| Date | Ride | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 03-19-2006 |
Westfield 100K |
4:09 |
Cold! |
| 04-30-2006 |
Westfield 200K |
8:49 |
Lovely day spiced up by a spectacular rim failure. |
| 05-06-2006 |
Boston 200K |
7:10 |
Seven hours of breathless paceline with Jeff
Scornavacca, John McLellan, Bill O'Mara, and the rest of the Boston
gang. Chip Coldwell accidentally rode a fixed
gear! |
| 05-14-2006 |
Westfield 300K |
12:20 |
Huge storm at the start: "What are we doing here?!"
We hammered in the wet darkness with Bryan Johnson and Dan Levesque,
the road covered in broken branches, only to wait in the cold for the
first checkpoint to open. I was almost hypothermic on the climb at
Bash Bish Falls. French fries after the ride never tasted so
good. |
| 05-20-2006 |
Boston 300K |
12:21 |
Pleasant ride on a sunny day, one week before the
official event because I had a schedule conflict. Chip and Walter
Page also started with me, and Chip cycled with me the whole way,
waiting for me when stomach issues slowed me down on Rt.169 in
Connecticut. Chip went on to ride the event on the official date as
well. |
| 06-03-2006 |
Westfield 400K |
17:56 |
Wettest ride of my life: 18 hours of uninterrupted
rain, heavy at times. My bike computer died and Rick Gowen's lights
short-circuited. I owe many thanks to Jeff, Chris Candiello, and
Dustin Baker for taking care of me when, cold and hungry, my body
almost shut down on the final climb to Becket, MA. I could not have
swallowed another Power Bar if my life had depended on it. |
| 06-17-2006 |
Boston 400K |
15:42 |
Record time for me for a 400K, despite two flats.
Good weather conditions and a well-coordinated paceline made for a
ride two and a half hours shorter than the Westfield 400K just two
weeks earlier. I rode the whole way with Chip, Dan, Chris, Bill, and
Glen Slater. Jeff was with us until Bullard Farm, when he decided to
ride back with Kris Kjellquist. Rick, Russ Loomis, and Ted Lapinski
were also part of the group at various times. All in all, a really
fun New England crowd reunion. |
| 06-24-2006 |
Westfield 600K |
27:58 |
For scenic value and memorable stories, this was
probably the best ride of the year, and my fastest 600K to date.
Night start in fog and light drizzle, but the forecast rainstorm
spared us and we rode most of the way in sunshine. I had the pleasure
of riding the whole way with Jeff, Ted, Melinda Lyon, Bengt Schneider,
and Tom Dembinski. |
| 07-08-2006 |
Boston 600K |
29:29 |
Somewhat sadistic course with over 20K feet of
climbing, including one rough unpaved section, on a very hot weekend.
I raced to get home in time to watch the soccer world cup final (which
Italy won!). Burt Prokop probably saved my life by waking me up when
I dozed off at 40mph after 24 hours on the bike. Meanwhile Chris
hallucinated that I was wearing sweatpants, and when the road became
really steep his front wheel lifted up and he fell over backwards. So
it goes when manly men do manly things! :) |
| 07-29-2006 |
Boston 300K |
12:15 |
Ken Abrams, Dan, and I reached Voluntown, CT at 9am, on
track for a 10.5-hour finish. That was before the humid heat set in
and ruined our party, forcing me to stop several times to dunk my head
in water and fill my jersey pockets with ice. Many thanks to Tracey
Ingle for always showing up with her support vehicle and ice chest at
just the right time. Ironic to have such problems with the heat after
the cold and rain earlier in the season. |
| 08-17-2006 |
BMB 1200K |
61:22 |
Two lessons: power-naps work miracles, and guys from
Florida sure can climb. |
| 11-25-2006 |
Moss Beach Ramble (207K) |
7:31 |
A fine introduction to the central California coast.
Beaches, cliffs, rolling meadows, damp redwood forests. Gale-force
north wind. |
| 12-26-2006 |
King City Ramble (229K) |
8:11 |
A visually stunning ride: grassy, oak-studded
hillsides; vineyards; distant views of the Coast Range under a stormy
sky punctuated by shafts of sunlight. Gale-force south wind. |