Double Decker

Whew!

 

Successful day, y'all!  We had nearly 150 riders join our fun on what ended up being a stunningly beautiful day to be on a bike. 

 

I send many, MANY thanks to everyone who showed up to work packet pick-up and late registration last night and this morning so that Ryan and I, after our heavy, before-the-fact toil, could stand around and breathe a sigh of relief that all of our organization had gone off with only 2-3 small flaws ... 

 

Of our nearly 150 riders, 1/3 were women and 2/3 were men ... and that is a lot more gender-neutral than you usually see at organized rides!

 

Some of the nice compliments I received today:

 

"Y'all always have such nice stuff!" (Talking about the swag bags.)

 

"Do you have any teeshirts left to sell?"  (Unfortunately, no)

 

"This is a great course!"  (Talking about the route.  We are so fortunate to have Sardis Lake acting as a buffer to traffic for us.)

 

"I want to do this next year."  (From runners or the partners of runners who noticed us in the Midtown Shopping Center parking lot ... be prepared ... if we start at Midtown again we're likely to have twice as many riders.)

 

We had no injuries, unless you count a scraped knee, and no major snafoos.  When I went out and drove the route, I saw only three people stopped on the side of the road.  One person attending to a flat tire ... and the other two helping themselves to honey suckle!

 

Are you ready for next year?!? 

 

Carol Livingston