Starting point: Downtown Dayton, Ohio, 7:55 am

Ending Point: New Albany , Ohio. 6 pm

Total mileage: 90 miles

I have a bad personal history with Friday the 13th. I was pretty nervous about today, partly because I’m superstitious as hell and partly because I’m kind of tired.

I got on the bike just as the sun was coming up having laid waste to the Fairfield Inn breakfast buffet like never before. I actually packed two sandwiches for the road and ate 2 waffles. And then stopped for a large pretzel and Oreos decorated for Halloween and windfall apples on the trail, I have never eaten so much in my life.

Today’s ride was 70-ish miles of rails to trail, most of it into the wind followed by a 20 mile tour through the heart of Columbus. Dayton and Columbus are really well connected with an amazing trail system. The terrain was mostly flat with some on road segments with some ups and downs. Those on road were actually s nice break. It’s hard to bike flat trails for ten hours a day. My arms are actually bearing the brunt of the exhaustion. But I didn’t have any mishaps, close calls, bad encounters or anything, so maybe I can relax about Friday the 13th?

I’m taking tomorrow off to visit with family in Columbus and watch my cousin run the Columbus half marathon Sunday before heading out to tackle the dreaded eastern Ohio hill country.

My body needs a minute.