The Tour Winds Down
Thursday June 27, 2019. Brattleboro, VT to Burlington, MA. 91 miles Ascent/Descent= 4,518/3684 feet. Cumulative= 3,579 miles Friday June 29, 2019. Burlington, MA to Revere Beach, MA. 18 miles Ascent/Descent= 473/620. Cumulative= 2,599 miles Thursday morning we learned that our hospitalized tour member was answering texts and email. His physical injuries are substantial, but it is clear that that the emotional pain of not being able to finish with the rest of us after being so close was his bigger problem. We all thought about him as we went about tackling the last big day of biking, and one of the harder days at that. Perceptions as to how hard this day would actually be seemed to vary from rider to rider. The stats on our cue sheets (written route instructi