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ST: Day 12

2 Comments / Southern Tier Bike Route / zanaridg@gmail.com

Daily Miles: 67 Total Miles: 784.7 Max: 25.4 Avg: 14.6 Time on the bike: 04:33:53 I woke up early in the hotel room, 5:30 AM, and couldn’t get back to bed so I started getting ready. Everything was somewhat dry and this made me happy. I had a long day ahead so it was probably […]

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ST: Day 11

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Daily Miles: 79.4 Total Miles: 717.77 Max: 34.9 Avg: 14.1 Time on the bike: 05:37:14 Today wasn’t that great. Let me explain:  When you camp on the gulf coast and the humidity is 95% it isn’t fun. When I came back from dinner last night everything was basically wet. This is different from damp. Damp

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ST: Day 10

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Daily Miles: 64 Total Miles: 638.4 Max: 32.1 Average: 15.4 Time on the Bike: 04:09:02 I had a good night at the youth building and woke up around 6:30. I grabbed some breakfast right next store per Jebs recommendation and Yelp. The food was really good but unfortunately I found a dead cockroach in the

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ST: Day 9

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Daily Miles: 84.8 Total Miles: 574.3 Max: 26 Average: 14.1 Time on the bike: 05:58:34 I slept like a rock from 9 PM until 6:30 AM. I don’t even think I woke up at all. It was one of those deep sleeps where you feel like the dream your having is real and don’t want

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ST: Day 8

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Daily Miles: 56.9 Total Miles: 489.5 Max: 25.2 Average: 14.7 Time on the Bike: 03:51:59 I slept pretty well and when I woke up my butt mostly felt “okay”. The morning ride was moist and cool from the humidity but it was still just t-shirt weather.  I rode by the Tylson Air Force base where

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ST: Day 7

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Daily Miles: 67.4 Total Miles: 432.7 Max: 37 mph!!! (Big Downhill from a bridge) Avg: 15.1 mph Time on the Bike: 04:26:41 I woke up before dawn and was riding my bicycle by 7:30. I had an ambitious goal of reaching Panama City, over 80 mile away, so I wanted to make sure I got

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ST: Day 6

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Daily Miles: 66 Total Miles: 365 (I accidentally reset the bike computer so no additional stats) I grabbed some morning coffee with Scott and we chatted for a good hour about his shop and life in general. He’s a very intersting guy and I found out he was actually a professional cyclist back in the

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ST: Day 5

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Daily Miles: 70.3 Total Miles: 299.1 Average Speed: 13.3 mph Max Speed: 30.2 mph Tim on the Bike: 05:16:27 It was 25 degrees this morning so I put on all my available clothes and braved the outside air.  I warmed up quick and was actually comfortable. I had a tailwind most of the day which

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ST: Day 4

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Ichetucknee Springs to Madison, FL Daily Miles: 72.9 Total Miles: 228.7 Max Speed: 23.7 mph Avg Speed: 12.4 mph Time Pedaling: 05:51:39 I woke up and walked outside to go to the bathroom and it was indeed very very cold. I can’t complain seeing as many friends and family in the northern part of the

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ST: Day 3

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Gainesville to Ichetucknee Springs State Park Daily Miles: 46.2 Total Miles: 155.8 Avg Pace: 11.3 mph Max Speed: 22.4 mph Time Riding: 04:04:46 Apparently my bike computer keeps track of all those stats above. I’ll post them from now on as a reminder of how much of a turtle I am on a loaded touring

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