FLCC> Lake Como Ride Notes Part III

[Wayne Gottlieb]

Awww shucks  I hate to miss the lake Como ride. 
Though, I'd prefer to think of it as the Long Hill
Ride (and Lake Cuomo when Laurie comes).  Gary must
have been waiting at Moravia for quite a while since
115 is his resting heart rate.... Though, the word
"rest" with Gary is all relative.  Wayne
--- John Dennis <jvd at baka.com> wrote:

> There was a goodly group milling about at East Hill
> Plaza, but Stewart,
> Terri,  Ben and some of our other faster riders were
> not present, perhaps
> just as well, as the day was shaping up to be both
> cloudless and hot.   I
> suppose I can't blame my renewed interest in heart
> rates entirely on the
> untimely and tragic death of Tim Russert, but we
> were born in the same year.
> In any case, I hurriedly got pulse and oximeter
> readings from many of the
> riders present, advising them that I hoped to track
> pulse and oxygen status
> again later in the ride.  
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> On the way to Moravia, I left Jason, Eva, and Rob
> hoping to catch the lead
> group in McLean, but instead passed Anne Shapiro in
> McLean and found myself
> to be exactly two minutes behind the next group. 
> But on reaching Rte 222, I
> had no cue sheet, so I then rode with Jason, Eva,
> and Rob on to Moravia,
> during which time I made a shameless pitch to Eva
> about joining the Obama
> camp. On arriving in Moravia, we found a large
> contingent already sitting on
> the shaded pavement outside the grocery store, so I
> suggested a transition
> over to the more appealing Old Creamery that sits on
> the NW corner of the
> main intersection.  (They actually have a sports
> drink cooler inside now.)
> There I took more pulse and oxygen readings
> including those of a guest
> appearance by Amy Klein, a lone cyclist from
> Skaneateles.  Not sure if she
> had been moving at a slower pace or resting longer
> or was just in better
> shape than the rest of us, but here's how the
> Moravia readings sorted out: 
> 
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> 
>                                                
> Pulse    Oxygen Saturation
> 
> Amy Klein                                 74       
> 98
> 
> Mike Richter                             73-76    98
> 
> Eva Tarscai                              78       
> 98    (Great recovery,
> Eva, considering you were one of the "late arrivers"
> and you were drinking
> iced coffee.) 
> 
> Jim Millar                                 82       
> 97
> 
> Misty McPhee                           85        98
> 
> Jim McGarry                            85        97
> 
> Don Tenkate                             85        94
> 
> Mark Sorrells                            88       
> 98
> 
> John Dennis                             96        96
> 
> Rob Fergeson                           102       96
> 
> Shawn McElroy                         106       96
> 
> Jason Stilwell                           106      
> 95
> 
> David Sahn                               106      
> 94
> 
> Garry Hodges                           115       98
> 
>  
> 
> And here are a few readings taken back at East Hill
> Plaza at the start: 
> 
>  
> 
> Lya Pohl                                   62       
> 98
> 
> Clif Hood                                  68       
> 94
> 
> Brenda Smith                            98        98
> (I'm thinking Brenda
> rode to the start and the other two did not.)
> 
>  
> 
> Anne did join us in Moravia, but she was spared any
> biometric harassment.
> Leaving Moravia, the smart riders proceeded south
> down Rte 38 to Locke and
> the not-so-smart riders rode west up Long Hill. 
> There was a nifty
> ultralight plane parked in a hanger on the south
> side of Long Hill Road part
> way up the hill and I for one dreamed of taking off
> in it, even though it
> appeared to be powered by little more than a
> lawnmower engine. The
> not-so-smarts regrouped at the cemetery that's just
> past the left turn once
> we were headed south and the group included: both
> Jim M.s, Mark, Shawn,
> David, Misty, Garry, Don, Mike, and myself.  We then
> did some not-so-orderly
> pace-lining with the wind coming from the
> West-North-West. 
> 
>  
> 
> Bird most in evidence: Red-Wing Blackbird.  Most
> prevalent flower:  Dames
> Rocket.  Most prevalent scenery: windswept plain
> with dairy farm
> 
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> As you may have guessed from this late posting, I
> slept for hours on getting
> home-:)
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> Ride safe yawl!
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> John
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> John V. Dennis, Jr., PhD
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