So after a successful evening of muskrat hunting and a good night’s rest on Gwyneth Paltrow’s bed, we got up to confront our longest day yet- roughly 90 miles from Lake Wylie to Greenville, SC. Somehow the longer the ride, the faster we seem to ride, and we covered the 90 miles of rolling hill country in just over 5 hours, stopping only to stuff our bellies with hearty portions of biscuits and gravy, steak and eggs, and fried chicken. Now I can understand the Michael Phelps’ diet. Despite a few minor issues trying to keep the food down, we averaged a ridiculous 17.5 mph, our fastest pace yet. Cars tried to pass us, but their measly engines could not keep up and they were forced to draft behind us. Once again we made it to our destination well before planned, and proceeded to take advantage of Jay and Phyllis’ incredible hospitality by stuffing ourselves with food and beverage. Today we will be headed to George Hincapie’s shop to challenge him to a race before the Tour de France. Perhaps we may even get an offer from Team Columbia. I doubt they can offer us enough to leave Team Traveller, though. Oh, and it’s nice to have gears again.
-Judah
Keep it up. 17.5 mph! Great work. You'll be there in no time. Those guys over at Traveller are really excited and will do anything to keep you from jumping to Columbia/High Road
ReplyDeleteEverybody wants to know your itinerary. What is your plan and when will you be in San Antonio...That is wher e you are going. Let me know at davidcobb@teamtraveller.com
ReplyDeleteHave an alumnus, Greg Turley (my class) that would like to meet you as well as Chris Aarhus from REDLINE - MULTISPORT in San Antonio.
Did you take a muskrat tail as a trophy. It could be attached to the back of your bike seat. It was very popular to do this in the 70s with a coon tail.
ReplyDeleteso today i pick up this young hitchhiker heading to town. and we start talking and i ask if he knows my son, judah brownstein. and he went on and on about how cool judah was and how he was so amazed that he met judah's mother. and isn't judah just the coolest? and on and on he went. turns out he's lee taylor's son and you taught his sister last year. very small world when you're judah's mom.
ReplyDeletekeep your feet dry and your calves stretched.
you're in my prayers,
love, judah's mom mirabai