ornoth | Voice Post: 2008 PMC: Wellfleet water stop

The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.

Well well well, it's Wellfleet! 170 miles into the ride, with about 21 left. This will be the longest segment of today at 21 miles. This is the last water stop, but there's a lot of riding yet to do, especially coming up Route 6 against the wind along Pilgrim Lake. However, I've been really strong today; surprisingly after pretty much using it all up yesterday. I've been steadily increasing my average speed and I think I'm up to 16.6 now, which is pretty impressive, I'm happy with it. Still been having a good time. Been pushing it along pretty good, but I've been with packs and drafting a little bit which helps the average speed. But gonna take a few extra minutes here because the next segment is long, and as the ride starts to wind up I kind of take a little extra time and relish the ride. There's no real need to show up in P-town early, the way you do in Sturbridge [ed: actually Bourne] to get a massage. But generally happy. Just gonna savor the last segment of the ride and just take it easy and enjoy the reward for the fundraising that I've done. And obviously you guys have a role in that, or at least the people who have donated, and I want to again thank you for that. Look for another update: it probably won't be in an hour; it might be in an hour and a half. I'm on target for a 10:45 arrival at P-town. Glad to have everybody's thoughts and well-wishes and money of course, and we'll see you in P-Town. Talk to you later!