Originally Posted by 46x17
Listen to Slayer.
Enjoy!
i've only done one, but those are two good suggestions. that, and make sure you know where you're going. i was almost DFL at the one i did, because i didn't ride with anyone. at all, after the start, i was going solo the whole way. which included several miles of very unnecessary riding, and then doing the several miles again, on my way back.
then again, i may have gotten a crappy finish, but everyone at the afterparty knew me as "that dude who rode all the way out to harris ranch".