“RE: PMC 2006, Day 1: Sturbridge to Bourne, 112 Miles”

On 8/9/06, Chris said:

>> If you happen to be the "best friend of the cousin" of this woman's
>> sister, please let me know who you are! I'm wondering if it isn't Chris
>> from the road crew... but who knows?
> 
> Nope, wasn't me.

Yeah, it's been established now that nobody knows who it *really* was. "Scott Ripley's sister's best friend's cousin's husband's dog's pedicurist" is the closest I've come to identifying this person, so far.

> I did look for you at the start (I was standing next to the Cheerleaders.)

Because we arrived at the start with only a few minutes remaining, I didn't have a chance to come looking for you in the van at the gas station, as you had suggested I do in a previous message.

> I did manage to save the CEO of Dana-Farber who started to fall off his
> tandem almost at my feet due to a nasty chain-suck problem. Didn't realize
> who it was until I reported the rider number and PMC command told me. 
> (^_^)

Is this the guy with the broken hand from a "training accident"?

> For me, this was an almost 'boring' PMC.  But then again, it's best that
> way.

What time did you show up at the MMA on Saturday?

> I did get to ride a bit on Day 2.  I sweep the Canal road and the rail
> trail on my Recumbent, but due to the second rail trail section, I just
> rode from Nickerson to the Wellfleet stop with the last rider.

What time does the last rider go through on Sunday? I've always wondered about this stuff, because we finish so early. On the drive home, we're still seeing riders pulling onto Route 6, and it's usually large groups so I would guess the LAST rider is still a long way back.

> OK, I realize she was fairly slow and plenty tired, but I was amazed that
> I wasn't even breathing hard.  Not bad for less than a month after major
> surgery.  (had my Gall Bladder out the beginning of July after suffering
> for 3 months with Pancreatitis.)  Barely recovered for the ride this year.
> I think I now have a total of 100 miles on the bike in 2006.  28+ just
> from the PMC.

Well, I'm glad you recovered. Hopefully next year will be better. :-)

> Completely crashed Monday and my body explained how 'bad' I'd been.  (^_^)

Maybe 28 miles, even at a slow pace, was a little much at this point?

> Seth, it's been How Many Years?  Gotta come up with a plan to meet next
> year.

There's a chance I won't be doing it next year, because PMC weekend falls right on our tenth anniversary (August 3rd).

Or, we may do the PMC and then take off for a week of vacation immediately afterwards. We don't know yet.

If we go to the PMC again next year, then we should try to meet on Friday after I get in from the Huckleberries ride. Maybe at dinner?

> (^_^)  Never did get to see Greg Lemond.

Neither did I. :-(

> Each time I passed the office at Sturbridge, I'd look to see if he was in,
> and he had just left, or nobody had seen him.  And I was able to find a
> vintage Yellow Jersey from 1990 for him to sign...   Well, maybe next year.

He's *supposedly* more accessible than that other big American star of the tour, but I don't think any of us saw much evidence of that this weekend. :-)

Seth