2013 Tour De Rook – Leg 18 The Karma Edition.

To the stats!

  1. Miles: 22.86Tour_Rook
  2. Time: 1:35.49
  3. Max Speed: 25.2 mph
  4. Average Speed: 14.2 mph
  5. iPod:
    1. America – History: America’s Greatest Hits
    2. Cinderella – Long Cold Winter
    3. Indigo Girls – Rites of Passage
  6. Temperature: 82°F
  7. Wind: SW 14 G 21 mph
  8. Humidity: 70%

Maybe I am weird. I do not know. But damn I love riding in hot, humid weather. Granted, I have a bit of a headache at the moment, but that is as much due to not having my daily dose of coffee yet as to the heat. And I have to admit, my stats are a bit off. But with a stiff 14 mph wind in my face for the first half, with gusts of 21 mph, I think I am lucky to have maintained over a 14 mph average.

Oh, and at Finlayson I did a good deed! While I was walking a bit to give my ass a break from the bike seat two gentlemen were trying to load a car onto a trailer. Turns out they had pushed it about 2 and a half blocks to a downgrade where they figured they could than push the car onto the trailer. I had yet to stretch and so went over to help them. They were right about the downgrade in the road, it helped. However, just the two of them would never been able to get the car on the trailer. It took two to push it on with one steering.

I have to say, it is about the most selfless act I have ever done. I just helped. No exchange of names, no handshakes even. But they were obviously grateful, and I have to admit I felt pretty fucking good about helping. Also, I consider it an act of paying it forward; people have helped me through the years; whom I have never seen since. Hopefully it is some good karma I have sent forward.