Prepairing - Part 3
It's almost the moment of truth.
Rallybooks were emailed out Monday evening. With three different starting locations possible, I expected the books to be start specific. I'm not sure that's the case ... they appear to be generic for all starters. That's made route planning "interesting" ... I have to decide if I can ride from Owensboro KY to Florida and then up to NE Pennsylvania and back to Lynchburg VA in under 25 hours. I think I can do it. :)
After spending close to 6 hours plotting, I've got a route. Six hours is important because ... for all previous events this year, I've been able to plot out a route in half that time. Then again, maybe that's why those finishes haven't been what I was hoping for.
Early tomorrow morning I'll head out towards Owensboro for the start. The plan is to go kick stand up at 05:00am, so that I can make Owensboro by 17:00pm. The route is planned and loaded into the GPS, but there's still some minor prep work to do to make sure everything is good. The current route looks like it'll be sending me roughly 1280 miles ... needing to average 51mph, including rest stops, in order to pull it off. I'll do a final review from Owensboro, then decide there if I need to make any minor tweeks.
I'll start testing the audio portion of the blog tomorrow on my way to Owensboro. More info from the road!
Rallybooks were emailed out Monday evening. With three different starting locations possible, I expected the books to be start specific. I'm not sure that's the case ... they appear to be generic for all starters. That's made route planning "interesting" ... I have to decide if I can ride from Owensboro KY to Florida and then up to NE Pennsylvania and back to Lynchburg VA in under 25 hours. I think I can do it. :)
After spending close to 6 hours plotting, I've got a route. Six hours is important because ... for all previous events this year, I've been able to plot out a route in half that time. Then again, maybe that's why those finishes haven't been what I was hoping for.
Early tomorrow morning I'll head out towards Owensboro for the start. The plan is to go kick stand up at 05:00am, so that I can make Owensboro by 17:00pm. The route is planned and loaded into the GPS, but there's still some minor prep work to do to make sure everything is good. The current route looks like it'll be sending me roughly 1280 miles ... needing to average 51mph, including rest stops, in order to pull it off. I'll do a final review from Owensboro, then decide there if I need to make any minor tweeks.
I'll start testing the audio portion of the blog tomorrow on my way to Owensboro. More info from the road!
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