Wow! A great first day – Tough, hot, fun, tense and exhilarating all at the same time. And another $1000 has been raised during the day for Cerebral Palsy.
All last minute preparations were locked away for ShowTime. Mickey started on time at 12.35pm, the only competitor to start in a kilt. The afternoon was hot, dry and windy with a mix of big climbs to 4000m, long descents to below sea level, no headwind, strong headwinds and strong tailwinds. Dave did the Initial driving stint with Rusty navigating and Celine and Stan backseat driving. Roger, Greg and Gary braved the RV after a last minute WalMart top up.
The desert country and scenery was great to see and passing through desert dunes just after dusk a real highlight. The boy Mickey had sore toes early but recovered after a few adjustments and help from Celine and is powering along strongly and often proving hard to catch for the support vehicles. He’s had stints sitting on 30 mph, and we’ve had him out of the saddle a lot to maintain flexibility and stretch those powderkeg muscles.
Whilst the day was a serious and important day for us all, we still had lots of fun. Mickey dancing out of the saddle to the Saw Doctors at 2am after 14 hours hard riding showed his spirit. Roger blasting Johnny Cash through the loudspeakers as we followed Mickey through the California desert at night was reminiscent of the Blues Brothers at their best. Later on after Celine’s chilli sausages, there really was cause to sing Burning Ring of Fire! We were able to briefly log onto Mickey’s GoFundRaise page and share with him over the loudspeakers the many messages of love, friendship, motivation and encouragement. Plus a few messages suggesting he’s a crazy bugger! Please keep the great messages, emails and texts all coming as they also act as mental fuel for Mickey.
The day finished past Blythe on the California/Arizona border alongside the Colorado river after approx. 250 miles and 15 and a half hours of long riding and supporting. The Colorado gave Greg and Mickey the chance to discuss further possibilities for adventure! Mickey looks good, healthy and fit for the coming challenges ahead. He is a machine doing us all proud.
3 hours sleep, rest and food and we’ll do it all again!
Internet and electricity are hard to come by so bear with us and we’ll get more updates and photo’s to you soon.
Good news to hear Mickey is going so well!!!! I just feel sorry for all of you when he starts belting out those annoying fucking Scotish folk songs he was singing over and over in the Sahara Desert! That is enough to make an entire crew quit and go home...so tell him to keep those to himself!! I'm waiting for him to start lagging so I can lay on the fire, but so far he hasn't given me any ammunition!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the peddling Mickey...my balls are sore just thinking about you buddy!!!
Frank
The MickrooCrew team and Mickey are already on "fire" so Dr Crocter Celine ceased yr chilli sausages (you got it???)Can see all the stretching from yr team on the Raam report. Keep up the good work and will be following you all the way MickrooCrew. Luv Nurse Lo & Paul xxx
ReplyDeleteMickey yer doin Australia and Scotland proud ya mad bampot - were all behind you because we couldnt get in front of you - watch out Wallace doesnt run up yer arse - er with an RV that is!! Gaun yersel!!
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Sounds fantastic! You're doing great, laddie. I'm sure, though, as fun as sitting in a Winebago can be, i'm sure the crew have had enough of looking up your rear end. Oh, and by the way, i'm not letting the 6 men in a van off that easily. Did you know that when I try to type in 'Winebago' on the iPad2 it tries to Autocorrect it into 'windbag'. I'm sure this is the case in the mobile home. You poor thing, Celine!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Barry Grosman, Princess and Rodger Bum-hat (The Wallace Muppets) miss you dearly. They're hoping to interview you on 'The 7:00 Talk Show with Barry Grosman'! They want to know all about your race. Barry also wants to know if you'd buy a girlfriend for him and Molly (preferably in a Broadway Showgirl outfit)-although he has entrusted that job to Celine already-he just wants to remind her. I attempted to get Princess to give you a message-but, after 3 minutes, I literally lost the will to live;she likes to waffle on. So i'll just say she's proud of you. And finally, Rodger says hello and would like to invite you for a cup of tea when you get back-and interview you on his sports segment of The Muppet News.
All of the Wallaces are proud of you, and would like to remind Greg that he needs to be more sensible when driving a mobile home-although I can't really blame him, after all he had been looking at Mickey's bottom for a long time. Keep it up laddie, we'll be hanging onto your every word.
Wish you all the best,
Nicholas
Hey Mickey. Your friends from the Engadine Tri Club here. Sitting at the Tudjman's house drinking fine red wine watching the race reports and reading your blog. Love your work mate. What you are doing is amazing and inspiring. We are following your progress and are cheering you on from a land down under. Here's looking up your kilt mate. Love your work. Stay safe. Talk soon.
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Hey, it's all cool. An Irishman is going to win the US Open (golf for the sad unknowing few) and our bloody proud stubborn but totally amazing Scot-Oz man is going to be the first of his kind to finish this incredible endurance race - it's all going to be fairytale stuff! I'm just incredibly relieved that I'm not the one putting the hard yakka to make the fairytale come true. Well done of you - Mickey & team - GO MickRooCrew - you are incredible and we are all in awe.
ReplyDeleteBit worried, however, re rumours of bruising in those parts of the anatomy that I deal with (albeit in the other gender)- should I expect another early am text? - ready, willing & possibly able if required!
MickRooCrew you are all champions! Love Marg
Hey! Dad how's is the 5000k man. I have just been cacking my self at sarahs house. Dad bad news dad we lost football but I scored a try and converted.I was very proud of paddy with his goal saving today at soccer. Good luck Mickey and go crazy man! From Hugh, love Hugh I have been missing you dad very much.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone! Good work Mickey! Glad to hear that all is well, and that you are ahead of time. Missing dad back home here, it's unusual only having four people at home...keep up the good work Mickey, you have an excellent support crew looking after you! Hope your feet and backside aren't too sore...we are all waiting to see everyone back home! Miss you so much dad, waiting for you to come home.take some good photos, and have fun driving the Winnebago! Love you so much dad, and very proud of your excellent effort Mickey!!!WOW!xx
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