Former Sun Microsystems general counsel Mike Dillon has embarked on a cross-country bicycle tour after finishing the months of work to hammer together Sun's acquisition by Oracle.
Since Oracle's completion of its acquisition at the end of January, Dillon already has purchased a Bruce Gordon Rock n Road touring bike, flown to Jacksonville, Florida, and is five days into his journey back to Silicon Valley.
A cross-country ride is something he's wanted to do for years, he says at Mike's Blog, and now he's got the opportunity to do it:
“I’ve decided that the immediate “what’s next” for me will be to ride my bicycle across the U.S. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was in college. After many cross-country road trips by car, the thought occurred to me that it would be wonderful to see the country at a much slower speed. Now, I have that opportunity. And, it’s a good way to unload some of the caloric energy I’ve been storing around the waist these past few years while sitting behind a desk.”
Apparently no one ever told Dillon that the first two of weeks of your cross-country bike trip is the last two of weeks of your training. Either that or he's a very fit desk jockey. He knocked off 86 miles the first day and is averaging a pace of 69 miles a day.
Being on the Southern Tier route, he's already met a couple finishing up an eastbound tour and passed a guy heading west. Let's wish Dillon an enjoyable journey back to his home.
Photo above of Mike Dillon's blog with the Atlantic Ocean at his back.
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