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  Pittsford, New York, United States
Sunday, August 24, 2008

We finally made it yesterday, and it was such a relief. This has honestly been the most intense six days of my life. I am so proud of myself and Dave and Emily for doing this. We don't have the exact mile count yet, but it's looking to be well over 300 miles in six days. Our last day we biked 75 miles between 7am and just before 5:30pm. The last 20+ miles were taken at a sprinting pace. We thought it would only be 15 miles and I really wanted to be there because we were so close and had worked so hard. I'm not sure if Dave and Emily have forgiven me for setting that pace yet. Along the way on our final day there were many truly TERRIBLE hills. There were two that were so steep that between each stroke of my pedals my bike was literally standing dead still. I only managed to crest one particular hill by concentrating on screaming the rock song "Black Betty" by Ram Jam at the top of my voice (which was sometimes a whisper). I discovered that Emily didn't know the words to the song "Bicycle Race" by Queen so I shouted the parts I know as we were screaming down a hill at 35-40mph. It was crazy, we were FLYING and I was shouting "I like to ride my bicycle! I like to ride my bike! I like to ride my BICYCLE! BICYCLE! BICYCLE!"
It's been such an enormous culture shock to be around big groups of people around campus and the noise of so-called civilization. It's been hard to adjust, but that just means I have to go out on another trip soon ;). I actually did ride my bike today. I missed the sounds of bicycles and the wind in my face so I went out for a short ride. It has been nice to have a bed that will be there every night and a shower every day and SOAP. Much to my delight, I discovered that in my dining hall's drink fountain there is now one spout that is GATORADE! I AM SO EXCITED! I'd better get going. I have lots of unpacking to do and a mandatory floor meeting in less than an hour.
Last thought:
NEVER underestimate what you can do. Maybe it sounds crazy, maybe no one else has been able to before, but as long as you know you can and you try you cannot fail. You may not get the result you were looking for, but you will have learned something and you will have grown and found reasons to try even bigger things. No matter what it is, you can do it.

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Coming up the Erie Canal Bike Path	Between the Canal & Naz	Almost There	We're There--Alexis is Already Gone!
The Bike That Got Flung!	We Made It!	Hoo Ha	Now What?
Alexis	Tan & Dirt Lines	1-Tan & Dirt Lines	I Can't Believe I Biked the Whole Way!
Bike Grease	Bike Resting	Ahhhh, I'm Done	Three @ the Finish Line
Alexis, Dave, & Emily

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