weren't no sub-5s back then, save john howard's 4:55. monty can tell you exactly, but i believe the course was a little longer than 112mi, because we had to stop a couple of times during the ride to get weighed in, and i think one of those times we deviated on the way back and rode into waikoloa. and, of course, no discs, no aerobars. i rode 5:58 or 5:56.

whoever got the media van, if there was one, john howard had it to himself pretty early on.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman