits during the race and she was really moving during the run to catch up.  Doug, Stephanie, Katie, Becky, and Karen all had a great race as far as I could tell following it online.

Andy,
I have done the Cartersville ride several years on my tri bike along with many others with this forum and had no issues. 

I remember the ride as having a fair amount of hills, nothing too major but pretty rolling none the less. Then again, I used to ride it a fair amount, but it has been a while since I rode it and all my past rides start to blend together.  Everything in Georgia seems hilly to me!  Looking forward to three gaps next week.

See some of you on the ride tomorrow.  I'll be on my Silver & Black P2C.
-Justin

So, how was the ride?  The weather was great.  Any pix?

The weather was just about perfect for a ride and there was a good sized group of riders.  The rest stops at this ride had plenty of PBJ, Oranges, Bananas, and Volunteers.  

Unfortunately did not see many people I knew at this one other than Norton and Sabra who both did the full 100.  Next year I'll have to remember they don't take credit cards, I had to borrow $40 to register.

I had some cramping in my quads and ended up just doing the 66.

Enjoyed some good food after the ride and will definitely be doing it again in 2012.  The support for this ride was great, about the only thing I can imagine them adding to the post ride festivities is some music.

-Justin

How was the route?  Rural farm land with horse farms or working farms and trailer parks?  Traffic?

Neil,
The route is through mostly rural farms with plenty of cows and a few horses around cartersville.  I would definitely call it scenic and an often pungent ride.  Sorry I did not get any photos this time.

If you plan on riding it any time soon, there were a few downhills where much of the roadway was graveled over.  Always fun to encounter a roadway more than halfway across with gravel at 30mph in a peleton of riders.  Also one section between 56-58 miles where you have to completely dismount your bike to cross the gravel, unless you want to risk a flat.

I guess after riding it again yesterday I would say compared with most rides in Atlanta, that would rate as one of the flatter routes, although there are some good rolling hills along the way.

There is almost no traffic.  

Surprisingly I did not see one dog yesterday.  The owners must have gotten tired of all the barking and locked them up.  Usually on a normal weekend I see at least five dogs running around during the ride.   There is one infamous dog that literally hides and waits for you to ride up, before charging out.  He was my favorite, but been a while since I've seen him.  When I did, I am usually at a full sprint trying to make sure that I do not look like the slowest gazelle...

-Justin 

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle -- when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.
-- proverb attributed to Roger Bannister (first man to break the 4 minute mile)