anyone wanna ride together from Cambridge to the start of the alley cat?

I'm down for a ride over from cambridge. What time and where do you want to meet?

I'm ready now... so whenever, how longs it take to get over there? I haven't been to north end park before..

oh sorry. it was scott horritgan. my mistake! too many new names.

ack. so a few of us stayed up all night to go to the morning crit, which was pretty awesome, actually (the staying up all night part).'cept the crit was a no go! we waited from 5:15 to 6:15 for alexi to show up, and he never came. does anyone know if he's ok? we got a wake-up call from him around 5, but then he never came. so we sort of muttered and jumped around to stay warm, and passed around a bottle of french cider someone had brought with them, and then took a slow, um, "victory lap" around the park before caravaning back to cambridge.

3 awesome people from broadway bikes showed up with matching lights, fenders, and bells, which sort of made it worth it. and we saw some nutty runners in short shorts.

Unfortunately I have to miss the alley cat for a send off party for my friend. Hope everyone has fun!!

Whats up everyone I think I woulda been DFL if I have finished the alley cat... I missed the mystic river channel stop (I ended up in a tunnel at some point, I'm pretty sure bike weren't supposed to be there because it seemed kinda like a interstate) and the Lincoln St. and Almay St. stops... I had fun while it lasted! If only I knew boston better... see you guys another time

Maybe next time I won't get ass backwards lost.

I should have gottin someone's cell number..

yes very lost, spikes was good, also that track in the north end is sweet..

great time guys, thank you

So when's the next one? :-)

i'm glad we invented our own checkpoint

morgan, sorry we lost you! hope you had fun, nonetheless, and it was good to meet you - scott, thanks for putting on the race, and it was rad to meet you too.

see everyone thursday night?

What were the checkpoints for the race? How many people shows? what does the spokecard look like? and so on. Scott, you probably know who I am from the zelda race.

wish i could have made the crit and the race, but i got laid off on friday and i'm still feeling pretty raw about it. especially since my latest project (no not the ghetto 7.5lb bike) is now on hiatus.

If I wasn't 1000 miles to the south in crime central I would have been there.

If anyone was wondering... the race ended up being exactly 20 miles. Pretty sweet. That's all I've got.

Good times. Sorry about all the push ups.

Ha ha ha, 20 miles assuming you didn't circle charleston a couple dozen times!!! :-) live and learn.. I had a pretty good time reguardless of being lost, I really wish there was another one soon...

this was fun. i'm thinking of coming out to boston on my "weekend" -- thursday & friday -- and hopefully ride with you kids again. thanks, on behalf of the 3 amherst punx, for making us feel so welcome!

If your weekend is thursday-friday you could always come out to the thursday ride.

32 people entered, 25 finished, 7 got lost, quit, died or ended up in mystic river.

check points:
Starting Line - North End Playground
1. Longfellow Bridge
2. Newbury and Charles Gate East
3. Seaport Blvd. Bridge
4. Jackson Ave
5. Mystic River Channel
6. Winthrop Sq
7. Chestnut Hill Reseveior
8. Lincoln St and Market St
Finish Line - Almay St

First 10 who placed.

1. Jacob
2. Brian
3. Luke
4. Chris
5. Rob
6. Eric
7. Sophia
8. Joe
9. Jeff
10. Iggy

Don't have any last names, but they know who they are.

prizes.

1st - two cases of Monster Energy drink, 1st place trophy and $100 cash
2nd - one case of Monster, plastic tiara and 2nd place trophy
3rd - one case of Vitamin Water, 3rd place trophy.
4th - 10th - trophys

here is the spoke card design.



thanks again to those of you who came out.
i'll put something together again soon.

Makes me feel better to know that 6 other people didn't finish... I didn't find the finish, I got home and look at google maps and realized I was when a block of it...

I was thinking this morning that you could organize a pretty fun ride out of making differen't colleges the check points.. BU, Harvard, Art insitute of Boston, Lesley, Roxbury CC, Tufts, MIT, Berklee, Bunker hill, Simmons.. There are a ****load of them around...

you've always got a place to park in Somerville...

true hospitality right there

rumor has it that there may be a couch in the living room at some point... imagine that!

i will take you up on that, for sure.
i may be visiting the folks in suburbia on thursday; if that's the case, you can expect to see me later on that night.