This weekend I completed my first century ride ever!!! 102.5 miles!! Joining me was three guys from Ironclad Performance Wear, two of my buddies from college (Drew and Joe) and Robbie who I met for the first time on Saturday. The route was Portland to Corbit and then down the old scenic highway to Cascade Locks. There we crossed the Columbia River on the Bridge of the Gods and headed back west to Vancouver. We crossed back over to the Oregon side of the Columbia on the I-205 bridge and finished off the last 10 miles by riding back home.
What an incredible ride! Drew is as strong a rider as he ever was. He and Robbie killed it up some of the hills. The descents were a lot of fun as well. Dropping down from Corbit to the valley floor is a super fast, twisty and tree covered descent. I got to work on my descending skills which are getting much better. The company was great and we took it pretty easy for the most part. By the end I was hurting a little. Joe struggled on some of the climbs, but he and Robbie pulled me through East Vancouver when I was in a little trouble. I can't wait to do it again sometime. I'm not really sure when that might happen because my focus is turning towards shorter events (more on that later).
I tried to take a bunch of video but most of it didn't come out. Here's the two best sections. I'm still working on my camera skills, but eventually I'll be as good as Stephan.
Hey Bro.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad so see you on the Bike - and that your arm ist THAT well !!!
Keep it up !
Stephan
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ReplyDeleteOh by the way, good work! For your first century ever you did awesome, that was not what I call an easy route for a first time. I think my first century last year was reach the beach, early May, I thought I was going to die (literally). In no time you'll be sprinting out the finishing miles and I will be just hanging on for the climbs.
ReplyDeleteIt's not to late to reg for Elkhorn, stage 4 only has 6000 ft of climbing with 100 miles.