Very late start for me prior to the ride. It took me all day to get my stuff organized and out the door, and I did not eat anything more than a couple of Cliff bars. My plan was to get to the ride start in time to eat my fill of spaghetti and have at least an hour of rest to digest, but I was even later leaving than I had feared, and Doug was having trouble following the route I had made on RWGPS using his phone app. I made it to the start pretty much at exactly 6PM, and missed starting with my group, "J"; I started with the next group, "K", 15 minutes later. I was already bonking on the way to the velodrome from the hotel, so I was seriously under-nourished to start the ride. Inauspicious to say the least.