Today was another great lesson on the male competitive spirit and how it can motivate people to go above and beyond what they may think their body is capable of. Prime example (and really the example for this entire trip) is Frank. Frank is putting in more work than anybody else on this trip. He [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Buckeye State to West Virginia…
Posted in Uncategorized on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Indianna to oHEYo
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today I saw a sign when we got into Ohio the I am going to blow up and put in my bedroom. It was a sign marking two cities ahead of us on the road which read: Lewisburg 5 and Springfield 26. Basically it was a sign that was directing me toward the two places [...]
Illinois to Indiana…
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was fun. I learned that 100 miles of riding isn’t all that bad while on this trip and it got me ready to do about 200 miles each day. We also scooted into just under a week left on our trip. Bittersweet to think about: each day we get really excited to see everybody [...]
Let;s be ckiche: We’re not in Kansas anymore…
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The night of day 10 was one of the best nights of the trip! We rode all day. I started off with the Penn van, but got picked up by Jake and Jesse around 11am so they could bring me to the Bucknell van for the second half of the ride. On [...]
Day 8 and 9er
Posted in Uncategorized on September 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kansas, who would have thought, is the most boring state I’ve ever been through. Up until now, the winner has been Delaware, but compared to Kansas, Delaware seems more exciting than heli-skiing with a torn rotator cuff (props to Mike for actually doing that, along with being our daily answer to most of the questions [...]
Day 7
Posted in Uncategorized on September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Back in the Bucknell van today, but Kyle and Jay were in the Penn van. Can’t wait until we all have a good period of time of riding together.
First thing I learned today was that it’s possible to go 62.7 mph on a bike. It was soooo sweet. We had two really big climbs, which [...]
Day 6
Posted in Uncategorized on September 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today we went over the continental divide! I was in the Penn van again and we logged some serious miles. Before we set off I got a chance to catch up with Mayo (you better meet up with us in Atlantic City dude) which was nice.
First thing I learned was that some things in life [...]
Day 5
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Two weeks to go!!!!!!!!!
Today I learned something very important. I learned that there is something that exists called The E.T. Effect (a phrase I coined myself and discovered today). So for any of you that have seen the movie E.T., remember the scene where E.T. drinks the beer and Elliot feels the effects while in class? [...]
Day 4
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am finally caught up with my blog, after a few stops in remote areas with no internet and not getting to sitting down, but rather bouncing around the hotel room with Jay and Kyle and talking about how incredible this experience has been…and it’s only been 4 days! Today was the first day all [...]
Day 3
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On Day 3 I was assigned to join up with the Penn team to help them out driving and riding a bit. It was a much different dynamic, but we had a very beautiful ride up a great mountain and awesome weather to boot.
So what did I learn? I learned that it is possible to [...]
