(Long Distance) Ramblings

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

What I have gotten myself into?


The Alsea Falls 400 is 252 miles long and I have to climb nearly 2500 feet in the first 25 miles. And I have to do this in 2 hours and 40 minutes! That is nearly 10 mph! If I do not meet the time limit, then it is a DNF.

If I do make the time limit, I have to make it to Brownsville before 11:30 pm so I can refuel (calories, not gasoline) at he Chevron station (which I am sure is stocked with nice, healthy food). If not, then there are no services along the route until Salem, 45 miles later. If I do reach the Chevron station after it closes, and I need calories, then that means a six mile off route detour to I-5.

Yes, I am suffering from a confidence melt down.



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