Today is officially day 3 of biking and we just arrived in Columbia, SC. So here is a quick breakdown of my week:
Monday and Tuesday: Orientation in Charleston consisted of name games and a very quick run down of how things run around here. Tuesday we did a 25 mile 'shakedown' ride to get loosened up.
Wednesday: Build day in Charleston. We tore off old shingles, laid down new plywood and then re-shingled the whole house in about 8 hours. Its amazing what a difference 32 kids can make in a single day. I'm so excited to see what else is in store for this summer.
Thursday: FIRST day of BIKING. We rode down to Fort Moultrie for our wheel-dipping ceremony. Then we headed off to Moncks Corner. Our 35 mile starter day turned into 57 miles because of switching our wheel dipping to the fort. Not a bad day of riding. Lots of sun and some headwinds.
Friday: Alright....our 66 mile day turned into 87, but very unexpectedly. We made our turn and noticed the road just wasn't there...so we back tracked and found a new route that took us 17 miles out of the way. It started getting a little rough at the end, but I pulled through and made it.
Today: Today was a 47 mile day where we hit our first set of hills. Some pretty good rollers to get us started for whats to come. Enjoyable, but hot. We're staying at USC in their 'green dorm'. This dorm is fully green. How flipping awesome?
Basically, everything is going amazing. I'm absolutely amazed at what I'm capable of sometimes. I can't believe I'm actually doing this thing. I'm sweating, I'm hot, I'm hurting but I'm loving every second of it.
Almost 200 miles down and 3900 or so to go!
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