What a day I had today!! For all of you planning on doing RAIN, I am ready!! We rode to Tucumcari, New Mexico in perfect weather until the last 10 miles when the wind changed directions and was a headwind. The ride was 110 miles through hills and flats. There was one hill that is named "the Wall." It was a piece of cake. The steepest part was 9 % and it was 0.7 mile. On parts of the ride I was able to ride in my aero bars and fly. It hasn't been safe to do that on the interstate because of the blast from the trucks. I rode the first 5 miles with the peloton and the last 15 miles with Joanna. We were both tired of climbing near the end. I rode the rest of the ride by myself going as fast as I could without pushing too hard. The scenery has been changing gradually to green. The wildflowers along the road are just beautiful.
I have picked up a nickname within the group. Some people have been calling me "bluebell" because of my blue jacket. Others have been calling me hammerhead because I like to be with the fast group. We are having a great time. I just love being on this tour.
My stats for today are:
110 miles
7:16 time
34 max
15.1 average
Frank ( the man who fell in the cattle guard) is riding again. Today he is riding again but walking funny. I asked him about it and he said it wasn't his knee making him walk funny. He said it is his "male parts" hurting and making him walk funny. We talk about everything in this group!!!!
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"Surprise Party" cake
My co-workers surprised me with this cake on my last day.
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Glad everything is going well! Sounds like you are having a blast! Kristen is right about the Colts T-shirt! Glad to see Dan made it back to Indy ok. We look forward to reading your blog each day and keeping up with your progress. Keep up the good work!
Russ & Terri
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