JB's Adventure Blog: Thunder Ridge and Peaks Coaching Camp

Peaks Coaching Group is having their spring training camp down in beautiful Bedford Va. Hunter invited me to come down and join in the fun. I had a great time meeting and spending some spin time with the other athletes and coaches participating in the camp.

It sure didn’t hurt it was like 85 out and blue as a hornet’s tongue. Don’t ask me what that means.. I could think of any thing blue.

The ride was sick, we headed north for about an hour and started the beastly climb up Thunder ridge, a 13+ mile climb that ascends 3,500 ft. The views where stunning and almost as surprising was boy wonder (Nick from Lynchburg) was climbing like a goat with hemorrhoids, don’t ask. It’s late. …

Once I caught the little rascal we set a steady pace for the next 40 mins, churning our pedals like.. never mind. The top came to us at 1:03 at a brisk pace, and I mean the real top, the golf ball.

The decent was even more exiting as Hunter my Coach showed me how its done dropping me on the Peaks of Otter decent. I could feel the rubber peel off my tire as my eyes filled with tears of fear. I took his advise almost, he said, Yoda style, (assume scruffy small voice) “hhhhMMMmmm young Sky Walker, use not the brakes but for one turn and use the force for the rest.” Sure dude…

He also said you have to use the whole road and I an’t joking the WHOLE friggen thang! So we droped like human projectiles out of the sky. Oh my…. I almost craped my shammi as we dived into the apex of a banked 100 degree turn at 40+. Yikes.
I got dropped but I only just touched the brakes before one turn.

Good food and some power file review followed the epic day.

Thanks for reading, even if it’s late.

PS Nick Wait is a bum.

Just kidding, Congrats are on order for though he is bailing from tour of Shenandoah has been invited to tour of Georgia with the US u23 team. God speed.

posted by Jeremiah Bishop # 8:56 PM

Thunder Ridge and Peaks Coaching Camp

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