110 miles to go
- from my iPad
Location:Greencastle, PA
Friday, June 18, 2010
The track stand king at 1:14am
The traffic light was red, the traffic light tuned green.
110 miles to go
- from my iPad
110 miles to go
- from my iPad
Getting exciting
T422 and BFN are neck and neck. I think we will regain the lead by TS49 . Tim just finished a massive pull up a nasty 3 mile 8%-er. Aeesome view from here the FV.
- from my iPhone
- from my iPhone
Location:Maryland
Team swap at TS46
There is only once or twice a day when everyone is together and it happened at 3:18pm this afternoon as Bill and DaveQ finished their 8 hr shift.
Tim was up first from the S van
and left everyone behind to trade stories -you guys out in the blogosphere are better informed than some of the team. D and B didn't even know about the suicidal raccoon.
Spirits are really high with just 314 miles to go.
Where's my media consultant?
- from my iPad
Tim was up first from the S van
and left everyone behind to trade stories -you guys out in the blogosphere are better informed than some of the team. D and B didn't even know about the suicidal raccoon.
Spirits are really high with just 314 miles to go.
Where's my media consultant?
- from my iPad
Location:Grafton, WV
The Day In The life
I thought I would try and capture 24 hrs of this craziness in greater detail - who knew that the 24 I picked would be like this?
Raam Thursday 17th
00:00 still Following Q
2:00 where's S?
3:00 team switch Q->S 10hrs
Time change
7:30 we move ahead to Bloomington
8:30 b'fast at bowling alley
11:00 arrive Bloomington, got gassed up
12:30 checked in to Holiday Inn Express
Solid deep sleep for 90 mins
David doesn't sleep, goes shopping for S
14:00 team switch S->Q after 10hrs
Q going to now go for 8hrs
16:00 S takes over hotel from us as we leave to follow Q
16:00 eat dinner at steak house,
16:45 receive call saying Quincy is off course - that gets our attention
Bill sent ahead riding alone w lots of water
17:00 Followers start out for Columbus IN intercept
Quincy found and brought forward
We're chasing to catch before 7pm, the mandatory follow time
Can't find them, no cell service
6:03 Hear they are at TS40+4miles
Estimated off course delay is 14 mins
7:22 caught up w/ Q -darn we are late we blew it
Cute town
Brooksville
20:37 reach TS41
22:00 scheduled Q->S exchange at TS41+30.7mi aka 42J-L
ie 30.7mi in 83mins = 22.192mph - will never make
Steve extended planned exchange to safer parking area
22:19 actual meet time
Quincy van shoots off to secret resort location. Promises to be back on the road by 6am tomorrow, Friday
at 11:39pm TS42 pick up route changes. TSstaff offer us cookies
I start trying to modify route TS42-43 on fly - added 3 new waypoints. I think this will work - never tried this before
But TS43-44 change is tougher and the laptop isn't the tool for the job. New waypoints are in but autoroute may not work
It's Friday
And then ... It's 1:06am and a raccoon runs out from the right verge right Eduardo's front wheel. Huge wobble as the wheel goes right over the animal but Eduardo keeps self upright. Huge scare. Just a broken spoke
The follow vehicle really does have the best seating in the house!
TS44
Real screw up - I put Eduardo onto a freeway on ramp - we had to back up down the ramp - fast. Go Raoul.
Then I took a back seat navigating and saw us go off course. I shout too late. Crew chief thinks I'm intentionally screwing up and with holding nav info.
Then confusion, should we load Eduardo to return him to the point of a error.
A couple more screw ups then a much anticipated and often postponed showdown with crew chief. Hopefully I can be addressed as an adult rather than a child from here on. Only if I behave like one I guess.
Now the exchange van won't let us out of their sight (lost confidence in our ability to navigate -
11:24pm Tim on the road as we approach TS42 Blanchester OH
nRoute gets slow. Starts to lag by 1-2 secs. Not workable when choices of turn occur within that time frame. Unplugging satellites from laptop momently seems to relieve problem
11:39pm TS42 pick up official route changes - keepers who needs changes now.
TSstaff offer cookies
Start trying to modify route TS42-43 on fly - added 3 new waypoints. I think this will work
But TS43-44 is tougher and the laptop isn't the tool for the job. New waypoints are in and some old are removed. autoroute may not work but we should be able to track the new waypoints manually.
And then ... It's 1:06am and a raccoon runs out from the right verge right under Eduardo's front wheel. Huge wobble as the wheel goes right over the animal but Edusrdo keeps hself upright. Huge scare. Broken spoke is the only damage.
The follow vehicle really does have the best seating in the house.
1:20am Raoul exhausted behind wheel. Crew chief took 45mins of sleep this afternoon. I'm in good shape, arguments and shouting matches wake me up. Once we are through the reroute section I can drive.
1:20am rider change Tim up. Raoul sleeping, crew chief driving. Me navigating and plugging changes.
1:25 approaching detour - seems well sign posted. I bet we didn't need the reroute rework of the last hour.
S exchange can't find the new route so they are now following us into oblivion.
1:38 new route kicks in on laptop - looking good (ie doesn't send us into a field but through tiny Salem)
Clearly some copycat suicide thing going on in the animal kingdom as another animal runs in front of Tim's front wheel. Right to left again!
This is quite the country detour and I haven't seen any other raamriders this evening/morning - I'm still confident, really I am.
Why does the sound of the van flashers always seem to be in sync with Tim's pedaling cadence?
1:57 Now we have a farm dog chasing Tim looking back a little anxious
1:58 rider swap, Eduardo's cranking the pedals
2:21 rider swap, Tim up
These night time transitions are very quick. The S van has driven ahead 'n' miles and pulled off the road. The new rider waits dismounted and ready to go, for the old rider and follow vehicle to approach. At night there is no rolling hand off nevertheless the follow vehicle never stops as the new rider tags and launches. Nature breaks for the follow vehicle occupants are an issue as no one can advance down the road without a follow vehicle. We synchronize our needs.
2:33 detour complete and we are back on original course. GPS spot on. Next set of chains wont be so smooth.
2:50 aborted rider swap, we got there too fast. Reload and try again.
2:52 TS43 at Chillicothe OH - crew chief phones it in to RAAM HQ and receives confirmation number
Raoul is still sleeping - could be a record, a personal best.
2:54 rider swap, Eduardo up
Random thought that this just might be the last full night of riding if our, so far excellent, luck holds.
Worked on new route for Ts43-44 Looks good
3:23 Katja up ahead calls back to say there is a huge fire ahead on hwy50 and the road is completely blocked at Ts43+9.21- you have to be kidding
Yes there is a RAAM procedure for this - an official is on his way! Meanwhile the house looks to be completely gone with 4 fire trucks and twice as many police cars.
We are told to stop where we are. We have stopped.
Gee why did i choose today to make the detailed notes....
Raam central, Kim, approved a rural dirt road bypass with our rider on board. With time to be credited.
4:32 Once we were back on hwy50 we called raam to start the clock again
Clock starts at 4:37am. Stopped at 3:21
6:23 woke up to see S van still active, Q van chasing us from behind (the road reopened soon after we completed the detour) I see we have 10.9mi to
Go before we leave the existing course and embark on the changes given us at ts42. To complicate things Q van does not have the changes and cell phones aren't working.
6:26 E off, T on
Will Q van catch us (and exchange teams) before we leave the old course that we all know from the route books. Will S van have to extend their shift significantly?
6:30am Tim is an animal
6:32am Q van is here and will drop a fresh team. We, follow.
7am team exchange 4 miles short of cr19 detour. Took the left across the divided highway - totally wild and dangerous.
7:17am ad hoc midnight reroute working just fine - what panic? Ts44 here we come.
7:32am TS44 - we're done with this one
Follow vehicle off duty.
Breakfast
- from my iPad
Raam Thursday 17th
00:00 still Following Q
2:00 where's S?
3:00 team switch Q->S 10hrs
Time change
7:30 we move ahead to Bloomington
8:30 b'fast at bowling alley
11:00 arrive Bloomington, got gassed up
12:30 checked in to Holiday Inn Express
Solid deep sleep for 90 mins
David doesn't sleep, goes shopping for S
14:00 team switch S->Q after 10hrs
Q going to now go for 8hrs
16:00 S takes over hotel from us as we leave to follow Q
16:00 eat dinner at steak house,
16:45 receive call saying Quincy is off course - that gets our attention
Bill sent ahead riding alone w lots of water
17:00 Followers start out for Columbus IN intercept
Quincy found and brought forward
We're chasing to catch before 7pm, the mandatory follow time
Can't find them, no cell service
6:03 Hear they are at TS40+4miles
Estimated off course delay is 14 mins
7:22 caught up w/ Q -darn we are late we blew it
Cute town
Brooksville
20:37 reach TS41
22:00 scheduled Q->S exchange at TS41+30.7mi aka 42J-L
ie 30.7mi in 83mins = 22.192mph - will never make
Steve extended planned exchange to safer parking area
22:19 actual meet time
Quincy van shoots off to secret resort location. Promises to be back on the road by 6am tomorrow, Friday
at 11:39pm TS42 pick up route changes. TSstaff offer us cookies
I start trying to modify route TS42-43 on fly - added 3 new waypoints. I think this will work - never tried this before
But TS43-44 change is tougher and the laptop isn't the tool for the job. New waypoints are in but autoroute may not work
It's Friday
And then ... It's 1:06am and a raccoon runs out from the right verge right Eduardo's front wheel. Huge wobble as the wheel goes right over the animal but Eduardo keeps self upright. Huge scare. Just a broken spoke
The follow vehicle really does have the best seating in the house!
TS44
Real screw up - I put Eduardo onto a freeway on ramp - we had to back up down the ramp - fast. Go Raoul.
Then I took a back seat navigating and saw us go off course. I shout too late. Crew chief thinks I'm intentionally screwing up and with holding nav info.
Then confusion, should we load Eduardo to return him to the point of a error.
A couple more screw ups then a much anticipated and often postponed showdown with crew chief. Hopefully I can be addressed as an adult rather than a child from here on. Only if I behave like one I guess.
Now the exchange van won't let us out of their sight (lost confidence in our ability to navigate -
11:24pm Tim on the road as we approach TS42 Blanchester OH
nRoute gets slow. Starts to lag by 1-2 secs. Not workable when choices of turn occur within that time frame. Unplugging satellites from laptop momently seems to relieve problem
11:39pm TS42 pick up official route changes - keepers who needs changes now.
TSstaff offer cookies
Start trying to modify route TS42-43 on fly - added 3 new waypoints. I think this will work
But TS43-44 is tougher and the laptop isn't the tool for the job. New waypoints are in and some old are removed. autoroute may not work but we should be able to track the new waypoints manually.
And then ... It's 1:06am and a raccoon runs out from the right verge right under Eduardo's front wheel. Huge wobble as the wheel goes right over the animal but Edusrdo keeps hself upright. Huge scare. Broken spoke is the only damage.
The follow vehicle really does have the best seating in the house.
1:20am Raoul exhausted behind wheel. Crew chief took 45mins of sleep this afternoon. I'm in good shape, arguments and shouting matches wake me up. Once we are through the reroute section I can drive.
1:20am rider change Tim up. Raoul sleeping, crew chief driving. Me navigating and plugging changes.
1:25 approaching detour - seems well sign posted. I bet we didn't need the reroute rework of the last hour.
S exchange can't find the new route so they are now following us into oblivion.
1:38 new route kicks in on laptop - looking good (ie doesn't send us into a field but through tiny Salem)
Clearly some copycat suicide thing going on in the animal kingdom as another animal runs in front of Tim's front wheel. Right to left again!
This is quite the country detour and I haven't seen any other raamriders this evening/morning - I'm still confident, really I am.
Why does the sound of the van flashers always seem to be in sync with Tim's pedaling cadence?
1:57 Now we have a farm dog chasing Tim looking back a little anxious
1:58 rider swap, Eduardo's cranking the pedals
2:21 rider swap, Tim up
These night time transitions are very quick. The S van has driven ahead 'n' miles and pulled off the road. The new rider waits dismounted and ready to go, for the old rider and follow vehicle to approach. At night there is no rolling hand off nevertheless the follow vehicle never stops as the new rider tags and launches. Nature breaks for the follow vehicle occupants are an issue as no one can advance down the road without a follow vehicle. We synchronize our needs.
2:33 detour complete and we are back on original course. GPS spot on. Next set of chains wont be so smooth.
2:50 aborted rider swap, we got there too fast. Reload and try again.
2:52 TS43 at Chillicothe OH - crew chief phones it in to RAAM HQ and receives confirmation number
Raoul is still sleeping - could be a record, a personal best.
2:54 rider swap, Eduardo up
Random thought that this just might be the last full night of riding if our, so far excellent, luck holds.
Worked on new route for Ts43-44 Looks good
3:23 Katja up ahead calls back to say there is a huge fire ahead on hwy50 and the road is completely blocked at Ts43+9.21- you have to be kidding
Yes there is a RAAM procedure for this - an official is on his way! Meanwhile the house looks to be completely gone with 4 fire trucks and twice as many police cars.
We are told to stop where we are. We have stopped.
Gee why did i choose today to make the detailed notes....
Raam central, Kim, approved a rural dirt road bypass with our rider on board. With time to be credited.
4:32 Once we were back on hwy50 we called raam to start the clock again
Clock starts at 4:37am. Stopped at 3:21
6:23 woke up to see S van still active, Q van chasing us from behind (the road reopened soon after we completed the detour) I see we have 10.9mi to
Go before we leave the existing course and embark on the changes given us at ts42. To complicate things Q van does not have the changes and cell phones aren't working.
6:26 E off, T on
Will Q van catch us (and exchange teams) before we leave the old course that we all know from the route books. Will S van have to extend their shift significantly?
6:30am Tim is an animal
6:32am Q van is here and will drop a fresh team. We, follow.
7am team exchange 4 miles short of cr19 detour. Took the left across the divided highway - totally wild and dangerous.
7:17am ad hoc midnight reroute working just fine - what panic? Ts44 here we come.
7:32am TS44 - we're done with this one
Follow vehicle off duty.
Breakfast
- from my iPad
Location:Athens, OH
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