Voice Post: 2008 PMC: Provincetown finish line

[ornoth]

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

Okay folks, it's 11:00 and I am here in P-town, having finished the 2008 Pan Mass Challenge successfully. Very happy, and the only real snag, which I failed to mention because it happened right after I hung up with you back in Brewster, was I was setting my bike down I actually punctured my big toe (since I'm riding in sandals) with the chain ring teeth, which means I've got to do a little medical attention. I had to get a little bit at Brewster, but still finished the ride and it's fine: it's just a little cut that will need some attention. Other than that everything's happy. Glad to have finished the ride, glad to have had everyone's support and interest over the past eight years in doing this ride and the important work of raising money for cancer. Prior to this weekend I had just exceeded $40,000 in funds raised lifetime, and obviously there's a bunch of people who have still promised donations which I hope to collect and add to that sum before the end of the year's final tally. You can expect an email and travelogue some time soon along with photos, videos, maps, GPS logs, blah blah blah. I hope the live coverage has been of interest and appreciate your interest in reading it and/or listening to it. That's all for here. I may do a text post later in the weekend but this is the wrap up for live coverage from here for this weekend and glad to have had your interest again and your support. It's been a wonderful weekend. We managed to avoid rain except for the commute to the hotel last night, although it's pretty omminous here today. And we have a lot of wind to fight on Route 6. But that's it. Once again thank you to everybody and that's a wrap for 2008!