The ride was awesome! Saturday started out about 60 degrees, eventually reaching a high of 80. To start a ride with 1200 of my closest friends was surreal. Traffic was stopped, the police were directing traffic, we took the lane! Carlos and I started way in the back, making moving up through the field fun. The first 5 miles were relatively flat and the field stayed bunched up. Soon we were climbing and everyone got strung out. Feeling good, I clicked up a few gears and started climbing faster. We passed ALOT of people. The climbs were not as painful as I had hoped, the downhills were the highlight of the day!
Yes you see that right! A max of 54.4 mph! What a blast! Some of early decents were long, straight, and open. The last was very twisty and the brakes got a good work out. Got stuck behind a car on the last few miles, wich slowed me down. Still finished 45th out of 457 riders doing the 50 miler! I'll take that. Next year we do the 100!
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