Today we rode from Mansfield, PA to Ithaca, NY which as about 73 miles.
(YAY UPSTATE NY!) When we left that morning we expected it to be a 60
mile day, but as I'm beginning to learn plans always change. Overall the
hills today weren't that bad, but everyone was tired from the 100 miles
the day before. About 10 miles after the first water stop my group
stopped for some fresh picked strawberries from farm stand :] They were
the best strawberries EVER! Anyway, Cali started talking with a
gentlemen who suggested we should be on the local news so before we know
it, Cali gives Steve's number to a new reporter who is going to come
and film us riding our bikes and talk about our cause and the 4K for
Cancer on the 11pm news. After the lunch stop we meet up with her and
she begins to film us riding and taking water breaks and all that fun
stuff. When we finished climbing up the gradual mountain to get to
Ithaca, we began to descend which was honestly the longest downhill I
have ever encountered. Literally 4 miles of beautiful, scenic downhill
into the town of Ithaca. When we got down the mountain and entered the
lovely NY town with every kind of fast food restaurant you could think
of, we thought we were nearly there but ohh were we mistaken. We were at
mile 70 and still had 2 miles of mountain to climb to get to our host.
Talk about not feeling your legs. Oh my goodness those last few hills
were hard. Our host is the local YMCA tonight so we get showers :] Yay!
Check me out on television! http://www.weny.com/news/All/biking-across-america-for-cancer-053112
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