I had knee probles for a couple of weeks before the run and couldn't train as hard as I had wanted.

I was riding alone although a friend and I drove there together, we were too mismatched, kept crossing at rest stops. Because of the knee and the hurricane I didn't have as much time in the new saddle of the new bike as I would have liked. The pain in the butt is was caused me to use up too much energy and to weave on the hills, while my legs were tired I think they could have made it. Had to cut a bunch of trees up to get out to the paved road. Didn't get power back untill late Sunday.

Also the hills over in that part of the state dwarf the ones around here so although I had done as much hill riding as I could it aparently wasn't enough.

I believe I'll do it next time, just feel a little bad that I didn't make it all the way.

Thanks for the support
Joe