all city alleycat
I participated in this on saturday, after putting my freewheel & rear cassette/derailleur back on - a) I wasn't about to repeat the drama from the night before (see post below), and b) there's no way I'm doing 25+ miles around the city on a fixed gear.

I lost my manifest out of my back pocket after the first stop (Grumpy's NE) and whatever chances I might have had at that point (arguably close to zero) were gone... I picked up a new manifest at the starting location (which from that point was kept securely in my front pocket or backpack), and proceeded to bike the 5 or so mile round trip there again. Not the best idea - but at that point I was still under the impression I'd be able to hit all thirteen stops before the 9pm cutoff.

My route:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2120602

38 miles later, I'd done eight stops. Although 10 of the stops were posted online prior to the race, five of them had to be done in a specific order, and I ran out of time due to my extra trip to Grumpy's (and wasting time looking in the wrong place for a particular location - 235 W River Pkwy is not where Google says it is.)

With the return home and a short trip later that evening, my mileage total for the day came in at just over 42.5 miles. That's a personal record, but left me useless the next day... if I keep commuting to work a few times a week this month, maybe I'll actually be competitive for the next race...
- posted by vcmc @  7/28/2008 02:37:00 PM