97 miles

Today I biked 97 miles. It was hot and very tiring but I finished with a smile on my face and a huge sense of achievement. Bike and Build is really one of the most physically and mentally challenging things I will probably ever do, but the support from the group is just so amazing that I don't think giving up crosses anybody's mind.

After first lunch (if the ride is over 90 miles and/or it is over 90 degrees out we get two lunches - today it was both) my group of 6 had only 1 hour and 20 minutes to go the 22 miles to the ferry that was leaving at 1:15pm. We booked it - keeping our speed at 19 - 21 mph the whole time and caught it just on time. Almost the whole rest of the group was already on the ferry (my group had had a few problems with losing things and flat tires) and when we got on they allgave us high fives and stuff. That hour and 20 minutes was the hardest I've pushed it on BnB (I usually go about 15 - 17mph) and it felt so amazing to make the ferry.

After we got off the ferry we still had 37 miles to ride, and it went by pretty quickly until we hit the rolling hills about 5 miles from the church who is hosting us. After riding 92 miles they were very challenging. It was a struggle, but we made it and when we got here we got a lot more high fives.

One guy on my trip, Justin, made an anouncement today about how awesome group is. He basically summed up my thoughts talking about all the support we give one another and how happy and motivated we all are even after a 97 mile day like today.

Tomorrow and Thursday we are building in Mobile, and I'm realy looking foreward to getting back to why we are here: affordable housing.