CMAN ON TWO WHEELS

I'm into these kinds of things, so I thought I'd post some statics from my ride to Virginia just for fun. Not including the day I rode to the post office in Berea to lighten my load, I rode 1,918.78 miles or 106.60 miles per day. Including stops, from the time I started in the morning to when I got to my stopping point, it took 142 hours, 16 minutes, and 39 seconds.  That's an average of 7 hours, 54 minutes, and 15 seconds a day. Not including stops, the bike was moving 123 hours, 4 minutes, and 24 second or, on average, 6 hours, 50 minutes, and 14 seconds a day.  That's 15.59 miles per hour. I climbed 91,203 feet total or, on average, 5,056.83 per day. I burned 67,606 calories (on the bike) or 3,755.89 per day. If you count a pedal stroke as one complete rotation of the crank, there were over 520,258 pedal strokes or complete rotations.  That's over 28,903 per day.

We left Atlanta and the hotel at 7 this morning (Eastern time) and after 11 hours of driving, we arrived in Dallas.  Home at last! The drive went well, just long.  No accidents to avoid like yesterday, just some congestion in particular the nearer we got to Dallas. The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport I rented did well.  Not to sporty, but it cruised at 80 quite easily. Now the dogs are happily chewing on their bully sticks while we catch up on things around the house.  I think we're all going to sleep well tonight!

I picked up the rental car this morning.  We packed it up and headed out just after 11am. After driving just over 8 hours, we've made it to the other side of Atlanta and are spending the night at a Courtyard by Marriott. 531 miles down and 768 to go.  Hopefully we'll be home by 6 or 7 pm tomorrow night and I'll get to see my puppies!

Erin flew in Monday with her bike.  So, yesterday, she and I rode the last of the TransAmercia Bike Route to Yorktown, VA. We left my parent's house and rode out over the same draw bridge I rode over Sunday night, then picked up where I left off on the Virginia Capital Trail .  It's a multi-use trail running from Richmond to Williamsburg and is used by runners, cyclists, and walkers.  It's really neat that they created this trail and how long it is (52 miles).  They also seem to take good care of it.  At one point, a truck was driving down it towing a blower to blow stuff off the trail. (Finally had some company on the road.) The Capital Trail parallels Route 5 and runs along and through wooded areas and farm land.  Sometimes there were corn fields right next to the trail - so close I could reach out and run my hands through them if I wanted to.  You could even smell the corn (which was amazing if you ask me). (Back on the Capital Trail.) (R

Sunday, after 147 miles, I made it to my parent's house!!!  The day started out from Charlottesville and the route went through a mix of open country and forested roads.  It was much flatter than it's been.  There were still rolling hills, but they were shorter and not as steep. (Starting out for the day.) (Some vineyards.) (Beautiful roads.) (House sitting at a fork in the road.) When I stopped in Palmyra, the ladies at the store told me about a guy that rode through this morning.  I met him later in the morning at another gas station where we had both stopped to get supplies.  His name was Dan Miner and he was racing the TransAm. Apparently he the last time he slept was Friday night and he started this leg of the trip Saturday at 4:30am, rode through the day and overnight, and was riding through Sunday hoping to make it to Yorktown by the end of the day. He left the gas station before me, but I caught up to him a little bit down the ro