Start time: 12:32 P.M.
Distance today: 51.8 miles
Average speed: 12.9 mph
End time: 6:01 P.M.
Top speed: 39.1 mph
Temperature and weather conditions: It was a very nice day with a cool
temperature and clear blue skies.
Total trip distance: 2,414.3 Miles (since start on April 2,
2000)
We departed from West of Cookeville, TN mid-afternoon. We had a live
radio interview at 8:35 A.M. with WGSQ Country Giant 94.7 FM. We had
another radio interview with WKXD Kicks 106.9 FM. at 10:30 A.M. Kit did
the interview live and had experience with cancer in her family. She
was very nice and easy to work with. This weekend Kit and Scott Stevens,
who is the director of programming along with the radio team, will be
participating in Relay for Life in Cookeville. Sean has done a super
job getting in contact with all the different media so we can get our
message across.
We
just do not seem to be able to get out of the mountains. We wore our
bright yellow shirts today as Highway 70 East has no shoulders. Traffic
seems to be much kinder and most people will blow their horns as they
pass. Our yellow shirts add a safer dimension than the blue or black
shirts we have been wearing.
We had a good ride except for both of us had cramps. Charles had leg
cramps and my toes cramped up. The last twenty miles Charles started
feeling bad but is feeling a lot better tonight. I started getting a
cold but a good nights sleep should make a difference by tomorrow.