“Good morning. This is a test voice post. My first one was cut off. I'm not sure why. So this is the 2nd test voice post to make sure that I can live blog for the Tucson tomorrow.”

“Well, I did it again. Somehow I managed to shave four minutes off both my biking time and my clock time from last year. I honest-to-God don't know how the hell that happened; I guess I was pushing pretty hard at the end there, but I'm done. Mom and Dad and Mark Giordano greeted me at the finish line. I've checked in with Team in Training, and I got my third "hundred mile" pin; I'm going to get my medal now. I'll post with more details later. Thank you for following, thank you for your support, bye bye!

Original transcription:

Well, I did it again. ___ how I manage to safe 4 mins off for my biking time and my clock time from last year. I honestly got don't know how the hell that happened. I guess I was pushing pretty hard in getting there but I'm done. Mom and Dad marked you down agreed to me at first part. I've checked in with you in training and I got my 3rd hundred mile. I'm going to get my medal now. I'll post with more details later. Thank you for following, thank you for your support. Bye bye.”

tucsonorbust

“Now entering Mile 105, and just like last year, these last five miles are for Mom. I'll see you soon.

Original transcription:

Now entering mile 105 and just like last year we just like 5mi off from mom. I'll see you soon.”

tucsonorbust

“It's Mile 94, 15 miles to go, it's about 3:30. I'm feeling good, I may actually finish earlier than I did last year. Not counting on it, but it might actually happen. Gonna take a bio break, get a quick snack, and hit the road again. Thanks for checking in.

Original transcription:

___ 94, 15mi to go. It's about 3:30. I'm feeling good. I know I'd actually finish earlier than I did last year, not counting on us but might actually happen. Can take a bio(?) break, get a quick snack and hit the road again. Thanks for checking in.”

tucsonorbust

“I'm here at Mile 86, getting some Gatorade and topping off the water bottles, bananas and oranges. I tried to do a voice post from Mile 74, but I couldn't get enough cellphone signal. Mom and Dad stopped at that stop as well, and I told them that I was behind last year's pace, which I'm going to revise now, because I completely forgot that there's a ridiculous stretch of about ten miles where we get to go 20 to 25mph on some pretty long flats and slight downhills, so I got to Mile 86 pretty quickly. There's 23 miles left - what time is it? Anybody? Got a watch?

Random person: It's 2:30.

2:30 right now. (Thank you.) And 23 miles left, I'm guessing I'm gonna come in ahead of 4:30, which is when I came in last year. Hopefully Mom and Dad are checking on the blog. Maybe I'll just give them a call anyway. Thanks for following, and talk to you soon!

Original transcription:

I'm here at Mile 86 getting some Gatorade and topping off the water bottles cos I have some oranges. I tried to do a voice post from Mile 74 but I couldn't get enough cellphone signal. Mom and Dad stopped at that stop as well and I told them I was behind last years pace which I'm going to revive now because I completely forgot that there's a ridiculous stretch in about 10mi where we're got to go 20 to 25mi an hour on some pretty on ___ like ___ so I got Mile 86 pretty quickly there's 23mi left what time it is? Anybody? Got a watch? It's 2:30. 2:30 right now. Thank you and 23mi left. I'm guessing I'm gonna come to ahead to 4:30 which was I came in last year. Hopefully Mom and Dad are checking on the block. They ___ give a call anyway thanks for following and talk to you soon.”

tucsonorbust

“Hi, it's Jeff, from Mile 66 of El Tour de Tucson XXVI. It's still absolutely gorgeous out. The entire New York City team is ahead of me at this point, which is just fine. I got to see almost all of them at the lunch stop, which was at Mile 54, at the end of the street where Matthew Goldberg's parents still live. We had some lunch, had some photos, reapplied sunscreen, a lot of it, got some water that I don't think we were even supposed to have, and then set out again. I didn't check the time before I made this call; my guess is that it's something like 12:30 or getting closer to one o'clock. Who knows? I guess you'll find out by the time-stamp on this post, remembering of course that Tucson is two hours earlier than New York. And I guess I've got 43 miles to go. My legs are hurting, my back is feeling better than last year, I'm feeding myself better than last year, but my legs are weaker. So it's really just a matter of which part of me wins, I guess. I have the energy, I just don't know whether I have the muscle, but I'm gonna keep going, about to go up a long but shallow hill, and that should be fun, and I will check in again in a little while. Thanks for following.

Original transcription:

Hey, it's Jeff from Miles 66 that fell through the Tuscan 26. It's still absolutely gorgeous house. The entire New York city team was ahead of me at this point which is just fine. I got to see all the store from the lunch stop which was at Mile 54 at the end of the street where Mathew Goldberg's parents still live. We we had some lunch had some frodo's(?) re applied sun screen a lot of it. Got some water that I don't think we were even suppose to have and then set out again. I didn't check the time before I made this call. My guess is that it's something like 12:30 or getting close to 1:00. Who knows? I guess you'll find out by the snap on this post. Remembering of course that Tuscan is 2 hour's earlier than New York and I guess I've got 43mi to go. My legs are hurting my back is healing better than last year but my legs are weaker. So it's it's really just a matter which part of me wins I guess. I have the energy I just don't know whether I have the muscle but I'm gonna keep going about to go up a long but shallow hill and that should be fun and I check in again in a little while. Wing”

tucsonorbust

“Hey, it's Jeff. It's about twenty after ten in the morning, we're at mile #40. Boy Scouts holding our bikes while we go use the porta-Johns and get some orange sections and bananas and Fig Newtons. It's still an incredibly gorgeous day; I've got about twelve or thirteen miles left until the lunch stop, and I should hit there right about 11 o'clock if we keep up this pace, which would be good 'cause then I can take off my arm warmers and knee warmers and give them to somebody. My legs are starting to feel this ride a little more than last year. We just got done with this sort of roller-coastery section that's a great deal of fun, and I hit something like 34mph on some of the downhills, but getting to the top of the next one was a little more challenging than I remember it, so I'm starting to feel the relative lack of training. I'm still convinced that I'm going to make it through the next 69 miles, but we'll see, so keep checking in and thanks for your support.

Original transcription:

Hey, it's Jeff. It's about 10:20 in the morning. We're at Mile no. 40. Boy scouts holding their bikes while we go use the ___ and get some orange sections and bananas and ___. It's still incredibly going to stay. I've got about 12 or 13mi left until the lunch stop(?) and I should hit there right about 11:00 if if we keep up this pace which should be good coz like I can take off my arm walkers(?) and knee warmers and give them to somebody. My legs are starting to feel this ride a little more than last year. We just got done with this sort of roller coastery(?) section. That's a great deal of fun and I and I hit something like 34mi an hour in some of the down hills but it sound that some of the next ___ a little more challenging than I remember it. So it's starting to feel the relative lack of training. I'm still convinced them they'll make it to the next 1600mi. But we'll see, so keep checking in and thanks for your support.”

tucsonorbust

“This is Jeff, it's - what time is it? It's 9:30, and I'm at mile 31.5, topping off my water and mixing some Gatorade. I thought the entire New York team was ahead of me, but they just passed me about thirty seconds ago, so I guess I'll catch up at the next rest stop, probably. It's a gorgeous day, it's a little bit cooler than last year. I took off my windbreaker, but I haven't taken off my arm warmers or knee warmers yet. Then again, I haven't seen anybody from Team in Training staff that I could give it to anyway. Anyway, the biking's good - my legs are still pumping, and I guess we're a little more than a quarter of the way there. I believe that my mother and father, and my friend Mark are waiting for me at the lunch stop at mile 53, at Matt Goldberg's parents' house; looking forward to that. Thanks for checking in, thanks for sponsoring me, and I'll check in again soon.”

tucsonorbust

“Hi, it's Jeff. It's the morning of the ride, it's about seven minutes after six in the morning, so we're fifty-three minutes away from starting El Tour de Tucson XXVI. I'm here with the entire New York City team, it's dark out, we're waiting for the sunrise, there's loud music playing, and there's a lot of people and a lot of bikes here. Stay tuned, it's gonna get good.

Original transcription:

Hi, it's Jeff. It's the morning at the ride. It's about 6:07 in the morning. So we're 53 minutes away from starting our ___ on 26. I'm here with the entire New York City ___. It's dark out we're waiting for the sunrise, there's loud music playing and there's a lot of people and a lot of bikes here. Stay tuned it's gonna get good”

tucsonorbust

“Hi, this is Jeff; it's Friday, the day before El Tour de Tucson 26. The New York City team is halfway through with its shake-out ride; we're at the top of the Big A Hill again. We all made it to the top, more or less - Larry is currently fixing his flat. The DC team took our picture, and we took the DC team's picture; it's all friendly up here. I'm just testing my blog's voice-post capabilities, making sure it works for tomorrow. Thanks for checking in, and don't forget, you'll be able to read the ride as it goes tomorrow, all day. Bye bye!

Original Transcription:

Hi this is Jeff it's Friday the day before ___ Tucson 26. The New York city ___ week is half way through with it's shake out ride, we're at the top of the Big A hill again. We all know the photographer more or less, Larry is currently picking his flight. The DC Team took our picture and we took the DC Teams picture, it's all friendly up here. I'm just checking my bog's voice post capabilities making sure it works for tomorrow. Thanks for checking and don't forget you'll be able to read the light(?) as it goes tomorrow all day. Bye bye.”

tucsonorbust