This Saturday is the 58-mile Coldwater-Delina ride.  It starts at the intersection of Old Railroad Bed Road and Highway 110 in Taft, TN.  Plan ahead.  It is a solid 30-minute drive from Huntsville.  This is one of my favorite places to ride because of the scenery and terrain.

 

Ride starts around 8 AM and involves about eleventy-dozen hills and one rest stop in Delina at 28 miles.  The temps will be completely torrid so the pace will be several notches above “lollygagging” so we can get home to the AC to watch tour coverage. 

 

The average speed will probably fall below 17 MPH because of the numerous hills and my generally poor condition.  

 

Mike Olheiser World Championship Fundraiser:

 

Huntsville’s own (via Minneapolis) Mike O. is headed to Austria in August to represent the good ol’ U.S. of A. at the Master’s World Championships.  He needs our support to help cover travel and lodging expenses for the trip.  Since Coldwater is one of his favorite training areas, it is a good place to pass the hat before and after the ride for donations.  So, if you do our ride, think about bringing a few extra bucks to help make sure our transplanted homeboy gets a ticket to The World Championships.

 

We’ll see ya’ll on Saturday Morning.

 

Morgan Andriulli

Vice President, Spring City Cycling Club