Two Hundred Forty Five
Rider again...
I just got off the phone with Mike and John seems to be doing great. He's 30 - 40 miles from the Missouri border and coming up on time station 30. John is recovering from the mountains, Mike said John did really well going over the mountains but suffered a bit afterward and he lost much of the time reserve (over the cutoff speed) he had but he's building it back-up in preparation for the climbs in West Virginia later in the race. The switch in crew schedule seems to have worked well for both crew and John, and the current schedule for John is to ride about 15 miles and take a ten minute break in the van. John is usually riding about 15 - 17 mph and with the breaks in the van he's averaging about 13 mph (which is going to build up a good reserve over the 10.4 cutoff speed).
At a recent time station John and the crew enjoyed a barbecue and John has had a couple interviews recently while riding. He's also listened to American Flyers and Breaking Away (with the crew watching and describing some scenes to him) and is now listening to books on CD to help pass the time. John has been leapfrogging with John Jurczynski for quite awhile. Mike says John J and crew are the nicest people. If I understood correctly they have a motel room at the next time station that John (our John) will be able to use to get showered and perhaps take a rest in. I'm sure it's nice for both of them to have the other there for the camaraderie, and it's probably nice to be rabbit and hare to help keep the motivation up.
The weekend has brought out lots of recreational cyclists who encourage the racers and some towns have people with roadside parties to cheer the cyclists along. As Upton reports below other crews are very supporting and encouraging. Mike said some have bowed down in respect as John rolled by.
The sittings problems John had seem to have been resolved with the help from the crew and some hand problems which developed seem to have been taken care of by John succumbing to the crew's insistence that he wear gloves.
Mike says John's energy levels are high, his hydration is good (having problems with appropriate places to pee since he's drinking a lot and needs to go so often) and his stomach has settled down since he changed his diet (to fast food!).
I've found John in the Field Report 7 (starts at 2:11 - counting down) and 5 (1:48) videos. I haven't looked through the others yet, I'll link to them when I find something.
I just got off the phone with Mike and John seems to be doing great. He's 30 - 40 miles from the Missouri border and coming up on time station 30. John is recovering from the mountains, Mike said John did really well going over the mountains but suffered a bit afterward and he lost much of the time reserve (over the cutoff speed) he had but he's building it back-up in preparation for the climbs in West Virginia later in the race. The switch in crew schedule seems to have worked well for both crew and John, and the current schedule for John is to ride about 15 miles and take a ten minute break in the van. John is usually riding about 15 - 17 mph and with the breaks in the van he's averaging about 13 mph (which is going to build up a good reserve over the 10.4 cutoff speed).
At a recent time station John and the crew enjoyed a barbecue and John has had a couple interviews recently while riding. He's also listened to American Flyers and Breaking Away (with the crew watching and describing some scenes to him) and is now listening to books on CD to help pass the time. John has been leapfrogging with John Jurczynski for quite awhile. Mike says John J and crew are the nicest people. If I understood correctly they have a motel room at the next time station that John (our John) will be able to use to get showered and perhaps take a rest in. I'm sure it's nice for both of them to have the other there for the camaraderie, and it's probably nice to be rabbit and hare to help keep the motivation up.
The weekend has brought out lots of recreational cyclists who encourage the racers and some towns have people with roadside parties to cheer the cyclists along. As Upton reports below other crews are very supporting and encouraging. Mike said some have bowed down in respect as John rolled by.
The sittings problems John had seem to have been resolved with the help from the crew and some hand problems which developed seem to have been taken care of by John succumbing to the crew's insistence that he wear gloves.
Mike says John's energy levels are high, his hydration is good (having problems with appropriate places to pee since he's drinking a lot and needs to go so often) and his stomach has settled down since he changed his diet (to fast food!).
I've found John in the Field Report 7 (starts at 2:11 - counting down) and 5 (1:48) videos. I haven't looked through the others yet, I'll link to them when I find something.
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