13.9.07

Week 7: Wednesday, September 12 – Greenville, OH to Columbus, OH: 100 Miles

Leaving Cincinnati was hard today because that meant leaving the homestay family and all the kindness they showed us. But, excited about our upcoming event in Columbus, we head over to Greenville to start our cycling day.

Before starting the cycling, Ali and Kristian give a call to Bobbi Deporter the President of SuperCamp, our sponsor and co-creator of our highly effective presentations. After giving Bobbi a brief update on the success of the tour, and coming up with strategies to advance the tour, Ali and Kristian get out on the road, and begin the 100 mile day.

Eventually arriving in Northern Columbus (Dublin), Ali and Kristian have dinner at an all-you-can-eat buffet, The Golden Corral.

After dinner, they head to their couchsurfing.com contact, Mike, a student at U of Ohio.
Mike suggests Kristian and Ali join him at the local outdoor roller hockey rink for a game of bike polo. Someone had created mallets out of old ski poles and PVC pipe, and most of the bikes are fixed track, singe speed.


Ali, takes to this game as if he were a natural. His love for cycling, previous experience as a hockey goalie for 6 years combined with his heritage, the Afghan national sport of Buzkashi
(you gotta see this link) allow him to be one of the most dominating forces on the rink.

Having great fun playing 3 on 3 for a couple of hours with multiple substitutions, we decide our shins have had enough and head back to Mike's, our homestay, for another great night's sleep.