The race got off to a pretty rough start because the rain washed away the clues Lisa so carefully applied at each checkpoint. So, with the help of Fish and a few shots of Tequila in the kitchen at the Tempest, we were able to come up with a new course - a short one we decided to call the PMS MiniPad Race (on account of moisture). We tore through the phone book and hand wrote (yes, hand wrote) 19 manifests listing four addresses of female-related businesses (Good Vibrations, Beaver Bros, the Buena Vista Pregnancy Center and the Beauty Store) which the racers had to bring back the names of.
Pat Craven came in with the quickest time, but was penalized one minute due to a wrong answer on one of the checkpoints. Erik Zo won "best-decorated bike" for showing his true PMS colors by affixing a maxi pad to the rack of his Schwinn.
Women
1. Wenona 44 minutes* (9th overall)
2. Mikae more than 44 (14th overall)
3. Elizabeth more than 45** (12th overall)
Men
1. Richie 32.10 minutes
2. Matt/Boiler 32.12 minutes
3. Pat Craven 32.15 minutes*
4. Alex 32.57 minutes*
5. Erik Zo 35 minutes
6. Andy 38 minutes
7. Hermes 41 minutes*
8. Danny Boy 43 minutes*
10. Lance 46 minutes*
11. Andy 48 minutes
13. Kevin 50 minutes
The asterisks (*) represent wrong answers on checkpoints (one minute subtracted from time for each).
Now I know we started with 19 racers, so please let me apologize for anyone not mentioned above. Those first few shots of tequila, along with pre-finish keg beers, conspired to cloud our ability to officiate more officiously. Thatıs what you get when you let girls organize a race!