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yesterday was the last day and it went really good

70 miles 

70 miles until i could finally be around the place i love 

i had a few supporters on the road

the Piens were waiting in patterson with a big GO CHRIS sign

and then i stopped at red rooster drank a milkshake then started riding again

when i got into familiar scenes i was so overwhelmed with happiness i smiled the rest of the way

i got to the bottom of the hill then my boy DAN was waiting with a big C painted on his chest

i was so happy to be home

but i still ride all the time

check out this article Chrissy wrote about me! 

haulin' on home DAY 8

today i was heading to the half way point between saratoga and home

i started off alright but then i started to get nautious and started to get a head ache

it was all uphill too.. like 25 miles of climbing.... 

i had to stop with around half way (42 miles) because i really couldnt stay on the bike

we decided i was suffering from heat  and dehydration =(

im glad that ill be home tommorow!

haulin' on home DAY 7

today was just a short 33 miles

but it was so hard!

it was all hilly and i took two wrong turns and had to climb hills i wasnt suppose to

but i am so happy i have 2 days off!

haulin' on home day 5 & 6

day 5 (yesterday, recovery)

i was still a little traumatized from the crash the day before... so i took it easy and a wise cyclist told me to do only 25-50 miles so thats exactly what i did... around 35 miles...

day 6 (gloomy lone wolf)

after a bad night of sleep due to a horrific thunderstorm the night before .. me being in a tent was not so sleep friendly
i got up tired as a bear in hibernation

i was out on the road riding alone with justin and mom stopping ahead every 2-3 miles
i got on my bike and the skies were so dark

i was feeling great averaging 18 mph the whole way
i got through 60 miles by eating , eating e gels, drinking e fuel and water, and commentating my own tour de france with team columbia domanating... pretending like i was my favorite and desire to meet BIG GEORGE HINCAPIE

when i had 14 miles to go i had to climb a wall for 10 miles and then decend 4 miles

i did 74 miles in 4 hours and it felt great!

haulin' on home DAY 4 (day at the hospital)

today we were riding to rochester from niagara falls... we were riding for only 2 miles when we came to some railroad tracks that were passing over diagonally and we went to cross them, my mom in front... me right behind

the first rail we got over fine and then i got this weird gut feeling and then the chills... then next thing i know my mom went down and my tire went into her and i flipped over my handle bars i got up right away and looked down at my mom and saw her laying down at the concrete and i got so scared that i let out a yelp and then a tear... i ran over to my bike and called my dad who was in the car a few miles up the road... they came back and got all of our road rash cleaned up... i seriously thought my mom was really injured for that slight second... i got back on the bike to see if i can continue the ride but i was in so much pain in my shoulder and up my leg that i just stopped

my mom hit her head and was feeling woozy so we went to the hospital

every thing is fine with both of us

jsut some bumps and bruises and i got an awesome lunch there 

i hope to get up and ride tommorow

haulin' on home DAY 3

today we are going on number four, but since my lack of wi-fi... this post is for 2  days ago

it was a good day... we were feeling good (me and justin) i think what made it hard was we stopped when we didnt need to and that first stop was too long

but around fourty miles.... we got chased by a dog, leading justin in potholes, the dog was like rabid or somehting... then we were riding along when justin stopped yelping my name

'chris chris something is wrong oh dear awesome brother of mine" - his exact words

we looked at it and it turns out he popped a spoke and broke another one... so we were deciding whether to keep going with mom in justins place... but then it started to rain so we just packed up and finished the ride by car...

haulin' on home DAY 2

today we started the canada portion of the ride

lets say it was a false flat and it smelled bad

i pushed through the false flat and stopped at the bathroom and sprayed lavender air freshener on my gloves so i can smell that instead of smelling the gross cow manuer 

i saw a fox and a blue heron and that means good luck

justin got some video and it was a good day

im ready for tommorow

Praying Mantis

Chris and I just before ride out.

 

Today was the start of my ride… we are still in Michigan so me and our good friend chris went to the Canadian border and back

Justin and mom followed us and got some good video footage for my dvd

There was a praying mantis on my handle bars and it stayed there for a good 10 minutes

I guess its good luck for the ride…

scavengers

so i went out with my friend nick today

took him on the delancy route... he took it unbelievably welll

but the best thing was we were riding and in the woods (5 feet away) at least seven voultures flew over my head... i looked over and they were munching on a dead deer...

delicious

5 more days !!!!!!