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3-State 3-Mountain
2001 Comments
Daisy,
I really loved the ride. I guess 6 SCCC riders were there, that I know of.
Not all of us were misdirected. I didn't mind the misdirection because it
caused the big fast group just enough delay for me to catch up with them by
Lookout Mtn! I even beat my husband up to the last rest stop! Ha! I heard
complaints about confusion in Downtown, like the exact location of the Y,
but I had no trouble finding it.
What a beautiful ride!!
We'll be back next year.
Thanks!
P.S. My husband theorizes that someone from the "other" Chattanooga bike
club was messing with the course markings. The same thing happened in B'ham
AL on their century 2 years ago.
Jamie Miernik
Excellent ride. Many thanks for the temporary bike lane coming back into
town. - DjC
Great ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you send out an email to your club members on
the ride turnout and the day I would appreciate a copy. The shirts, jerseys,
route,and support (materials, food, and the cheerful volunteers) will make
this a repeat century for me. I have ridden about 50 centuries in the past 4
years and with the yours was on par with the best of the other club rides in
which I have participated. Columbus Outdoor Pursuits (OHIO) all rides,
TOMRV, Apple Cider, and other Ohio?Michigan rides.
Thank you, Mike Ford
Diasy and Hugh,
From the my viewpoint, ya'll did an excellent job on every aspect of
this event. Heard several who had not ridden in the 3 state/mountain, comment on how well
every aspect of the event was conducted.
Wanted to express my appreciation for all that you did to make this
year both safe and enjoyable.
THANK YOU,
David Blackwell
P.S. I am the one that finished last and also my first century.
Just a note to let you know that this was one of the best rides I have done yet -- sags
were great and the ride was well organized. Please advise the status of the rider who was
injured on the descent.
Best regards
Jeff Brown (#034)
The injured rider (Bernie Gladden from Maryville) is fine. He had a concusion and
general road rash and banged up a bit.
Great job. The volunteer firemen and EMS units at the SAG stops did a good job and all had
great attitudes.
Sam T. Harper #122
Many thanks to all that made yesterday possible. My family & I had very
enjoyable (or at least memorable) rides.
Is there any update on the rider that was injured on the descent in AL?
My son Daniel finished at about 6:40. He had a picture taken, but did not
fill out a request form. He was wearing a MAPEI jersey. We would like to
get his picture. I did fill out a form & paid for mine.
Thanks again for a great event!
Mike Schopp
Decatur, AL
Daisy,
You did another fantastic job on the 3 State century this year! It seemed to be better
attended than ever. I think you told me 470 riders. That's really something. When would
you estimate the times will be posted on the web site? Also, I noticed that the clock at
Riverfront Park seemed to be about 15 - 20 minutes longer than what I estimated my total
ride time to be. We actually didn't get started until about 8:15 AM or so and I wondered
if the clock at Riverfront Park might have been started promptly at 8:00 AM. Let me know
if you can. Thanks again for everything.
Paul Dietrich
Daisy,
I have been told that I may have broke the course record. To my
knowledge, the course record for 101.9 miles was/is 4 hours 42 minutes total
elapsed time. On Saturday, I came in at 4 hours 50 minutes but rode 106.5
miles. My average speed definitely was faster than the course record. The extra
mileage was due to a mistake on the markings near Trenton. I have 2 riders to vouch for me
and many others who also kept going straight instead of
turning. So, we went all the way up to Trenton instead of turning before Trenton. Jeff
Gibson (CBC member(??)) was in the break with me and we slowed down quite a bit
to even look at the map. He was familiar with the course but we decided to follow the
"orange circles" instead of the map... since the race coordinator said there
were changes at the start. Anyway, Jeff's the one who told me I broke the record. If you
take my average miles per hour (21.8-21.9) for the total 106.5 miles and plug it into the
101.9 mile course, then my time would be around 4:37-4:38. I'm guessing my average would
have been even higher with the fatigue factor of riding an extra 4.6 miles. Can you please
let me know since people are asking? I would greatly appreciate it. If for some reason you
need to talk with me, I can be reached at 419.1647. Sincerely,
Eddy Hilger
Associate Director of Admissions
Covenant College
14049 Scenic Highway
Lookout Mountain, GA 30750
Yes Eddy, I think you probably broke the record - see below.
In response to above
i've never been that attentive to precise finish times, but considering it
was eddy who smoked the course, i have very little doubt that he shattered
the record. i would have been surprised had he not.
Byron Mulligan
hello,
my name is jeff gibson and i am from chattanooga. i did not officially do the ride(i did
not pay for it, i took my own food and water on course). i did start the ride with the
group from the beginning and road the entire century. i rode with eddy hilger and tod/ted?
williams. the times posted are very good times for a century of this magnitude however
when you take into consideration that the three of us actualy road 107 miles(we went all
the way to trenton- the paint on the road dircted us this way, bypassing new england road)
the times are verry impressive particularly eddy's ride. he caught todd and myself 2 1/2
hrs into the ride by himself, we then road across sand mtn together to birkhalter, eddy
then proceeded to drop us big time on the climb and put 5 -7 minutes on us back to town.
4hrs and 50 minutes for 107 miles on this course is phenominal. my watch said 4hr 55 and
change for todd and i. when we hit the 80 miles into the ride eddy turned to me and said
something like: " we are at 80 miles , i am now on my longest ride ever" he went
on to avg almost 22 mph. it was a great event and i look forward to doing it again next
year. thanks, jeff
(Maybe you will even be official next year - how about it?)
And From the Guestbook
Subject: 3 state 3 mtn challenge
Name: Jeff
Email: jaggrin@earthlink.net
Date: 13 May 2001
Comments
I thought the ride was great!! If you didn't plan properly between sag stops, there
were plenty of markets to get some extra liquids until the next sag stop. The road was
mismarked, which wasn't good and somebody should have put up a sign or remarked the road
but other than that everything was well organized. For all those who didn't stick around
for the Sunday ride on top of Lookout Mountain, you missed meeting some friendly bikers
from the CBC. Thanks Daisy, Hue, Rich, Charlie, Kym and Rachael for riding on Sunday. Look
forward to next year
Subject: 3-S, 3-M Century
Name: Celia Millington-Wyckoff, State College, PA (#190)
Email: caw6@outreach.psu.edu
Date: 10 May 2001
Comments
Great ride! A real killer. We Yanks here in PA have NOTHING that compares to Lookout,
except perhaps some climbs around Pittsburgh and southwestern PA.
We'll be back if we can!
Subject: 3S 3M Feedback
Name: Scott Brumbelow (#39)
Email: csbrumbelow@fedex.com
Date: 07 May 2001
Comments
You guys asked for comments about the ride, so for what its worth, here are mine.
In general, this was a very good ride. The route was beautiful, the mountains fun, the
roads for the most part lightly traveled. For the most part the route was very well
marked, EXCEPT for one little turn off Highway 11 onto New England road. Fortunately, I
happened to be with some guys who had ridden this before, and they recognized the problem
after only a few extra miles. Otherwise, I might be halfway to the Gulf by now! Seriously,
not a huge deal for me, but I do wonder what the worst case was in terms of extra miles
added in total (ours was about 6)?
The only real complaint I would offer up is the sag support - yours was very weak. Not
that the sags themselves were a problem; you just need more of them. To have only four for
a ride of this intensity is a joke. To have almost 30 miles between the sag at Bryant and
the one on top of Lookout Mountain is too much (of course with my little detour it was
more like 36 miles). I ran out of powerade on the Burkhalter Gap Road climb - not a good
thing as I had already started cramping from my rationing to get to that point. Yes I
could have and in hindsight should have stopped at one of the markets on the way, but the
point is that for a ride like this I shouldn't have to.
For this to be a truly "first rate" ride, mimic what some of the first rate
rides do. For example, the Assault on Mt. Mitchell (or the Bridge to Bridge) rides in
North Carolina. The Assault has a total of TEN sag stops. These are about 20 miles apart
in the early portion of the ride where it is relatively flat, but then they are WITHIN
about 10 miles of each other when the real climbing starts. There are three within the
last 15 miles once you get on the parkway to the end of the ride on top of Mitchell. The
climbs in TN are not as long, so I am not saying you need to have as many, but you do have
a couple of gaps that could stand to be filled.
The patch at the end was a nice touch. Finally, I had heard people talk about how bad
the roads were from Sand Mtn to the final climb up Lookout Mt., and when I first got on
those county roads in Alabama I was a little worried (40+ miles of this?!). However, the
roads were fine once you were on the mountain. Given that the "rough" section
was actually pretty short, I wouldn't change a thing with your route. In fact, this
actually serves to add a little more character to the ride. Besides, the view from the top
of Sand Mountian was worth it.
Hope this helps...
Subject: 3S 3M Challenge
Name: Dwight Bond
Email: dbond@bikerider.com
Date: 08 May 2001
Comments
This is my third year for the ride and for those of you who did it for the first time
this year, this is not the normal ride. Yes, the road was marked wrong and that caused all
of us some extra miles. Yes, there could have been more sag stops but if you carry two
bottles, you could make it easily to the next stop. The big thing that I really missed was
not having the ride at the Sports Barn. The showers at the end of the ride and the pasta
feast are really great. I don't think the organizers will make the same mistakes next
year. It only takes a year (or 2 at best) to totally ruin a ride.
Subject: 3S 3M Challenge
Name: Scott Brumbelow
Email: csbrumbelow@fedex.com
Date: 08 May 2001
Comments
...normally I would agree, but actually I DID have two large (24 oz) bottles that were
full when I left the sag on top of Sand Mountain, and I still ran out well before getting
to the next sag. And, my fluid intake is no more than average. Maybe if I had not missed
the turn and thus been at 30 miles instead of 36 between the two I would not have run out.
Still, even the annual century in Memphis has more sags than this, and it is flat, easy,
and faster (no hills) in comparison.
Anyway, not trying to be critical; CBC asked for feedback to help make their's a better
century and that is what they received.
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