Will Power

44 days to go.

Today I stopped by and saw Mike at the Bike Depot in Havelock. He has ordered my rear rack for me since I haven't had any luck getting the right one on line. I will be in next week. I will take him may bike and get it mounted and have him give it a good once over now. Then new tires the week before I leave.
My order from Nashbar came in today. I got my new shoes. They are Shimano's and fit perfectly. I should have stuck with the name brand to begin with. I have 2 pair of bike shoes now. I figure that I will be in them for a minimum of 21 days I want a change, and I bought white. I don't want the black shoe to make my feet any hotter than the asphalt will on its own.
Monday was a first for me. Through out this whole process, I  have never felt discouraged or wanted to quit. But Monday night while I was at the gym, I had the hardest time. I really just wanted to stop get off the bike and go home. I am not sure what it was. Was I too tired or hungry?  I suppose it could have been either. No matter what, I did keep going. I kept telling myself that come 2 April there will be no turning back. There will be no car behind me to say I quit, take me home. So I finished the nights work out. It took all the will power I could muster up but I finished.
Then I went home and danced... Oh yes. that is another story
I worked on more of the routing again tonight after the gym. I mapped good all the way to Enice, LA and tentatively through to Victoria and Clay via Galveston. I am not sure if I want to go through Galveston or Houston. I may just have to check with my Houston PD friends and ask their opinion. but I have guessed pretty good on the mileage. It mapped out, through Galveston at 1601.6 miles from my house to Clay's.
Time to call it a night. I will get back to you soon.