6/17/07 - Time Station 45

TS 45 - Athens, OH. Clocked in at 21:40 PM with 2505.0 miles into the race and 537.8 miles to go. They climbed 2,090ft this section bringing them to a total climb of 76,000 ft. Average speed was 20.32 mph.

6/17/07 - Time Station 44

TS 44 - Circleville, OH. Clocked in at 18:57 PM with 2449.8 miles into the race and 593.0 miles to go. They climbed 180 ft this section bringing them to a total climb of 73,900 ft. Average speed was 23.41 mph.

6/17/07 - Comment from Rider - John

John – I have a couple of interesting stories about riding in the rain today. Pete and I were standing on the side of the rode and it was starting to sprinkle. We thought we’d get a little rain and it would be nice. I said something about grabbing my windbreaker and he said let me go grab it for you. Jeff comes up the road and I said no it would be fine. As Jeff comes up there was a clap of thunder. I looked at Pete and said, “Looks like there’s a storm coming” and he said, “Yep”. Within 30 seconds I got dumped on and then within 30 more seconds I was soaked from head to toe. I go out and ride for 10 miles. We put Chelsea on the road. The storm lets up but it’s still sprinkling and cold outside. She gets soaked. Then it’s time to put Pete on the road but he’s not ready so Jeff goes out into the rain and rides. Then right as it’s Pete’s turn and he goes out, the sun comes up and the rain stops. I said to Pete, “Hey, Pete, the weather looks pretty nice.” Pete says, “Yep. .I think I’ll go for a bike ride.”

6/17/07 - Time Station 43

TS 43 - London, OH. Clocked in at 5:25 PM with 2413.9 miles into the race and 628.9 miles to go. They climbed 1,180 ft this section bringing them to a total climb of 73,700 ft. Average speed was 20.79 mph.

6/17/07 - Comment from Rider - Chelsea

Chelsea at 12:34 PM – “Hey this is Chelsea calling again. I have to tell you about a McDonald’s experience. My husband decided to eat a Big Mac at McDonald’s because he’s starving. Well, I just want to tell you that not even 20 min later, that Big Mac is somewhere in Kansas a sitting on the side of the road. It didn’t last long. Right now we just hit some rain. It’s coming down pretty steadily. It’s warm and it’s humid. It’s an adventure. We’re still having fun. We’ll keep you updated.”

6/17/07- Comment from Crew- Ken

I'm in the vehicle following Jeff P. right now and there's a strong tail wind to our advantage. We're coming up to a seven mile section ahead where we should run into bad crosswinds though. We hope the tail wind continues and that we'll roll into Atlantic City late Monday.

6/17/07 Comment from Rider- Chelsea

The team exchange last night in Western Ohio went swimmingly. The graveyard team averaged over 20 mph, they were just cooking. We're cruising through lots of beautiful corn fields, it's warm out and we have just encountered our first tail wind and Big Jim is cruising at over 30 mph now. Missouri was beautiful but I've decided that it was so miserable it should be called misery!

6/17/07 - Comment from Rider - Jeff

Jeff at 12:57 AM Sunday - "We’re okay. It’s almost 1 AM your time back home and we are on the road and going. We’re gone through our rotation once . We thought it would be kind of important to let you know how it’s going. Yesterday we counted numerous road kill. One whole family of raccoons was all over the road – dead. Today we are very excited, though. After having rescued one turtle from the middle of the road – helping him get across from the other side, Jim received an award from PETA for his human rights sensitivities there. Today already we are very excited. We’ve had a string of good luck seeing live animals. Ron almost encountered a skunk and then after that we saw 3 raccoons on the white line. Ron reported that one of the raccoons was taking a sobriety test. Apparently successfully walking down in a straight line. About one mile later we had to avoid hitting a doe. That would be a deer – doe – a female deer. And then just recently and we still have the evidence in the van – we avoided another skunk."

6/17/07 - Time Station 42

TS 42 - Troy, OH. They clocked in at 2.46 PM with 2358.8 miles into the race and 684.0 miles to go. They climbed 1,190 ft this section bringing them to a total climb of 72,500 ft.Average speed was 22.47 mph. Holding in 5th place.

6/17/07 - Time Station 41

TS 41 - Cambridge City, IN. Clock in time was 11:57 AM. Miles into the race: 2295.5. Miles to go: 747.3. They climbed 820 ft this section bringing them to a total climb of 71,300 ft. Average speed this section: 23.47 mph.

6/17/07 - Time Station 40

TS 40 - Indianapolis, IN. They clocked in at 9:29 AM with 2237.6 miles into the race and 805.2 miles to go. They climbed 830 ft this section bringing them to a total climb of 70,500 ft. Average spped this section was 18.74 mph.

6/17/07 - Time Station 39

TS 39 - Putnamville, IN. They clocked in at 7:04 AM this morning with 2192.3 miles into the race and 850.5 miles to go. They climbed 1,370 ft this section bringing them to a total of 69,700 ft of climbing. Their average speed for this section aws 19.97 mph.

6/17/07-Comment From Riders

We entered Indiana at 1AM on Sunday morning and are traveling across toward Indianapolis. We had an animal attack upon entering the state when an angry Indianan Rabbit came off the road and went full boar into Jim's tires. Apparently he was trying to take a nibble off one of Jim's toes but his attempt was thwarted when Jim kept his pace. Not the warm welcome the team was looking for, but they didn't let it slow them down!

6/17/07 - Time Station 38

TS 38 - Marshall, IL. They clocked in at 4:35 AM with 2142.7 miles into the race and 900.1 miles to the finish. They climbed 740 ft this section bringing them to a total climb of 68,300 ft. Average speed this section was 20.92 mph.

6/17/07- Time Station 37

TS 37 - Effingham, IL. They clocked in at 2:11 with 2092.5 miles into the race and 950.3 miles to the finish. They climbed 590 ft this section bringing their total climbing to 67,600 ft. Avg. speed this section: 19.48 mph and going strong.

6/17/07-TS 36: Greenville, IL

TS 36 - Greenville, IL. They clocked in at 23:41 with 2042.5 miles into the race and 1000.3 miles to the finish. They climbed 880 ft this section bringing their total climbing to 67,000 ft. Avg. speed this section: 20.60 mph. Just curious, is Greenville really Green?