Voice Post: 2007 PMC: Sturbridge

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

Hey this is Ornoth and it's 6am and we're about to leave Sturbridge. Gonna be a hot and muggy day, with a little possibility of thunderstorms, and we're about to leave, and I hope you can hear me through all the noise. There's 5,000 cyclists here and there's 2,500 volunteers along the route. Should be a great day and thank you to everybody who's sponsored me. And I hope everybody has a good weekend, and I hope I will... I'm looking forward to it. I'll talk to you at the next checkpoint, which should be an hour or so from now.

Voice Post: 2007 PMC: Whitinsville

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

Hey it's 7:45 and I'm at the Whitinsville rest stop, 25 miles into the ride. So far so good; it hasn't been bad. It's still hot and moist, but it hasn't gotten really bad yet. Looking forward to the rest of the ride. Been riding with a bunch of friends. Gotta go now, 'cos I gotta fill up my water bottles, but I'll be outta here and give another report shortly. Talk to you later. Bye bye.

Voice Post: 2007 PMC: Franklin

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

Ok we're at the Lakeville [error: actually Franklin] stop. It's now 9am and making a very good pace. A little bit ginger in the knees and the ankle but I'm now hanging around with my buddy Charlie and we are taking it easy. Gonna try and hydrate, and all in all it's going well. Sun's coming up and it's turning hot, so not gonna stay here for very long but just gonna recharge the water and get back on the road toward the lunch stop, which is in Dighton/Rehoboth. That's it; another update shortly. Talk to you later. Bye bye.

Voice Post: 2007 PMC: Dighton/Rehoboth

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

Ok, we are at the Dighton/Rehoboth lunch stop at 70 miles. And Charlie and I have been riding together. It is 91 degrees out, hazy, very hot and humid, very bright sun. And doing ok, still, you know, a little knees, a little ankle, but in general, the ride's going well. Averaging about 16 miles an hour right now, which is a pretty healthy average. Just generally happy with the ride. Taking it a little bit easy and enjoying it and trying to stay hydrated. That's all for now; we'll be talking to you again in another hour or so at the next stop. But so far so good. And definitely keeping in mind Ken and Christine, who I'm riding for, and all the other people who have told me their stories and shared them with me. Appreciate everything that everyone has done to make this ride possible for me. And hope those of you who are actually listening in are enjoying the little updates, although they are not very exciting, vut we'll keep 'em coming. And hopefully in another couple hours, I'll be able to talk to you from Mass Maritime Academy in Bourne at the 110 mile finish (for today of course, with another 70- or 80-odd miles tomorrow). That's it for now. I'll talk to you soon.

Voice Post: 2007 PMC: Lakeville

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

Okay, we've made Lakeville, which is two stops from the end. We are at mile 85. It's well into the 90s now and damn hot. Just trying to keep the wheels together right now. The last section was kind of long and a little bit painful, so it's definitely starting to wear, but this is the time in the ride that it usually does; at 85 miles things start getting really hard, so we'll see how it is from here on out. But right now gonna take a couple of minutes, refill my water bottles, and head out. Still riding with Charlie and company and we've made a good pace, although we're not killing ourselves, so it's pretty happy. Enjoying the ride and getting plenty of warm sunshine and lots of sweat, so I'll talk to you soon from Onset, which is the the last stop before the end (at least for today). All's going well and wish you all were here.

Voice Post: 2007 PMC: Wareham

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.

Voice Post: 2007 PMC: Bourne

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

Well, I dunno if that last update took, because my cell phone cut out, but I successfully arrived at Bourne. It took awhile to do this update because I had to do some self care in terms of taking a shower, trying to get a massage apppointment (and failing), having some food, and just generally relaxing and cooling off a little bit after a 112 mile ride. Weather here is not bad; it's starting to be a little cooler at least, and there's a breeze off the water of Buzzards Bay, so that's kinda nice. Plan from here is to hang out here till 6pm and eat and just hang out, relax a little, then take the Cape Cod Canal bike path up to Sandwich, where I have a hotel overnight. And I will probably make another update around 6am, when I wind up leaving there. Hope you have enjoyed the updates and that's it for today. Finished 112 miles today, pretty successfully, conserved energy, got a few twinges in my knee, but I think I wound up here 45 mins or an hour later than usual, because I was taking it easy. And hopefully that means I have more legs for tomorrow. Hope you're enjoying the updates and there'll be another series of them tomorrow.