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Voice Post: 2011 PMC Sat 1pm: Bourne
The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.
Okay I'm at Mass Maritime Academy in Bourne. The last leg was incredibly windy, and it's very windy here on campus. I managed to finished the entire course in 7 hours which certainly is impressive, given that it's 110 miles. It's very sunny here and very windy. It looks like it'll be a great afternoon. I stayed 20 minutes ahead of Jay all day, so basically kept pace with him, which is good since he's 17 years younger than me! I also just got out of the massage session that we get -- we get 15 minute massage sessions -- and I actually had three women giving me my massage. Usually it's one; if you're lucky you get two people. So that was really nice, so I'm feeling a lot better right now. Next stop is gonna be the food tent, but overall today went astonishingly well despite running out of gas toward the end of the ride, but that's to be expected when you're doing 110 miles! Generally now just need to come down, get my heart rate down, get some food in me, rehydrate, try and put some fuel into my body for tomorrow, which I am steadfastly going to refuse to think of right now. Going to spend the afternoon hanging around near the Cape Cod Canal, which is always a beautiful place. I may stick my toes in the ocean in Buzzards Bay, track down some buddies, just hang out, and then make my way up to Sandwich. The next upate that you'll receive will be from my hotel in Sandwich sometime this evening. Right now I'm having a great time and obviously wish I could communicate that to everyone who sponsored me, everyone who is interested in my ride, because it is a very moving experience and a great weekend, sharing the mission and how much we've accomplished with 5,000 other riders and 3,000 volunteers. It's a huge sense of camaraderie and working with and for other people's benefit. It's very moving, but right now *I'm* moving: to the food tent! So I'm gonna cut this short. Talk to you later, bye!