BikeGoddess... yep, Bernie and his son Casey... he really is a heckuva nice man! Casey suffered... truly suffered and Bernie had to push him for about 20 miles... so HE suffered too... then at the 90 mile sag, Casey came in with a broken crank... (we actually had 96 miles) so they had to shuttle in... Bernie offered to sweep in case we didn't make it in before dark just to see to our safety... just an all around decent human being ya know?

cali- the number of flats were amazing this year... makes me glad I switched to Gators! what time did you get into lunch??? We didn't leave the start til 7:40 but we were at lunch before noon... I was actually appalled that they ran out of food. They KNOW how many people paid to ride! To me, not having a sandwich, even PBnJ at the LUNCH sag was inexcusable. I'm pretty easy going, and not much ruffles me... but I was mad.

And I agree on the trash... I was just shaking my head at my fellow riders...pretty disrespectful to throw your clifshot/gu wrappers in the street... and I dropped my water bottle once but stopped to pick it up! You don't just leave them there for someone else to 1) crash over or 2) have to pick up for you!

as to the temp... are you SURE it was only 82? I am positive that's low... it was at least 87 and is the same right now today... I actually used 50SPF... unheard of for me... but even I was getting pink! I tan pretty easily so don't usually burn like that! you probably LOVED those warm temps huh?

on the way home my car broke down too... yep, calamity weekend...