Completing the Friday cycle

[ShawnoftheDread]

Now you need to make all three on the same day.

[culimerc]

@ShawnoftheDread 64242 wrote:

Now you need to make all three on the same day.

That would make my Friday morning definitively not leisurely.

[DismalScientist]

Particularly if you were required to chug a cup at every stop.

[consularrider]

@DismalScientist 64255 wrote:

Particularly if you were required to chug a cup at every stop.

Isn’t that what a “to-go” cup is for?

[ronwalf]

@consularrider 64256 wrote:

Isn’t that what a “to-go” cup is for?

Convenient. I’d certainly have “to-go” after the third.

[americancyclo]

Shot of espresso at each. 15mph average
700-710 FMCCIII – Green Lizard
710-825 transit 19 miles
825-835 FMCCII – Java Shack
835-850 transit 4 miles
850-900 FMCC – M.E.Swings

[consularrider]

@americancyclo 64298 wrote:

Shot of espresso at each. 15mph average
700-710 FMCCIII
710-825 transit 19 miles
825-835 FMCCIII
835-850 transit 4 miles
850-900 FMCC

So that means I leave home heading west at 6 am (and I still end up taking an hour of annual leave )? Since I’m riding the 50 States and the PPTC Back Roads Century on Saturday and Sunday, I propose putting off the full FMCC cycle until the 27th. Or everyone could spend the night in Herndon after the SMART Ride fund raiser at Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern. Jimmy’s closes at 2 am, what to do, what to do?

[americancyclo]

@consularrider 64299 wrote:

So that means I leave home heading west at 6 am (and I still end up taking an hour of annual leave )? Who’s with me?

I’m down, just not this friday.

[culimerc]

@americancyclo 64298 wrote:

Shot of espresso at each. 15mph average
700-710 FMCCIII
710-825 transit 19 miles
825-835 FMCCIII
835-850 transit 4 miles
850-900 FMCC

Like I said, not a leisurely Friday morning. Plus there are those of us who do not get up and out at 6am. That just aint natural. Slow down, take time to smell the coffee

[consularrider]

@culimerc 64303 wrote:

Like I said, not a leisurely Friday morning. Plus there are those of us who do not get up and out at 6am. That just aint natural. Slow down, take time to smell the coffee

The caffeine made me do it, especially after that third espresso.

[consularrider]

Ok, if it’s not raining on Friday, October 18, I plan on riding for the FMCC cycle. I’ll leave the East Falls Church area at 6 am aiming to get to Green Lizard by 7 am and then follow the schedule originally set out by americancyclo (note the 8:25-8:35 should read FMCCII). Anyone interested in joining me for a morning half century?

[KS1G]

I hope to be un-furloughed by then, but I’ll cheer you on from the FMCC III location.

[consularrider]

Ok, the weather forecast is 60 – 70% chance of rain overnight from Thursday to Friday with temperatures in the 50s. Hopefully the rain will end just after midnight, so if nothing is falling at 5:30 am, I will head to the W&OD next to the EFC south parking lot to head west at 6 am. That should put me on track for rootchopper’s schedule:

Shot of espresso at each. 15mph average
700-710 FMCCIII
710-825 transit 19 miles
825-835 FMCCIII
835-850 transit 4 miles
850-900 FMCC

After FMCC, I plan to head back via Shirlington and Best Buns.

[KLizotte]

^^That’s a helluva lot of coffee. You may not be able to stop in Shirlington due to the caffeine. Good luck on your quest!

[consularrider]

@KLizotte 66796 wrote:

^^That’s a helluva lot of coffee. You may not be able to stop in Shirlington due to the caffeine. Good luck on your quest!

More like I may half to stop. hey, three shots of espresso over four hours ain’t so much. :p

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