1,827 miles down, 28,973 to go

We started off in Monterey, Mexico, and we are making our way towards Mexico City, with a little detour to see the Gulf of Mexico at Tampico, Mexico. I rely almost entirely upon the Wikipedia notes from Google maps to pick up info about the regions through which we travel, and Wikipedia does not have a lot to say about this particular region (come on residents of Tamaulipas, Mexico, do your part!). However, I did find out that there is a family that is taking a 2 1/2 year bicycle trip from Alaska to Argentina along the Pan-American Highway. In fact, the Vogels were recently in the very area that we find ourselves. Check out their progress, I think you will find it interesting.

Our mileage was a bit lower this week, but I expect those dips occassionally. I think until the weather gets nicer we will hover right around that 400 mile per week mark. A couple of milestones have been met. We reached 1,000 miles biking as a team, and 500 miles running as a team. Additionally, Mike Wente has reached 500 miles biking (over 9% to his goal) and 100 miles running (over 11% of the way to his yearly goal). Chris "Deep Fat" Fry competed at the Luther alumni meet this week, jumping 1.75m in the high jump, and 12m in the triple jump, not bad for an old lawyer. I would also like to recognize everybody's favorite celebrity couple, Megan Dabroski and Jake Abbott (or Jagan Abboski, as the tabloids have dubbed them). Cumulatively, they have totaled 48.5 miles running and 18 miles biking. Keep up the good work. And Jake, this would be a good time to practice those tire-changing skills, you will need to be sharp come July.

Everybody practice exercising while holding your breath this coming week, we are heading through Mexico City. If you are looking for realism, you might want to try exercising while smoking a cigar, or alternately try biking behind diesel vehicles all week long. And lastly, Mike Wente wanted me to pass the following message along to Dave: get off your butt you frickin' pansy (paraphrased).