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Saturday, August 2, 2008110 Miles:
Sturbridge to Bourne, MA
In the starting pen, 6am:
with the other 2,800 riders who started in Sturbridge.
Billy Starr, the founder of the PMC, is just above the flag delivering his pep talk. Franklin School Water Stop:
This group of inflatable people has been 'growing' each year - we think they make a great welcoming committee to the second water stop of the day. Cherry Street, Wrentham:
Unparalleled support and enthusiasm.
She's on Cherry Street every year... Lunch Stop, Dighton-Rehoboth High
School:
Carl found a couple of our favorite signs propped against the ambulance. Apponequet High School Water Stop:
Here's a gathering spot for Seth's pedal partners. The pedal partner program pairs teams of riders with Jimmy Fund clinic patients as a support group. The Over The Hill Cheerleaders:
This year Carl and Mike found them celebrating world championships. Neck Road, 92 miles:
We stopped to get a fifth anniversary photo of where David's head trauma had occurred. This lady promptly ran over from her family's tent with a banana and a bottle of cold water. Supporters along the route are a total joy. Decas School Water Stop:
Another thoughtful addition: a misting set-up at the last and (usually) hottest water stop. Carl revels in the cooling spray. Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 110
miles for the day:
This is what the end of a good riding day looks like.
Later in the afternoon a strong thunderstorm hit, buffeting the tent. In the foreground is a support pole that was knocked down by the weather.
Here's the tent crew resetting the other pole that was knocked loose.
Here's Mike with Andy and Karen. Andy's a long-time PMCer with his own website. Karen, his girlfriend, was a surprise rider from Wellesley this year. |
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