Hi All, Chris is inching ever closer to Boston, having arrived in Erie, Pa yesterday. Today is his last rest day on the tour. Tomorrow he leaves Erie and over the next 8 days will ride across Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and finally Massachusetts. On June 29th he will dip Irma’s wheels into the Atlantic…

Niles, OH to Erie, PA. 90.02 miles Well after our late night out (dinner at 7:30 pm) I slept like a log. The log awoke to a spectacular view of Lake Erie at 5:30 am (routines are hard to break). Finally I had to get up and find some coffee. I really wanted to post…

As I rode into Erie, and just before I reached the hotel, I saw a guy standing on the corner of the road. I knew that stance and then recognized the golf shirt – it was my friend Dr. Don Coughlan. I cant believe he drove down from Toronto just to say hi. He did…

Wooster, OH to Niles, OH 92.76 miles Another ride over 90 miles again today and for the first time started with some light rain. The rain was nothing much to write home about but just enough to make you slightly damp. All of us pondered the crucial question – do I wear my rain jacket…

Marysville, OH to Wooster, OH 98.59 miles Another day done and dusted, and another almost one hundred mile ride in the books. According to my Garmin today’s ride ended up being 98.59 miles with 4,022 feet of climbing! Who said Ohio was flat? I was asked more than once tonight ‘did I not think of…

Richmond, IN to Marysville, OH 104.7 miles Today was our last official century ride. I know a few people have said they might ride an extra two miles tomorrow just to get another one done. If you added 7 miles on Tuesday and 10 miles on Wednesday you could have 4 centuries in 4 days.…

Indianapolis, IN to Richmond, IN 72.5 miles Well there is not much I can say about todays ride apart from we got onto I 40 after 7 miles and then cycled 65 miles to the hotel. The road was fine and we did have a tailwind for a decent amount of the time. I think most…

Crawfordsville, IN to Indianapolis, IN. 54.7 miles (plus a detour, plus a sightseeing trip so an extra 20-25). So today was sort of a strange day really. First it was a short day comparatively speaking of around 55 miles. Secondly we were going mainly Southeast before we will then head Northeast for a few days…

Champaign, IL to Crawfordsville, IN 80.61 miles So after our rest day in Champaign it was back on the road again with an 80.61 mile ride to Crawfordsville, IN. As usual it seems now, I led everyone out of town with Terry riding wingman at first. After a few miles Terry and I were alone…

Rest Day – Champaign, IL A rest day. It was great today waking up without the alarm at 5:15 am, looking at the clock, being able to turn over and going back to sleep. I guess that extra hour or so I got this morning made me feel like a teenager sleeping through to lunch.…