Voice Post: 2009 PMC Sat Wareham

[ornoth_cycling]

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.