Thirty-Seven

Hwy 218 - April 3, 2005

The RAO Course Description says, "It's 36 miles between Antelope and Fossil. There are no flat sections." Really? You don't say. I figured God was either playing with gravity or someone spiked my frame with lead. I'm trying to remain optimistic and believe that I'll climb better with a lighter bike and a three week taper. For some reason, those hills wiped me out. I'm not sure why it felt so bad today. The up-hills seemed to go on forever. Fortunately, descending wasn't too bad on the fixie. Some braking occationally, but mostly I just kept spinning at 25-30 mph.

Here I am looking out at a long descent to the John Day River.