Pasta dinner-Check
New rear tire-Check
New Chain-Check
Extra Tubes, C02, Patch Kit-Check
Gu, Bars, Gatorade, Water-Check
Lots of ridiculously fast bikers-Check
Pre-race meeting at PayNTake-Check
Correction: Lots of ridiculously fast, ridiculously drunk bikers-Check
“Goodie Bag” to send with dan, packed with more food and extra bottle for mile 30/82-Check

At the meeting tonight, I wondered what I was really getting myself into….
There are a lot of ridiculously good singlespeeders here in flag, yet somehow, 95% of them that I talked to are running gears tomorrow….

Should I take this as a bad omen? probably
Should I take this as a sign of pain to come? definitely
Should I be afraid of the havoc I am about to wreak on my body? probably
Am I going to do anything about it? hell no
And whose idea was it anyways to have a pre-race meeting at the bar? a very smart man…

Keep the rubber side down.
See you in about 82 miles.