The route was 115 miles with an 85-90mile option out of Rochester mills brewery. With the precision only Robert has the skill for here was the planned route / time table:
"Mile 0.00 (8:45 am) Roll out from my driveway...
Mile 13.70 (9:45 am) Stop for bagel and coffee at... Panera Bread 2508 S Adams Road Rochester Hills, MI
Mile 13.71 (10:10 am) Roll off for the trails and beyond... (this portion of the ride will cover 41.5 miles (ride time 2:47) 50 to 65 oz of fluid and 660 to 770 calories is sufficient for this time frame per hammer nutrition
Mile 55.20 (12:57 pm) Party Store Refuel Stop
Mile 55.21 (1:13 pm) Roll off for more trails and more beyond... (this portion of the ride will cover 41.5 miles (ride time 2:47) 50 to 65 oz of fluid and 660 to 770 calories is sufficient for this time frame per hammer nutrition
Mile 96.70 (4:00 pm) Rochester Mills Party time with that Massives Burger and Beer (I plan to carry a small cable lock around with me all day just for this stop...)
Mile 96.71 (5:55 pm) Last leg of the ride.... 18 miles to my driveway... Sunset is at 6:56 (safe ride "dusk" till 7:16) bring a blinky
Mile 115.00 (7:10 pm) Arrive back home... "
The Goon Squad:
I apparently missed something when we were rolling out of panera...but I guess my camera captured a little peak into the future of my day...
Rolling out we had 10 people....
Rolling into Rochester Mills Brewery we had 5....
Now here was the real schedule:Mile 0.0 (9:24am) we are already late rolling out of Rochester Mills Brewery to meet up with goon squad. So we proceed to hammer 4.6 miles in Alan and Paul's draft well into my lower L3 zone. I find it hard to ride in a straight line as I strip layers off trying not to over heat.
Mile 4.6 (9:47am) Late at panera, but apparently just in time to wait in the slowest line in the world as we sweat profusely...the normal patrons glare at us. I guess stinky men with large packages have invaded their Saturday morning sanctuary. They look very confused.
Mile ??.?? (??:??am) Uhh this ride is faster than expected. We've come off the rail trail and hit bloomer, Cruise/Robert/DK/Greg/Alan/Paul lay it down, the weak are killed and eaten in short order...Important fact - I am not the slowest person (yet)
Mile ??.?? (??:??am) Blah blah blah ride stoney, people get lost, hilarity ensues.
Mile ??.?? (??:??am) Somewhere on a dirt road after stoney we've lost josh, jim, and the guy in a Giant Kit. We wait. They show up just in time for more gas to be poured on the fire. I don't know it yet but this is a preview of my fate. Cruise eventually turns around and heads home, he has a dance to attend.
Mile 55.20 (1:12pm) We are 15min behind schedule at our first party store pit stop. Everyone has survived to this point. Devour calories and fluids, Robert is not pleased with chit chat and signs people are having fun, we move on. The clock waits for no one.
Mile 70.00 (Time doesn't matter) Jim, Josh, and guy in giant kit have been shelled off the back in the maze that is bald mountain. I am the straggler of the group now in a heavy bonk state....luckily the pack waits up for me to point me the way to Addison Oaks. They dont look very pleased. I am the weak, they are looking hungry.
Mile 75ish (Does time exist?) I fix a mechanical as we fill up water at Addison Oaks parking lot. I get side tracked trying to find my head unit for my power tap and get left behind. The clock waits for no one. I finally catch up to DK, he is having nerve/neck problems so I follow him out of the trail on the paved path cutting off about 2miles of single track. I stopped caring.
Mile what? (If i don't look at my clock it goes faster) .........blargh
Mile 96.71 (Time to Drink) I'm done riding....time to drink
Great day in the saddle. Nice reminder of why I ride. Also reminds me and my legs that the season is OVER...which is fine by me. more pics here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/yorkadam/MassiveFallout2008
