My first recreational ride after the race... I think without a doubt, even after I was a bit disappointed with the results of the last race... I'm back on track and focused. Ralph and I did a 50.44 mile ride, it was Tour de Dutchess backwards!!!1 I loved it backwards, although I had to do the Dover mountain... Total elevations of +/- 3612. Really a nice hilly ride.... with minimal climbs.. Total time 3:35, so not too bad. On our ride we spoke briefly about the race. Ralph spoke more of future rides and races. He found the perfect race for me and I have to totally agree!!! and I have to say I'm really excited about the future challenge. It is the Saratoga 12/24. He also said there may even be a 6 hour race which I was thinking I could even possibly hit this year, but as I found out the race was actually last weekend, so no go on that... Although that does bring to mind a potential problem. If it is the same day as the PMRR next year as well, I will not be able to attend. Hopefully the dates for both will come out soon. The route is a 26 mile loop with mostly rolling hills, largely flat, and a few small climbs. My strength is on the flats so this could actually be a great race for me.. The only thing I think will be hard is the time that I would need to allocate for the training... Because this is a long distance race, I would need to do more long rides devoting full days to training. We will see???, I have a year to think about it/prepare for it... hahaha!!!!
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