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Started: Oct 25, 2010 7:54:46
\nRide Time: 4:53:49
\nStopped Time: 58:32
\nDistance: 69.09 miles
\nAverage: 14.11 miles\/h
\nFastest Speed: 89.46 miles\/h
\nClimb: 1505 feet
\nCalories: 2879<\/p>\n
The distance above is understated by 2 or so miles because I paused tracking and forgot to turn it back on for no good reason.<\/p>\n
Today was an easy day, and a day for reflection. I managed to sleep later than usual this morning, which is good\u2014many mornings, I’ve found myself awake at a ridiculously early hour and unable to get back to sleep. Today I didn’t wake until after 7:00. Had breakfast with my Warm Showers host Ann and got going. The riding through the city of Gainesville wasn’t bad, and at the edge of town, the route put me on a bike path that runs with minimal interruptions for 16 miles to the neighboring town of Hawthorne. Very pretty riding with lots of tree cover. I saw very few other cyclists on the path, and none at all after mile 10 or so.<\/p>\n
As I’ve mentioned before, my route is broken into detailed maps that each cover 30-40 miles. My map holder can show three of these maps at once. So every 80 miles or so, I refold them to show what’s coming next. Today on that bike path, I refolded my maps for the last time. I had to let that sink in for a minute when I thought about it.<\/p>\n
The rest of the riding was unexciting. I wound up missing a turn, which added 3-4 miles to my distance today. Made it into the town of Palatka on the early side, so after I got cleaned up, I went wandering around. The entire downtown is shut on Mondays though, so not much to see.<\/p>\n
I’m not done yet, but tomorrow already feels sort of like a victory lap. Victory over what, I can’t say. In fact, the experience and the near-completion of it bring up feelings that I can’t quite get a handle on myself, much less describe. It’s good to have done it, and it will be good to be done with it and get back to my everyday life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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