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Man from Ann Arbor loses his sanity

2009-05-10

Scores from the What was I thinking bike across the country tour.
79 Miles from LA to Riverside, CA. 88 degrees.

Sanity 0
Biker Dummy -10

I left the Pacific with the slow riders. A horse comes by and I swing out and catch his wheel. Why? No possible explanation. Soon we catch the lead pack. 20+ MPH. About 50 miles in riders start dropping off. What does BD do? Cruise in and save something for the next 48 days. No. I blast away and finish with three others in the lead pack. Absolute insanity.
I'm a dead man. Tomorrow 84 miles into the desert. 103 temp predicted.










Taken just before I lose my mind.

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kathy's sandwich costs $14.50 on the big board at zingermans!!! think about that when you are in the desert. mmmm....bacon.... Sent 2009-05-11 from dan brady at the peace committee meetings

I believe you can do this crazy thing ---- IF you just stop trying to be macho man. Is that possible????????? Sent 2009-05-11 from Lil

BD is taken.Brian Dowling,from Doonesbury.Lead pack is pure BDish. Sent 2009-05-11 from kurt

From the reports of your sprint, either your back is feeling better or you hooked up with Floyd Landis at the beach. Sent 2009-05-11 from Jim K

I like the sign saying there is no smoking on the beach. Sent 2009-05-11 from Bruce

Al, it sounds just like our 24 hor run! way to go! you'll figure it out by time its over! you are in better shape than you think! take it easy till the mts. LANCE!!! Sent 2009-05-11 from peter brown

Cousin Dave Sent 2009-05-11 from Sweet!

Glad to see you value your time - no sense spending the whole day on the bike. So your elapsed time was about 4 hours? Guess BD means Brief Dash. Nice pics. Sent 2009-05-10 from Chip & Carol

Think cold MI winters and cool shower while you ride tomorrow... keep safe! Sent 2009-05-10 from Dan and Monica

Yo, BD! If you are going to ride that fast, then you might as well go over to Italy (where Lance really is right now) and try to make some money doing it! Don't worry about, the 103 temp tomorrow, I hear it is a dry heat...:) Sent 2009-05-10 from Tucker

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Your brother knows you better than your wife... I thought you had a lot more sense than that. Sent 2009-05-10 from roddy

priceless, just priceless Sent 2009-05-10 from mark morton

Are we expected to be surprised? Sent 2009-05-10 from chuck