The "Horrible Hundred" yep, it was a doozy! Nice Sunday ride. hehehehe
I will let Gr8 tell the story, but I have something to say about this guy. This dude is the real deal. WE have chatters here, we have talkers, research sharing ppeps, and we have athletes. This one right here is more than an athlete. He is a MAN!
He meets me, racks my stuff, drives me to an event that he registered me for, and he is enthusiastic like you would not believe. This guy is a CHAMP. and he is a cyclist!!! Make no mistake about that. And coming from a full blown pre-madonna, that says alot.
Anyhow we get there, get off the line and here we go.
all is well, part of the pack in front
There is the pack behind
then I notice my bike has been wobbly for awhile, turns out I'm riding a flat
Here he is fixing my flat-
then we are rolling again. Somewhere around 3 hours or so, I am getting a head of steam built up, and GR8 sees a friend, I LEFT HIM!!!
Here's what "turd boy" gets!---
A road theat starts to get rough and ultimately ends up turning to dirt.
then after what was supposed to be 80 miles, but turned out to be 95 for me, I get to head into the hills alone! YES, I cried on bike yesterday-
and after some 6.5 hours of riding and 112 miles guess what I come upon-
The genuine solid dude that I selfishly left behind. He had a bike that had been ridden so hard- he broke a spoke, chain, and snapped a de-railer-- trying to catch me. That is grit!! That is guts... and all the while I am trying to just make it- because I took off thinking I was all that.
We finished what we came there to do, and I learned ALOT! For me- the stats were 114.1 miles in 7:51 minutes. Ultimately we ended up back together- and I will never forget the impact this guys spirit, humility, and endurance have left on me!!
I didn't say it in person, so I am saying it within this post-- YOU ARE A MENTOR OF EXAMPLE for me in areas I really am just coming to learn about!
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