“I did it. I reached the finish line about ten minutes ago. I checked in. My Mom's here with me. It's over. I did it. Thank you for your help and your support. Signing off - details and photos to follow in the next few days."

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I did it. I reached the finish line about 10 mins ago. I checked in. My Mom's with me. It's over. I did it. Thank you for your help and your support. Starting off ___ and photos to follow in the next few days”

tucsonorbust

“I'm at mile 105. The rest is for Mom."

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Hundred mile(?) 105. The rest is for love.”

“I'm on my bike recording a voice post because I forgot to record one at my last brief rest stop. We're in the middle of mile 86, brought to you by Anil and Waikuen Thomas, and we just had a really nice area of flats and slight downhills and slight uphills, where I managed to get pretty consistent speeds of 24, 25 miles an hour going. Only about 22 miles left to go, 23 miles left to go. We've got a Girl Scout cookie stop coming up in a few miles, which we're very excited about, but other than that I think we're gonna just push on toward the finish line.

Bessie just managed to get some of the kinks out of my neck; my left calf is still bothering me, but it's nothing that's going to keep me from pedaling the rest of the way. Still a beautiful day. Let's see...

At the lunch stop, at the 67 mile stop, I had sort of expected Mom to be there, helping out Larry's mom serving lunch and stuff, so I was a little disappointed when she wasn't. But then when we left that stop, and started up the longest mile - excuse me, the longest hill - of the ride, Mom was halfway up the hill with Karen and Veronica at a TNT cheer station with a big sign saying "Beeeej," and everybody was cheering; it was beautiful. I look forward to seeing her at the finish line, and I look forward to reporting to you that I have reached the finish line. I'm just now coming to 86 miles, entering the 87th mile, and signing off. Thanks for checking in.”

tucsonorbust

“Naturally, what I said before about us having done 67 miles and having about 32 left was incorrect. I was told there would be no math! There's about 42 miles left. Thanks for checking in."

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Naturally what I said before about us having done 67 mi and having about 32 left was incorrect I was told there would be no math, there's about 42 mi left. Thanks for checking in.”

tucsonorbust

“Hi, this is Jeff; we're in the middle of mile 67. This is the most important and probably longest stop of the day. And while I'm thinking of it, mile 67 is brought to you by Cyndi Faulkner and Andrew Ellsom. We're eating ham and cheese sandwiches, peanut butter and jelly, reapplying our sunscreen, bemoaning the 'false flat' of the last couple of miles, 'cause we worked pretty hard to get to this rest stop. My left calf is tightening up; my neck is pinching a nerve; but all in all - all in all I'm not, I'm not that tired. I feel like I can get through the next 33 miles, assuming I can manage to hold my head up for the remainder of the ride. But I'm gonna try to take a good fifteen minutes here and get stretched out. Everybody looks good. I've got a few people touching their toes in front of me right now; I can't remember the last time I could do that. Larry's mom has run a fantastic rest stop here; we got sandwiches, we got electrolyte solution. It's still an absolutely gorgeous day - who's got the time? Who's got a watch? Gregg, what time is it?

(Gregg) Twenty to one - ten to one.

It's ten to one; it's only 12:50, and we've ridden 67 miles so far today. That's a pretty good morning. I'll check back in soon. Thanks for checking in.

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Hi this is Jeff we're in the middle of Miles 67. This is the most important and probably the longest stop of the day. And while I'm thinking of it Miles 67 is brought to you by Cindy Frocurin(?), Andrew Allison. We ate a few sandwiches, peanut butter and jelly re applying our sunscreen be morning the false flat of last couple of ms coz we work pretty hard to get to this roof top. My left cast is tightening up my neck is pinching a nerve but all in all all in all I'm not that tired I feel like I can get threw the next 3 ms assuming I can manage to hold my head up for the remainder of the ride. But I'm gonna try take a good 15 mins here and get stretched out. Everybody looks good I've got a few people touching there toes in front of me right now I can't remember the last time I could do that. Larry's mom has run a fantastic rest up here we got sandwiches we got electro light solution. It's an absolutely gorgeous day who's got the time who's got a watch? Rob what time is it? It's 12:50 it's only 12:50 we've ridden 67 ms so far today. That's a pretty good morning. I'll check back in soon. Thanks for checking in.”

tucsonorbust

“Hey, it's Jeff again. We're somewhere near mile 47 or 48, and we're walking our bikes through a dry riverbed that's about a quarter mile long.

(Heather) Three quarters of a mile.

More accurately - three quarters of a mile long?

(Heather) [unintelligible]

Thank you, Heather. More accurately, we are carrying our bikes through a dry riverbed, and this is one time when I'm regretting my decision to take my twelve-and-a-half year old heavy bike on this trip rather than having replaced it sooner. But as Brad was saying, this is a nice way to retire my old bike, and I can get a new one afterwards. We've just been joined on the route by a bunch of people wearing green numbers. Green Number, how long is your route?

(Green-numbered rider) 66.

They're on the 66-mile route, and you know, they're some friendly-looking folks. We'll enjoy riding the next, I guess, 66 miles with them. I'll check in again later after we get back on our bikes. Thanks for checking in. Bye bye!"

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Hey, it's Jack again we are we're somewhere near mile(?) 47 or 48. And we are walking our bikes through a dry river bed that is about a quarter mile(?) long. More accurately 3 quarters of a mile(?) long? Thank you honey more accurately we are carrying our bikes through a dry river bed. And this is one time when I'm was regretting my decision to take my toe and half your own heavy bike on this trip. We are even having to replace the ___. But as Brad would say this is a nice way to retire my old legs. Here and ___ afterwards. We have just been joined on the roof by a bunch of people wearing green numbers. Do you remember how long is your route? They are on the 66 my route and you know, there are some some friendly looking folks. Who enjoy riding next, next - 66 mi with them. I'll check in again later after we get back on our bikes. Thanks for checking. Bye bye.”

“This is Jeff. It's time for another blog post. We're in the middle of mile 41 right now at an aid station choking down bananas, oranges, water; and this aid station is run by Boy Scouts, they'll even hold your bike for you while you go get your food and refuel. This mile, by the way, is brought to you by Cheryl Turner's donation. We just had a fantastic set of downhills and uphills; it was like a rollercoaster. Let me see, what was my maximum speed on that run... it was 35.4 miles an hour. For the ride in general I'm averaging 16.1 but I'm sure that'll go down a little as we get closer to the end. I'm having a great time, getting a tan; I've got some friends around me from the team and I'm feeling good. So we're over a third of the way there and doing fine. Thanks for checking in."

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"This is Jess. It's time for another Blockbust(?). We're in the middle of Mile 41 right now at lake station chocking down bananas, oranges, water and early station is run by voice yarts(?) they'll even hold your bikes for you while you go get your food and refill. This mile by the way is brought to you by the channel ___ donation. We just got a fantastic set of of down hills and up hills it was like a roller coaster. Let me see when was the ___ speed at that run. It was 35 ___ for the riding general I'm averaging 16.1 but I'm sure that will go down a little bit as we get close to the end. I'm having a great time. Getting a tan. I got some friends arriving from Que and I'm feeling good. So we're over and certainly there and doing fine. Thanks for checking in."”

tucsonorbust

“Corrected:

"Hi, this is Jeff, from the rest stop at 27.64 miles of El Tour de Tucson 2007. I believe it's somewhere around 9 o'clock in the morning; it's one of the most beautiful days I've ever seen. I've already ditched my windbreaker; I've still got the knee warmers on because I think that it's still below 65 degrees. But it's warming up quickly. It's gorgeous out here. Everybody's having a fantastic time. And, let's see, a group of four of the strong riders on our team - Steven, Joe, Larry, and - God, I can't remember [ETA: Larry's brother Mike] - pulled ahead of us pretty early. There's a large group behind us, and Courtney Hale and I are sort of in the middle, 'cause we can't keep up with the really strong guys but we don't want to wait back with the rest. We're having a fantastic time, being careful; we're hydrating ourselves carefully, we're eating as we go. We're having a great time and we're thinking about everybody who's supporting us on this ride. I've got my sheet of sponsored miles with me, I'm up to mile #28 sponsored by Temple Beth Shalom, and I'm grateful for everybody who's helped send me on this thing. I will check in again another couple of rest stops from now. Thanks.

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"Hi, this is Jeff from the the Rest Stop at 27.64 Miles. About 36 times 2007. I believe it's somewhere 9:00 in the morning. It's one of the most beautiful days I've ever seen. I've already ditched my wind breaker I still got the knee warmer on because I think that it's still below 65 degrees. But it's one wap(?) quickly. It's gorgeous out here. Everybody is having a fantastic time. And let's see, a group of 4 of the strong riders on our team Steven, Joe, Ray and guy I can't remember. Pulled ahead of us pretty early. There's a large group behind us and Courtney here, Heather and I are sort of in the middle. Coss we can't keep up with the really strong guys but we don't wanna wait back with the rest. We're having a fantastic time being careful we're hydrating ourselves carefully, we're eating as we go. We're having a great time and we're thinking about everybody who's supporting us on this ride. I've got my students support with Miles with me I'm up to my # 28 sponsored by Temple Detcholam(?). And I'm grateful for everybody whose help send me on this thing. I will check in again in another couple of stops from now. Thanks."”

tucsonorbust

“I am going on the warm-up/shake-down ride. It's about ten or a quarter past noon. I feel better after lying flat on my back for a while. I feel a little light-headed from the drugs, but I've got a good group of people around me."

(Courtney) "You didn't share??"

"No, I didn't share. And we're going to head out and do about 25, maybe 30 miles, including a big hill, and I'll report back in a couple of hours.”