Voice Post: 2012 PMC Saturday: Bourne

[ornoth]

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

Okay, we're here at MMA, and the riding portion of the day is over, thankfully! I got a nice long shower, because I got here pretty early and I had the area to myself. And I just finished up with my massage.

I also was delighted to discover that there was a little ice cream truck that they have on site, so I had a free ice cream and a Pepsi, and just downed those as soon as I crossed the finish line, then showered and massaged. Everything's good. I'm still coming down, as far as heart rate and general fatigue level.

I've already been in touch with Jay. He's already arrived, so I'll synch up with him and certainly other friends along the way. I'm looking forward to a long afternoon just hanging out, eating a lot of food, and just enjoying the breeze.

The last segment was really hard of course, but it was only eight miles. It was complicated by some construction and bridge work. As soon as I left the Wareham stop we got our first views of the ocean and also our first significant breezes and headwind. Which wasn't that bad, but it certainly has cooled this immediate area along the coast off. It's only 86 here as opposed to more than 90 that it was at the stop in Wareham. It's gonna be a nice afternoon here, I think. I probably still need to put on some sunscreen.

I'm generally pretty happy with the day. Very tired, and I need to let my muscles and my knees recover, but that's the agenda. I'll be hanging out here at MMA until about 6 o'clock, so I'll have close to five hours here to just hang out and recuperate.

And then of course I will bike another hour out to my hotel in Sandwich, which gives me about another ten or fifteen miles, crossing the Bourne Bridge and going along the bike path up to the hotel... but that's another story!

The next post will be an end of day recap after I get back to Sandwich and have dinner and so forth, so that will be a little late in the evening.

Other than that, I finished in good time: I think it was seven and a quarter hours for 110 miles, and generally happy with the performance. No mechanical probs and just overall it was a good day, aside from the fact that it was oppressively humid. But it could've been a lot worse, and I certainly prefer hot to cold.

That's it, kind of a wrap-up from MMA. I'm very happy and now just gonna sit back and relax and enjoy the afternoon with all my friends here at the Pan-Mass.

Thank you again for your interest, and I'll talk to you again this evening!