[DVBC] RTP C ride (not!)

Wed Apr 2 22:38:21 EDT 2008

I went to my quilting class.

>From: Dave Hartrum <dhartrum at mac.com>
>Date: 2008/04/02 Wed PM 08:27:58 CST
>To: dvbc-list at dvbc.org
>Subject: Re: [DVBC] RTP C ride (not!)

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>sounds like a great spring break in the legs ride Dom.<div>Gotta make those deposits into the pain bank :-)<br> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br></div></span></div><div><html>On Apr 2, 2008, at 9:37 PM, <a href="mailto:domzdvbc at att.net">domzdvbc at att.net</a> wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <!-- WEBMAIL STATIONERY noneset --> <div></div> <div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OH (puff) MY (gasp) GOSH (wheeze) !!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">By 6 P.M. there was nary a C rider in sight, so the B team invited me to join them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>It was all I could do to hang on, but what a blast! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Adam, Jack, Jim, Len D., Mike and I took the usual route from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Rose</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Tree</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> to RCSP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>We regrouped at the stone bridge and made our way along the multi-use trail, and at Rt. 352 I looked at my clock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>5 miles in 20 minutes – no wonder my chest looked like a scene from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Alien</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Then we headed west, and after another 20 minutes (!) we stopped at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Westtown</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Friends</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> for a 3 minute break, as the setting sun convinced the group that time was of the essence.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Creek Rd.</st1:address></st1:street> I peeked at my cyclocomputer and it read 16.5 MPH average. That wouldn’t last, as the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Jack, Jim, Len, and Mike) dropped the hammer and took off for Sweetwater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Adam was kind (he had the blinky light) and followed me up <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Gradyville Road</st1:address></st1:street>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>We waited a few minutes near Forge for the rest of the gang but “natured called” and I had to try out the new porto-potty in the park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Little did I realize we were <u>behind</u> the B team. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Final stats – 24 miles, 1.37 hours, 14.85 MPH average (for me, that is).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Thanks, guys!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dom<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div> <div> </div> <!-- END WEBMAIL STATIONERY --><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">DVBC mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:DVBC at list.dvbc.org">DVBC at list.dvbc.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://list.dvbc.org/mailman/listinfo/dvbc-list">http://list.dvbc.org/mailman/listinfo/dvbc-list</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>
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