Creative Rain Gear Required

While one group of the KP Team was down at WF, we had another big group out at the Tierra Bella Century. I think the WF group had it a bit better. Here is a portion of a recap from Aron Cooperman on how the day at TB went:

"At the second aid station I turned a hefty trash bag into a rain vest. Some women came up to me and said how "for $10 i could buy a rain shell." I really felt like telling her "to go F* herself." Instead I said that I simply forgot it and had to make do... this b*tch continued to say things like "you should have put it in your car yesterday, that's what I did" or "didn't you bother to check the forecast, it say rain the whole week." At this point I really wanted to give her some choice words... I rode off, Jill said she was proud of me for not telling that woman off.

At Baily we decided to turn back on Santa Terresa and be done with this mess... I left Jason C. a voice mail cause he rode off, at this point it was every person for themselves (well, except for Tami & Rob). Riding back, I was happy that I had Judy's pants & and my trash bag vest ;) However, my hands got so cold & wet, I could move my fingers to shift gears :(

I think sometime around 9pm, after a 30 min hot shower, wrapping myself in blankets, a huge pot of coffee, hot soup, and then using the hot tub... my hands stopped tingling." Aron C.

Wow, that sounds rough! We had other reports from Jason C. (who actually made it around the 100 miles) and Tami R. who basically said the same thing. Some comments were, "Costanoa ride all over again, but worse"! Good job to all who went out and made the attempt in tough conditions. We heard a small tornado actually toached down around Gavlin College!

Read all of of Mr. Cooperman's Recap:

here's my story... it rained, and rained some more and kept raining. I totally spaced and forgot rain clothes that morning

so... I borrowed Judy rain pants, they fit like capri's. At the second aid station I turned a hefty trash bag into a rain vest. Some women came up to me and said how "for $10 i could buy a rain shell." I really felt like telling her "to go F* herself." Instead I said that I simply forgot it and had to make do... this b*tch continued to say things like "you should have put it in your car yesterday, that's what I did" or "didn't you bother to check the forecast, it say rain the whole week."

At this point I really wanted to give her some choice words... I rode off, Jill said she was proud of me for not telling that woman off. At Baily we decided to turn back on Santa Terresa and be done with this mess... I left Jason C. a voice mail cause he rode off, at this point it was every person for themselves (well, except for Tami & Rob). Riding back, I was happy that I had Judy's pants & and my trash bag vest ;) However, my hands got so cold & wet, I could move my fingers to shift gears :( Every time we rode up a small hill, I felt like a Salmon... swimming up stream. After 4 hours or riding for 66 miles, we got back to the college and everyone just went to their cars and tried to warm up...

I had to ask some guy two cars down to reach into my jersey and fish out my car keys cause my hands weren't working. I started taking off my wet clothes while at my car and realized I had to pee... well, you can figure out what happened next.

Once I was changed and inside my car, I found a interesting chemical reaction when you combined chamois cream and a heated car seat. :) I think sometime around 9pm, after a 30 min hot shower, wrapping myself in blankets, a huge pot of coffee, hot soup, and then using the hot tub... my hands stopped tingling. I cannot begin to tell you how much fun I had! Not to mention that this century was so worth the $45 entery fee. Because the two water bottles I filled up at the 2nd aid station and hefty bag rain vest, that alone has to be worth c-note, right?? Did I mention that it rainied alot? -aron