Congrats on a successful weekend!

I had a really good time. The team provided great support in all three cities.

I rolled out of the Omni about 6:45a Saturday morning and got into La Grange at 1. I think I made three stops total, none for more than about 10 minutes. Hooked up with some pace lines a few times and had a blast. We were met with cold towels at the finish and then escorted to the tent. The shower line was really short and I was back in plenty of time for my 2:30 massage! The food was excellent and cold beverages un-ending!

This morning, I finally got rolling past the start a 7:45, arriving at the finish at 12:30. I was doing the Challenge route but when I got to the park entrance it was closed due to an earlier crash. This was around 8:45. They diverted everyone past the entrance and out onto 71 where we merged with the Express route. I think it shorted the total by 2 - 3 miles. I assume they were able to re-open the park once the emergency vehicles cleared. I also passed a crash only 6 miles into the route. A rider was down in the middle of the road. He was surrounded by EMS folks and I saw he was conscious but in a lot of pain. The Ride Marshalls did a great job of getting the riders slowed down and past the crash safely.

I gotta admit that I wasn't quite ready for that turn off Red River onto MLK and seeing the scores of people lining the route, all cheering the riders. I think I just had a stupid grin on my face the whole time.

My only complaint had to do with some of the riding behavior I observed, especially people who made moved left to pass then never moved back to the right. I had to ask 4 riders today to move over so I could pass. There also seemed to be some riders that thought there should always be 5' between them and the side of the road.

All in all a fantastic experience!