9/28/09 Monday Night
Well, another day done. Everything went extremely well. Bike, weather, nutrition. Only problem was a hellacious head wind for the last 4 hours. Only averaged 11 mph with the wind in face but was at 24 mph with a tailwind. Really takes it's toll. Added an easy 2 hours on to the trip.
Also, stayed on US158 for 80 miles (boring and way too many trucks). The good news is the truckers know how to pass a bike vs. the general public.
I made it to Nags Head. I'm at the beach but got here too late and leaving too early to even walk on the sand. Maybe tomorrow at Okrakoke.
Total of 105.36 miles. Wears me out just typing it.
Weather man said not only were the temps suppose to go way down but the wind shifts to the northwest. YEH!!!!
Wish i had taken some pictures but probably wouldn't know how to download them anyway without my Andrew(son) to do it for me.
Time for bed. Need to leave early to catch 2 different ferries tomorrow.
Night all.
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Sunday night
Wow!!! What a beautiful day!!! The rain did not deter my leaving, just delayed it for an hour. Except for my front derailer having a problem (which has been my achilles heel for the past 3 months, the bike shop has tuned it up 3 times!!) which i eventually patched (hopefully fixed), the entire day went extremely smooth. Not one person yelled at me or tried to run me off the road. This has to be a World record!! Only had 3 encounters with dogs, one of which only wanted to race me and boy was he/she fast! Almost hit him with my front tire though, that would not have been good for either one of us ( I would have done an endover, another bike term.)
Total of 99.46 miles.
Bike store which is a block away is closed on sun and mon so i hope my patch went well.
Nags Head tomorrow.
Time for bed...Night all.
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9/27/09

Hi all,

Well, as you could of guessed, too nervous to sleep past 6 am. I was completely packed by last night so don't have much to do this morning. Weather not cooperating so trying to kill a little time. I don't mind getting caught in the rain but going out to get wet (especially the first day!!!) isn't my cup of tea.

My usual breakfast of oatmeal and gatorade should sustain me for the next 25 miles (if you've heard me in the office i'll adjust someone and say"that should hold for the next 3000 miles or next week, whichever comes first"). I only need 'it' to hold for the next 1350 miles.

If you are reading these thoughts, please give some comments, although i'm not sure how (or if) you can do that.

Please keep me safe with your thoughts.

I'm off to go play in the rain.

Health and Happiness,

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9/12/09

Trail Run

Well, this weekend was suppose to be the time to work out all the kinks. Plan A was to ride the first leg of my ride (~100 miles) on Saturday, stay overnight in the hotel i will stay at in 2 weeks and then pedal back on Sunday. The day started beautifully - weather, attitude, bike, timing, everything. Well, 30 miles in, flat tire. UGH!!! Well I'm prepared...tools, tubes, tires and pump. Did i say pump....brand new, untested. I did say this trip was to work out the kinks. Pump didn't work so my bride had to come and SAG me home. (did i mention that my bride is a keeper!)

9/13/09

Sunday turned out much better. NO flats. Did 5o miles into the first leg, got lost and ended up doing 109 miles. Fine tuning my nutrition because ended up hitting a wall (Bonking) @ 87 miles. But getting better with each training ride.

Side Note - I do have two people feigning interest in coming with me. time will tell..I'm still going either way.