Friday, June 11, 2010

Last minute shopping

A final Home Depot run: bungy cords, tarps, pvc pipe,plastic storage boxes and pipe insulation to protect the sharp edges of the plywood shelves. Everything for full comfort



Bill braves the waves


- from my iPad

Location:St Malo Beach,Oceanside,United States

Official team portaits

The inspection parking lot is packed this morning so passing inspection last night really helped:



Tim had to have 5 attempts to get a portrait as "his smile is not right" - (the first record broken for this race)



DaveQ, on the other hand, just does not get the portrait thing at all:




The riders seem happy but don't agree on who the real photographer is.





Then the most important people are invited to pose - more of a centerfold approach







Finally the mandatory pier-in-background shot.



(When is the race starting,for goodness sake?)

- from my iPad

Location:St Malo Beach,Oceanside,United States

Last minute roué changes

Editing the route books with last minute changes and then off for the official team photo shoot.



- from my iPad

Getting serious now...

Team Meeting:




- from my iPad

Location:St Malo Beach,Oceanside,United States

Englishmen and cold water

The thing about growing up in England is that you think freezing water is perfectly fine to swim in...

Raoul contemplates:




Raoul commits



Raoul survives:



The beach is quiet this morning:



- from my iPad

Location:St Malo Beach,Oceanside,United States