The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.
Hi, in Wareham at 100 miles. It’s 12:18, so I’m still nearly half an hour behind schedule. It’s definitely pouring rain; soaked to the bone. Definitely having neck pain issues. Not much I can do about that on the bike, but I’ll rest it here for the final eight miles left to Bourne, at which point a hot shower hopefully will be waiting for me. That’s about it; I’m gonna cut it short because the rain makes the cell phone hard to use. That’s it for now.
The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.
Well, we made a hundred miles in six and a half hours, or a little bit less, and I'm now at Wareham. Before I left Lakeville we had a nice Italian ice, a lemon ice slushy thing, and stepped into a mist station: they have water sprays and I did that here, as well.
It's now above 90 degrees and we're definitely out of the protected section of the forest, so it's damned hot. It's not as humid as it was, but it's definitely baking now.
There's eight miles left to go... Unfortunately it's a nasty eight miles: it's thru the middle of Onset, which is kind of touristy and crowded, and then down along Route 6, which is just highway commercial hell.
But soon enough we'll make the turn down Adcademy Road into MMA, and it'll be nice to have a nice welcome from the crowd and then get a long, cold shower and then a massage. I'm looking very much forward to that after a really sticky, messy, gritty, all-around wet, ugly day. Despite that, having said all that, it's been a good day in the saddle, and I'm definitely enjoying it, although I'm definitely feeling it now.
I had to back off quite a bit. My legs aren't as bad right now because I did have to back off. I've been having some cardiac drift, so I've been having a hard time keeping my heart rate below about 85 or 90 percent. But it's not much longer to the end and then a well-earned rest.
I'm making good time -- not quite record time -- but definitely beating the crowd, and should have no line for the shower or the massage, I would think. But that depends on me getting off my butt and getting back in the saddle again, so that's what I'm off to do!
As usual, I will not make a post immediately upon arriving at the finish. I'm headed straight to the shower and then the massage, and then maybe we'll talk... So I'll talk to you again in maybe an hour or two.
The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.
Okay, I'm in Wareham. That's 100 miles in 6 hours and 10 minutes, which is damned good as far as I'm concerned. However I completely and utterly jinxed myself with my update from Lakeville, because everything hurts now: neck, legs... The warmer it gets, the higher my heart rate goes. Definitely that last segment was a trial, but there's only 8 miles left of kinda mixed... Some of it's very scenic, some of it's extremely urban... Or not urban but junky suburban strip mall kinda stuff. But right now I'm going to take a little bit of a break, because I think I've earned it at this point. Then hopefully the last 8 miles my legs will have recovered and it'll just be a victory lap. Doing really well and enjoying the ride when I'm not focused on the pain. But definitely remembering the stories from the people that I've met, the people who are sponsoring me, of course Ken's story, as well as the people who are lining the route. It's just very moving that so many people care so much about this cause. But I'll defer that and think about that while I'm passed out laying down on the grass here! Next update... I will not give an update when I arrive at Bourne, but after I've showered and massaged I'll do a lengthy update. Look for that in an hour or two.
The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.
Well we're now in Wareham, 101 miles into the ride, so I finished my century in less than six and one half hours clock time.
Wareham -- basically, there's only eight miles left, so Wareham's the only town I can really tell you about -- Wareham is at the head of Buzzards Bay, so it's also known for its shipbuilding, as well as the oldest nail factory in the United States, and is also the birthplace of actress Geena Davis.
Basically on that last leg, definitely hit the wall. Started having cramps in my left thigh, neck pain, loss of power, all kinds of maladies. But there's only eight miles left, and I'm taking a couple extra minutes here to rest up and just make sure that I can bring it in safely.
Still no sign of spokes, but I'm told that hopefully in Bourne there will be spokes, so hopefully overnight I'll be able to get some repair done.
But other than that things are going well, it's a beautiful day. Hopefully we'll get in Bourne to get my massage appointment all ironed out, as well as get my bike repaired.
Although I'm just looking forward to finishing this thing off right now. As I say, it's gotten a little bit strenuous, so just gonna crank out the last eight miles, which shouldn't take too long. That's it from here, and the next update should be at the end of the first day's ride.
The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.
Okay ladies and gentleman. We are in Wareham, which is a 101 and one half miles into the ride. With about 8 or 9 miles left to go, so the end is within sight. Although I've definitely lost all my strength in my legs. I'm crawling along and pretty much everything hurts: feet, neck, knees, arms, just about everything, but the end is in sight. I'll limp in and hopefully use up what little energy I have left after cooling off a bit. It's still really hot and really sunny and down here towards the Cape we start getting into cranberry bogs, which means all the tree cover is gone that we had earlier in the ride. So I'm gonna water myself down pretty good and try and cool my core body temperature, get my heart rate down a little bit. And then go through Onset. And this is kind of part of the more scenic part of day one, because we're just getting to the to the actual coast by Buzzard's Bay and Mass Maritime Academy, where I hope to report to you in probably about an hour. That's it, I'll talk to you soon!
The following is a transcription of a phone post that originally appeared in my main journal, here.
Well that was hard, even though that was only 17 miles from Lakeville to Wareham. That was a real hard leg. When I get to Wareham usually, almost invariably, I'm absolutely beat, dead tired, and having all sorts of neck pain and stuff like that, and this ride is no exception. And it's pretty hot, but I seem to be maintaining my body temperature okay, drinking a lot and throwing a lot of water over my head. We are at 104 miles, which is more than a century as they say, but still going strong (or at least still going -- we'll work on strong). But at the next stop we'll be all done and there's only about 10 miles left until that stop, so hopefully this last one, even though it will be hard, will be short. And I'm sure you can hear the cow bells and stuff in the background. The water stops are always kind of a chaotic party but I'm off to fill my water bottles and hopefully do that last leg. And the next then the next time you hear from me should be from the end of day one in Bourne. Ok? Talk to you later.
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