My longtime riding partner, Tracy and I arrived in Atlanta about 5PM on Thursday to a sweltering 93°, then quickly made our way to Emory University, as we were offered medical school dorm lodging since we were the riders who traveled the longest distance. Turman dorm is a beautiful, new, 4-story 'green' building and we were the only residents other than the RA - nice! This was great as all of the pre and post ride activities were literally across the road and so was the start/finish line for the ride. When you already have to pack up gear and bikes, travel cross-country and rent a car for all said gear and bikes, it's a huge help to not have to find off-site lodging and commute for everything.
my side of the dorm room |
We also quickly found the local Starbucks (we are from Seattle, home of coffee mecca, you know), pizza place, and local bike shop who sponsors this ride. I spent Friday re-assembling my bike, sorting my clothes and ride gear in readiness to ride over the weekend and prepping all for a very early start on Saturday morning.
We walked over to the Emory School of Medicine for ride check-in (get rider packets with route information, rider #, emergency contact info, etc) and had a yummy dinner, meeting lots of new friends on Friday then made it an early night as the alarm was set for o'dark hundred!
pre-ride breakfast; Rachel, Mary, Tracy |
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