The Circle of Paros bicycle race has come and gone and I feel pretty good about it. The course was the reverse of last year so the hills were more vertical and the downgrades less intense. Still, I managed to ride it in about the same time as last year, coming in at 2:38:37 compared to last year’s 2:37+. Like I said, I am alright with that. My Boardman cycle was an excellent ride. About 6 kilometers from the finish my right hamstring cramped with a very painful charley horse. It is bad enough when that happens and you are not moving at 30 km/h on a 8.6 kilo bicycle…no time to stop! I had to stretch my leg while I was pedaling. Then I had to get my foot back in the pedal. There are loads of pictures of the whole race here but I gleaned a couple of good ones for you all…
The final kilometer…photo by Dimitris Chaniotis
The end…photo by Robert Van der Most
The times are here…
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4PyrkQmGFMMVy1TYjlDVVR2aE51TEM4a1lBWGFVUnk4eWMw/view
–JDCM