My intention in August and September was to go for a long ride once each weekend in training for my 100-mile ride on 9/17.  Various factors have thwarted that plan, though.  For instance, the weekend of August 27 was when hurricane Irene was passing through New England, so there wasn’t much of any opportunity for … Read more

On August 20, I went for another long ride – this time I wanted to check out a hill that was mentioned in the 100-mile ride description on the Food Bank website.  They mentioned that the hill was where the route passes from Westhampton into Huntington, and that it is the worst hill of the … Read more