Ghost in the Machine
Here’s the PMC video I appeared in, as shown and broadcast at last weekend’s Opening Ceremony for the 2015 ride.
The footage is, of course, from the Saturday portion of last year’s cold, rainy ride. At 2:20 I ride by, clapping, the blue plastic lei I got at the first water stop trailing in the wind.
Amusingly, eight seconds later my riding buddy Tony also appears, wearing his green and blue Quad Cycles jersey in honor of the club and our hero and mentor, Bobby Mac.
Despite those brief appearances, I encourage you to watch the whole three and a half minute video. Entitled “Because of You”, it captures a lot of the emotion and the things that mattered about the PMC.
I couldn’t possibly think of a better video to appear in. It’s truly an honor to be included in it, even for just a brief second.
And I actually appeared in a second video shown at the Opening Ceremony! The second video, “Why I PMC”, closes at 2:15 with a still photograph of the riders leaving the Sturbridge start, with me placed dead center beneath the starting banner: the most prominent, in-focus person in a vast sea of riders.
Although I didn’t ride this year, my ghostly presence making this appearance during this year’s Opening Ceremony was a nice, unexpected farewell to an event I deeply love.