Slow and steady wins the race.
Rammer, in LiveStrong black and yellow, on the left in the above picture, proved that saying right during our Austin ride. Doug (Rammer) was in my company back in the good ol' days attending USNA and I think it's probably been 12 years since I've seen him.
We all started out the ride a little harder than we probably should have. Rammer hung tough, but at some point in the first 20-30 miles he decided to ride his own reasonable pace. He caught up with us while we were chatting and refueling at the mile 38 power stop. If I remember correctly, his stop was quicker than ours and he was on his way. We eventually passed him once back on the road...and then somehow passed him again, probably an hour or an hour and a half later... Hmmm, there is something to that saying.
Team Toon Town did a good job fund raising. We had 7 people on the team and raised about $7,000. Rammer raised the most at almost $3,300, just shy of raising more than all 6 other members combined!
I'm hoping all of us can get together again next year for the same or similar ride (Levi's Gran Fondo on October 1, 2011 in Santa Rosa, CA?) and add more friends into the mix.
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