Vermont is spelled with a capital “V”, surely no coincidence. With the loads of mountains and climbs available, it had to start with a “V”. I mean, if it was mountainous enough to draw a runaway “loose” nun who left the church for a sailor, it must be good, right? (Great nordic skiing there””Trapp Family Lodge, if you are there in the winter months as well).
Anyways, being a seventh generation “V”ermonter myself, who was raised on a family farm on Rogers’ Hill in West Newbury, VT (which was hand cleared and settled in 1763 by my G-G-G-G-G-Grandfather and still owned by my father) I have a deep love and feel for VT, liberal politics notwithstanding. So when I heard about the 200 on 100 “Dumptruck of Awesome” that was available, I just knew that I had to do it. And not only that, I knew that I had to share this beautiful “Ode to the V in Vermont” with all of my best cyber-cycling-soul mates. Okay, soul mates might be going a bit far there, but you get my meaning.
So, enough with the intro.
Break out the rollers, get on the trainers, find your winter gear; lay off the seconds, nurse that one glass of booze, hold the toasting to one drink, dodge Cupid’s chocolates and shoot the Easter Bunny because training for this bastard started yesterday and you’ll be paying for it on the 28th of June, 2012 in spades!
See you in the pre-dawn hours on the Canadian border with our eyes firmly fixed on the prize of the Massachusetts border. Let’s drive this dump truck like Mel Gibson leaving the compound in a post-apocalyptic world, baby!
Route and location details on the Cogal Event Page.
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Much to everyone's surprise, this is what I envision the trip as, even have it nailed right down to my nationality!
with rob, buck, tim, david, brian, and crew all rotating into an echelon paceline
@roger
Cannot open the pic for some reason here at work but if it is a picture of Dante's Sixth level of Hell, I agree with it!
@Buck Rogers
More hell... 1976's "A Sunday In Hell"
@versio
Watch no.60's move at (9:10) -- bridging the V gap.
@Buck Rogers
wrt the photo, I think it might depend on your personal definition of hell. One or two rules violations, too. But I'm no expert.
@xyxax
Steeky = sticky with a French accent.
@Buck Rogers
Nice work! I'm only at 2000k, but good gym work through March means I'm feeling strong. Guns got a nice workout Sunday at the Ontario Cogal, but would have been happy to keep hammering when it came to an end after 185k. Will try to get in another ride tomorrow before hunkering down in a workshop for the following couple of days. But basically where I want to be: feeling fit, strong, and confident.
@roger
Awesome.
I am un chien Andalusian!
@Steampunk
I woke up in the middle of the night and it came to me in a flash. And to think I was part of the Enigma project.
I did 20 minute intervals on my own (in the back) during their class this evening and the lady running it came up to me afterwards and told me I was distracting the others because I wasn't following her directions. T'es un peu fascio, toi, non? Yeesh.