Voice Post: 2012 PMC Sunday: Brewster

[ornoth_cycling]

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

Hi, we're in Brewster, and it's now 7:50, so it's ten minutes of eight as predicted. Moving right along... Still pouring sweat but it's only 70 degrees, so it's kind of confortable when you're on the bike. But it's really sweaty, moist, sticky, whatever...

Making good time, averaging almost 18 miles per hour over the hills and down Route 6A, which is as congested as anything. Went by 'The Hedge' at the Cape Cod Sea Camps, and they always have a ton of campers out, so that was inspiring as always.

Still in the middle of the pack, but that's alright, no problems with that. Still hanging with Jay, as well.

Going to go over to the medical tent to see if they've got any chamois butter, because I'm getting some seat irritation. Otherwise just gonna grab some ice pops here because this is where they have them, and just keep rolling.

It's still pretty overcast; you can see a little bit of blue through it, so it may burn off. Generally doing well, just kind of showing the wear and tear of 150-odd miles in the saddle.

The next stop... If we're in Brewster, the next stop's Wellfleet, which will be the last stop before Provincetown. That'll be 9:30 or 9:15, so that's a little more than an hour from now.

Between here and there we have some of the Cape Cod Rail Trail, we go out over Ocean View Drive, over White Crest Beach, and zoom around Long Pond Road, before we wind up at Wellfleet. So there's a lot of fun riding still to go, but we're starting to see the finish line.

And the fact that I crossed the $10,000 barrier is incredibly inspiring to me right now. So I'm taking that with me, and the support of everyone who's made donations. It's really an amazingly inspiring thing to have so many friends that are so generous... some of them ridiculously so!

That's it, and we'll see you in Wellfleet shortly!