Voice Post: 2014 PMC Day 2: Provincetown

[ornoth]

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

Okay, message from Provincetown, now that I’ve been here for a while. Finished the ride strong. It was kind of ironic that within the last four miles or so there was a guy who rode next to me who expressed condolences for Bobby Mac. Literally everybody knew him, so it’s not surprising that someone in the cycling community would reach out and say hey. So we had a good conversation there. I finished strong, although obviously really achey. After 290 miles, 125 of them in the rain… or 110 in real rain and another 70 today that were in kind of semi-rain. But a final message of thanks to everyone who has been involved in my ride and my 14 years of participation, allowing me to raise right now about $108,000 total, with a little bit more likely to come, of course. Whether it be the people who supported me logistically, obviously all my sponsors and particularly the good, reliable, generous sponsors, which I’ll talk more about in the eventual ride report, which you can look forward to. Just kind of wanted to leave you with the thought that the money that has been raised — that $108,000 — it’s not just something that has an effect for this year. Obviously it’s funding research, and research builds on research from year to year. So don’t be surprised if the money that people have given me over the past 14 years doesn’t just lead to immediate benefits, but benefits future researchers further down the road. So in a manner of speaking we’re not just spinning our wheels over the course of the past 14 years. It’s been a tremendous accomplishment, and I’ll have more to say about it in the ride report. That’s a wrap-up here from in Provincetown! We’re headed back to the hotel (laugh) and back to the hot tub, which was so beneficial last night. I’m looking forward to it again tonight, as well as some ice cream! Just wanted to express thanks and really articulate it clearly at the end of this long 14-year run that I’ve had. That’s it! It’s been enjoyable. The next thing you can look forward to is my ride report, which will be coming in a couple weeks.