Saturday, August 04, 2007
An Epic Loop Around Lake Murray
I got a call late yesterday afternoon from OSP(tm) about meeting early and doing the lake loop. It had been years since I'd been all the way around the lake so I decided to do it. We met at 7:10 in the AM and left the McAllister's parking lot promptly at 7:15. Doug R. showed up looking fit as ever and about 10 of us were off.
We started our journey going across the dam first and headed into Chapin. About 5 miles out of Chapin I spotted a lone bike rider up the road. We immediately began chasing this poor bastard as if he had a leaders jersey and we (the peloton) had found our chance to move up the leader board. I've never understood why the pace ramps up so quickly when the group spots a solo rider but it does every time. The lone poor bastard proved to be someone I knew. "Imagine that" I said. All this way and Bryan D. (from work) is out here almost to Chapin riding solo. Later he told me that he tailed us into Chapin and turned back to head back to Irmo.
SO we got north of Chapin and ventured around the north rim of Lake Murray. The one thing worth noting here was the great big lady walking around in her front yard with a black negligee. Yes it was a site to behold and I'll not spend any more time on that topic. Let your imaginations run with it for a second...
...We made 1 wrong turn that ended up costing us about 30 minutes and added about 5 miles. We had to stop and ask a local for directions and with that, we were on our way.
We ended up stopping at the traffic circle to refuel and top off water bottles then it was 378 back into Lexington.
Since I'm a purist, I don't have a computer on my bike. I was later told that we were approaching 80 miles on the day with a butt load of climbing. One thing I'll say is that there are virtually no flat roads all the way around. It's either up or down and by the end of the day it felt like more up than down. Anyway, I got back to the house and took a Hobath-- and about that time Doug showed up. I gave him the 25 cent tour and then I was off to the pool.
Again, I have caught wind of a party that is happening tonight at the pool. Live music, libations and cool water! Sounds like a nice mix to me. I'm supposed to meet my buddy Steve (The Marathoner) for a 7am run in the morning. Ugg! Hopefully I'll make it. Later!!!
I got a call late yesterday afternoon from OSP(tm) about meeting early and doing the lake loop. It had been years since I'd been all the way around the lake so I decided to do it. We met at 7:10 in the AM and left the McAllister's parking lot promptly at 7:15. Doug R. showed up looking fit as ever and about 10 of us were off.
We started our journey going across the dam first and headed into Chapin. About 5 miles out of Chapin I spotted a lone bike rider up the road. We immediately began chasing this poor bastard as if he had a leaders jersey and we (the peloton) had found our chance to move up the leader board. I've never understood why the pace ramps up so quickly when the group spots a solo rider but it does every time. The lone poor bastard proved to be someone I knew. "Imagine that" I said. All this way and Bryan D. (from work) is out here almost to Chapin riding solo. Later he told me that he tailed us into Chapin and turned back to head back to Irmo.
SO we got north of Chapin and ventured around the north rim of Lake Murray. The one thing worth noting here was the great big lady walking around in her front yard with a black negligee. Yes it was a site to behold and I'll not spend any more time on that topic. Let your imaginations run with it for a second...
...We made 1 wrong turn that ended up costing us about 30 minutes and added about 5 miles. We had to stop and ask a local for directions and with that, we were on our way.
We ended up stopping at the traffic circle to refuel and top off water bottles then it was 378 back into Lexington.
Since I'm a purist, I don't have a computer on my bike. I was later told that we were approaching 80 miles on the day with a butt load of climbing. One thing I'll say is that there are virtually no flat roads all the way around. It's either up or down and by the end of the day it felt like more up than down. Anyway, I got back to the house and took a Hobath-- and about that time Doug showed up. I gave him the 25 cent tour and then I was off to the pool.
Again, I have caught wind of a party that is happening tonight at the pool. Live music, libations and cool water! Sounds like a nice mix to me. I'm supposed to meet my buddy Steve (The Marathoner) for a 7am run in the morning. Ugg! Hopefully I'll make it. Later!!!
# posted by Rooskie @ 11:48 AM 
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