After going through rectal cancer, open heart surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm, and struggles with undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy, I wanted to see if I could still complete a 200k brevet within the time limit (13.5 hours). It seems I can, even if I'm slower than before (13 hours)! The weather and route were incredible, as was the company since my friends Tyson and Jonesy showed up to ride with me! The route took us through my wife's hometown of New Bedford, MA; including the hurricane dike, which I walked along before, but had never ridden until this event. Overall, just a great experience! I should have taken more pictures, but I was focused on trying to complete it officially, and stuck to taking pictures of the controls.
