Long Distance Girls....

[SadieKate]

MP, the park and ride is at the Mace exit. Sudwerk Brewery is just west of there under the very next bridge about 1/2 mile north of my house. You can almost see one from the other. They close at 11 Saturday night.

[jobob]

I think the only thing open when I finish will be a 7-eleven (the cutoff time is 3 am)

[Veronica]

We're going to finish before 3 AM. I predict You'll be towing my fat butt in around 10 PM. Maybe even sooner.

V.

[SadieKate]

The SadieKate kitchen will be open. Never fear.

There is also a 24-hr IHOP near your hotel.

[jobob]

from this:

The SadieKate kitchen will be open. Never fear.

There is also a 24-hr IHOP near your hotel.

IHOP = International House of Pancakes.

Perhaps they don't allow them in Marin ...

[SadieKate]

I'm amazed they allowed it in Davis.

MP, don't you know by now I'm just whining about the mtns to whine? Have you had that 5-shot today?

[maillotpois]

Ah I missed the IHOP reference. All coming together. (I think there is one in Novato, BTW).

Only one 5 shotter today. Maybe I go get a small later. I am clearly not firing on all cylinders.

Well, 7100 feet total over 300k is really pretty decent. Not terrible. I really thought Cobb was beautiful. The GP laughed at me when I told him what the SR 300k route was. Not confidence boosting.

[snapdragen]

We're going to finish before 3 AM. I predict You'll be towing my fat butt in around 10 PM. Maybe even sooner.

V.

Fat butt? Fat butt? OK miss skinny sturdy girl, I'll have none of that talk around here.

snap "true fat butt" dragen

I must add: You 'n Ms bob are both nutz. But I love yous anyways.

[maillotpois]

So it starts at 7 and you have 20 hours. I'm assuming the SR series has the same start time. I have to start looking at times and projections. It is kind of interesting to make a sheet with projected control point times. The key is not to let it make you aggro and to realize that you'll just ride whatever pace you end up riding. But it is nice sometimes to give yourself a very relaxed pace in your projections and be ahead of the game.

It's fun to compare the projections to the actual control times at the end to see how spot on or wildly off base you were.

[SadieKate]

I did that last year for the Wine Country. I used the cut off time and projected min avg pace with no adjustments for slower or faster sections, just the avg all the way through. When I hit Monte Rio (is that the right name?), I had the hardest part behind me and was ahead of schedule. HUGE mental boost.

What I didn't add in were the time delays to cross traffic in a few places. You shouldn't have that problem on the Davis route. Quite the contrary.

[jobob]

The key is not to let it make you aggro and to realize that you'll just ride whatever pace you end up riding. But it is nice sometimes to give yourself a very relaxed pace in your projections and be ahead of the game.

Bingo! That's exactly how I'm approaching it. It's worked well so far.

Hmmm ... pancakes .... yuuum

[jobob]

Well, once we hit the turnaround control on Cobb Mtn. at the halfway point, the good news is it's all downhill from there