8/1 Saturday Ride

CAN YOU BELEVE IT'S OCTOBER?

First weekend of October, and here we are. But you know what happens the first weekend of October every year? The Cadillac Challenge. Know what I've done the first weekend of October for the last 15 years? Yup; that.

But I learned last weekend that my training this season is insufficient to support me riding 35 miles the day before a century (the Dempsey Challenge was a bit more challenging than it should have been). Therefore, I will be spending my time off the bike tomorrow. If anyone has a preference, I am happy to post, but we have plenty of options from throughout the season to choose from. I can say that only two of us rode last weekend, so both of those courses are on the table.

DATES TO KEEP IN MIND:

Oct 8: Merrymeeting Metric Century

Oct 22: Oxbow Metric

9/24 Saturday Ride

I posted earlier in the week that I'm doing the Dempsey on Sunday, so I will be riding short and sweet Saturday. I offered the Saco loop and asked if anyone was willing to helm, but got crickets, so I'll offer the following. We'll keep the Saco loop (54 miles) as an option, but it's looking pretty windy. I'm favoring the Highland Lake loop (32 miles) for my short & sweet--we can do either or both, but I'll be doing Highland Lake. See you at 8:00.

9/17 Saturday Ride

It's Theresa's birthday! I'm not going to say how old she is (that would be rude) but, as you know, we have to go a certain number of miles to celebrate, so I offer you a shell game, of sorts: three variations of our Roads Less Traveled route: 44, 53, and 61-miles. Pick the route that suits your legs or your time constraints. I can't tell you which is the Birthday Route, but there might be cake at the end of it!

Wheels roll at 8:00.

9/10 Saturday Ride

Last minute change in plans has me unable to ride tomorrow, so I will post two options for the day. I had intended to do the OOB loop, but Adam pointed out that the Lighthouse Ride is tomorrow and that’s a lot of extra traffic we don’t need, so we’ll push that off another week. 

One is a trip out towards Limington (54 miles) and the other is one of our newer additions (52 miles). They’re both about 52 miles and can get clipped in a couple of places to shorten the day, if necessary.

I have another new route in mind and will try to test-ride it this weekend. Wheels roll at 8:00.

9/3 Saturday Ride

I will be out of town tomorrow and in need of a bunny wrangler, but I suggest something towards Pineland, as we did Brunswick last week and will want to steer clear of the coast, both today (last blast of Tourist Season) and next weekend (Lighthouse Ride). Here are two variations: