PMC Day 1 wrap
Aug. 3rd, 2013 07:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ornothAgain, my apologies about the voice posts. I'm annoyed, because I tested the voice post system about a week ago, and everything worked fine. I hope it's fixed for tomorrow, but I think that's a long shot. LJ has really deteriorated dramatically since they were bought by the Russians, and voice posting was just about the only reason why I stayed with them. Oh well!
I'm at our hotel in Sandwich now, after about 120 miles today. The riding was mostly good. The thick overcast kept things quite cool, which was nice, although I would have preferred a bit more sun. It did sprinkle a bit on the course, but tried a little harder for a while as I was at the end-of-day party/refueling on campus at Mass Maritime Academy.
The waking up late really didn't have any major repercussions. I had set my alarm for 4:45am rather than the required 3:45am. Silly me! In the end, I missed out on breakfast, stretching, sunblock, and so forth, but made it to the start just in time.
So overall a pretty good day, save for a couple bits toward the end when I ran out of power and speed. I'm achey, of course, but hopefully that'll (mostly) resolve itself overnight, so I can ride well again tomorrow, although I take it a lot easier on Sunday, since there's no reason to finish early.
While I was at MMA I also receive another very substantial donation, so fundraising has reached the ludicrous level. My sponsors have always amazed me, but this year you've really gone utterly bonkers, and I have no words to express how proud I am of you. Sure, I've ridden the bike, but you guys have really humbled me with your generosity. I simply cannot thank you enough!
So that's it for now. Time to go get dinner and turn in. I'm sorry there haven't been more updates, but I'll try again tomorrow. Either way, I'll file some sort of report after I finish in Provincetown.
I'm at our hotel in Sandwich now, after about 120 miles today. The riding was mostly good. The thick overcast kept things quite cool, which was nice, although I would have preferred a bit more sun. It did sprinkle a bit on the course, but tried a little harder for a while as I was at the end-of-day party/refueling on campus at Mass Maritime Academy.
The waking up late really didn't have any major repercussions. I had set my alarm for 4:45am rather than the required 3:45am. Silly me! In the end, I missed out on breakfast, stretching, sunblock, and so forth, but made it to the start just in time.
So overall a pretty good day, save for a couple bits toward the end when I ran out of power and speed. I'm achey, of course, but hopefully that'll (mostly) resolve itself overnight, so I can ride well again tomorrow, although I take it a lot easier on Sunday, since there's no reason to finish early.
While I was at MMA I also receive another very substantial donation, so fundraising has reached the ludicrous level. My sponsors have always amazed me, but this year you've really gone utterly bonkers, and I have no words to express how proud I am of you. Sure, I've ridden the bike, but you guys have really humbled me with your generosity. I simply cannot thank you enough!
So that's it for now. Time to go get dinner and turn in. I'm sorry there haven't been more updates, but I'll try again tomorrow. Either way, I'll file some sort of report after I finish in Provincetown.
