[GRRiders] off the fence on the fence off the fence

[Joel Voelz]

Wow Tim, how could you have paid for the GRR already? They won't even 
accept registrations yet -- and how could you have done all the Brevets?

We've all gone through missed rides, etc. I was signed up for the 200K and 
300K in Davis but couldn't make either because of last minute family 
commitments. Luckily I had already done both Brevet distances in San 
Francisco earlier.

It should be fun to see people we know from other rides (PBP, Brevet 
series, etc) on GRR but with only 175 people and 1200K of riding there will 
be stretches of riding alone unless we/you can miraculously link up with 
something that goes exactly the same pace on flats, downhill and uphill.

Joel


At 02:26 PM 4/27/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Wow,
>
>My head has been really spinning the last couple of days. I had hoped to 
>ride a 300K this last Saturday but we couldn't make it.  So I checked to 
>see if there was a good substitute as I've paid for the Gold Rush 
>already.  Unfortunately, the options where pretty slim.  Because of this I 
>contacted the ride organizer and we decided on a way to make the ride 
>up.  So it was looking pretty good  and my hopes were still alive.
>
>Then today I found out my brother will not be able to finish qualifying 
>for the Gold Rush as he is feeling the need to spend time with his wife 
>have a new born.  So, this left me knowing I'd be without one of my 
>favorite riding buddys.  And, for a while I really got into a funk.  I 
>even went as far as considering dropping out of the GRR altogether. Then I 
>looked at the GRR sign up list and this really helped get me to feel 
>better.  I noticed that there seemed to be a lot of familiar names on the 
>list and many have plans to ride GRR.  So, knowing that it's a bit more 
>assuring as I know I won't be riding in the dark alone in the middle of 
>July.  So, now I'm thinking I can still pull this together as long as no 
>other road blocks are thrown in the way.  I just thought I'd share.
>
>
>Tim
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Joel Voelz
PBP Ancien 2003
Business Jedi and Cyclist
jvoelz at pobox.com
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