(Long Distance) Ramblings

Monday, September 23, 2002

I have earned my pain!

I finished!

I left at 4:40 am, did 14 miles per hour for 195 miles with 11,500 feet of elevation gain and finished at 10:pm.

This was a very hard ride for me. The temperature was well over 90 degrees; I heard over 100 degrees on the longest climb of the day.

The support was great! Each reststop (after the first) had ice for waterbottles and camelbacks. This really helped.

And the post ride dinner was great; boneless chicken breasts and two(!) kinds of pasta!

The only mechanicals I had were one of my tail lights shifting into the spokes of my real wheel. I had no flats and saw only two.



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