Especially the folks from the Pacific Northwest! ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
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Especially the folks from the Pacific Northwest! ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
At least the weather looked good for the partis.Quote:
Originally Posted by jobob
This might be Susan's group. Bonne route!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNGTOFl_z3A
ooh, I think I saw my friend Kitty go by up near the front of the group! (oops, maybe not)
Hey, was that Rob Hawks at 1:16, pulled over to say hi to someone??? (He's the RBA for the San Francisco Randonneurs) --> nope, I'm 0 for 3!
Jo, Seattle has the largest group here and then I think San Francisco is next. Lots of Davis folks too. So I wouldn't be surprised if you saw people you know!
Susan, if she goes by plan, will be rolling in 20 minutes. The SIR folks got there around 5 pm and their wave left at 8 pm. It was getting a little cooler by then and was really gorgeous. Chris loves night riding so this is a good way for him to start.
I love that other people are interested in this! It is SO cool to see this place spilling over with randos from all over the world. Love the different jerseys--Aussies, Welsh, Japanese, Bulgarian...
Good luck! I hope to one day do P-B-P myself, but until then I will live vicariously through you!
Brittany is a rainy place; it's been described like Ireland, but I've never been to Ireland so I can't compare. Thanks for the updates, Salsa and Susan.
Susan and Chris both got to Loudeac tonight around 7 pm (449 km, about 23 straight hours of riding). Not sure what her plans are, but he was going to try to get 3-4 hours sleep and then push on.
Wow; that's an unbelievable amount of time in the saddle. Good luck to both of them as they push on. How's the weather been?Quote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
Chris said they went through a little rain, not bad. And it's not hot anymore, thankfully. So, so far, okay.
And I should amend the "23 hours" a little to say that that's 23 hours without sleep--they do make some brief stops at the controls--eat, drink, bathroom--although no longer than they have to.
That's impressive! 23 hours later and they are 1/3 of the way done (in KM).
Wow - good for them! Making good time and planning a solid rest stop. I really hope the rain continues to mostly hold off.
Good for them! 23 hours with no sleep, I can handle. 23 hours with no sleep and riding a bike, no way!:eek:
They are still on a similar time scale so far---Chris got to Brest around 11 am, Susan around 11:30 am. I got a text from him saying "Brest--time to rest a little" so my hope is that they're both sleeping right now!
Halfway done, excellent!
Salsa -
Please check in - we're hearing a disturbing rumor about a rider, and I (for one) would love to know all TE connected folks are safe....