We met Mitch at 12:50. He refueled (an orange), put on warmer clothes, and continued on. He had to ride through clouds and cooler temperatures than we expected up to this first meeting. It was about 55 degrees at the meeting place.
Stats for this leg:
36 miles
13.6 avg mph
38.3 max mph
4620 ft climb
2149 cals
2 hours 38 mins
Avg heartrate 143
No cell signal, so I couldn't get this to the blog. Paul and I ate at Switzerland Cafe for lunch (in Little Switzerland, NC). The menu was amazing. I had a smoked trout BLT sandwich on croissant. Yum.
We met with Mitch again at 2:40, more miles down the road.
He finished the day's ride at 5:15 pm. Today was a long ride. Mitch is holding up really well, but I'm almost worn out!!
We're at a really nice Hampton Inn tonight in Boone, NC. I took a picture of the computer desk setup, and it'll be in the web album if you're interested (link to the right for all pictures). Too bad they don't have 3 of these, so Mitch and Paul can have a desk too!
Finishing stats for the day for Mitch:
Tuesday totals:
97.3 miles
14.8 mph avg
41.6 mph max
10,560 ft of climb
6 hrs 35 mins of riding
5,138 calories burned
avg heartrate 143
1 comment:
Thanks for the account of the trip. It looks and sounds so wonderful. Mitch is a great person for tackling this goal! I'll keep watching for pictures and commentary on the progress and the finish!
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