Training Log Archive: Rainbow Unicorn

Midnight Moonlight Alleycat race w/Tom & Scotty. Fox Shadow gave a good description of our ride and the sketchy gas stations that we visited. Downtown is a crazy place to bike at 1am, especially when trying to push the pace in a "race."
What Tom failed to mention is that on the leg to Santana Foods I took us from the Guthrie across the river all the way to where University and Washington came together. This basically turned what would have been less than a mile long leg across the Stone Arch Bridge into a 3.7 mile leg - not a good way to get ahead of our hipster counter parts. Sadly, I can't navigate without a map in Minneapolis, as I don't know street names.... After this mistake, Tom pulled out the trusty iPhone and we had instant map - Ah, we could see the light! From here on out we enjoyed the ride a bit more and kept the pace a bit easier.... The hipsters had already finished the race by the time we came in for the 3rd leg, but that was only a mile or so.... Fun to get out and experience the Minneapolis night scene - I think we only got heckled about 7 times passing by house parties.
Ride home after 2am was a bit chilly, and very reminiscent of the riding done during an adventure race in the early morning before the sun comes up. A little slow and a bit out of it mentally, but still a great time on the trusty steeds with good companions.

Subbed w/Mo for the Mad Dogs, a team which my bro normally plays for. We dominated most all of the game and came away with a 1-0 win. Wish we could have put a couple more in the back of the net.