The Day We Rode On The FDR

Saturday marked the 32nd 5 Boro Bike Tour here in New York. About 30,000 riders registered for the event including The Bullet and yours truly. It was actually my first organized bike ride and it was definitely an adventure. It was raining all day so it wasn't pleasant at all but that didn't stop us from finishing the race. We were cold and wet but eventually we made it to Staten Island. Riding over the Verazzano was ridiculous! Some fun facts below!

30,000 - number of riders
$50 - registration fee (free for me thanks to Anne!)
42 - total mileage
5 - boroughs conquered
3 - bananas devoured
2 - crashes (sorry Jon!)
1 - dirty butt

The Route

30,000 strong (try to find Jon!)

The Bullet blasting through 6th Ave.

beating the red light

my dirty butt in the park

getting off the FDR (not sure why he does that face all the time...)

on the Queensboro Bridge - Mile 15

The Bullet

off to Queens!!!

the banana and i (they were giving out free bananas!)

and sliced oranges!!!

the coolest guy in the tour (i got to learn how to do that!)

at Fort Wadsworth

enjoying the park before the final push... The Verazzano-Narrows

finish line...BOOYAH!

freezing in the ferry!