Tour de Donut (28 Miles) Event Report
I joined Cassie and Manny for Tour de Donut, a 28-mile supported ride that started (and ended) from in front of Sun & Ski Sports at the Katy Mills Mall. The pink route below is where we went this morning:
I did find a group of people who procrastinate worse than runners: cyclists. Oh my goodness!
I was running late myself, but the packet pickup line at 7:40 a.m. (ride started at 8 a.m.) was at least 100 deep and the registration line was a good 30 deep. Or maybe running clubs and organizations have gotten smarter and said that "we're doing it this way, and tough if you don't like it."
Cassie and Manny let me use their air pump to make sure my tires were at the right pressure (120, I believe). Not sure how much you can talk about regarding a bike ride.
My new ride is a good one. I was able to peddle hard and rest quite a bit.
Cassie said that Manny and I kept the pace up and helped her to her fastest bike ride ever - 15.6 mph on her bike computer. (Manny had 15.7 mph.)
Before the first right hand turn on the map above, I realized that I had gotten ahead of them. So I stopped and waited for them - about six and a half minutes. When they came around the corner on to FM 359, they told me that Manny had a flat coming off the bridge that we took over Interstate 10 from the Katy Mills Mall.
There was a stop at about 10 miles and 20 miles. We stopped at both. Got fluids, a couple of cookies and a banana at one of them. They had donuts, but it was sponsored by Shipley's. And I just won't partake of Shipley's because they were raided for hiring illegal immigrants (and the President ended up admitting to it.)
About half way between the second stop and Katy, Manny had another flat.
It sounded like a gun went off. Luckily, there was a Sun & Ski Sports crew riding by within a minute of it happening and he had a tube to fit Manny's bike. Manny changed it, and we got back on the road towards the Mall.
So 28 miles. Much easier, obviously, than the 20 miles I did on the neighborhood cruiser last Sunday morning. I had a good time and I have an open invite to go and ride with them on a regular basis on their 34-mile route in the same vicinty.
I did find a group of people who procrastinate worse than runners: cyclists. Oh my goodness!
I was running late myself, but the packet pickup line at 7:40 a.m. (ride started at 8 a.m.) was at least 100 deep and the registration line was a good 30 deep. Or maybe running clubs and organizations have gotten smarter and said that "we're doing it this way, and tough if you don't like it."
Cassie and Manny let me use their air pump to make sure my tires were at the right pressure (120, I believe). Not sure how much you can talk about regarding a bike ride.
My new ride is a good one. I was able to peddle hard and rest quite a bit.
Cassie said that Manny and I kept the pace up and helped her to her fastest bike ride ever - 15.6 mph on her bike computer. (Manny had 15.7 mph.)
Before the first right hand turn on the map above, I realized that I had gotten ahead of them. So I stopped and waited for them - about six and a half minutes. When they came around the corner on to FM 359, they told me that Manny had a flat coming off the bridge that we took over Interstate 10 from the Katy Mills Mall.
There was a stop at about 10 miles and 20 miles. We stopped at both. Got fluids, a couple of cookies and a banana at one of them. They had donuts, but it was sponsored by Shipley's. And I just won't partake of Shipley's because they were raided for hiring illegal immigrants (and the President ended up admitting to it.)
About half way between the second stop and Katy, Manny had another flat.
It sounded like a gun went off. Luckily, there was a Sun & Ski Sports crew riding by within a minute of it happening and he had a tube to fit Manny's bike. Manny changed it, and we got back on the road towards the Mall.
So 28 miles. Much easier, obviously, than the 20 miles I did on the neighborhood cruiser last Sunday morning. I had a good time and I have an open invite to go and ride with them on a regular basis on their 34-mile route in the same vicinty.
posted by WalkSports.com | 11:32 AM
2 Comments:
Nothing against your principles, Jon, but I think the companies feel more of a bite when you refuse to BUY their goods and services. You were already doing their ride ;-).
But great job exercising the willpower to say no to donuts!
Nice ride Jon, I did the 55 mile route last year and it was a blast. Start times at cycling events are just for the "A" types, people leave 8, 8:15, 8:30, whenever...
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