I was supposed to be on green, but didnt see a green map - asked the starters if green and brown were combined, but they were inexperienced and let me run off with the brown map. No harm done, especially since i forgot to punch the go control. I enjoyed the run, was pretty clean and liked the distance which since it was brown was like a super sprint.
rode back to st. charles and had late lunch at a nice bike cafe with a friend who took me home from there.
Had a nice west wind either at my back or blowing away the car exhaust the whole way, avoided a lot of the hills near Cuivre River, and didn't have to deliberate as much on route choices - so saved about an hour from the trip up from St. Charles. One road was called 'Flatbottom' road - that was a good clue. I kept closer to the river since i figured there would be less hills there and it worked.