Mulholland Challenge Roll Call 4/10/10 (merged threads)

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  1. dirtmistress

    dirtmistress AKA Roadiemistress

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    Who's doing this besides Brian?
    I'm considering it because last year and the year before I had to bail due to illness.
    The first time I did it I really enjoyed it!
    Anyone else want to take a ride to 'Sufferville'?
     
  2. Bergsteiger

    Bergsteiger Mr. Krisztian

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    I'll be doing it with B. Its a great ride. This year it will be all 3, for the KOM.
    Not sure if you have done Heartbreak 100, but in my opinion its the coolest of the 3. Awesome scenery, and little traffic. I look forward to that one.
     
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    I'm doing it. We missed you last year Dirtmistress

    Sean
     
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    Pain Freak Dead or Alive

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    Yeah, I'll be doing it again. I just hope I can do as well as last time. I'll be going for KOM again.
     
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    Byron B Born to Ride

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    whats the toughest one?? I'm looking for some pain..
     
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    Thinking about it.........good VQ training right?:-k
     
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    MTBMaven This is Shangri La

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    I'm in! Hopefully I will do better this time on the Decker Canyon climb. That think kicked my butt this year.
     
  8. dirtmistress

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    Well then, perhaps I will do it and we can do an STR type thing. Are you guys down for that?
    I won't be doing all three. I have bigger and better things going on!
     
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    I am doing all three of the KOM rides, Mulholland being one of them. PM me with your e-mail and I can keep you posted on our training rides. We have a group of four so far.

    Teri
     
  10. stacy

    stacy help I've fallen . . .

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    Good luck to all you crazy people! I'm thinking of volunteering just to witness the suffering of my friends.

    IMHO Mulholland was the hardest, but that may just be b/c I felt like crap that day.

    Keep praying for cool weather to make it easy on you and do some long rides in the meantime.

    Break a leg! (Is that appropriate in this situation?)
     
  11. dirtmistress

    dirtmistress AKA Roadiemistress

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    I have not checked the route yet but last year Mulholland was included because Stunt was closed.
    This year Stunt is open.

    I'm way up yonder on the West side so I'll probably do my training rides up here.
     
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    Pain Freak Dead or Alive

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    Liz, you know how slow I am climbing on a mountain bike. Well, I'm not a lot faster on the road bike so I'd love to get together before the start but no way do I want folks waiting for my sorry ol slow arse up top. Last time I finished in just over 9 hours. And I had a lot of people behind me. This is what I believe to be the second hardest as Breathless Agony is longer and climbs more.


    KOM info

    http://www.planetultra.com/index.html
     
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    MTBMaven This is Shangri La

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    Go on...(with that John Stewart voice)
     
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    That's cool Mike. We all ahve to go our own pace. If I do sign up and we all do get together, maybe we can head out together and warm up. Once the hills hit, everyone's own pace kicks in and on long rides like this, there wouldn't be any regroups.

     
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    I'm in Livepe's group. We definitely need to pre-ride the route at some point. Maybe we can all meet to do an STR "gentleman's ride" just to get an idea of what we are in for.

    Say, does this ride fill up fast? I don't want to sign up on-line and they still haven't made printed forms available.
     
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    GeorgiaOfTheJungle THE Penultimate Mtb'er

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    B with Simple Green?

    Good luck to you all. For some reason, my sanity has prohibited me from entering any of these. :lol:
     
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    OMR Old Man Riding...

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    Sorry Liz...

    I have to wash my hair that day....:)
     
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    They may be strictly Active.com. Maybe email them. I did the other day and got an answer back really fast.
    Also, they encourage women so let them know you are one. You are one right?
    Also, I'd be happy to lead some training rides on some of the same hills as the ride. Lots of great options and we can leave from my house!
     
  19. Margaritaman

    Margaritaman It's just tequila...

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    Climbing? For poops and giggles? Tell me more!
     
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