Voice Post: 2014 PMC Day 0: Amherst

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

Hi! It’s mid-day Friday, and I’ve already begun my trek across Massachusetts by starting out in Pittsfield or West Stockbridge at the NY state border, and we’re now 70 miles in, in our lunch stop, which is in Amherst. Started out the day very wet and misty, but the sun burned through. It’s kind of high overcast now: pretty hot and humid, so it’s pretty sweaty work. It’s been a beautiful ride, but also very strenuous, so we’ll see how it goes from here on. We’ll give another update once we get to Sturbridge, sometime mid-afternoon, but otherwise things are going pretty much according to plan, although we’re a little bit behind time schedule. That’s it for now; we’ll catch up with you again from Sturbridge at the official PMC start.

Voice Post: 2014 PMC Day 0: Sturbridge

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

Hi! It’s quarter to four and we’ve just arrived in Sturbridge, after a long ride which included a little bit of rain: a thundershower that just barely clipped us as we rode by. The guys are now in the pond here, cooling off. I’m gonna go into the hotel to register for the next two days’ ride. Overall not a bad day; everybody’s a little bit achey and a little bit sweaty, but we’ll fix that in short order. For me the rest of the day today is getting ready for tomorrow, which is going to involve another 125 miles. But we’re here safe in Sturbridge. Gonna enjoy the rest of the afternoon, get some food, get registered, and will probably check in again tomorrow morning sometime, just before the ride starts at 5:30. This evening also we’ll check out the opening ceremonies here, as well. But that’s it from here, things are generally pretty good: happy with how the ride went and looking forward to tomorrow. So we’ll see how it goes.

2014 PMC Day 0: Southbridge

With very high probability of rain tomorrow, I don't know how many voice posts I will be able to share. Will do my best, but it's possible I'll have difficulty breaking out the cell phone at rain-soaked rest stops. We'll just have to play it by ear. Hopefully the live tracking app at whereis.ornoth.com should be running, so you can check that, too. Gonna be a moist one!