2011 Uludag Hill Climb
Here's the no-cost hill climb that has been organized by www.cyclingtr.com Not to poke fun at any other much shorter events here in New England, but forget $350, we're not paying one cent to participate in this 34 mile ride. There are 50 registered riders including your hero.. We drove a majority of the course today on kind of a pleasure sight seeing trip and the first hard 10 miles of climbing is on some of the most terrifying and picturesque roads I've ever seen. Yes I've climbed these hills before, but it's been a couple of years. The sheer drop offs on each leg of each switchback is just plain deadly. All it takes is one reckless driver to push you over the edge if your'e not paying attention. The climb is going to be brutal, plain and simple. I have my new Garmin heart rate strap and I expect to be paying close attention. Apparently there are some fast dudes coming here from Izmir who are supposedly very highly trained. We'll have to see I guess. I'm no natural on the long climbs but I have the advantage of experience- I've climbed this mountain a dozen times. So at the end of the day we will have ascended 8000+ vertical feet. Not bad for a day's work. Wish me luck.
2 comments:
Hmm, looks tough and if the roads are in the usual condition even tougher. Here is a question, there is a mountain just south of Manisa, Spil Dagi that looks like it has an interesting climb up it from Google earth, anyone ridden that climb or any more information, trying to piece together a back roads Istanbul - Bodrum route to ride in a couple of years time as a multi stage trip.
I should of course sat good luck!
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