Twice a year, Team Portsmouth puts on a great 75 mile supported ride between Sunbury and Edenton, NC.  The team staffs two SAG vehicles and loads up plenty of drinks and goodies for the ride.  The plan includes stopping for lunch in Edenton before riding back to Sunbury.  The weather couldn’t have been better.  It was just a little cool that morning.  But Ride the Dragon had trained me well for dressing appropriately.  It was 48-degrees at the start and expected to rise to 70-degrees by 1pm.  I wore tights, a summer base layer, two jerseys, arm warmers, a light windbreaker, a balacava, and full-finger gloves.  One rider said, “I wish I had brought tights.”  I said, “Give it a few hours and I’ll wish I was taking mine off!”  😉 Continue reading “Sunbury-Edenton Loop (75-mi)” →

Ride the Dragon was a relatively under promoted 25, 50, and 100 mile ride which started at Thousand Trails Campground in Gloucester, VA on October 13th.  I had been off the bike since last Sunday’s permanent.  For one reason or another, I just didn’t ride during the week.  So I had little warm up for this ride.  With temperatures suddenly dropping to the 40s, this ride was a bit of a drill for winter dressing.  Jennifer Hamm and I planned to ride the century together and arrived thirty minutes before ride time.  However, we still left 25 minutes late due to trying to get dressed appropriately, packing a few things, and visiting with 50-mile riders we hadn’t seen in a while.  I really need to work on my pre-game if I’m going to do well with brevets.  😀  I was disappointed to learn I had left my camera’s SD card in my computer.  So I had to resort to cell phone photos.  😦  Continue reading “Ride the Dragon, Gloucester VA (103-mi)” →