12/20

Fuck the SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Sunday ride today . I guess I'll tell you about my 5 hour didy on Saturday . Let me give you a little background first I was on my last week of a micro-cycle (the longest week ) so I was a little knackered to begin with . E said he wanted to come , I thought the company would be good . The ride was two separate rides that I melded into one with 9 climbs and about 7500ft of climbing . We departed my house at 700am sharp and made the drive to Pompaueraug high school . When we set out it was 17degrees burrrrrrr . We keep a good tempo on the first climb which is 4 miles long . About 3/4 of the way up E looked at me and said "this climb is no joke" ! I thought to my self if he only knew what was to come . We made our way to one of my favorite climbs 254 form Thomaston to Litchfield . This is a 20 + minute climb then you get a downhill then 2 steep pops before you hit rt118 . Then there is the wall of Litchfield it's not long but is steep and you have no momentum when you hit it. We then made are way around Bantam lake . That's when we saw the Badger group with fatboy Crowell at the back . He ask E if he could come with us , thank god he knew better . I wish I was there when he told him no ! When he hit Netteletown rd at the 3hour mark , I knew the suffering would begin . This is when the short steep climbs start . I'll name them if your from the area you'll know them . First is Wyhkem its not bad but gets the legs warmed up . Then its on to the hardest Calhoun this is a 2 mile climb that is 1.5 miles of nasty dirt then you get on to the pavement and its a .5 mile climb with a 24% grade on it . When we got near the top E said this is a good idea because ? You know , I had no answer for him . I'll have to think about that one and get back to him . After that leg breaker you get a 5 mile reprieve . Then its up Sawpit rd its just nasty . With 3 hours and 50 min in we hit Grassy hill rd its 2 miles of pain , at this point I was on autopilot . We took in some dirt sectors before assaulting the last climb , Bucks hill rd . Its about the same as Grassy but once over the top you know its a 15 minute ride back to the car . When we got back we needed 15 minutes to make 5 hours so we did a loop of the old Tuesday night course . Totals for the day were 5 hours 78 miles 7500 ft climbing at 15.5 mph . E's garmin said he burned 4000 calories but mine said 2300 I think his maybe a little off . The Starbucks was extra tasty for some reason .