Worst Day of the Year Ride

It was cold and windy last Sunday, which actually was quite appropriate weather for the annual Worst Day of the Year Ride. It was scheduled to be a 40 miler, but the amount of fresh snow and poor road conditions lead to the organizers cutting it down to the dirt hammer route. GPS route from Strava below:

We got underway with quite a large group heading out. Within this group was Frankie Andreu, a former Olympian as well as Tour de France and Giro d'Italia finisher. It was neat to get to ride with such a high level cyclist.

Photo by Jesse Gould at the first regrouping.

As the ride went on the number of riders in the front group steadily decreased until we were left with a group of 7 about half way through the ride. After the ride we got to head into Arbor Brewing Company for some free chili and bread. After being out in the cold it was just what we needed.

I took my GoPro with me out on the ride and managed to catch some footage and put together this video.