Our stalwart randonneurs are off and pedaling on the 10th edition of the Last Chance 1200km Grand Randonnée!
Last night's sign-in was a dry and cheerful during break between the novelty of sizable precipitation in Colorado.
Andréa Bassing Matney and her husband Steve "Bones" Matney share a cheerful moment. Bones was key to the success of the inaugural Shenandoah 1200k in 2008. Andréa is primed for some gentler terrain than at home in Virginia and Maryland.
Endurance cycling legend Ken Bonner looks cheerful while being awarded his RUSA Mondial Award, for completing a circumference of the earth's worth (40,000km) of RUSA kilometers. Congratulations, Ken!
SIR randos Theo Roffe and Vincent Muoneke ready for another 1200k this year. That wool SIR jersey may be a good choice! I had the pleasure of meeting Theo on the Gold Rush Randonnée and seeing my friend Vinnie again on the Alaska Big Wild Ride.
Andy Alberschadt, who has moved (back) to Gunnison after years in NC, consults with Hans Binder from Copenhagen, a Last Chance veteran.
A few hours pass, and all too soon it's 2am and time to get going!
Multi-time Last Chance veteran Ron Himschoot looks all set. You can see the sheen of wet pavement in the background. An experienced SIR randonneur, Ron arrived at the first Last Chance, in 2001, the best prepared of any rider for the wet weather to come that year.
Dan Shields and Satish Patki load up Charlie Henderson's pickup with enough supplies to keep riders at Atwood fed up going and coming back.
Dan has been Atwood chef de contrôle so he knows what it takes, and bought accordingly. Thank you, Dan!
Ken Bonner is ready to ride, as we discuss how waterproof mitten and lobster shells need to be.
Hans Jørgen Binder is clearly benefiting from experience with the Danish climate!
Dan Shields, Charlie Henderson, and Satish Patki.
Charlie is happy to be exercising his talents again as course monitor extraordinaire. Satish is visiting Colorado from India and is partaking of our brevets.
It's 3am and the stalwart randos are off!
Bonne route à tous!
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