Day 8: West Newton to Pittsburgh — Done and Done

Folks mulling about the finish of the ride from DC to Pittsburgh.

Distance: 37 free-flowin’ miles

Calories burned: who cares?

Ride time: Never really checked it today!

I can’t believe the DC2PGH ride is done. I logged more than 350 miles in a week. My legs are a little sore and I’m a bit tired as I make this quick post. Last night was an absolute nightmare staying in a “cozy” little “motel” near Smithton. I was never so happy to get back to camp and ride the final leg of the Tour into Pittsburgh.

 

I had the absolute pleasure of riding with PA Senator John Pippy. What a nice, energetic guy. He clipped right alongside us as we cruised into McKeesport before having lunch and some official ceremonies to launch us to Point State Park. John is planning on attacking the same ride we did next week. He’s going to blog about it, too. I’ll post a link to it, once it’s ready to go. He’ll crush it for sure.

Today’s ride was a super easy pace into the city. Just tried to soak it all up before the journey came to an end. It got dicey as a hundreds of cyclists made their way in to the city. It was great to see support of the ride.

 

I have all of my pics uploaded in Flickr. Check ‘em out to the right of the page. I’ll have a wrap up post shortly to put a bow on this. What a great time we all had. Our region is blessed with such an excellent  asset.

 

Get out there and ride!