“Ride #40: Hello, Seth? This is...”

"Hello, Seth? Yeah, hi. This is your body. Actually this is just just your left lung, but I was elected by the union to be the representative in discussions with management. So, uh, anyway, we just wanted to give you a little "head's up" (heh heh, sorry, bad pun, but that's body humor) that we're all going on strike. We're tired, and you're not giving us enough time off, and you haven't been paying us any overtime since last Winter."

" Um, we're already twelve miles from home. Do I have any say in this?"

"Er, no, not really. Sorry."

"How about just a work slowdown today, then a bonus tonight (extra food)."

"Well..."

"And, you can have tomorrow off, and I'll give you another bonus. But this is only if you don't go on strike today. Work slowdown is ok, but a stoppage would really not be good for any of us right now."

"OK, I've presented your offer to right lung, heart, stomach, legs, and Hans and Frans the glute twins. We're willing to do it your way. Stomach, of course, was the frist to agree, as he's a sucker for a bonus. Hans and Frans didn't really care either way, they think the rest of us are just a bunch of wusses, and said something about crushing eggs and walnuts. (I didn't ask them to explain, they scare me.)"

"Yeah, I don't blame you. In fact this whole conversation is scaring me."

Stats: 41.13 miles (66.21 km) in 2h 17' 48" for an average speed of 17.90 mph (28.83 kph).