Vanderpool
to Kerrville
Wednesday,
October 14, 2015
9:42 AM
We just checked into a Motel 6 in Kerrville
after another tough day of very steep hills.
I walked about a mile up the big hill (500 footer) of over 8% grade,
then had to push the bike half way up a bunch of short 8 to 10 percent grade
hills a hundred yards or so in length.
And of course we had a headwind a
lot of the day and temps peaking at 94.
Rode to Kerrville
from Vanderpool today, 50 miles. Started at first light and got into town late
afternoon.
The ride started
almost immediately with pushing my loaded bike a mile uphill on an 8% grade
which most of us found unrideable. I thought that was the easy part of the ride
until we ran into a bunch of short steep hills I estimated at 10% grade, about
100 yds. long. More walking. Surprisingly my average speed was 8.1 despite all
the walking. That's probably because the last 25 miles followed the river so we
lost most of the hills.
Guadalupe river
Guadalupe river
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