Originally Posted by
hairnet
thanks! We finished two hours ago and are heading home in a friend's van. It was one hell of a ride. During the final twenty miles to the last checkpoint, before dawn, we were going along the coast and Milkyway was visible above. After dawn, twenty miles to the finish, I caught sight of some whales, the Channel Islands were clear in the distance, and then we saw a ghost bike
I don't feel like a zombie like I did last year
The Route
Good stuff! hairnet.
I went to the race in downtown Sacto today. I stood for three hours in the baking sun at 20m to go, my head was sticking over the rail in the course whilst almost catching a mouth full of handle bars. It was sweet. Stage 2 is 5 miles away from my house should be equally as fun.