I arrived in The Dalles Oregon Friday evening and found it raining and the weather report for Saturday didn’t look too promising either.
Woke up at 7:30am, only to find it raining – thinking to myself there are 3 and half hours left before race time, plenty of time for the rain to stop – knowing Oregon, I had resigned myself to be riding in the rain.
8:30am my wife and I went to breakfast, still raining. By the time we got to the start line at 9:30am, the weather turned for the better – not a drop of rain by race start at 11:00am. It turned out to be a perfect day to ride.
According to my Polar s720i, my first hour was my fastest, taking only 1 hour 5 minutes to complete the 18.6 mile course, however, each hour afterward became progressively slower.
The showing for the trike class was a bit disappointing, especially after reading the boards. Perhaps next year there will be more than just Mark and myself racing trikes.
On a positive note, the four hour trike challenge is still on the table for next year…
