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Cycle 2 Summary "Perseverance"

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  Yep, that's me and that's my friends!  (And for a short time that really IS me leading the climb as we enter the Talimena Scenic Byway.  Thanks Jeff)  In our sport, we put ourselves through hell... tornadoes, torrents of rain, blazing heat, sub-freezing temps, dehydration, screaming muscles, cramping muscles, the list could go on for days.  Best thing is you know there's always someone that understands.  I do it because I can and there will come a day when I can't.  Today is not that day! Finishing a great, fun read by a non-cyclist who gets it!   Paddlefish by Christine Warren.  Similar to our 1200km/750mile events, Christine decided to paddle her first Texas Water Safari.  A grueling 260-mile paddling race from the Texas Hill Country to the Gulf Coast.  Like us, they race self-supported.  You break it, you fix it.  You need it, you find it.  And you do it before the next time cutoff.  I'm tinkering with mayb...