Well, the "Cop Killers" aka the older ones are done with their 3 mountain stages last night and this morning. In our third stage we lost 7 minutes so we passed the batton to the Killer Bs with a 58 minute lead. We are thrilled to only lose a combined 9 minutes to the kids over the three toughest mountain stages in RAAM. In our prior two head-to-heads in the mountaions with them we had lost 32 and 25 minutes--so we were able to really step it up!
Our team manager talked to theirs at TS 47 and said that the kids got up all full of vinegar to come run down the old guys. Their manager confirmed that they have 3 climbing specialists--one who weighs 95 pounds! They also have a descender who weighs 220 pounds (although our team has several of those--unfortunately, these are also our climbers for the most part!)
Anyways we are in Kaiser, WV having raced our bikes 2,747.7 miles so far and we have 245.7 to go. The B team is going to attack 160--mostly mountainous--miles and then we'll be back up--probably aropund 5pm for the final 85 which are fairly straightforward country roads in MD. We are psyched about what we have accomplished so far and barring any major mistake, are confident that we can drive for home and secure 4th place--certainly far beyond our expectations.
My final pull of the day:
Pull 47
25:07
8.0 miles
226 watts
19.2 mph
67 rpm
Almost done!
Our team manager talked to theirs at TS 47 and said that the kids got up all full of vinegar to come run down the old guys. Their manager confirmed that they have 3 climbing specialists--one who weighs 95 pounds! They also have a descender who weighs 220 pounds (although our team has several of those--unfortunately, these are also our climbers for the most part!)
Anyways we are in Kaiser, WV having raced our bikes 2,747.7 miles so far and we have 245.7 to go. The B team is going to attack 160--mostly mountainous--miles and then we'll be back up--probably aropund 5pm for the final 85 which are fairly straightforward country roads in MD. We are psyched about what we have accomplished so far and barring any major mistake, are confident that we can drive for home and secure 4th place--certainly far beyond our expectations.
My final pull of the day:
Pull 47
25:07
8.0 miles
226 watts
19.2 mph
67 rpm
Almost done!
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