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

Okay, were in Lakeville now. It is 11:10, which means I’m still about half an hour behind schedule, which puts me finishing around 1pm. We’ve got one more stop in between, which I think is about an hour from now. It went back to a heavy sprinkle and the roads are still very wet. Had some ugliness on a gravel part of a road they had un-paved and turned into a gravel road temporarily. But generally doing okay; my neck and shoulders are aching quite a bit, mostly because of spending a lot of time in the drops, I think. Otherwise things are mostly okay. Not necessarily losing too much power, but I’m back at an aerobic pace. But other than that, still trying to maintain the positive attitude, which is okay. It did cool off a little bit; it’s about 60 degrees right now, which is right about the edge of being comfortable, but I still have the rain jacket if I really need to suit up, but I don’t expect to need it. That’s it from here; generally making progress, although at 84 miles, that means we still have about 26 left to go, so we’ll see how that goes. Gonna take it easy and nurse myself home, and then I’ll have something like 210 miles under my belt of the 290 we have to go. That’s it for now.

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

Hey, we're in Lakeville and it's only 10:34. 82.26 miles in, and I really actually can't believe that beause my legs are still strong. I'm averaging 18.5 mph, and although my legs are burning, I seem to be reaching every rest stop before I anticipate it, so it's not this game of like "When's the next rest stop?" Feeling really strong. It feels like the whole route is shorter in every way than I remember. Doing really well, again gonna do the same thing: a really quick in and out, just grab some ice, maybe a little stretching, and keep going. The sun has really broken through the clouds -- high thin clouds a little bit -- but it's really warm out now. It's above 80, so when you stop it's pretty moist. Otherwise having a great ride, the only thing I wish was that Jay was here, but he's a good 20 minutes behind me at least. Things are going well, and I guess I'll catch up with him at Mass Maritime. Look for me again very shortly; I'll have a message from Wareham which will be the 100 mile point, which apparently is about 15 miles from here. That's it from Lakeville.

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

Okay, we're now in Lakeville, 85 miles into the ride, so we're getting there. The last leg wasn't too bad. It was a little shorter, and I took the time to talk to a couple of people along the way, so it was a kinda pleasant little ride. It's getting damn hot, but still no signs of rain. A little partly cloudy but it is really humid, so if we get rain it's probably gonna be a big thunderstorm. It's now 11:45, which is pretty much right on my schedule, and we've got something like a little more than 25 miles left to go. Feeling pretty good. The next water stop is Wareham, where we will be at 100 miles and that's the most I've done in training; I did that last weekend. Having a pretty good time and talking to a few people, and moving right along. Gonna get my massage; I'm really looking forward to that (heh), as well as a nice cold shower. But so far everything's going fine and enjoying the ride. And very much appreciate the assistance of the people who have sponsored me, whether it's for the first time or repeat sponsors, it means a lot to me and it obviously has contributed to something absolutely huge, as this event starts to rival the Jerry Lewis March of Dimes Telethon in terms of how much money it raises. That's it for now. I'm gonna go refill my water bottle and get the heck out of Dodge. I'll talk to you in about an hour!