Author: John Wilson

Nothing fancy this Saturday. Roll from the St. Elmo Food City at 8:30 and head south down Marble Top. Climb 136 and come back via Creek Rd. 50 miles and 3,400 ft. Pray for Boss. He was at Oskar Blues last night. No word since…

Elites will roll from Falling Water at 8:30 and head north. We’ll climb Mtn. Road early down Hotwater and then out O’Sage to Armstrong, Lee, Daugherty Ferry, and back via Back Valley. Strongmen can climb Hotwater a 2nd time others follow me. 51 miles and 3,100 ft.

Man in Black will be leading this Saturday. Roll from the St. Elmo Food City at 8:30. Head south down past Trenton on one of Fly’s favorite routes. Past the Southeast Lineman Training Center to Byrd’s Chapel. Back via Back Valley, up the short Sand climb, along the brow and down Hales Gap Rd. See map for details. 54 miles 3,600 ft. Can climb Lookout at the end if feeling frisky.

We’ll be one big happy family over Labor Day. Elites will ride with TB Saturday and Monday (and if anyone wants to come up to the Pumpkin Patch on Signal Mountain Sunday too). Watch for Boss’s posts coming soon.

Roll from Heaven & Ale at 8:30 and head over the toe, out Creek Rd. to Morganville Ridge, Murphy Hollow and back via the Stair Steps. 52 miles and 3,000 feet. See map for details.

Snap’s got a friend in town so it’s his choice. Elite’s will roll from Unum at 8:30, down Main St. through Crack’ems neighborhood and then up Missionary Ridge. We’ll then head down to the Battlefield and tour it, back via Chickamauga, Marble Top, Flintstone, etc. If you really care look at the map. 50 miles and under 3,000 ft. (still recovering from last week Kamp.)

Get your swimming trunks and fill up your cooler for the 2019 edition of Kamp Kookamonga which for the Elites will roll from Bub One’s plantation at 8:30. (see map for starting location). We’ll head south into N. Georgia for a “Flyish” type route. Expect a metric with about 3,300 feet of climbing. We’ll probably find a store stop in Lafayette. Food, Crafts, Swimming, and nap time after the ride back at Kamp Kookamonga.

Elites will roll from Falling Water at 8:30 for the up Retro Hughes down Leggett Loop. Option when we get back to the Soddy Ball Fields to do the Hotwater climb or not. 60 miles with the extra climb 58 without it. Come prepared not sure if the store on top of Retro is open or not.

Next week Kamp Kookamonga

Probably last of the “cooler” weather for a while so we’ll ramp it up just a little. Roll from the Signal Mtn Aldi (the old K-Mart for us old timers) at 8:30. Easy spin up Signal, regroup (aka wait for me) in front of Pruett’s, down the back where we’ll head over and climb Henson Gap. Down Montlake and back. 57 miles and 4,400 ft. Store stop on top of Montlake at mile 39.

Due to Hwy 41 (Stair Steps) still being under construction changing the route. We’ll do the whole length of Creek Rd. Climb part of Sand Mtn, turn left on Murphy Hollow and back 299.  51 miles. See updated map

In celebration of the Moon landing 50 years ago, Elites will roll from Unum at 8:00am for a 50 miler. Over the toe out Creek Rd. Up and over Morganville Ridge to Murphy Hollow and back via the Stair Steps.