One of the driving forces for the route design was a simple route. We figured in February it might rain. We wanted to need as few birds as possible.

The peak elevation was down at the bottom of the barrel rolling on Yerba Buena. We picked that road because the bike lane going under 101 was much nicer than the Tully one going over 101.

Worked out great. Polling the parking lot at the end several people said things like "That first leg was brutally long." Most of those said the shorter late legs made up for it and then some.

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