Yes he is crazy! 6288 feet, 13% incline! They open the race to only 600 people each year! Last year he trained and trained and the weather was so bad they cancelled it! This year, it was beautiful: overcast at the start, sunny half way thru and then clouds again by the time Dave ended at 1 hour and 24 min. He actually did the race 2 min faster than the practice ride, which he did in July (1 hour and 26 min) He came in 150th out of 600, pretty good! The winner crossed in about 55 min I think!! The good thing is after he came in, the clouds rolled in and it started to pour, then HAIL, and the wind kicked up! People were still climbing, probably hypothermic...some people came in 3 hours later! UGH! Anyway, he says he is not doing it next year, but I know he will be online in Feb at 0600, qued up with all the other crazy people signing up to do it again!
** Take 10 min off that time on the clock, they do a staggered start!**
3 comments:
Big hills just suck on a bike! Can you imagine signing up and paying to do that one on purpose?? Good for Dave, though....it takes all kinds to make the world go round!
Lisa, Arnold & Charlotte
DMac is defintely a wild man when it comes to bike riding. Big props to him from his RedNeck Friend ;-)
HOLY CRAP! That is amazing! Dave is amazing! I have climbed it and that sucked, I cannot imagine riding a bike up to the summit. What an accomplishment!
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