I'll be there in my usual Kostritzer jersey with the celeste green Bianchi. Driving down from Charlotte that morning.

This will be my third time trying to conquer this ride. The first time I bonked out on the parkway and had to quit. Last year I had a bad crash about a month before the ride and ended up with a third degree shoulder separation. I rode anyway, but since my training schedule had gotten all screwed up, I was feeling very weak and in pain and had to quit at Marion. I hope that this year I can make up for all that.