The team spent a busy day today. The afternoon was filled with meetings, inspections, photo sessions and grocery shopping. The morning was van organization. This evening we went for Italian dinner, then drove the first few turns of our route tomorrow. Gary is off to bed now (9:20) the crew continues organizing the van and preparing for tomorrow.
RAAM is a big deal. Today's rider introductions had all the buzz of any big media event. Riders representing 25 countries were introduced flanked by media crews and cheers.
Here are some photos of the day. Descriptions and details may come later.
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| Breakfast planning session |
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| syncing the garmin to the power tap |
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| van prep |
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| van organizing |
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| off to the rental agency to add drivers |
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| at the rental agency adding drivers |
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| "Yo van, going my way?" |
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| Lunch |
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| Fred Boethling, RAAM president |
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| "Fuzzy", crew chief extraordinaire |
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| Chris Hopkins |
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| Oceanside Pier |
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| inspection |
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| In search of crew food |
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| success! |
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| Official race photo |
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| A lot of media around |
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| RAW riders |
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| Chris Ragsdale (in green) |
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| dinner |
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| dinner |
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| Organizing the support van |
Tomorrow at noon the big fun starts!
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