This was Dennis' TNT Cycle Team's big event weekend, "America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride," which is a 100 mile bike ride around Lake Tahoe. I was able to buy a race entry at the last minute, so I hopped in the ride as a training day. My teammates Les and Wendi also registered for the event with some friends from Napa, so I was in great company. The race had 3,500 riders, 2,700 of which were with Team in Training. The vast majority of people were from outside of California. It's a TNT tradition to wear something on your helmet that represents where you're from. So we saw capitol buildings, dice, voodoo dolls, plastic wine glasses, beer cans, etc. We started at Harrah's casino in Nevada and rode up along the California side of the lake. The ride was breathtakingly beautiful. The ride had some climbing, just under 3,000 feet, so the riders from flat states (like Florida) tended to hit the wall on the inclines. It was a little tricky menuevering around people who were walking their bikes uphill or just stopped in the midde of the road. The altitude also made the climbs feel a litte more rigorous. Les and I noticed that our heart rates were higher than usual. Nonetheless, we had a great day.
I have to give a shout out to Team Wrong Way. The group of 11 had a roll time of 5:55, amazing!
Condition: 2 centuries in 2 weeks...getting tired, but still holding on
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