One week to "Wheels Up"

OK, I'm just one week from 'wheels up" ... on Wednesday, 12 November 2008 I'll be cycling out of Jerusalem with only 341 miles to go to get to Eilat. My outdoor training is over and my bike is all boxed up and ready to go (sad). All that's left is some indoor training, packing and picking up the Ambien for the flight!.

And, yes, the distance is different. David Rendsburg & Nancy Lipsey (our folk at Hazon) just sent both the revised distances and a map of the route:

   Day       Shomrim  Tzofim  Chalutzim
   Wednesday   37       61       71
   Thursday    40       71       97
   Friday      36       46       60
   Sunday      44       59       59
   Monday      25       46       55     
   Total      182      282      341

The map is actually from a GPS trace submitted by a rider from last year ... check it out on Google Maps.

David Taylor-Klaus
Team Atlanta