Subject: RE: Anyone else doing the Triple Bypass this year? Kathryn...what a bummer! I just posted a long comment on your race report blog and it didn't publish!
I'm 60 now and did this ride 7 years ago. So both you and your dad are awesome. We had perfect weather. I live in Boise so had plenty of climbing in training but hard to get much above 7000ft elevation. The only real issue I had was an altitude headache which finally went away at Loveland with Ibuprofen. I've done lots of ultra rides and I did have an interesting thing happen that I have not experienced before, even though I have been pretty hypothermic on some other rides over the years. I was dressed pretty warm coming down off of Squaw Pass becsue it was pretty cold early a.m. On the way down my bike started vibrating. I stopped 3 times and found nothing wrong. I finally realized it was me shaking from the cold!
As you said the scenery was awesome. I was actually able to call my wife from the top of Loveland Pass!
Since you like challenging rides, if you are not familiar with "The Death Ride" in Marleeville, CA, you need to check it out. Probably the most difficult and epic ride I have done. Your dad will love it.
Well done Kathryn...congrats....Tom |