Anybody else following RAAM???

[Possegal]

OK, this time I looked a little harder, thanks CA! and found the pdf files that list turn by turn. Wouldn't you know it, they are actually going to be right near my office! I may go check out this weekend where they are to ride by and see if I can figure out a way to escape from the office for a bit once they are supposed to be in the area. It says June 16-20th, something tells me that would be an unacceptable length of time to be away from my desk. Do they seem to come by in a large group or a trickle of people every now and then?

We can see why I let my sister and b-i-l handle the logisitic of our Tour de France trip in 2004.

[motochick]

It is more like a trickle of people every now and then. I mean like every 1/2 hour to hour. At least that is how it was in my town. The solo riders may be first, then the teams. It is very neat to see the entourage.

Brenda

[spokewench]

Yeah, Brenda it is very cool. I was going to tennis last night a bunch of guys were coming into town - they are so awesome. Probably a little crazy too!

[Blueberry]

It is more like a trickle of people every now and then. I mean like every 1/2 hour to hour. At least that is how it was in my town. The solo riders may be first, then the teams. It is very neat to see the entourage.

Brenda

I expect the teams will overtake the solos (at least some of them) before MD. Looks like some of them are already passing.

CA

[alpinerabbit]

there's a swiss guy with only one arm...

[motochick]

The guys on the fixies are crazy!

[Pedal Wench]

One of my friends is one of the DNF's in the 1,000 mile RAW. I have mixed feelings about it -- I'm so excited for her and proud - she did so amazingly well, rode 930-ish miles which to most of us is just unbelievably far, and she should be so proud. Yet, I know she's disappointed. I just hope her spirits are good, and we'll do more training rides to get her reaching her goal next year.

[Blueberry]

One of my friends is one of the DNF's in the 1,000 mile RAW. I have mixed feelings about it -- I'm so excited for her and proud - she did so amazingly well, rode 930-ish miles which to most of us is just unbelievably far, and she should be so proud. Yet, I know she's disappointed. I just hope her spirits are good, and we'll do more training rides to get her reaching her goal next year.

I hope she's not too hard on herself! Anybody who can ride 930 miles straight is *very* impressive.

CA