Day 4 – Check-In Time

Definitely a rest day today. We both had restless nights again. It seems to be a common theme with people that get here from lower altitude. So it was a slow move morning. Additionally, it had rain showing all day. Neither of us wanted to over do it today, instead we wanted to lounge and take it easy.

We started with running by the bike shop around 9am. Ashley’s back tire had been leaking air slowly over the last day and this morning it was pretty much flat. Either the sealant was out or the value stem was defective. The shop resealed the tire and replace the stem just to make sure. They also resealed the front just in case. While they were fixing the bike, we headed over to Fatty’s for a quick bike. Nothing like a big pie to stave off the hunger. We bellies full we headed back to the bike shop and pick up the bike.

Off to the condo and we decided to get on the bikes for 30 minutes to stretch the legs. We rode the same route we did yesterday. After about a 20 minute uphill, we headed back down and went straight to registration. It was finally packet pick up time!!! YEAH!! Finally here. We got our numbers, aid drop bags and a ton of swag. Ashley got number 169 and I got 329. I guess it was age before beauty or it could be that his Category is ranked quite a bit higher. I think it is the age thing though!

Came back up to the room for a bit before heading back down to the BreckEpic tent to buy some cycle gear. We both managed to spend probably more than we intended to. Dropped the stuff of in the room and went back down to attend the ride meeting at 5pm. We learned there were around 500-600 riders this year. A large portion of the field is international and will be very curious to learn how many 6-Day Solo riders there are.

Growling started during the meeting so we quickly headed back to Fatty’s after the meeting and wolfed down some shrimp scampi. Sleepiness was definitely settling in on both of us. Finished the meal and straight back to the pad. Gathered some things up for the morning and went right to relaxing.