Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Day 45- Damascus to Christiansburg

Christiansburg = end of section 11. Boy did I tear this section up,
380 miles over 3.5 days of riding! Oh yeah, and through the
Appalachian mountains... Child's play. Well not quite, my thighs did
hurt a bit but again, I still got up every climb just fine. On the
last section, number 12, there are only a few smaller climbs and then
one big ass crazy steep climb left. I'll tackle the big one on
Thursday, it's apparently 4 miles of up to 22% steep climbing... Might
take a while to get up there! I have to mention that the lady at last
night's B&B was just the sweetest thing: she did my laundry for $3,
and it smelt heavenly before I sweated all over it again. She made me
a huge delicious breakfast, and made sure I packed a banana as a
snack. It's people like her that make this trip so much more enjoyable!

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