On 08/25/2014, Mark Manner wrote Power-Tap: Ghisallo-3State3Mountain. Around 9,000 feet climbing. Unbelievably, worse weather than last year. First 35 minutes stuck behind large crowds going slow and crashing. Bad rain for 40 miles. After the frist main climb, the descent was freezing and I felt hypothermic at the bottom (as did a lot of others). I got a 3rd layer (a trash bag) and warmed up after that. I accidentally mixed PB endurance in some clear strawberry flavored HEED. Not a good taste, but I am sure highly carb/electrolyte loaded. I think that I was a bit tired from the 3 CR intervals over the 10 days leading up to the ride. Although I was actually a bit slower than last year, I feel ok about the ride, since a bunch of people just quit, along the way and at the metric century turn-off. I felt more like quitting this one than any ride I have been on so far. R heel didn't hurt on bike, no real knee pain either. [Uploaded 9/1/2009 4:09:47 PM] ***