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Day 11: The Reset Day

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August 7, 2010

RIDE FACTS Date: August 06, 2010From: Christiansburg, VATo: Wytheville, VADistance: 58.00 milesTime: 6:35:03View Garmin Data >
I badly needed that rest day yesterday. You could say I absorbed it like a selfish piece of not-getting-out-of-bed-today sponge. Just me and my laptop, in my jimmy jams and watching really bad daytime…


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Day 9, The Bastard Day

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August 5, 2010

RIDE FACTS Date: August 04, 2010From: Camp Bethel, VATo: Christiansburg, VADistance: 66.11 milesTime: 7:57:13View Garmin Data >
Give me a giant wad of knowledge and I’ll sit on it and let it simmer, then pull it out at a time sure to show me as superior in every way. Give…


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Day 8: The Tardy Day

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August 4, 2010

RIDE FACTS Date: August 03, 2010From: Lexington, VATo: Camp Bethel, VADistance: 40.66 milesTime: 4:24:25View Garmin Data >
Man, I totally dicked about this morning for way too long. I blame the inn I was staying in – very historic building with creaky old floorboards and doors that are impossible to…


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Day 7: The Totally Blue (Ridge) Day

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August 3, 2010

RIDE FACTS Date: August 02, 2010From: Afton, VATo: Lexington, VADistance: 52.98 milesTime: 6:53:22View Garmin Data >
If I don’t have legs that can jackhammer through asphalt by the end of this trip, I shall be seriously cheesed.
Yesterday, I went up and down, then up and down, then up, up, up,…

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Day 5 & 6: TransAmerica 2 point oh.

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August 2, 2010

NOTE: This is actually two days—the ride out to the crash site and the official Day 1. Picking up where I left off, then stitching it where I would’ve started on Day 5 if I hadn’t ended up in a ditch.
CRASH SITE OUT-AND-BACK RIDEDate: July 30, 2010From: Charlottesville, VATo:…


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Day 4: The Ditch Day

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May 24, 2010

RIDE FACTS From: Ashland, VATo: Near Kent’s Store, VADistance: Exact unknown. About 65 milesTime: UnknownView Garmin Data (includes ride in sheriffs’ car by Precious at the end)>
I am typing this with one hand. I wish that was as dirty as it sounds. But it’s not and I’ll explain that…

Janeen McCrae
Santa Cruz, CA

Writer. Rider. This is where I collect the fruits of those two things.

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