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Sloatsburg Ride

On Sunday, I set out around 11am from Sloatsburg to ride up to Greenwood lake. I was hoping to attempt to complete the ride I failed to complete in July of 2004. The idea was to ride from Sloatsburg up the East shore of Greenwood Lake, then back to Sloatsburg.

When I got to the general store at the North end of Greenwood lake, there were a bunch of cyclists there. Turns out they were doing a 200K (120 mile) Brevet called the New York City 200K Brevet. I decided to ride with them for a while. There were about 8 of us. I ended up with four others in the lead group. One of the guys got really bad muscle cramps so we stopped for about 20 minutes until the support car showed up to take him away.

We parted ways at waypoint #5 (see below). I rode back to Sloatsburg, and they went on, eventually returning to New York City.

Here’s the map (NW is up) and profile: