Lots o water

Looks like my plans got canceled and I'll be racing this mofo after all. **** yeah! I wish I had paid more attention to the route last weekend :o

Sucks that i won't be able to race tomorrow. Good luck to everyone

So uh, kind of late notice, but does anyone want to meet up in the city and ride the start tomorrow morning? I don't exactly know my way there from manhattan...

I just read this thread and was constantly wondering how you guys ended up getting so tired. Get some energy gel and be done with it.

I think because most people live about 10 miles from the start and some as far as 15 it adds the mileage up just to get there, do the ride and come home. So you end up with some mileage, some nasty hills, and being pretty exposed to the heat and sun for a few hours. Plus the freeway riding tends to make you push hard, and there's quite a few miles of that. The course is more or less like 10 miles of hills and 11 miles of ridiculously long and exposed straightaways and freeways. Its a tough course to push hard on, there's no easy section, no traffic to slow you down at all, and its one of the most fun rides i've done around here. I don't doubt that I'll continue going up there after the race.

+1

is it lame that i might take a train up to the bronx? cause i might! riding from carroll gardens would add about 15 miles before the race and im feelin lazy right now

See yall tomorrow. Look for me at the checkpoint with big ed and trackstar patti. Damned knee has me outta commission til wednesday. Best of luck everyone.

IT"S RUMBLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha oh jesus. i was up until 7:30 waiting for my girlfriend who passed out on the subway train to find her way home. i'm in top form! see ya'll in a few!

I would.

results**********

1. alfred
2. austin
3. s_9 and his nipples

1. msmercian
2. ellen
3. brooke

and 1st out of town from portland and the other 2 from boston.

good race. why the hell did you guys ride home so fast? I just wasn't feeling it at that point... I like riding slow sometimes too.

we rode home CRAZY fast. i'm still trying to figure that out. i'm not sure what time we left the park, but i was back at my apartment in what felt like no-time flat. nuts.

any pics?

Y'all dropped me crazy quick. I was plannin on riding back with chombo and DC, but they took the train, so I spent the next few miles sprinting to catch up with matt, who I finally got to, and than we caught up to about 5 blocks behind you when you turned left. We took the 3rd ave and I guess you took Willis, but I have no idea how I made it out of the Bronx that quick.

Great day, sorry I got us lost though ....

my nipples beat me there by a....by ahhh.....uhhh...........

you were robbed of your Camo Prize!!!

the guy grew carefully sculpted facial hair--better than a topiary of steven segal riding a polar bear.

I know man. Kennsyltucky is fecking PISSED OFF!!!!

seems I missed out on alot.

Congrats S-9.

S/F,
CEYA!
STRENGTH AND HONOR!!

Out of town:
1: Scotty from Portland
2: Jacob from Boston
3: Craig from Boston

My apologies if I got any names wrong.

Oh, and the prizes were DOPE. All 1st placers got a free bike frame of their choice! Plus some bags here and there....and 3rd place OOT got a wheelset.

I won a DOPE Level components rear flip-flop hub with 16, 17, & 19 tooth cogs. ...droooolllll.................

I feel a wheelbuild coming on. Maybe I'll ask Ceya about tubulars.....