Seattle to Portland – part 2
Posted by Z on July 14th, 2008 - Tags: biking, cycling, seattle to portland
This is part 2 for me as I did it back in my early NW days (1998). This is a 202 mile bike ride from U of Washington to downtown Portland. This year was good weather, albeit a bit hot. This time I rode the course with Trent and Justin – both very strong riders. We took a train up to Seattle on Fri night and got in late (bridge issue) – ended up getting to bed at 1am and alarm went of at 330am. Ugh. We pacelined most of the race save near the end when I suggested they move fwd. as they had more energy left than me. The climbing was a bit surprising. It was a bit more climbing (~5000 ft. in gain) than when I last did it in 1998 on the good ole Centurion – see:Cascade Bicycle Club Message Boards – but still fun nonetheless. Race info: http://www.cascade.org/EandR/stp/STP_Details.cfm
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:46pm
Zack-
Congrats on the bike ride with two hours of sleep. Long time no see…
-Mark
July 17th, 2008 at 12:51pm
You should also checkout Presto’s account of his ride.