Monday, October 17, 2011

Seagull Century 2011

The 2011 Seagull Century will forever be known to me as the ride of Danimal's life.  Let's back up to October 2010 for a moment to explain why Danimal rode this ride.  We're both 40-something and trying to hold on to younger days by pushing ourselves to crazy extremes.  Danny with the marathon's, myself with the centuries. So we made a deal, I run a half-marathon and Danny rides a century. I ran the Suntrust half-marathon earlier this year and followed a 10 week training program to make sure I had a good experience.  Danimal did an admirable job in training for the century by going on 3 bike rides around Burke Lake...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Reddish Knob - Up We Go!

Reddish Knob  It's been a incredible birthday weekend this year.  Started out with a family trip to Cox Farms on Friday, then our 20-something JMU reunion on Saturday, followed by a great ride up Reddish Knob on Sunday.  RK is the second highest point in VA, standing a tall 4,397 feet.  I haven't been up there since my college party days.  This ride has always been on my bucket list and this was a perfect weekend to ride.  It's also a pre-ride check for the SMT 100 that I may ride next year. I parked at Hone Quarry which is 6.7 miles from the top (~ the first yellow section below).  The ride would...

 
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