and taking a break in my tent

Okay, if any of you talked to me during the 10 day I said I was going to retire from multi-days. I lied. This is really what’s going on.

I’ve been looking into Race Across America and ultracycling as a new challenge. Growing up my dad was friends with a guy who finished RAAM in the 80’s. I remember being about 11 or 12 yrs old hearing the stories about the trip. He ate almost all meat and hallucinated from exhaustion on the bike. I also remember how horrified I was that while I was visiting he let his dog lick his ice cream bowl. I guess I was always a bit of a germophobe.

Madge did the AIDS ride a couple years ago before she got enormous, so maybe I can convince her to start riding again.

So I took photos of myself every 20 miles during the race, so as soon as I organize those and upload them to flickr, I’ll put them up here. I’m eating in at least half of them.

Here’s a preview: