Re: [ST] Rallye to the Rallye

[Eric Sheley <Eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:43 AM 5/4/01 -0400, Eric Drayer wrote:
>a route from NYC through Harrisburg, PA to the top of Skyline Drive to the
>Blue Ridge Parkway to the Pisgah Inn.  DeLorne computes it to be about 21
>hours in a cage, depending on enforcement density should be about 1/2 on an
>ST.  Anybody interested?  Will probably leave NYC area sometime the previous
>Wednesday.

Last time I ran from Front Royal to Asheville, it took me about 11-12 hours 
with a few breaks and a reasonable pace for a motorcycle. The only problem 
with doing it in a single day is that the twisties will take a lot out of 
you. Skyline will be lots of fun because you will hit that in the morning, 
while you are fresh. But then you hit the Virginia plains and things get 
real boring - plus you loose the elevation so your getting beat up by the 
heat. In the afternoon you get back up into the mountains, but now you are 
dealing with fatigue. If it is running into the evening, you then have to 
deal with the darkness (those that came in late last year on Saturday will 
know exactly what I am talking about..). I've run it three times that way 
and each time I vow that I will never again attempt it in one day... (yeah, 
I have a thick head).

Not trying to put you off the idea - just don't want people having problems 
while trying to get to the Rallye - they'll need their strength for the 
roads that I have picked out....

- -Eric


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