AAaahhhhh......

That's me letting out a big sighhhhhh,  all thats left to do is get a good nights rest, get up early on Saturday to catch a 6 am flight to Portland, OR then a shuttle to Astoria, OR.  I hope to get to Astoria in time for early registration and get my bike assembled.

Almost there!!

My training is done, my list is done, my last day at work is done.  As I think about the weeks to come, I know there will be great days on the bike and not so great days, and when I'm riding in a heavy head wind, or rain, or blistering heat there might even be a day or two that I'll question why I'm doing this.  It all comes down to a good attitude and belief in yourself that YOU CAN DO IT, there is nothing else.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

Pedal On!

Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock.....

Only 5 more days to go!!!

Last Training Ride and First Post

2011 miles to date: 3,834!!!!

I took my last training ride on Suday, just a short 25 miles and it was mainly to check out my new shoes and my new camera set up, both worked out great.  My camera is attached to my handle bars with a quick clamp with a swivel base. The clamp is very light weight and sturdy.  I set my camera to take a picture every minuet, below are a few of the 135 pictures it took during my ride.  They came out pretty good considering the amount of vibration from my handle bars.

My bike is on it's way to Astoria, OR and it should get to the starting hotel today.  All I have left to do before I leave is:

Pack

Get my Truck smog checked.

Pay my bills

Set up my computer

Make a bracket for my rear view camera.

Order prints for the auction at work

Get my new blog together (bob2wheels.blogspot.com)

Get the trash picked up

Take donations to Goodwill

Put supply packages together

Return some stuff I over bought

and a few other things

Pedal On!