HP&A 2005

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCFF99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12a78671esnimw.png"> <div> <B>Brushy Mountain Cyclists Club</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>     |     </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brushy Mountain Cyclists Club"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HPA Route"><U>HP&A Route</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HPA Information"><U>HP&A Information</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions"><U>Directions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Info and Links"><U>Local Info and Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2004 HPA WrapUp"><U>2004 HP&A Wrap-Up</U></A>   |   <B>HP&A 2005</B>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HPA 2006"><U>HP&A 2006</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HPA 2007"><U>HP&A 2007</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HPA 2008"><U>HP&A 2008</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12bc83b3.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="161" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#0099CC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 259 WIDTH="155"><div> <B>2005 Hurt, Pain & Agony Riders</B></div> <div> Thanks for riding with us! Your feedback is important to us as we plan the 2006 HP&A. <A HREF="mailto:brushymtncc@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:brushymtncc@aol.com"><U>Click here to e-mail BMCC</U></A> your comments and suggestions about the 2005 Hurt, Pain & Agony metric century.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>HP&A 2005</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sharksbite.com/resultsnc_files/hpa.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sharksbite.com/resultsnc_file"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Event results from Racescapes</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#2005_hp_a_photos" TITLE="HPA 2005"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Photos of the 2005 Hurt, Pain & Agony Metric Century</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Event Director Matt Daye raised his starter's pistol, moments before sending a throng of adrenalin-stoked cyclists <IMG SRC="709ff540.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="340" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="11" VSPACE="11">off on the second annual Hurt, Pain & Agony Metric Century, when one of the riders in the crowd yelled:</div> <bR> <div> <B>"Go ahead and shoot me now!"</B></div> <bR> <div> That rider's dread was understandable.  Cyclists on the 64-mile route August 6th would tackle over 5,600 feet of climbing.  The "fun" began right away with a six-mile-long ascent from Traphill in the foothills to Roaring Gap, high atop the Blue Ridge.  After that long initial climb, riders tackled wave after wave of shorter hills.  The HP&A's Heartbreak Hill was Mahogany Rock Road.  The bumpy blacktop road tops out at the Blue Ridge Parkway with a short, wall-like stretch of 18% grade.  More than one cyclist had to walk it up the steep slope.</div> <bR> <div> Amazingly, given the toughness of the route, all 149 riders who rolled out of Traphill School that morning finished the event under their own power.</div> <bR> <div> One rider was scraped up after losing control in a hairpin curve on Oklahoma Road.  He was treated for road rash. Only one rider got off course, an improvement over 2004, when the entire lead group of riders overshot a key turn and added several miles to their ride.</div> <bR> <div> Four riders in the lead group on the 64-miler finished within seconds of each other.</div> <bR> <div> Jonathan Kiser, 34, of Advance, N.C. crossed the finish line first with a time of 3:20:07.  He was quickly followed by BMCC's Brian Pierce, local pro mountain biker Charlie Pendry and Winston-Salem's Matt Canter.</div> <bR> <div> The metric's top finishers averaged 19.4 m.p.h. over the hilly course.</div> <bR> <div> Teenager Geoff Pendry of Hays finished first in the half metric division.  BMCC's Bill Sebastian and Matt Adams weren't far behind.</div> <bR> <div> The metric's final finishers straggled in over two hours later.  An intense thunderstorm near the last rest stop forced several riders at the tail-end of the ride to seek shelter on Vestal Road. The storm soon passed and the soggy cyclists "air-dried" on the six-mile descent to Traphill.</div> <bR> <div> Patient pedaler Andy Hall arrived at the finish line after the timing folks packed up and was omitted from the official results.</div> <bR> <div> "After all the hurt, pain and agony...I wasn't listed?" Andy said in an e-mail to BMCC. "OK, I know I was on a commuter bike, and wearing Tevas, and took six and a half hours to complete the metric century. (The HP&A) kicked my butt, but I had fun anyway!" </div> <bR> <div> The HP&A is an American Cancer Society Relay for Life benefit event.  Some of the riders rode in honor of cancer survivors or in memory of loved ones who lost the fight.</div> <bR> <div> "There was a real good feeling floating around that morning," ride director Matt Daye said.  "The riders knew it was for a great cause."</div> <bR> <div> It took a small army of volunteers to stage the HP&A.  Members of the Traphill PTO registered riders, while volunteers from Traphill Volunteer Fire Department parked cars and helped direct riders onto busy U.S. 21.  The Brushy Mountain Cyclists Club provided rest stop volunteers and a much-needed corner marshal where Mahogany Rock Road entered the Blue Ridge Parkway.</div> <bR> <div> BMCC's SAG drivers provided much needed encouragement.  Nick Cheek honked his bicycle horn and Dwight Levi blared bluegrass to keep the riders pumped up.</div> <bR> <div> "Our volunteers were excellent," Daye said.  Over 30 people were involved in staging the event, Daye said.</div> <bR> <div> The event raised $7,000 for the American Cancer Society.  Thanks to the generosity of local sponsors, every penny of rider registration fees went toward the fight against cancer.</div> <bR> <div> "We had the best sponsors anybody could ever ask for," Daye said.</div> <bR> <div> 2005 HP&A contributors include: Sale Lumber Company, the Villages of Wilkes, Blair & Ward Properties, Junior Johnson Country Hams, Arnold and Becky Lakey, Rogers Furniture, LP Roaring River, Johnston Casuals, Mathis Electric Co., Duncan Gun Shop, Hampton Inn of Wilkesboro, Burchette & Burchette Hardwood Floors, J. & B. Greene Co., Duncan Insurance Co., Cooks Sporting Goods of North Wilkesboro, Lyall Design, Best Image Signs, Wal-Mart of Wilkesboro, Food Lion, Lowes Foods, Wilkes County Choppers, Subway of Wilkes, Traphill BP, Crossroads Harley Davidson, Brushy Mountain Water Company, Jimmy's Superette, GNC of Wilkesboro, Pizza Hut of Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro, Defeet and Ken's Bike Shop.</div> <bR> <div> Participation in the 2005 HP&A was up about 75% over 2004.  "Everybody's already talking about next year," Daye said.</div> <div>  <A NAME="2005_hp_a_photos"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>2005 HP&A Photos</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="6" WIDTH="527" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#666666" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#336699 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 239 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6f6e9af0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Riders ready to roll </I></div> <div> <I>from Traphill School</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="234"><div> <IMG SRC="6faeab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Brian Pierce, Richard Fink and Dwight Levi (L-R) at the start</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 220 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6fceab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Peloton heads for the hills</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="6feeab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Smiles are free at rest stop #1</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="700eab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>This shady stretch of Parkway </I></div> <div> <I>went by in a blur</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="702eab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Headed north to Virginia </I></div> <div> <I>on the Blue Ridge Parkway</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="704eab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>A peak experience:</I></div> <div> <I>flat, lonely Peak's Creek Road</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="706eab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Hostess With the Mostest:</I></div> <div> <I>Tammy tops off a bottle</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 239 WIDTH="235"><div> <IMG SRC="708eab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Dr. Bill Renfroe enjoys a breather before Mahogany Rock </I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="70beab00.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Welcome to </I></div> <div> <I>rest stop #4</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 412 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="70dea380.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="312" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Heather Murphy </I></div> <div> <I>and son Michael </I></div> <div> <I>staffed the </I></div> <div> <I>Fox Hunter's Overlook rest stop</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="234"><div> <IMG SRC="70fea380.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="312" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Now that's service: Corner Marshal Jason Bumgarner gives Kay Hall's bike a little push </I></div> <div> <I>at the top of Mahogany Rock </I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="713bc4d0.jpg" border=0 width="444" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Hurt Pain & Agony ride director Matt Daye presents a check for $7,000 to Ginny Haynes of the American Cancer Society. Matt is joined by BMCC officers Carla Pinkerton, Tim Murphy and Lazaro Holguin.</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="5e8974e0.png" border=0 width="151" height="78" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cancer.org/docroot/GI/gi_1.asp" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cancer.org/docroot/GI/gi_1.as"><U><IMG SRC="46d8c840.png" border=0 width="140" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="11" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.racescapes.com/eventdetail.asp?60" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.racescapes.com/eventdetail.as"><U><B><IMG SRC="64e75870.jpg" border=0 width="117" height="135" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="10"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>"It's a little tough, but you'll be glad you did it."</B></div> <div> Tim Yale</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hurt, Pain Agony"><U><B>HP&A Homepage</B></U></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HPA Route"><U><B>HP&A Route</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HPA Information"><U><B>HP&A Information</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions"><U><B>Directions</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Info and Links"><U><B>Local Info and Links</B></U></A><B> | </B><A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2004 HPA WrapUp"><U><B>HP&A 2004</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>