On the Road again
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 2:03AM The clock is ticking, so our time in Fairbanks has come to an end. My legs really needed the rest, so we took an extra day. I also got some media coverage while we were in town. The local NBC affiliate came out and did a story on me and the ride. It actually aired before the LeBron story in the sports report if you can believe that... I can't. We had a lot of trouble getting the window fixed, but without getting into a bunch of needless detail after three days they got it done this morning. We finished up running some errands and headed back to where I had left the road a few days prior.
I made the right decision calling it when I did. The last 16 miles into Fairbanks wasn’t terrible, but there were definitely two serious climbs that my knee would not have been up for after 9 days of climbing. But today they were not a problem. I only road a few miles today, it was late before we got out of Fairbanks but I still needed to get a little bit of road under my tires. About 25 miles into the ride I blew another tire, this time I was on the side of the expressway- and Alaskan expressway is not a lower 48 expressway but still a very busy road- not the best place to have to sit and repair a tire. I got it changed out quickly and was on my way. We stopped outside of Fairbanks in North Pole, AK and yes; we went to Santa’s house. Yes, we saw reindeer; I am even pretty sure we saw the big guy himself. And yes, I am almost 30 and believe in Santa. You got a problem with that? I didn’t think so!
It is unseasonable hot up here, go figure. We leave all our summer gear in Seattle with my uncle and it is a hot in Alaska as it has been in a millennia. I mean we are in North Pole, AK and when I finished my ride it was 83 degrees. If we had left our winter gear at home I guarantee it would be in the 30’s.
I really need to put some miles down tomorrow so we will see what happens.
39 miles
13.8mph average speed
44.1mph max speed
2:47:30 ride time
Reader Comments (2)
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