6/25- Johnstown to Pittsburgh

"Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants."

Total distance- 79.3 miles
Total Time- 5 hrs 30 min
Average Pace- 4:08/ mi
Average Speed- 14.5 mph
Max Speed- 46.3 mph
Avg Heart Rate- 112 bpm
Max Heart Rate- 171 bpm
Total climbing- 5173 feet climbing

Today was a relatively relaxing day, with the exception of the route we took, which for the most part was highly trafficked roads. After two hard days of riding, I was content riding with the front group for the majority of the day and we kept the pace deliberately slow and took frequent breaks. However, it was a muggy day, and the route to Pittsburgh was pretty hilly, so despite our best efforts it still wound up being a difficult day.

After arriving in Pittsburgh, I did some celebratory laps around Roberto Clemente Bridge and the 7th Ave Bridge, where I raced in a Criterium on Easter Sunday earlier this spring. I am pretty familiar with Pittsburgh having spent a summer here doing a "pre-college" architecture program at Carnegie Mellon, and was excited to spend time in the city again.

Pittsburgh also symbolized finishing what is supposedly the hardest leg of this trip, as we have biked through the Berkshires, the Poconos, the Adirondacks, and the mountains and hills of western PA all in the last two weeks. I went out with many people from the group to PNC Park, where we went to a local bar and celebrated finishing this difficult leg of our journey.