+3 points

For every 2 degrees below 20 at race start gets bonus points.
The Island Getaway started a Humboldt Park Lemond-style. Running from the island in the middle of the lagoon. Some took the across the ice way and others took the bridge. From there, the main group headed toward Armitage and towards the first checkpoint. The first check point was on the north side of the Lincoln Park Zoo. The Island here was a raised cement island in the middle of a fountain. Here you were Lei-ed.
Then off to 1000 N. Halsted. This houses a spot a bunch of skateboarders decided to build an under ground in door skate park/ramp. Here you were shot. And were marked.
Side note: I won't take a route that takes me in view of the vehicle we drove down in. Unnessecary thoughts of how I could somehow get out of riding the next 25 miles trickle through my brain.
From there the next checkpoint was 222 N. State Street. (State and Wacker) where you were marked again. I dragged a Milwaukee guy through a couple of quicker streets than what the group was doing. He was impressed and was trying to tell me so and then I lost him. never to be seen again.
Off to Northerly Island. The wind and the cold on the Lakefront was pretty bad but you didn't have a choice in the matter. Northerly Island used to be Meigs Airplane Field before Mayor Daley bulldozed it for the reason he said was to stop terrorists from landing there. Now the Charter One Music Pavilion stands here. Here you were marked and given a name.
From there we went to The Japanese Garden behind The Science and Industry Museum. The only way to really get there was in the wind up the lakefront from the Planetarium to 57th Street beach. Under Lake Shore Drive and then sneak behind the museum and onto the lagoon island via two bridges. You had to know the name of the skipper from Gilligans Island so you could get your mark and get off the Island.
Then off to the ghetto- Racine and 55th Street. Sherman park. Grab a rubber ocean animal and get to 500 West Madsion. My route back took me through the Stockyards and the smell of cooked pig. Down Morgan St , in the summertime its where the Latin Kings hang out and then east on 31st where the Kings rivals The Disciples hang. Up Halsted through Maxwell Street Market and Greek Town. Madsion east to the Finish.
It was a real character building day.