Voice Post: 2012 PMC Sunday: Wellfleet

[ornoth]

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

Hello, hello! It is now 9:07 and I'm at Wellfleet, which is the last stop before the final segment to Provincetown! Now mind you there's still 21 miles left to bike, and there's some damned big hills in Truro and then there's the exposed Route 6 that we take into Provincetown and then we go out around Race Point in the sand dunes. So there's a lot of hard riding yet to go, but it's the last segment.

I'm feeling pretty strong and still averaging about 18 miles per hour, which is pretty high for day two and high in general. Also kind of strange: my heart rate hasn't really broken 80 percent at all. I'm not sure whether that's faulty electronics or whether my body has adjusted that much. It's kind strange; usually when I'm biking I'm around 85, sometimes 90-95 percent on exertions, so I won't argue. I still feel strong; I don't feel weak or anything, so whatever.

The last segment from Brewster was interesting. We got onto the bike path and it was still overcast. But it had just burned off and the sun came out when boom! we had a sun shower! So that was kind of interesting. It really came down for a few minutes and lightly for several minutes. So that was kind of nice and cooling. I had to stop and take care of the electronics, but that's why I carry Baggies. It was kind of nice and refreshing but it increased out moisture.

With the fog burning off, now it's just brilliant sun and very few clouds, so I think it's gonna warm up, although it's still only in the 70s here on the cape. So it looks like we're gonna be in good shape to finish without any crazy storms or heat or humidty or anything; the wind's the only question.

That's it; I'll probably make a short post in Provincetown just to get you caught up. Provincetown has chronically bad cell phone coverage, so usually when I send updates from there they don't get through very well, so I'll keep it brief in Provincetown. But then I'll have one more update very much later, at the end of Sunday, with a little bit more of a weekend debrief.

Right now I'm extremely happy. Again, having made $10,000, it really means a lot to me and it'll mean a lot as I cross the finish line, and it'll help me get over those last 21 miles of hills and valleys and wind and so forth!

I feel strong and it's been a really good ride, and it's ending very, very well. I'm real happy and wish you could be here because it's a beautiful day out on the cape, now that the fog has blown off. I will talk to you soon!