Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 4 Hours 36 Minutes 49 Seconds
Travel Distance: 76.37 Miles
Average Speed: 16.5 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 4 Hours 51 Minutes 28 Seconds
Travel Distance: 79.65 Miles
Average Speed: 16.7 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 7 Hours 1 Minutes 45 Seconds
Travel Distance: 117.62 Miles
Average Speed: 16.7 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 21 Minutes 2 Seconds
Travel Distance: 97.54 Miles
Average Speed: 15.3 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 5 Minutes 59 Seconds
Travel Distance: 103.21 Miles
Average Speed: 16.9 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 56 Minutes 37 Seconds
Travel Distance: 121.26 Miles
Average Speed: 17.3 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 2 Hours 38 Minutes 24 Seconds
Travel Distance: 42.90 Miles
Average Speed: 16.2 Ave. speed
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 5 Hours 34 Minutes 56 Seconds
Travel Distance: 88.89 Miles
Average Speed: 15.9 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 8 Minutes 11 Seconds
Travel Distance: 120.68 Miles
Average Speed: 19.6 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 3 Hours 52 Minutes 15 Seconds
Travel Distance: 58.13 Miles
Average Speed: 15.0 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 5 Hours 48 Minutes 2 Seconds
Travel Distance: 96.19 Miles
Average Speed: 16.5 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 3 Hours 35 Minutes 31 Seconds
Travel Distance: 49.43 Miles
Average Speed: 13.7 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Tims: 5 Hours 7 Minutes 40 Seconds
Travel Distance: 79.89 Miles
Average Speed: 15.5 mph
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Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 2 Hours 8 Minutes 4 Seconds
Travel Distance: 23.70 Miles
Average Speed: 11.1 mph
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Finally in California! In CA you can’t ride the freeway if there is a frontage road. The frontage road was the worst road I have ridden on the trip. It probably hasn’t been paved in 20 years. The weather started out ok but about 2:30PM a huge thunder storm rolled in and it started to rain, not just a little rain but in was cats and dogs.
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 3 Hours 44 Minutes 40 Seconds
Travel Distance: 65.72 Miles
Average Speed: 17.5 mph
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Thank you to everyone who forwarded the blog link to their contacts. If you haven’t yet, I would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word.
Each and every one of you who visits this blog makes an extraordinary difference to me as I undertake this ride. I could not do it without your support – in fact, if it was all about me, I would have quit a long time ago.
Now, I really need your help. To attract corporate sponsors and corporate donations, I need to show how much attention this blog and ride are attracting. PLEASE forward this link to EVERYONE on your contact list and request that they visit the blog. Please support me in having 10,000 people visit this site by December. It will make an enormous difference in helping me complete the ride. Keep visiting the blog regularly there are going to be several changes and additions to the blog that I think everybody will enjoy.
Thank you so much for whatever help you can provide.
With love,
Mikael
The weather conditions were perfect for riding but again the roads were good and bad. It was mostly flat with one mountain pass.
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 5 Hours 28 Minutes 9 Seconds
Travel Distance: 114.68 Miles
Average Speed: 20.9 mph
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Clear and mostly flat. Some of the best and worst roads of the trip!
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 4 Hours 32 Minutes 00 Seconds
Travel Distance: 90.65 Miles
Average Speed: 19.9 mph
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Finally the morning temperature was back in the 50’s, with an afternoon high in the 70’s. It was a clear with little wind.
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 1 Hour 41 Minutes 45 Seconds
Travel Distance: 35.33 Miles
Average Speed: 20.8 mph
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Another cold, cold morning! Starting temperature of 26 degrees with an afternoon high of only 54 degrees! It was up and down for most of the morning with the elevation around 7000 ft. Then I dropped down into the Salt River Canyon. When I left the base of the canyon I had about an hour and a half ride out. The rest of the day was up and down. I ended the day at an elevation of 4600 ft. Hard day!
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 49 Minutes 15 Seconds
Travel Distance: 114.86 Miles
Average Speed: 16.8 mph
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Cold and clear with a morning temperature of 21 degrees.
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 1 Hour 50 Minutes 1 Second
Travel Distance: 29 Miles
Average Speed: 15.0 mph
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Clear, Cold and Windy! It was 25 degrees when I started riding. Again the wind was blowing so hard it was like I was riding in place. As you can see by the average speed I was barely moving. It was up and down the whole day with most of it being up. I had to stop early and drive into Phoenix to meet Amanda and Mikaila at the airport. They are joining me on the trip for the next couple weeks.
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 5 Hours 3 Minutes 31 Seconds
Travel Distance: 66.63 Miles
Average Speed: 13.1 mph
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Another cool morning at 40 degrees but again it warned up nicely in the afternoon. Another tough day of hills that seemed to never stop! I started the day at 5000 ft and climbed to over 8000 ft before dropping down to 75 ft. For most of the day I was riding out in the middle of nowhere, only a few cars passed me in a 3 hour period. Again, I had to finish the last 2 hours in the dark. Just so you know how out in middle of nowhere we were we didn’t even have cell coverage when we stopped for the night.
Start of the day in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Out in the middle of nowhere off of Hwy 117
New Mexico Arch off of Hwy 117
Riding in the dark with my dad behind me in the truck, it got cold quick once the sun went downCool and clear with a morning temperature of 41 degrees. It warmed up in the afternoon to around 70 degrees. Today was a hard day with the first 4 hours mostly uphill. It got dark on me riding and I had to ride the last 30 minutes in the dark with my dad driving behind me in the truck. The starting elevation was approximately 4600 feet and I climbed to over 8000 feet before I dropped down into Albuquerque which is around 5000 feet. I didn’t know that New Mexico had this many hills. As you can see by the average speed it was a tough day.
The Blue Hole is a famous scuba diving place just outside of Santa Rosa
New Mexico hills, it doesn’t look like much but they just kept on going
The plains of New Mexico
End of the day in Albuquerque. Like I said I had to ride the last 30 miles in the dark.
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 7 Hours 58 Minutes 45 Seconds
Travel Distance: 127.21 Miles
Average Speed: 15.9 mph
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State 4x400 Meter Relay Team 1991 Aloha High school
Start of the day in Amarillo, TX
Texas. I'm not sure why the cars are in the ground
Welcome to New Mexico
New Mexico scenery
A day of rest...
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Best friends Aaron, Jeremy and Jason
Start of the day in Texola, Oklahoma. Cold, Cold, Cold!
Welcome back to Texas. It doesn’t even look like the same state
Northern Texas
More of Northern Texas
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 48 Minutes 21 Seconds
Travel Distance: 104.79 Miles
Average Speed: 15.1 mph
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The only thing that was injured today was my ego.
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Today was one of the toughest days of the trip. In the past 11 days I have covered over 1350 miles. Just when I thought I couldn’t be stopped I came up over a ridge and right into a strong head wind. Life has a way of keeping me in check. I went from riding between 18 and 22 mph to riding between 10 and 12 mph. I was out in the middle of nowhere and feeling very discouraged. It took all I had to keep going. I wanted to stop many times but kept on pedaling. I don’t want to be the type of person that stops when things get tough. I want to be the type of person that uses the tough times to my advantage. Every challenge is a learning experience.
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At the summit of Mt. Hood with one of my best friends Jason
Start of the day in El Reno, Oklahoma. Check out the wind!
Riding in Oklahoma
Oklahoma scenery
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Canadian River, Oklahoma
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 47 Minutes 9 Seconds
Travel Distance: 133.01 Miles
Average Speed: 19.6 mph
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With the wind blowing so hard it was difficult to think of much other than keeping my bike upright.
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My dad and I getting ready to run the Hood to Coast Relay 
Start of the day in Springer, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Memorial in downtown Oklahoma City
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 5 Hours 31 Minutes 31 Seconds
Travel Distance: 107.33 Miles
Average Speed: 19.4 mph
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I had to ride some of the day standing up because my butt hurt so bad, not the easiest thing to do!
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When the ride gets tough and I need motivation I think about all the people that are still stuck in their addictions. I couldn’t have made it this far if it was just about the ride. This ride is about so much more.
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Thank you Bicycle Alley for taking the time to tune up my bike. If you are in Oklahoma City and need a bike shop Bicycle Alley is the place to go.
Start of the day in Burleson, Texas. Today was the first time since Massachusetts that I had to wear my rain jacket.
Downtown Dallas, Texas
The Dallas Cowboy’s new 1 Billion dollar stadium
The Red River, the Red River separates Texas from Oklahoma
Welcome to Oklahoma
Rolling hills of Oklahoma
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 2 Minutes 39 Seconds
Travel Distance: 131.06 Miles
Average Speed: 21.6 mph
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Nothing new to report.
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A number of people have asked me along the trip what my favorite place has been. The truth is that I don’t pay to much attention to the scenery. When I ride I’m thinking more about the difference that I would like to make in the world, than the areas that I am riding. Don’t get me wrong, there have been many beautiful places along the way, but the beauty doesn’t give me the strength to keep going.
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My beautiful daughter Mikaila
Start of the day Burleson, Texas
Riding a corner in Texas
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Texas Scenery
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When I get into a groove I tend to forget about the pain. When I think I can ride faster than I have before my competitiveness comes out and all I can think about is riding fast. It’s to bad I can’t get into that groove everyday.
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It's days like today when everything is going well and it makes me think I can do anything I put my mind too. Unfortunately, some days are harder than others and the doubt sets in. The farther I ride the more confident in my abilities I become.
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Family photo
Start of the day in Harwood, Texas
Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
Texas State Capital in Austin
Texas rainbow at the end of the day
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 6 Hours 36 Minutes 10 Seconds
Travel Distance: 126.64 Miles
Average Speed: 19.1 mph
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Today my Achilles hurt for some reason.
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When I am riding I wonder what people that are following my trip are thinking or if they have questions that they would like answered. If you have a question for me or are curious why I am riding 12,000 miles please send me an e-mail and I will answer it on the blog if you would like. If not I will just answer you in an e-mail. Send your comments or questions to mdluman@800meters.com.
Thank you to all the people that have sent supportive e-mails and let me know that what I am doing is inspirational. It makes the riding easier to know that I am touching people lives.
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The Hood to Coast Relay with best friends Aaron and Jeremy, what a great time!
Start of the day in Harwood, Texas
Rolling hills on the way to San Antonio
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Texas scenery on the way to San Antonio
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Sunset driving into San Antonio to get my bike fixed
Daily Travel Stats:
Travel Time: 4 Hours 56 Minutes 25 Seconds
Travel Distance: 83.01 Miles
Average Speed: 16.8 mph
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