Voice Post: 2012 PMC Saturday: Lakeville

[ornoth]

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

Whew! Well, it's 86 degrees out now and definitely a steambath, but I am now 84 miles in, at Lakeville. I left Jay behind at the lunch stop.

Still well ahead of the crowd. I kinda took it easy on that segment and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Basically there's two segments left: from here we hit Wareham and then we hit MMA, which is a mere eight miles past Wareham. We're getting toward the end of it, but there's still a lot of pedaling left to go.

It is now 10:41, which puts me about ten minutes behind a record pace. But I'm not trying to set any records today, just trying to get to MMA in time to get a nice long, cold shower, and then a (hopefully longer than) 15 minute massage. I'm looking forward to that after such a hot, wet, sticky day in the saddle.

My thighs are starting to feel a little crampy, and my knee continues to bother me. I'm taking care of those, just kind of taking it easy and letting the miles go by. I'm pretty happy, just a little moist right now, but otherwise just generally having a good time.

I was hoping to meet up with my buddy Bobby Mac at the mecahnical tent, but he doesn't seem to be at this stop, as we expected him to be, but that's alright. A lot of respect to Bobby and all the people at Quad Cycles that I ride with out in Arlington.

That's it for now. I need a little rest and will take a little bit of a break at this stop, since I am ahead of the pack, and then just mosey on down the road to Wareham, which is the last long segment of the ride. That's it from here!