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Phil and bike

Sunday in Los Angeles, “Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan kicked off (pedaled off?) a cross-country bike ride from Los Angeles to New York. First day: 126 miles in 11.5 hours — yikes. I’ve put aside my annoyance that the route deliberately appears to avoid Missouri by veering north, when a more direct path would have taken Phil and his biker gang directly through St. Louis, and am cheering my pal Phil on. Follow him on Twitter ^[2], as I’m doing, and/or on the “Phil Rides Across America” website ^[3], which includes a video blog. (Pictured: Phil in New York at a pre-race event.)