The 508: Stage Two
Posted on Oct 22nd, 2006
by 
OrganicAthlete
OrganicAthlete
"What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Chained to the road in front of him, Ron pedals stoically onward. By the end of this stage, our individual tactics (which we had not communicated before the event) that was to become a common cause began to become clear: start out way too fast, so that you blow up completely in the last 10 miles of your stage. In retrospect, this probably was not the best strategy. Though when you're jumping out of the van after sitting there for 4+ hours, you feel like you can go as fast as you want for as long as you want.
Results at the end of Stage 2: 152 miles in 9:06:00.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Chained to the road in front of him, Ron pedals stoically onward. By the end of this stage, our individual tactics (which we had not communicated before the event) that was to become a common cause began to become clear: start out way too fast, so that you blow up completely in the last 10 miles of your stage. In retrospect, this probably was not the best strategy. Though when you're jumping out of the van after sitting there for 4+ hours, you feel like you can go as fast as you want for as long as you want.
Results at the end of Stage 2: 152 miles in 9:06:00.
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