Meyrick Jones Racing: Dead Legs - Triple Crown (Well 2.5 Crowns anyway...)

"wise guys" quote:

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt, speech titled "Citizen in a Republic" delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Everything you need is already inside.

- Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, legendary coach, and father of the running movement.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Dead Legs - Triple Crown (Well 2.5 Crowns anyway...)

Kevin and I were on the road before 7 this morning.... even so we couldn't manage the entire Triple Crown in 4 hours.

- We rode east along Marine Drive, the low roads and Mt. Seymour Parkway out to Mt. Seymour

- We climbed Mt. Seymour

- back down

- Then we rode west along MSP, up the steep hill on Keith Road, then up Lonsdale

- over to Edgemont Village, then over to Capilano Road

- up to Grouse Mt.

- back down

- along the Upper Levels to Cypress Mt.

- up to the Viewpoint

- back down

- along Upper Levels to exit 4

- back down the hill to home

Kevin had to bail after Seymour and Grouse to go home.... I had enough time to get up to the viewpoint on Cypress then had to turn it around. Tough ride.... all hills and probably about 80km.

Seymour is the hardest (in my opinion) - seems steeper than Cypress. Grouse is the steepest at the end but also the shortest. Cypress is tough because of the long straight road (and it was last!) We almost froze riding through the clouds on Seymour and especially descending.... I would guess 3 or 4 degrees at 8:20 this morning.

Don't know how well this will show up... Peak at left = Cypress, Middle = Grouse, Right = Seymour. Not sure about the little one third from the left...

Yours truly... Post-ride.

This afternoon we rented a boat at Sewell's in Horseshoe Bay and went for a little cruise down to Pt. Atkinson (Lighthouse Park) and back. It was so awesome.... the sun was out and we had a blast. Viggo slept the whole way, Mattias and Aia were able hands and Sacha handled the food and the camera while I captained the vessel. I'm sure there are many awesome reasons to own a boat but this is about as close as I am likely to get.... $68 + $7.25 insurance. That's my kind of boat ownership...