Voice Post: 2010 PMC Sat Sandwich

[ornoth]

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

Good evening. It's the final update from Pan-Mass Challenge Saturday's ride: Pan-Mass Challenge Day 1, although for me it's actually day two.

Last talked to you at Mass Maritime, where it was a gorgeous sunny day, which I enjoyed for the rest of the afternoon. I actually went out and waded in Buzzard's Bay, in the ocean there. Also got a bunch of food which I won't enumerate on this call.

Also they had a bunch of big signs so that people could write reasons why they were riding or volunteering for the event, and I wrote my cousin Michael's name; of course he passed away right after I started my fundraising this year, my childhood friend Michael. So the ride is a lot more personal for me this year, and riding in his memory and in his honor adds a lot of meaning to the whole mission.

With that in mind, I can report that I have in fact made my 100-sponsor goal, having received two more donations while I was riding today. I guess my next goal is to reach 108 sponsors, because if I reach that, I will have twice the number of sponsors as I had last year; last year I had 54 so if I get 108 I will have actually doubled the number of sponsors that I have since the past year. So I'm looking forward to that, I think it's possible, so if you have not donated, please do.

After MMA (Mass Maritime), I rode up the canal bike path to Sandwich, which is where my hotel is. I've been getting a lot of video footage along the whole ride, both days, and I hope that it's good, I haven't really viewed it yet.

Once here, we had a dinner where I had a pulled pork pizza with jalapenos on it. And that'll wrap it up for tonight.

Tomorrow I do the final 68 miles of the ride which, added to the 212 that I've already got under my belt, yields a total of about 280 miles, so we'll see if that is doable but so far it feels like it. My legs are in pretty good shape; they are a little worn out and lacking in power, but they'll be fine because I'll take tomorrow easy. Sunday's usually a much more restful and easy day, and it's a shorter day in the saddle, so it should be fine.

Next update bright and early... Well, I probably won't update as soon as I leave, but I will leave the hotel at 6am, and I will probably update from the first rest stop, which will probably be a little before 7am. So up bright and early tomorrow. But right now it's not quite 9, so I should be able to get a decent night's sleep before then.

That's it! I will talk to you tomorrow... as long as the voice post system is working!