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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tour de Tahoe
The Tour de Tahoe (72 miles or 116 km circumventing Lake Tahoe) took place last Sunday, September 9 2008. I drove up the day before and met my friends Amy and Stuart for dinner at the Horizons hotel, site of the start/finish and also where the three of us were staying. This hotel is one of several on the Nevada/California border (on the Nevada side) and site of a casino (for which the three of us had little interest).
We set off at 6:45 in chilly temperatures - around 7-8 degrees C - cold enough that my fingers were becoming numb and I was having a bit of trouble operating the shifters and brakes. As soon as the sun rose, however, it quickly warmed up to more comfortable conditions. Despite the altitude, I had little trouble with the course, and found it actually easier than the 100K ride I did at the end of August. The scenery around the lake was beautiful and I felt pretty good throughout the ride. Finish time (elapsed) was about 6 hours.
Riding around a scenic mountain lake brought back some fond memories of time spent in Mongolia ...
Garmin data can be viewed at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/777676