Audax No. 12: What happened out there?
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Brian, Joe and Lee start to pack up after a snack break in Sanger, TX
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Gary, already there in his mind
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Joe, Brian and Gary post natural break, feeling light
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Scott in blue, and Lee settles into his first audax
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Denton Bicycle Center riders in the sun
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Beautiful day for a ride!
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Carl on the front with Joe, coming into the last hour. Unfortunately, the wind changed on us out there...
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"That was fun as hell." - Lee
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We hit control 1 in Aubrey, at 9:24.
We were down 3 minutes at the second control.
At 11:27, we were somewhere between Sanger and Bolivar, 2 minutes behind schedule.
Finally, at the last check before town, we were back up on our scheduled time.
This was a tight and steady day; we finished 2 minutes later than planned, but we stayed within 3 minutes of our itinerary all day long.