Comments on: 2009 Mountains of Misery Finish Times

By: Johnie Waitkus

Johnie Waitkus — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:56:36 +0000

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By: Ken Jost

Ken Jost — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:11:11 +0000

Another terrific year, with decent weather to boot! The volunteers as always were terrific on both Saturday and Sunday, and I enjoyed finding some of Saturday’s volunteers on the road Sunday. Hammer Gel from start to finish, and potatoes later in the ride, were great for energy. The wave start as it was worked well — don’t try to fine tune it to death! I led out the second wave, only to see it blow past me a while later — it was all good and soon enough I was among the folks going my speed. And having cold water dumped on me as I crawled past the last rest area brought me back to life. What a ride!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:33:27 +0000

I ended up liking the wave start. I think most people gravitated to the wave best suited for them in that it looks like most of the faster finishers were in the 1,2,3 waves with a few exceptions and the later finishers in the later waves with a few exceptions. I had a great group to ride with all day. I’m still looking for my shirt though….

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:57:50 +0000

For the last three years I have been wanting to ride MOM and finally was able to this time around. Hopefully I will not have to wait as long to ride it again. Since I am from the flatlands of Virginia Beach I took advantage of the WRR (58 miles) the day prior and enjoyed the casual ride. It was a great weekend of cycling. Both events were absolutely well supported in all manners and set the standard. I only wish our local community could do the same.

By: Carl Phelps

Carl Phelps — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:11:02 +0000

What a well run event!! As this was my first attempt, I am happy to say I made it. I will agree with the comment above, start in waves, but line up according to a planned finish time. Maybe you could have people put down their planned finish time and assign waves/groups for the start. My only other suggestion is to move the first rest stop away from the bottom ofthe hill. I was on cruise and taking advantage of gravity when it suddenly appeared.
Again, a WELL DONE is deserved by all!!

By: Michael Schlitzer

Michael Schlitzer — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:59:45 +0000

We couldn’t have asked for better weather, that’s for sure. The new start procedure did reduce the overall times, but it did result in a smaller peloton at the front, which I think was the purpose.

Thanks to the town and the volunteers for letting us hold this event again this year. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

By: Ginnie Grevett

Ginnie Grevett — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:06:44 +0000

Thanks to everyone for another well-organised ride. And the volunteers were so cheerful (even if I wasn’t!). The 58-mile ride was great, too.

By: James Harvey

James Harvey — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:24:17 +0000

I thought the race was well run as always, and I thank you. I thought, however, the multi-wave start, not by ability made it difficult to find a group of similar speed to ride with. I would start everyone expecting to finish under 6:30 in the first wave, and then move to expected times after that. Thanks again.