November 30, 2004
CoyBoy Ride - End of November
Sunday, November 28, 2004 on the CoyBoy ride around the Old Thompson Mill Loop the riders were Dan, James Campbell, Matt, Doug and Dean. James and Matt were high school mates and hadn't seen each other in a long time, so they were chatting and catching up. James goes to school in Kentucky now and was home for the holiday weekend, he and I had ridden together on the previous Friday.
At the top of the climb up Old Thompson Mill Rd. the peloton turned right and went for the county line sprint. Matt blew his shift and almost got beat by his Dad. James was totally in the dark and missed the whole show, but he knew about and wanted the Sunny Hill sprint, so we turned around and headed down the road to the final attack zone at the top of the first hill on Sunny Hill Road.
At the attack zone Matt motored away with James in tow, Dan caught up after a quick nature break (a disadvantage of being an old man) and followed the two youngsters up the big climb. Doug and Dean had dropped back and were battling each other for position.
With 300-350 meters to go Dan attacked Matt and James from behind and buried himself to the line. James, who was expecting the move to come from Matt, hesitated briefly and then took up the chase, but it was too little too late. Matt didn't feel like sprinting and let the attacks go.
Doug had got a gap on Dean coming up the climb, but then he waited thinking he could get him in the sprint. Dean had other ideas and uncorked everything he had resulting in a near photo finish at the line. Dean's move was just barely enough to hang on for the win, as Doug could not quite come around him in time.
Dan's HRM data
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 Doug and Dan motored around the Blackjack Loop keeping a fairly steady pace until about mile 22 when Doug hit the wall and had to ride easy and recover. The pace was eased back and Dan took this opportunity to practice high speed pedal revolutions in a low gear, better known as "spinups". Still, the two riders finished in a respectable time and it was a good workout.
