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I already posted in the LD forum, but I wanted to highlight this event here, too.

I was driving from Indianapolis to DC yesterday (from the US Grand Prix), and we decided to drive straight through. Somewhere between Cumberland and Hancock, MD, I noticed a van going very slowly on the National Road (route 144), which parallels US Route 68. Since it was about 10PM or so, I wondered why they were going so slow, and why their headlights looked so bright....then I noticed a bike rider in front of the van....I told my fellow car passenger - that must be some sort of endurance race, or someone on a cross-country trek....and mused that it might be part of RAAM (Race Across America), but since I didn't know when the ride was, I didn't know for sure.

After I got home (at 12:30 AM), I found out that I probably saw one of the lead teams, or even the solo leader. I thought that was pretty cool.....and I also had to stop complaining about the 9.5 hour drive. That was NOTHING compared to what these guys are doing.

http://www.raceacrossamerica.org

http://members.cox.net/hollingsworth/RAAM.jpg

Note - this isn't my pic - it's one from earlier in the day near Clarksburg, WV of the solo leader, Jure Robic.

THat's awesome! Oh, and welcome home!

what is that on his back? is he simultaneously delivering UPS packages to pay the way? :D

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Originally Posted by Ostuni

what is that on his back? is he simultaneously delivering UPS packages to pay the way? :D

That's a rock on the hillside in the background of the pic.....It DOES look like a package, though.

the "National Road" is route 40, not 144

i would know, i live right on it.

the company I work for is one of the sponsors of Team Type 1, (who won the Corporate Challenge) the fastest team in RAAM 2007...they are all Type 1 diabetics that use insulin pumps and the insulin they all use in their pumps is one of the insulins that I sell...it was cool to watch their progress through their blog.

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Originally Posted by svidrod

the "National Road" is route 40, not 144

i would know, i live right on it.

I'm sure that you're correct, since you live there....but 144 (at least in Western Maryland) consists of parts of the old Route 40, which is what the "National Road" turned into. So, depending on where you are, the old "National Road" could be 40 or 144, regardless of where the "National Road" is currently located.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Route_144

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Road

I just thought it was really neat to see part of the RAAM when driving at 10 @ night.