Date: 6/10/2015
Time: 8.15pm 6/11/2015
Location: Supposedly 105 S 4th but didn't blog last night
Weather: Very sunny and windy, hot
So I didn't blog last night cause I spent all of my time drinking thai iced tea, and catch up with humans of CU. :)
Yesterday morning we were served with ham and omelette, with a choice of milk, juice, or coffee. They were really good!! The downside was that I had to control the amount of food I had so that my stomach fluid wouldn't regurgitate while I biked.
It was a homecoming day that everyone was very excited about. Everyone went on a fast pace and was fast to roll out. We bid the people at Rockville goodbye and left. They were crying when they hugged us before we left :')
I was biking with Andrew and first time with Alex. Andrew and Alex went pretty fast. We went off route a little at the beginning of ride. But that wasn't really a big deal. We were the second to reach the first rest stop that had a whole lot of bugs flying everywhere. As we left after the snacks and refilling our water bottles, Andrew realized that we were going off route from the way we bike towards the sun. When he checked, we realized that we were off by 6 miles. Apparently the first rest stop went off route too. As we came back to the planned route, we've already done extra 13 miles.
The bad thing was that we've been going downhill the entire 6 miles. And we had to climb the hills for 6 miles to get back on track. There were so many dogs chasing us idk why @@
We planned to be at the Alma Mater by 2.30pm. However, with the extra 12 miles we went, I was exhausted. The worse part is, the final 40 miles were hot and super windy. It used up so much of my energy to bike against the wind. Oh we did stop by Tory's house to have lunch. Her dad is a farmer, he doesn't just own farms, but also two horses and three dogs. Thanks to Tory's mom for holding on to the dog while I was getting my food. Haha
As soon as we reached Ashley's house we rolled to Alma Mater and made a great entrance by 3 something pm. Everyone was there to cheer for us, as if our ride has already over. I was so happy to see dada, Sam, and Chee Hoe when I reached the Alma Mater. I even got one big bottle of Thai iced tea as soon as I arrived! Thanks dada!! Then we took a few group pics and individual pics, and we went to Basil Thai for kao mun kai tod and two more glasses of Thai iced tea. Then Sam and Ks went to pick up my backpack and sleeping bag, while I went to RAL to meet Shampa. While I was talking to Shampa, Prof Zimmerman came over and introduced Chun Ho to us. To my surprise, Prof Zimmerman asked for a picture of him and I. He even asked me to roll up my jersey sleeves and shorts just to get my tan in his phone.
Then I went home, showered, and was ready to go out to have dinner at Empire. We had an awesome dinner last night but I didn't eat much cause I was too tired. :3 Thanks to the best guy on earth, I had a very perfectly sewed stuff sack for my sleeping bag, had my laundry done, had my backpack repacked, and had a chocolate cake!! Yay! He even planned for our trip in California!! Thank you so much for taking a bus down all the way from AA, and coming to meet me again tomorrow. I really appreciate everything you've done for me, sayang. :')
Went to bed at 1am last night and was up by 6am this morning.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Day 19: Indianapolis to Rockville, IN
Date: 6/9/2015
Time: 9.15pm
Weather: Sunny, warm
Location: Rockville United Methodist church
My morning was greeted with a little cute puppy. It was so embarrassing that everyone watched me running everywhere just to get away from the puppy. :3 So we were out by 7.30am as the first group. But somehow today's ride was kinda messy-we missed a couple turns, and were off by A couple miles. When we reached the first rest stop, we were told that the first group left like 45 minutes ago. Then we went faster and reached the lunch stop at 12.30pm.
At the lunch stop, we met this guy Nate. He did a portrait with us. In th interview he mentioned that he's a firefighter, and had been through stuffs like explosions and lost his close friend to a house fire. I couldn't hear very clearly the things he said because the huge trucks that went pass made so much noise and I wasn't standing very close to him. I think what he said was he had a pain at the back of his head one day when he woke up, then the doctor diagnosed him with cancer. Until two days ago, he found out that the tumor is not cancerous, but he still has to go through surgery. Before he left, he called his crews and told them to meet us. We got all excited and I had my camera all ready to record if we see the fire trucks on our way to the stayover. They didn't show up eventually :/
When we reached the stayover, we were greeted by Randy. He had someone to drive us to a public restroom for shower. The guy who drove us there drives a mini bus. He waited for us and drove us back to the church again. Before taking shower, Randy prepared some fruits and snacks to welcome us too. The banana muffins, strawberries, and watermelon were so good!
The dinner was ready by 6pm. I swear that was the best meal I've had. There were bbq pork, beef steak, potatoes, mac and cheese, salads, desserts, and a lot more. I'll include photos! After dinner we had the opportunity to watch Dorothy, an 88-year-old lady performed tap dance. Then half an hour later we had a little "ceremony" in honor of Alberta, a woman who passed away from cancer. We first grabbed a huge ziploc bag and went around to grab a little of every snacks.
For the past 17 days, we've met so many wonderful people who provide us with good food, shuttling us for showers when they dont have showers in their churches, doing laundry for us, making sure that we're well-fed, we're safe, clean and comfortable. The people in Rockville treat us as if we're some VIPs. Also one thing I heard from Nate, the people in Rockville were told that if some vehicle pulled off at the side of the road, the people who drive pass should stop and check out. Such good community... This ride has been tough, but with the help from so many good folks, our ride has been much easier. People who appreciate us more than we deserve, at least that's what I think...
I'll be in Champaign tomorrow! Yay come and stop by at the Alma Mater to see our entrance tomorrow at 2.30pm!
Time: 9.15pm
Weather: Sunny, warm
Location: Rockville United Methodist church
My morning was greeted with a little cute puppy. It was so embarrassing that everyone watched me running everywhere just to get away from the puppy. :3 So we were out by 7.30am as the first group. But somehow today's ride was kinda messy-we missed a couple turns, and were off by A couple miles. When we reached the first rest stop, we were told that the first group left like 45 minutes ago. Then we went faster and reached the lunch stop at 12.30pm.
At the lunch stop, we met this guy Nate. He did a portrait with us. In th interview he mentioned that he's a firefighter, and had been through stuffs like explosions and lost his close friend to a house fire. I couldn't hear very clearly the things he said because the huge trucks that went pass made so much noise and I wasn't standing very close to him. I think what he said was he had a pain at the back of his head one day when he woke up, then the doctor diagnosed him with cancer. Until two days ago, he found out that the tumor is not cancerous, but he still has to go through surgery. Before he left, he called his crews and told them to meet us. We got all excited and I had my camera all ready to record if we see the fire trucks on our way to the stayover. They didn't show up eventually :/
When we reached the stayover, we were greeted by Randy. He had someone to drive us to a public restroom for shower. The guy who drove us there drives a mini bus. He waited for us and drove us back to the church again. Before taking shower, Randy prepared some fruits and snacks to welcome us too. The banana muffins, strawberries, and watermelon were so good!
The dinner was ready by 6pm. I swear that was the best meal I've had. There were bbq pork, beef steak, potatoes, mac and cheese, salads, desserts, and a lot more. I'll include photos! After dinner we had the opportunity to watch Dorothy, an 88-year-old lady performed tap dance. Then half an hour later we had a little "ceremony" in honor of Alberta, a woman who passed away from cancer. We first grabbed a huge ziploc bag and went around to grab a little of every snacks.
For the past 17 days, we've met so many wonderful people who provide us with good food, shuttling us for showers when they dont have showers in their churches, doing laundry for us, making sure that we're well-fed, we're safe, clean and comfortable. The people in Rockville treat us as if we're some VIPs. Also one thing I heard from Nate, the people in Rockville were told that if some vehicle pulled off at the side of the road, the people who drive pass should stop and check out. Such good community... This ride has been tough, but with the help from so many good folks, our ride has been much easier. People who appreciate us more than we deserve, at least that's what I think...
I'll be in Champaign tomorrow! Yay come and stop by at the Alma Mater to see our entrance tomorrow at 2.30pm!
Monday, June 8, 2015
Day 18: Richmond to Indianapolis, IN
Date: 6/8/2015
Time: 8pm
Weather: Rainy, windy
Location: Tabernacle Prebysterian church Indianapolis
The day after century ride-nothing but sores. Today was a 73 mile ride from Richmond, IN to Indianapolis, IN. It wasn't that bad though, it was just the strong wind that was going at 24kmph, against us. It hurts my knees so much pedaling through the wind. The whole ride was done in 8 hours from 7.30am till 3.30pm.
Before the lunch rest stop, we passes Emmy's group and saw Lizzie lying on the ground. I was worried that something serious was happening to her because I went through 104 miles with her yesterday and I know she's fine. When I reached the rest stop, she told me that she was havinv severe pain on her knees. Also at the lunch rest stop, Khrystyna stopped, because her knees were hurting too. She was pulling for quite some time before the rest stop, and maybe that's why she hurt her knees.
Sarah V. went back home to get a cast I heard, while Zack is also on his way back to Chicago too to have his knees check. It's crazy to see how everyone is down one by one, but everyone still keeps pushing his/herself. I take pills every day just so that I could ignore the pain and bike every single mile. If possible I don't want to ride in the van at all. I want to get every single mile in by biking. 3 weeks in and I'm still doing okay. Hopefully everything will be fine till the ride ends in August. 7 more weeks to go!
Today was a little rougher than usual because of the rain and possible thunderstorm. The rain makes everything worse-your socks and shoes get wet, pants amd sweater got very dirty, roads get slippery (we were told not to bike on paint-eg the white line on the side of the road), and the rain keeps getting into my eyes. There was this track which is very parallel to the road, it got so slippery cause of the heavy downpour. Jason, Hannah B, Lisa, and Shutian slipped and fell. That was a pretty busy traffic but fortunately the drivers saw us and stopped until we've totally pulled off. I saw them fell and got panic too. My tyre was trapped in the tracks. But fortunate enough, I managed to clip out in less than one second (I kid you not, it was really that precise) before my tyre got stuck, and I did not fall. It was very scary though, this is the first time I feel myself just sliding through the tracks and got trapped in the tracks.
The best thing you could hope for on these rides is good weather-no wind, not too hot, not too cold, no rain, and no hill. Which is totally not possible. :/
Anyways, today is the day our total mileage hits 1000 miles with the exact total of 1068 for my own record. Totally amazing ride! 3500 more miles to go// 10 more weeks to go. #keepgoing
Time: 8pm
Weather: Rainy, windy
Location: Tabernacle Prebysterian church Indianapolis
The day after century ride-nothing but sores. Today was a 73 mile ride from Richmond, IN to Indianapolis, IN. It wasn't that bad though, it was just the strong wind that was going at 24kmph, against us. It hurts my knees so much pedaling through the wind. The whole ride was done in 8 hours from 7.30am till 3.30pm.
Before the lunch rest stop, we passes Emmy's group and saw Lizzie lying on the ground. I was worried that something serious was happening to her because I went through 104 miles with her yesterday and I know she's fine. When I reached the rest stop, she told me that she was havinv severe pain on her knees. Also at the lunch rest stop, Khrystyna stopped, because her knees were hurting too. She was pulling for quite some time before the rest stop, and maybe that's why she hurt her knees.
Sarah V. went back home to get a cast I heard, while Zack is also on his way back to Chicago too to have his knees check. It's crazy to see how everyone is down one by one, but everyone still keeps pushing his/herself. I take pills every day just so that I could ignore the pain and bike every single mile. If possible I don't want to ride in the van at all. I want to get every single mile in by biking. 3 weeks in and I'm still doing okay. Hopefully everything will be fine till the ride ends in August. 7 more weeks to go!
Today was a little rougher than usual because of the rain and possible thunderstorm. The rain makes everything worse-your socks and shoes get wet, pants amd sweater got very dirty, roads get slippery (we were told not to bike on paint-eg the white line on the side of the road), and the rain keeps getting into my eyes. There was this track which is very parallel to the road, it got so slippery cause of the heavy downpour. Jason, Hannah B, Lisa, and Shutian slipped and fell. That was a pretty busy traffic but fortunately the drivers saw us and stopped until we've totally pulled off. I saw them fell and got panic too. My tyre was trapped in the tracks. But fortunate enough, I managed to clip out in less than one second (I kid you not, it was really that precise) before my tyre got stuck, and I did not fall. It was very scary though, this is the first time I feel myself just sliding through the tracks and got trapped in the tracks.
The best thing you could hope for on these rides is good weather-no wind, not too hot, not too cold, no rain, and no hill. Which is totally not possible. :/
Anyways, today is the day our total mileage hits 1000 miles with the exact total of 1068 for my own record. Totally amazing ride! 3500 more miles to go// 10 more weeks to go. #keepgoing
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Day 17: Columbus, OH to Richmond, IN (The Century Ride)
Date: 6/7/2015
Time: 10pm
Weather: Cloudy, hot
Location: First English Lutheran Church Richmond
Century ride today!
What's century ride or century club? It's the 100-mile ride! Yes we all did 104 miles (167 km) today, from Columbus, OH to Richmond, IN.
My group was the second last group to start the ride today. We left at 7.20am, stopped at mile 25, 50, 65, and 85. I did not have PBJ for lunch cause I felt like every time I ate it, I feel like I was gonna puke. @@ I had a chocolate chip muffin from Tim Hortons and saved a donut and chicke nuggets from Wendy's for rest stops. Hehe :D The ride ended at 6.50pm and we were served delicious lasagna, salad, and desserts.
The sweetest thing that happened today was the lady who followed us at the back. She said something like, " I don't know how far you guys are gonna go, but I'll be at the back". She followed us for a quite some distances before she made a turn. She pulled off and waved at us. Emmy and Sarah talked to her too before she left. Someone who doesn't even know us , chose to escort us on a busy highway just to keep us safe. Just too many amazing things happen in I4K ride, isn't it?
Century ride was relatively easy as compared to the 88-mile hilly ride. That was a disaster @@ Hmm the hardest part of today's ride might be the wind, or the saddle sore. I can't tell which is worse. Well #achievement definitely not easy to bike 100 miles in one day but we made it! 3 more days till Champaign! YAYYYY!
Photos:
Time: 10pm
Weather: Cloudy, hot
Location: First English Lutheran Church Richmond
Century ride today!
What's century ride or century club? It's the 100-mile ride! Yes we all did 104 miles (167 km) today, from Columbus, OH to Richmond, IN.
My group was the second last group to start the ride today. We left at 7.20am, stopped at mile 25, 50, 65, and 85. I did not have PBJ for lunch cause I felt like every time I ate it, I feel like I was gonna puke. @@ I had a chocolate chip muffin from Tim Hortons and saved a donut and chicke nuggets from Wendy's for rest stops. Hehe :D The ride ended at 6.50pm and we were served delicious lasagna, salad, and desserts.
The sweetest thing that happened today was the lady who followed us at the back. She said something like, " I don't know how far you guys are gonna go, but I'll be at the back". She followed us for a quite some distances before she made a turn. She pulled off and waved at us. Emmy and Sarah talked to her too before she left. Someone who doesn't even know us , chose to escort us on a busy highway just to keep us safe. Just too many amazing things happen in I4K ride, isn't it?
Century ride was relatively easy as compared to the 88-mile hilly ride. That was a disaster @@ Hmm the hardest part of today's ride might be the wind, or the saddle sore. I can't tell which is worse. Well #achievement definitely not easy to bike 100 miles in one day but we made it! 3 more days till Champaign! YAYYYY!
Photos:
Current total mileage: 991 miles
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Day 16: Zanesville to Columbus, OH
Date: 6/6/2015
Time: 8.45pm
Weather: Chilly
Location: United Methodist church, downtown Columbus
We started off our day with super good omelets by chef Bill Bird. I had bacon, sausages, green peppers, green onions, and cheese in my omelet, with a cup of chocolate milk, and a blueberry muffin.
One lady did our laundry for us. She brought all of the clothes back to his house, washed, dried, and folded them before bringing them back to us this morning. Normally van packing will be done before breakfast but since we didn't get our laundry back until breakfast started so the sequence were adjusted a little.
Because the breakfast was so good, everyone spent extra time on breakfast this morning, and we rolled out by like 8am. Fortunately we had only 58 miles today, and everyone was able to get to the stayover by 1pm.
I met up with Munish, accompanied by Shimron. She brought me to Joy's village for a very good meal. I ate so muchhhhhh 😨 Then we went to D'licious cafe to get bubble tea. I got Taro milk tea!! Hehe #fav I also signed I"llini 4000 for cancer" on the wall of D'licious cafe too! The last time I came here they didn't have this wall set up yet.
Then we went to chill in the Ohio Union again and saw a lot of them dressed up pretty well, they're probably having some events there. Munish also told me that Taylor Swift went to OSU last year!! Before leaving to the church, I went to Buckeye donut and get a Buckeye donut. Haha.
I came back and took a shower. Now I'm ready to go to bed now. We're heading to Richmond tomorrow, it's gonna be a 104 mile ride. Kinda nervous actually. :3 I didn't take my pill this morning, and after several climbs my knees are starting to hurt for the first time. Hopefully my knees don't mess with me tomorrow though. :/
Nightssss. Loves.
Time: 8.45pm
Weather: Chilly
Location: United Methodist church, downtown Columbus
We started off our day with super good omelets by chef Bill Bird. I had bacon, sausages, green peppers, green onions, and cheese in my omelet, with a cup of chocolate milk, and a blueberry muffin.
One lady did our laundry for us. She brought all of the clothes back to his house, washed, dried, and folded them before bringing them back to us this morning. Normally van packing will be done before breakfast but since we didn't get our laundry back until breakfast started so the sequence were adjusted a little.
Because the breakfast was so good, everyone spent extra time on breakfast this morning, and we rolled out by like 8am. Fortunately we had only 58 miles today, and everyone was able to get to the stayover by 1pm.
I met up with Munish, accompanied by Shimron. She brought me to Joy's village for a very good meal. I ate so muchhhhhh 😨 Then we went to D'licious cafe to get bubble tea. I got Taro milk tea!! Hehe #fav I also signed I"llini 4000 for cancer" on the wall of D'licious cafe too! The last time I came here they didn't have this wall set up yet.
Then we went to chill in the Ohio Union again and saw a lot of them dressed up pretty well, they're probably having some events there. Munish also told me that Taylor Swift went to OSU last year!! Before leaving to the church, I went to Buckeye donut and get a Buckeye donut. Haha.
I came back and took a shower. Now I'm ready to go to bed now. We're heading to Richmond tomorrow, it's gonna be a 104 mile ride. Kinda nervous actually. :3 I didn't take my pill this morning, and after several climbs my knees are starting to hurt for the first time. Hopefully my knees don't mess with me tomorrow though. :/
Nightssss. Loves.
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