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possible.” In addition, he said, the exercise, fresh air, open spaces and adventure of a bike trip across the country appealed to him. “It’s a real adventure. You never know what’s around the next bend," he explained.
According to O’Grady, he didn’t follow any special training program to get himself ready for the trek. “I’m always training for something.” he said, adding that he ran in the San Francisco Marathon just a few weeks before he left. “And I rode my bike around a couple of weeks."
During the journey, he camped out. stringing his tarp up for shelter. O’Grady reported that he covered around 70 to 75 miles per day since leaving California on
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