A couple weekends ago, I went out to Arizona to participate
in the Tour de Tucson. It was a 111 mile ride/race. This was the largest
cycling event I have ever done, with over 8,500 people competing. It was
interesting because there was such a wide variety of people there. At the
front, there were professional racers finishing in about 4 and a quarter hours.
Towards the back, there were newer riders who are just trying to finish before
nightfall.
I started about 600 riders back. I got in a group of about
50 and we finished in 4 hours and 39 minutes. It was a great opportunity to get
in some base miles in and have a good time. It seemed like a logistical
nightmare to get all these people through the route safely. The city of Tucson
and the race promoters pulled off a miracle in getting everyone in and out of
Tucson and through the outskirts safely. We did not even have to stop at a single
light for all 111 miles. It was really nice to do this event to get a change of
pace from my typical Southern California training routes. I hope to get out
there again next year.
Kyle Torres
1 comment:
Told you!!! And all you had to do was go less than an hour beyond the VoS RR location. Congrats on your Platinum finish. Glad you had fun. Let's do it again next year!
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