This weekend some of us completed a grueling, 100-km ride around Camp Arifjan in honor of the "Hotter 'n Hell Hundred," an annual race held each summer in Wichita Falls, Texas.
The story in the local paper is here:
And pics from all three events we staged are here:
The race's organizers sent me dozens of shirts this year, so some friends and I decided to sign people up to earn them through either a two-hour spin class, or the bike ride. The first spin class was on Thursday night, Aug. 21, and the second one was this morning starting at 0530. I taught the first spin class -- both classes saw 40 participants each.
Saturday's ride started at 4 a.m. We had about 25 mountain bikers, who rode for about 15 miles, mostly on dirt and gravel roads around the camp's perimeter. Five intrepid road bikers braved the dry heat for four hours, all of us completing the 100-km (62 mile) ride with only a couple of incidents. The sun started breaking over the horizon just before 6 a.m., and before long the 
temperature started climbing. We took a break when the mountain bikers finished and handed out their shirts and water bottles. Before that, one of the road riders wiped out coming around a corner at about mile 26 -- but she toughed it out and finished the ride. Another person had a flat tire about at about 40 miles, but he had enough emergency supplies with him to fix it long enough to get to his room and replace the tire and tube, then he completed the ride. The temerature at the end was right at 100 degrees -- not quite hotter than hell, but close enough.
temperature started climbing. We took a break when the mountain bikers finished and handed out their shirts and water bottles. Before that, one of the road riders wiped out coming around a corner at about mile 26 -- but she toughed it out and finished the ride. Another person had a flat tire about at about 40 miles, but he had enough emergency supplies with him to fix it long enough to get to his room and replace the tire and tube, then he completed the ride. The temerature at the end was right at 100 degrees -- not quite hotter than hell, but close enough.In all we had well over 100 people take part in the events, and a good time was had by all!
1 comment:
Wow. At what point did you say, "Damn, I look good in these biker pants."? Now that you've swum the English Channel, bike the "Hotter than Hell," there is only one event of the triathalon left. That's right - the Spankathon 500. Tub o' country crock, pile o' personal materials, and a little quite time. You'll be Lance Armstrong in no time (although, hopefully with both balls intact...)
I hope your parents don't read this....
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