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Friday, August 19, 2011

A Word About Tomorrow

Tomorrow morning we will be doing a practice run of the Pensacola Cycling Classic road race course. This course is one of three stages that we will race four weeks from tomorrow. It's hard to believe it is already time for the race again. This year will be a bigger event than last year's inaugural race. I think we had over 340 riders last year! The only real change of note to this year's race is the location of the time trial stage. This year we are starting it in East Park on Pensacola Beach. This is the big parking lot about a mile east of Portofino. The time trial will be one way heading east on the Navarre Beach road for 5k. (3.1mile) The criterium course will remain the same in downtown Pensacola on Sunday morning.

So, tomorrow morning we will leave the Trailhead behind Truly Spokin' in Milton at 7:30am and cruise out to the course. The ride out to the start/finish is about 15-16 miles. The road race course is 40k (25miles). We will have two rest stops to fill the bottles and tell stories. The total miles for our loop is about 56 miles. We will be taking a different route back to Milton. Should be a fantastic ride! Weather forecast is for some overcast and temps in the 80s. The clouds will be a welcome addition compared to last year's cooker.

I have a few of my Senior Olympian buddies coming over from Destin and parts east to ride with us. I raced with some of the guys last year in Pensacola and this year in Mississippi. Great guys and strong riders. In fact, Jim Convey is a time trial champion from several States and Fred McLaughlin won the General Classification in last year's PCC as well as placed in the top ten in the National Senior Olympics in Houston in June. Both won their age groups in MS. It will be great riding with them again! After the ride we may look to do lunch somewhere with them if you are interested let me know. They have stories to tell.

Also, we will have a "recovery ride" Sunday afternoon at 3pm at Firestone and Summit. This easy spin ride will probably be around 20 to 25 miles and incorporate one stop somewhere. Regardless, should be just what the legs ordered after a fairly difficult effort on Saturday. Come on out!

See you in the morning and as always...

See you out on the road,
Bob
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