If well wishing can help us out this year, we're gonna be off to a good start. I made it to Panorama on Friday with David and Giselle (and Duke) as my generous carpool buddies... and relaxed at the place Mckee had rented.
We were the first pair to complete registration, which was a really nice way to start the day and offload a little stress. After that it was coffee, then lunch at the golf course. By then our grand caravan had arrived, so I picked up my bike and Mckee and I prerode up to the hike a bike portion of stage 1. It's gonna be a fast, XC style stage - a pure lungburner climb up the Taynton bowl ski out, then hike a bike over the ridge and down to Invermere.
On the way down we saw Tim and Roddi trying to find the start of the trail, and pointed them in the right direction. I'm pretty sure they owe us big for the favour, maybe a tow for 40k on a gravel road somewhere along the way!?
Pete has done up the trailer nicely, we've got lots of space, and his daughter brought us booger and rotten egg jelly beans. Pete seemed impressed that she brought a tank top that said "Boobs" across the chest to cover her string bikini. Looks like we'll be well taken care of in terms of the utility of the RV. Everyone in the group seems happy and excited...
After dinner we headed back down on the gondola, and a 45ish looking Italian guy from the Dolomites rode the came on with us. He was asking about the day's route, then I asked him how he felt about the race. Turns out last he heard of his bike was in Toronto, but he had the rest of his gear. Next question was what kind of pedals he rode... Crank Brothers Eggbeaters. No prob I said. Got a Turner Flux ready to go. I think his stress dropped significantly as he rode it away.
Packed up from the RV and made our way to the condo in Mckee's Q7. Time for some rest.
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