Breathless Agony

[Brandy]

Anyone registering on the 11th? http://www.cyclingpros.com/onyx.htm

I'm already in, registration rolled from last year.

[Pain Freak]

I was going to do this till I tore my rotator cuff. This is one tuff mutha. Still I bet you'll like it.

[Brandy]

I've done it twice, I need to stop playing on my mountain bike and get some road miles in if I don't want to suffer out there!

Sorry about the rotator cuff...how long will you be down?

[MTBMaven]

Prolly will be registering.

[mfoga]

This has to be the most confusing route description ever. Until I found the elevation map it sounded like you would get 18 miles dh as part of pass 3 then have 4 climb. After seeing the map it made sense what they were saying.

It sound painfuls, even the shortest route would kill me.

[Lovin]

Originally Posted by mfoga

It sound painfuls, even the shortest route would kill me.

The "Breathless Agony" part kind of told me that.

[Brandy]

Originally Posted by mfoga

It sound painfuls, even the shortest route would kill me.

It's painful. Very painful. The best advice I can give is to check in and out of Angelus Oaks quickly. Lots of people stop there to rest, but you have a descent very shortly after that stop, so you'll recover then.

Oh, and bring your own nutrition unless you love Gatorade. I always underfuel on this one because the sticky sweetness gets to me and I stop drinking.

[chanson]

Originally Posted by Brandy

Anyone registering on the 11th? http://www.cyclingpros.com/onyx.htm

I'm already in, registration rolled from last year.

are you doing the century? If so, I'll see you out there!

Here's the Geoladder route for the ride - http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=23358

[diskostew]

I might... I have done the route before... hwy 38 is probably the best road climbing in SoCal...

[Brandy]

Originally Posted by towmater

are you doing the century? If so, I'll see you out there!

Here's the Geoladder route for the ride - http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=23358

Of course!

[chanson]

Originally Posted by Brandy

Of course!

race you to the top??

[Brandy]

Originally Posted by towmater

race you to the top??

Hmmm...maybe. Can you eat lots of cookies and drink lots of beer for the next few months so I can have an advantage?

[Pain Freak]

Originally Posted by Brandy

Sorry about the rotator cuff...how long will you be down?

Not sure yet. I go back to the doc next week. I was training very well up to this point and I started riding the stationary bike but I can only manage a half hour or so before I can't take it any more. I'm going to try a ride with one hand and see how it works out.

[davidB]

$$$ has been put aside to do this ride as part of the KOM series.

[Brandy]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Not sure yet. I go back to the doc next week. I was training very well up to this point and I started riding the stationary bike but I can only manage a half hour or so before I can't take it any more. I'm going to try a ride with one hand and see how it works out.

That sucks. I hope you heal quickly!

[mfoga]

Originally Posted by davidB

$$$ has been put aside to do this ride as part of the KOM series.

Maybe I can convince Zack to try the 2 peaks and we can meet you at the bottom at the same time

[bvader]

Have ridden it and volunteered it, not sure this year.

For those a bit intimidated the 3 pass ride is a very respectable ride....cool thing is you can decide out on the road how far you are going to go.

BTW This ride now sells out in ~1/2 a day.

[danielle]

Yup. I'm in.

[bvader]

BTW .... "Damnation Alley" is named after me...or more correctly named by me....for reals ... it is also the name of a B movie from the 70s
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/

It came from my ride report after my first successful attempt many years ago...after a failed attempt in 2001

Here a section of my RR from 2002..

" The climb up Oak Glen went well, I felt strong and Mike, Greg and I all hit the top together. It was getting warm. In the back of my mind I wanted to get to the Mill Creek ranger station at get past "Damnation Alley" as soon as I could. That's what I call that first 6 miles out of the ranger station. Last year it was 90+ degrees on that stretch, and that's what got me, the Grim Reaper put his black cloak over me and I couldn't shake it. He wasn't going to get me this year; I told him so on the Oak Glen climb. I got to the ranger station first, got fueled and had teenage angst about getting started, and almost left but couldn't quite. I was wondering where the others were, they showed up a couple minutes later, Mike had flatted. I felt palpable relief when we made it to the big switch back at the end of the Alley. The remainder of the climb to Angelus Oaks was enjoyable, Mike didn't quite agree with my view, for that fact neither did Greg. Things can and do change though."

[chanson]

Originally Posted by Brandy

Hmmm...maybe. Can you eat lots of cookies and drink lots of beer for the next few months so I can have an advantage?

only if you eat and drink with me. then I will...