You sound kind of like me, my little brother rode with me but he broke his leg on Jan 31st and we only got in about 2 weeks of riding before this! I would jump on a paceline and then look back a couple minutes later and he was gone so I would slow or stop and wait for him to catch back up. Maybe we should try to ride together and keep the fast pace and let them ride their slightly slower pace

I rode with Team BP so took their bus to the La Quinta where they all started, 3 miles and passed the fair grounds that still looked swamped. I think I started at 7:45. Took the park route and like others have said that downhill before it is fun, max on my bike computer shows 46.7mph so I was flying down that one, no wrecks when I went by.

The park is beautiful, glad I got to see that route and the climbs are fun to me, again my brother was not happy with them, kept having to wait at the top for him.

The winds were a little bad and the pacelines did not work well so I just would sit in front and pull while he rode behind me. I ride based on heart rate so I know he can keep up with my effort. Sometimes I would look back and have 4-5 people behind me, but I know if they started pulling it would ruin my pace.

Finished about 1:30 with stops at 1st in park, lunch and then where you had to walk across the grass Average speed of 15.9mph moving, not sure on the rest of my numbers.

Slight sunburn, should have re-applied sunscreen but the medical tent at the lunch stop did not have any sunscreen, the only logistics problem I saw.

Edit: Oh yea, my brother had one flat that we had to stop and change, probably about 50 miles into the ride, small sharp rock that I had to pull out of tire. Total miles on computer 78.9 just after the finish line.