Courage Classic Day 2

Saturday August, 8th 2010

Incredible news for this year’s ride, for the first time in all the 19 years of the Courage Classic the ride is completely sold out, at full capacity, there are 700 riders!

Breakfast at 7:00 am of cheese blintzes and potatoes at Suncadia.

At 9:00 am Chandru was at the last stop before the summit of Blewett Pass.

10:00 am Happy at the summit of Blewett Pass with Eric and happy Steve.

Still eating, now with Tony.

Fed and happy, it is mostly down hill from here.  Chandru thinks he will come home heavier this year, he is definitely eating more than he is burning up!  I think everyone will be glad to hear this!!  I told Chandru after his second 100 mile training ride last weekend (partly with Tony), that I was afraid I would wake up and find that he had evaporated during the night, that I would just find his empty sleep clothes next to me.  Chandru always drops weight before the weekend of the ride, and it scares me out of my wits.  Eat man, eat.

Noon at a picturesque lookout near Leavenworth.  Chandru stopped for 20 minutes before this point to help another rider who had an accident.  The rider is fine.

1:00 pm Setting up the tent at Leavenworth.

1:30 pm Cleaned up and ready to walk into town.  At the end of Day 2 Chandru is feeling fine.  He was concerned about riding this bike – it has more difficult gearing than the bike he has ridden previously.  The only other riders who pass him are Steve and Eric and the professional riding team.  He estimates he is in the top 20% of the riders, up from the 50% pack from previous years.  He has officially turned into a lycra butt!