Lower Fire Drill Loop

April 9th, 2007

The German: Make a left on East Lafayette Road

The Tired Finkelstein: Did you say make a left on lower fire drill?

Georgia Math Equation:

Wake + Drink Coffee + BM + Eat Lots of Tasty Breakfast Foods + Drink More Coffee + Another BM = Absurd Amounts of miles!

Today’s ride set off to be a questionable 120 miles. A bit of sprinkles from the sky left us skeptical as to the probably of the projected mileage goal. But alas, the clouds parted and we departed. Danny decided to stay back and sit out the first half of the ride.

Reasons why it is bad to bring an old man like Danny to Georgia:
1. He can drop us at will at any part of the day.
2. It is not good for my well being when an old man like Danny drops me.
3. He knows when to rest when we think we should go out and do stupid miles.

“You guys will be back it what?…60 miles” said the wise Danny. “Yeah, we’ll pick you up in about three hours,” replied the cordial German.

Apparently we did not charge the G.P.S. (German Positioning System) last night. 4.5 hours and 85 miles later we pick up an anxious Dan Klein joined by Eric Chase (fresh legs McGee) straight out of his 5:00am departure from Royal Oak this morning. All aboard the Danny/Eric train…Alex and I sat on their wheel for another 50 miles.

We stopped for coffee at mile 110. Alex played the “I look like Bono card” and picked up two chicks at the Starbuck’s counter.

7hours 16minute ride time and 5000 calories=135 miles for the day.

The mission of this trip was 7 in 7 (700 miles in 7 days). Today’s efforts coupled with yesterday’s low mileage leaves us only 15 miles behind schedule…we’ll see what tomorrow brings.