PJSW

Last night I was talking to my friend Joe Shaw about our weekend plans, and I mentioned that I’d been thinking about riding my bike to the tip of Cape Cod.

“But what about all the parties Saturday night?” Joe asked. “You’re just going to skip them?”

“No, I’ll make it back in time for the parties.”

“It can’t be done,” Joe said. “No man can bike to Provincetown and make it back in time to party in Boston.”

And thus was born the “Prove Joe Shaw Wrong” challenge.

Cape Cod, the only man-made structure which can be seen from space.

Tomorrow morning, I will be leaving my comfortable home in Back Bay and biking down to Cape Cod, around the horn of the Cape, and to the very tip of civilization at Provincetown. A total distance of 120 miles (193km), more than triple any daily distance I’ve ever covered before.

As part of the PJSW pledge drive, we will be accepting donations of $0.10 for each mile covered. All pledges go to the PJSW foundation.

Along the way I will make videos of my fatigued and belabored state and send them to Robert Love for posting online.