Malcolm Mize - Cycling Blog

On Friday, we rode a total of 56 miles. We had lots of sunshine
to make up for the lack thereof on Thursday. It was hot and humid, but
much better than thunderstorms. I had not realized how little Micah
had drank on Thursday, and he had gotten a little dehydrated. During
the night he woke up with terrible cramps and he slept very poorly.
Despite that, he rode like a champ on Friday. We did not have any rain
during the ride, but again, we slept poorly due to horrible thunder
storms in Mullins where we spent the night. There was a lot of wind,
rain, and hail.

Today is one of the easiest days as far as terrain goes, but with the
wind in your face, two days of riding behind you, and longer stints
between rest stops, it is not an easy day. Our front pack riders have
been training very hard this year, and they are were rolling today.
The first 53 miles, up to the school where we join the two packs for
the final 3 miles, we averaged 18.4 mph!  Micah was getting very worn
out today as up to lunch we rode two legs that were both with only one
break before lunch. I told him we could stop and drop back to the
slower pack, but he wanted to keep going. About 8 miles to lunch, he
was feeling pretty rough, all  of the riders were encouraging him, but
Mark Coan was a life saver. For 8 miles he kept talking to Micah about
anything and everything.  We moved to the back of the front pack where
with our extra momentum, we could get some speed and coast a little
more to let him raise up out of the saddle more. We made it to lunch,
rested and were good for the rest of the trip.

We had several firsts this year. Of course I am most proud of Micah
being the youngest AB to complete the entire CTTS route. Abigail W.,
another 10 year old rode over 100 miles of the route solo. Megan M.
was the first female to ride with the front pack. We had a great ride,
can't wait until next year.

Thank you all for your support of ASAP and CTTS!

Megan M.

Abigail W.

Brian M, $15,000 fund raiser

At the finish - 180 miles done

Micah said maybe he will ride this next year!