Subject: RE: Katy Flatland Century Just an update about this:
So last weekend went and had a pretty good time. Since I got there pretty early I didn't have any problems with traffic or the road construction on I-10 right at the Katy exit.
Meet up with my co-worker and we dilly dallied around for about an hour before they started sending people out. And there were a lot! Maybe almost 3k in attendence. Pretty well run too. We finally got going and it was pretty good. About a mile out of the parking lot though there was a huge bike pile up, easily 15 people on the side of the road holding various body parts. Later we saw 2 ambulances driving by us at different parts of the route. Wow. It was really great to be so far out from the city. Rolling pastures and country side. What a nice change of pace. It was treeless, which I'm not used to, so it was a lot hotter, and there seems to be a curse in the air. No matter which way we turned we were always going INTO the wind! ARGH! The rest stops were interesting. My co-worker thought of them as social pitstops. But people should be a bit more careful about where they step, we both got out bikes stepped on. Not that we have $$$ bikes, but come on!
Anyways we completed our 30 mile route in 2:33 which we were both happy with. We averaged around 15mph too. Definately worth doing again in the future. Hopefully more BT'ers next year, so we can make it a fun group event.
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