Voice Post: 2014 PMC Day 0: Sturbridge

[ornoth_cycling]

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.